The Trump Self-Deportation Leak is Crazy & AIPAC Spent Hidden Millions to Crush Progressives

TL;DR

Leaked documents reveal Trump's $1B self-deportation program only moved 72,000 people, while AIPAC spent $20M+ to defeat progressive Democrats in Illinois primaries.

Key Points

• 1.Trump's Project Homecoming spent nearly $1 billion but delivered far less than claimed. The administration boasted 2.2 million self-deportations, but leaked DHS documents show only 72,000 people used the program — and more than half were already in ICE detention with little real choice.
• 2.The self-deportation app and stipend program was largely a costly PR exercise. The CBP Home app launched with millions in ad spending, a $1,000 stipend later raised to $2,600, yet experts note hundreds of thousands leave the U.S. voluntarily every year at zero cost to taxpayers.
• 3.Mark Wayne Mullin's DHS confirmation hearing was dominated by questions about violence and competency. The Oklahoma senator with no homeland security experience nearly brawled at a Senate hearing, endorsed caning and dueling as still-legal congressional tools, and refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election.
• 4.Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe evaded Senate questions on whether Trump was warned the Strait of Hormuz would close. Despite Trump publicly claiming 'nobody predicted' Iran attacking Gulf states, intelligence officials refused to confirm or deny whether those exact scenarios were briefed to the president.
• 5.Israel's strikes on Iran escalated dramatically, hitting the world's largest offshore natural gas field. The field supplies roughly 70–75% of Iran's domestic natural gas and holds enough reserves for ~13 years of global supply; oil prices jumped to ~$108/barrel and U.S. gas hit $3.84/gallon, up 29% since the war began.
• 6.The Lebanon death toll reached at least 960, including 110 children, with 1 million people displaced. Israel dropped leaflets mocking Gaza's destruction and a finance minister warned a Lebanese region would 'soon resemble Khan Younis,' while Israeli troops continued a southern ground invasion.
• 7.AIPAC-affiliated groups spent over $20 million in just four Chicago House races, with total outside spending exceeding $32 million. The PAC funneled money through obscure super PACs named 'Elect Chicago Women' and 'Chicago Progressive Partnership,' only claiming credit after results were in, raising serious transparency concerns.
• 8.The Illinois primaries were a major defeat for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The Congressional Progressive Caucus won only one of four endorsed races, Justice Democrats went 0-for, and AIPAC-backed centrists like Melissa Bean and Julia Stratton won — with the AI and crypto industries collectively deploying ~$340 million for midterm influence operations.