No reform can fix Trump’s corrupt secret police — and the whole bureaucracy of repression should go as well
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No reform can fix Trump’s corrupt secret police — and the whole bureaucracy of repression should go as well
Published
February 28, 2026 6:45AM (EST)
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026. Behind her is Border Patrol official Greg Bovino. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
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