Newspeople avoid asking questions on mixed messages from various levels of government Re: cartel product inside the US.
Across The Nation
If you are on the Kristi Noem team, you are out kicking ass.
If you are part of a local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team, you are advertising the latest big drug bust after cartel product is able to move past the jurisdiction of federal agents at borders, border crossings and ports of entry and a barrier of DOD ground units, US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels prior to arriving in Hometown, USA.
If you are part of a local health dept. you are handing out Naloxone as always, to deal with the stuff that doesn’t get reported in the big local drug bust.
If you are part of DOD you avoid barracks maintenance in order to pay for sending The Troops three states over to secure the border while failing to manage federal contracts related to TRICARE.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
2025 – Public Affairs Crackdown Begins
March 20, 2025
Public Affairs efforts commence – the word goes out.
Cartels have been placed on notice.
Secretary of Homeland Security delivers no nonsense statements in the March 20, 2025 video posted below.
News from WA:
Copper thieves disrupt Sound Transit lines, potentially risking rider safety
Lynnanne Nguyen
KOMO News – June 25th 2025
From comments:
“These people would risk the lives and safety of hundreds of people also so they can get a few bucks to feed their habit.”
Readers refer to a demand for cash to support a drug habit. Newspeople never seem to want to ask questions or investigate and inform the pubic on which drug war tactics are working and which are failing.
The post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) appears to have played no role in preventing these crimes:
Reaction Mode
From comments:
“You wanted to allow uncontrolled drug use, this is how you get to live. Absolutely zero sympathy”
The Oak Bay Starfish take:
No matter what elected officials have decided to do Re: enabling drug use in WA, a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security has been on the job in recent years.
People will say Biden turned his back on border security. Let’s go with that.
Those days are over now.
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002.
Love to see newspeople ask:
Has any US presidential administration since that time been able to use DHS to create any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
President Trump has given full support to a Homeland Security mission of keeping cartel product out of the US.
Was Homeland Security ever meant to handle this task?
If so, why would DOD funding for maintenance related to barracks and other facilities be diverted to send US troops to the border?
In the news:
Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
May 28, 2025
More News
DOD needs more cash to send The Troops three states over to cover the border?
This maxes out the budget? WTF?
Homeland Security is already funded for this?
Pentagon Plans $5 Billion for Border, Bets on Trump Bill to Fill Funding Gaps
Military.com – June 26, 2025
By Thomas Novelly , Konstantin Toropin , Steve Beynon and Drew F. Lawrence
“The Pentagon has already moved to gut $1 billion from the Army’s budget to maintain its facilities, including living quarters for junior troops that for years have suffered from dilapidated conditions.”
“The raiding of Army facilities money sparked bipartisan ire on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers asking Army officials during a June budget hearing about the effects on soldiers’ quality of life.”
“Meanwhile, roughly 10,000 U.S. troops, including Marines, have now surged to the southern border. That includes elements of the 4th Infantry Division equipped with Stryker armored vehicles — a deployment level that rivals, and in some cases exceeds, the number of American forces currently stationed in global combat zones.”
Everett Update – Ten Zones Designated As Stay Out of Drug Areas
Everett council renews ‘Stay Out of Drug Areas’
By Will Geschke – Everett Herald
June 27, 2025
“Everett police use drug arrest and overdose data to help determine the zones. The council approved adding a new area in the northernmost area of Broadway near Everett Community College. Police said there has been an increase in drug-related complaints in that zone recently.”
Seattle newspeople avoid asking:
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, we are looking for newspeople to let us know when Puget Sound area drug addicts have any difficulty in finding their cartel product of choice.
We are looking for real newspeople to let us know when local health departments see a reduced need to hand out Naloxone.
Will crimes like catalytic converter theft and copper theft become a thing of the past?
Will newspeople ask questions?
Old Drug War – Cartels Respond & Move More Product Into The US
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
When is the last time DOD/DHS was able to create any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Cartels move product into all 50 states:
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
Welcome Home Troops. Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Related:
“Drug addicts who steal to feed their habit typically want their cash up front.”
Drug War Show Business & The Puget Sound Area