“'Other countries also had these coats, but Bovino’s outfits complete the Nazi look: a closely cropped haircut, as if he had taken a photo of [assassinated SA leader] Ernst Röhm to the barber,' it said."

#GregBovino #CBP #Nazis #Trump
/4

"While the other federal agents seem to wear 'whatever they have to hand', he argued that Bovino 'stands out from this thuggish mob, just as an elegant SS officer stands out from the rowdy SA mob. The dashing undercut is also spot on; all that’s missing for the perfect cosplay is a monocle.”

Another German media outlet, Süddeutsche Zeitung, made similar comments."

#GregBovino #CBP #Nazis #Trump
/3

"Arno Frank, a writer at Der Spiegel, said in a separate article that what he described as the 'authoritarian intervention' in the US was still establishing its 'distinctive aesthetic'.

'No wonder, then, that figures like Bovino are resorting to tried-and-tested models,' he said."

#GregBovino #CBP #Nazis #Trump
/2

"A greatcoat worn by the senior US border patrol official Gregory Bovino, who has spearheaded aggressive immigration operations across the country, has raised eyebrows in German media with some commentators saying it resembled a fascist aesthetic. ...

Along with his close-shorn haircut, the media organization Der Spiegel suggested in a video feature that Bovino’s look recalled that of a Nazi officer."

~ Deborah Cole

#GregBovino #CBP #Nazis #Trump
/1

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

German media likens US border patrol official’s coat to ‘Nazi look’

Gregory Bovino’s outwear choice prompts German commentators to compare it to fascist aesthetic

^{Deborah Cole (The Guardian)}

Rupar:

"Obviously we've had natural disasters, we've had, you know, different sorts of tragedies that have befallen communities, but when you're targeted by the government that is supposed to represent you for kind of pretextual reasons that are obviously very political in nature… It's a really, it's just really surreal to live through that. It's nothing that I expected to go through."

#Minneapolis #Trump #StephenMiller #GregBovino #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/8

David Nir talks with Aaron Rupar, who lives in Minneapolis and describes to Nir what it has been like living in a city occupied by lawless masked thugs. Nir states,

"This kind of collective punishment is absolutely part of the fascist playbook. It is something that Trump and Stephen Miller and Bovino all want."

#Minneapolis #Trump #StephenMiller #GregBovino #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/7

publicnotice.co/p/life-in-besi…

Life in besieged Minneapolis

Aaron Rupar on a city — and state — engulfed by Trump's terror squads.

^{Aaron Rupar (Public Notice)}

"It feels like nothing starts until President Trump arrives — until daddy's home, as so many people say."

~ Rachel Campos-Duffy, Fox News

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/6

mediamatters.org/rachel-campos…

Fox host gushes over Trump's presence at Davos: "nothing starts until President Trump arrives — until daddy's home, as so many people say"

^{Media Matters for America}

(continued from /4)

"and sets them loose on a public it has warned is full of not just criminal illegal immigrants, but un-American subhumans, among the worst of whom are AWFULs: Affluent White Female Urban Liberals."

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/5

"In other words, ICE is a force of men who have felt small and have now been empowered by an administration that tells them they’re manliest of men, hands them guns and tactical gear, gives them precious little training, explicitly tells them they will be held to virtually no legal or moral standards," (continued in /5)

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/4

"Men who feel that their masculinity is being compromised are more likely to act out with physical aggression — and 'your masculinity has been compromised' was a major talking point during the Trump campaign. In its recruitment ads, ICE promises masculine restoration."

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/3

"Men whose masculinity is fragile may be more prone to violence — they are more likely to interpret disagreement as disrespect, and to see disrespect as a challenge to their status."

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/2

"ICE recruitment is aimed at men who want to feel powerful, who want to bond with other men by committing social acts of violence, and who are drawn in by Nazi slogans. Also: Men with daddy issues."

~ Jill Filipovic

#ICE #masculinity #PerformativeMasculinity #ThreatenedMasculinity #DaddyIssues #Trump #StephenMiller #JDVance #GregBovino #fascism #violence
/1

throughline.news/p/the-sexual-…

The Sexual Politics of ICE

Trump's nativist paramilitary is also a misogynist militia.

^{Jill Filipovic (Throughline by Jill Filipovic)}

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Marisa Kabas explains why, on Bluesky, she called "the pint-sized CBP chief with the nazi haircut and matching wardrobe" a bitch:

"I know it’s a loaded word for some that can be viewed as misogynistic, but when directed at cruel men in power, it just feels right."

#GregBovino #BorderPatrol #Minnesota
/23

thehandbasket.co/p/greg-bovino…

Calling Greg Bovino a "b*tch" raises thousands for Minn. immigrant rights

Spearheaded by The Handbasket, $18k+ in donations were made to spite the CBP commander.

^{Marisa Kabas (The Handbasket)}