<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[I hope this is true]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I hope this is true</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" rel="tag">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StephenMiller" rel="tag">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> in Retreat</p><p>The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished.</p><p>The WH deputy chief of staff &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" rel="tag">#<span>DHS</span></a> adviser designed Trump’s 2nd-term <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" rel="tag">#<span>immigration</span></a> agenda. But weeks into the new year, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> dismantled the roving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBP" rel="tag">#<span>CBP</span></a> strike forces that Miller had encouraged; turned on Noem, who had carried out Miller’s aggressive instructions; &amp; handed control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" rel="tag">#<span>deportation</span></a> program back to career law-enforcement ofcls.</p><p><div class="card col-md-9 col-lg-6 position-relative link-preview p-0">



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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished.</p>
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He's <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f4af.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--100" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💯" alt="💯" /> going to keep Miller on, to do even more horrific shit; we're just not gonna know as much about it...</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Zebadiah_Carter/statuses/116558143938257658</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Zebadiah_Carter/statuses/116558143938257658</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[zebadiah_carter@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 21:48:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:57:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/nonilex%40masto.ai">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <br /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f91e.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤞" alt="🤞" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f64f.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--pray" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🙏" alt="🙏" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f91e.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤞" alt="🤞" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f64f.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--pray" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🙏" alt="🙏" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji 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src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f91e.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🤞" alt="🤞" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f64f.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--pray" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🙏" alt="🙏" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HappytoBe/statuses/116557940120133326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HappytoBe/statuses/116557940120133326</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[happytobe@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:57:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:32:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/nonilex%40masto.ai">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p>It might be pernicious Propaganda, as a smokescreen...</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oscarfalcon/statuses/116557843631579113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oscarfalcon/statuses/116557843631579113</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oscarfalcon@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:32:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:29:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/nonilex%40masto.ai">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/jonchevreau%40mstdn.ca">@<span>JonChevreau</span></a></span> Miller is supposedly too extreme but has the President’s ears and still works for him.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/paulc/statuses/116557831801561966</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/paulc/statuses/116557831801561966</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulc@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:29:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:16:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/steve%40social.coop">@<span>Steve</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/nonilex%40masto.ai">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> I absolutely guarantee it's not his views. Trump simply doesn't have that kind of moral event horizon - as long as it isn't hurting him personally, he is fundamentally incapable of giving a shit. Which is how we know Miller is going because he is somehow threatening Trump's ego, either by not flattering &amp; pandering him enough, or - the more horrifying option - by being too powerful within the administration.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116557779155808197</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116557779155808197</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jwcph@helvede.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:16:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:16:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/nonilex%40masto.ai">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <br />Until the wind blows, or another wave of dementia hits.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/EugestShirley/statuses/116557309675675870</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/EugestShirley/statuses/116557309675675870</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[eugestshirley@m.ai6yr.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:16:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:13:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/nonilex%40masto.ai">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> If Miller's views are so bad that even Trump finds them to be extreme, they must be at Hannibal Lector levels.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/Steve/statuses/116557298100438397</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/Steve/statuses/116557298100438397</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[steve@social.coop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:13:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I hope this is true on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:58:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a>, who has previously joked that Miller’s “truest feelings” are so extreme that they should not be aired publicly, has…told others in recent weeks that he understands <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StephenMiller" rel="tag">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a> sometimes goes too far…. They said Trump recognized after the 2nd killing in Minneapolis, of… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlexPretti" rel="tag">#<span>AlexPretti</span></a>, that the policy needed to shift, &amp; he did not embrace Miller’s description of Pretti as a “domestic terrorist.” The question now is how long he will hold Miller &amp; his policy prescriptions at a distance.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116557236765673358</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116557236765673358</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[nonilex@masto.ai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:58:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>