Remember the dark days? The before time? The long, long ago?
Sure, you do. It's not as far back as you think. Joe Biden was eating pudding in the Oval Office and pretending to be the President, Lloyd Austin was walking around with a mask and face shield like a Temu version of Darth Vader, Richard Levine was calling himself a woman and got promoted to admiral for it, and DEI had taken over our military and intelligence leadership so thoroughly that our Armed Forces and three-letter agencies labelled 'climate change' and 'white supremacy' as the biggest threats facing our nation.
Anyone want to go back to that? Nah, me neither.
Today, we've got Pete Hegseth working out with the troops, military recruiting is back to exceeding targets, and freaking Superman has even joined ICE as the agency's newest rookie.
This weekend, the Department of Homeland Security released a new ICE recruiting video and, while it doesn't feature Superman, it is still the most bada** video I've seen since American servicemembers in Qatar were cheering on our interceptors blowing up incoming Iranian missiles.
Watch:
Hunt Cartels. Save America.https://t.co/nZkBEj3GGi pic.twitter.com/grWECh6vRP
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 10, 2025
Even before you press play, just take a look at the post that goes along with the video. 'Hunt Cartels. Save America.'
How awesome is THAT?
Notice that there is nothing in there about discovering your preferred pronouns or going to sensitivity training.
That is not what our warriors do. They hunt. They win. They save America.
Then the video itself, set to Jay-Z's 'Public Service Announcement' (which is kind of the perfect song, even though I don't even really like Jay-Z), shows ICE agents training on how to accomplish exactly that mission.
As much as the video is a recruiting advertisement for ICE, it is also a warning to illegal criminals, human traffickers, cartel members, and all other sorts of bad guys.
We're not playing nice anymore. Your days are numbered. If you don't want these hard-chargers coming for you, you'd best cease and desist, and leave now.
It is also likely a warning to Mexico and President Sheinbaum. Over the weekend, she announced that American agents fighting cartels in Mexico were 'absolutely ruled out.'
Well, guess what? DHS released this video reel a day after she made that announcement. It put her on notice. She does not dictate the terms of engagement; we do. And if she doesn't cooperate to our satisfaction?
Consequences.
I wasn't the only one who appreciated the video. Even Jay-Z himself approved.
https://t.co/3JZmMB9pGU pic.twitter.com/w54YauNtRe
— Rick Merritt (@R1ckterScale) August 11, 2025
OK, well, that's probably not true. Jay-Z is likely being henpecked by Beyoncé and his celebrity friends to denounce the video and demand it be taken down.
It doesn't matter. Plenty of others thought it was amazing. (Apologies in advance for a few NSFW words in the posts below.)
This is a pretty bada** reel from DHS. Well done to the media team that produced this. https://t.co/F4V7WNpR3A
— Shermichael Singleton (@MrShermichael) August 10, 2025
Hell f***ing yeah. Inject this into my veins!!! https://t.co/PQrjSqzdp6
— MAGS (@TAftermath2020) August 10, 2025
Holy s*** https://t.co/5V169EO91H
— Amanda Milius (@AmandaMilius) August 10, 2025
This is the way! I voted for ICE hunting down the cartels!
— JKash 🍊MAGA Queen (@JKash000) August 10, 2025
— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) August 10, 2025
Yes, we are. Our level of being back is mind-boggling. Particularly given how fast it is happening.
Why, it's almost as if the country was begging for this after eight years of 'America Last' under Barack Obama and four years of 'America ... Huh, What?' under Biden.
— D.J. (@DJDeez35) August 10, 2025
This is a DHS that is focused on the mission and the mission alone.
And that mission does not include catering to mentally ill men in dresses or forcing DEI mandates.
I simply love our new DHS.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 10, 2025
I kind of do, too. This is masculinity. And it is not toxic. It is what America has been screaming for.
Now, of course, I recognize that there is the possibility of this going too far or of it blinding DHS's bosses (namely, American citizens) to criticizing the agency when it deserves it.
I am old enough to remember the post-9/11 launch of the Global War on Terror, which saw an amazing surge of patriotism in the United States, but was based on a lot of lies and saddled us with horrible laws like the Patriot Act.
But the patriotism wasn't the problem back then. That was a good thing. Much of that was destroyed when it turned out our leaders were lying to us about so many things back then.
Then came Obama. Then came Biden. And with them came a level of American weakness and impotence we haven't seen since the Jimmy Carter years.
We are desperate for a resurgence. And we're getting it from just about everyone in the Trump administration.
We must remain vigilant, yes. But the threats of illegals on our streets are not made up, like WMDs in Iraq. Nor is the harm that cartels have been doing to America for years. I am confident saying that because this is not happening thousands of miles away. It is happening right here. We have seen it with our own eyes, and far too many of us have lived through it or, tragically, not lived through it.
Just ask Laken Riley's family. Or Jocelyn Nungaray's. Or Rachel Morin's. Or the families of the hundreds of thousands of Americans killed by fentanyl over the past few years alone.
Playtime is over.
ICE is here to hunt cartels, save America, and chew bubble gum.
And they're all out of bubble gum.
