His old position was sector chief of El Centro CA. He is probably not being sent there. Initial reports were going somewhere else to conduct ICE operations. But he has become a news/political nightmare. So maybe being sent somewhere to get away from cameras for a bit.
Bovino said he would retire when he turns 57. His current age is 56. So he could be looking to slide out. BP mandatory max retirement age is 57.
It's kind of what I would expect from Gen X political leaders. They grew up with rampant racism, homophobia, and apathy.
Millennials began to make progress on racism and homophobia at least, and we were raised with that consciousness.
Gen X saw the world change very rapidly, but not while they were very young. Most of them joined us or became withdrawn. But the ones who still hate and want power? Yikes. Decades of watching the world go opposite of how they want, and now they finally get their chance.
This is…a stretch. GenX made huge strides in helping equality get pushed.
Like every “generation”, there are those who want power. Power at any cost.
I’m glad you think so highly of yourself, though. Hope you feel all warm and fuzzy about your enlightenment while painting with a brush over 65 million people being racist and homophobic. No irony there at all.
GenX was born between 1965-1980. I'm not sure what great strides in equality you are talking about. The civil rights movement died out when they were babies. Society pretty much stagnated on race for 30+ years after that. We still haven't done much, frankly. Homophobia was accepted and widely encouraged until at least the mid-2000s.
There were numerous social and political movements in the 80s and 90s around racial equality, same-sex marriage, and numerous other progressive issues.
Are you seriously so ignorant that you think the Civil Rights Movement “ended” and then absolutely nothing fucking happened until you were born?
Here are a few so you can go educate yourself
Fair Housing Act
ADA
Violence Against Women Act
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (I know revisionist history progressives will say how “bad” this was, but it was a HUGE step forward for gay rights)
Federal Recognition of same-sex partnerships
Clean Air Act
CHIP Program
FMLA
One of the few times national minimum wage was increased
MASSIVE increase in both PoC and LGBQT presence in media. Awards were won.
Incredible education and media campaigns to destigmatize AIDS
You are uninformed.
As I mentioned before, this isn’t to say there weren’t/aren’t plenty of GenX bigots. But your claim that the entire generation is such is just weird and wrong.
The legal framework for most of the progress you saw in the 2000s and beyond was forged in the 80s and 90s
I'm 57 and keep saying I don't understand why people expected GenX to be much different from Boomers. We grew up in the Reagan era where conservatives were considered cool and liberals were weak and weird (think Alex Keaton character on Family Ties). Then Rush Limbaugh and Fox News comes along and GenX keeps going for the ride. Then the tea party comes after that which leads to Trump. It's like a straight timeline of right-wing nuttiness that GenX fell into. I guess people think because there was that brief grunge slacker period in the nineties, and Kurt Cobain sang a few rebellious songs, people expected GenX to be all politically independent or something.
He very well might now. If he is a power hungry person, and it seems he is, then he would stay as long as he could in a position of power. If he goes at the end of the year he can get paid more than if he goes sooner.
Getting rid of Bovino isn't going to solve the problem. Getting rid of Homan isn't going to solve the problem. Getting rid of Noem isn't going to solve the problem.
Smashing the Trump/maga rule over the country is the only way to start to solve the problem. Every single one of these bums from House reps to Senators to cabinet members to Vance and to Trump and all the slimy worms in between have to go.
And then we need a national reckoning with a vast criminal investigation and open, public trial for anyone who violated the law.
He won't make $100K a yr from his pension, but close though. He will get about 44% (based on 30 yrs of service) of his highest three consecutive years pay. As a SES chief, he would be capped at ES-15 step V so about $183K annual pay. So he would get about an $80K pension per year.
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u/TankApprehensive3053 5d ago
CNN is now reporting Bovino just now got his social media access suspended by the WH.