Miller in, Wiles out

Stephen Miller — the architect of ICE and the Iran war — is now White House Chief of Staff. Susie Wiles, the last voice of reason, is out. Pete Hegseth is rolling Humvees and boats into the nation’s capital while Trump pushes an arch that would cast a literal shadow over Arlington Cemetery. A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. This is Veterans Week, and it’s going to be a fight.

November 9, 2026

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Miller in, Wiles out. The last guardrail inside Trump’s West Wing just came down, and the architect of ICE and the Iran war is now…

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Why Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff is a five-alarm fire. and what it signals about the next 14 months

Susie Wiles out. the last internal guardrail is gone

Pete Hegseth authorizes the National Guard to roll boats, Hu. Pete Hegseth authorizes the National Guard to roll boats, Humvees, and marked police cars through DC

The proposed Trump arch that would cast a literal shadow over Arlington Cemetery. and the federal judge who blocked it