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The MAGAfication of Homeland Security: Loyalty Over Safety

How Trump is turning DHS into a loyalty test, and why a 22-year-old with no security experience is now running terrorism prevention.

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General Azmundus
Jun 07, 2025
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In the America Donald Trump is building, experience is expendable, and loyalty is law. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that the newest appointee to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to combat terrorism is a 22-year-old who used to mow lawns.

Thomas Fugate, a recent college grad with a background in gardening and grocery stocking, is no…

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