LEAKED MEMO: When the Military Becomes ICE—The Plan They Hoped You’d Never Read

Inside the Trump and Hegseth blueprint to weaponize soldiers against civilians on U.S. soil.

LEAKED MEMO: When the Military Becomes ICE—The Plan They Hoped You’d Never Read

Inside the Trump and Hegseth blueprint to weaponize soldiers against civilians on U.S. soil.

The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #469: Sunday, August 3rd, 2025. 11:10 AM CST

When Democracy Meets the Barrel of a Gun

Picture this: You wake up…scroll your phone…and see the headline you hoped you’d never see in America.

“Leaked Memo: Trump’s Pentagon Plans Military‑Backed Mass Deportations Lasting Years.”

Not weeks. Years.

Not temporary crisis response. Standing domestic military operations.

And the man holding the match? Pete Hegseth…the Fox‑turned‑Pentagon loyalist who has turned incompetence and ideological zealotry into a job requirement.

If you think this is politics as usual…you’re sleepwalking through a constitutional arson.

This is the moment where law enforcement becomes militarized…due process gets bypassed…and civilian streets become staging grounds for state‑sponsored fear.

If you can imagine tanks at a family’s doorstep…if you can hear the whir of helicopter blades over a detention bus convoy…congratulations: you’re seeing what they want you to think is “normal.”

The Puppetmaster and the Memo

The Independent broke the story.

Buried in the memo: a blueprint for multi‑year military assistance to ICE and DHS…an unprecedented domestic mobilization in peacetime.

• Pete Hegseth, now holding the Pentagon keys…has overseen this strategy from the shadows.

• The memo openly discusses long‑term troop deployments…readiness for LA‑style urban unrest…and coordination with ICE for mass deportations.

• Years of operations. Not a one‑time raid. Not an emergency response.

The language is bureaucratic…but the message is blunt:

America is being conditioned to accept military enforcement of political will.

Signalgate and the Tower of Dysfunction

Here’s why this is more terrifying than even the memo reveals: the man orchestrating it is a walking scandal factory.

• “Signalgate” – Hegseth allegedly shared sensitive military information over Signal with a journalist and friends…sparking an inspector general investigation.

• Internal Chaos – Leaked reports describe the Pentagon under Hegseth as “the crème de la crème of dysfunction.”

• Leadership Revolt – Career officials are leaving in droves…replaced with Trump‑loyal appointees who owe their jobs to obedience…not expertise.

This is the guy weaponizing the U.S. military for a domestic political project.

Deportation + Domesticated Military = Authoritarian Blueprint

Let’s call this what it is: soft authoritarianism…hardening in real time.

• The Posse Comitatus Act was designed to keep the U.S. military out of civilian law enforcement.

• This memo is the first official crack in that firewall…a deliberate blending of immigration policy and military might.

• Once the precedent is set…it doesn’t stop at immigration.

Today it’s migrant families.

Tomorrow it’s “suspected agitators.”

And one day it’s anyone whose loyalty is questioned.

Authoritarians always start with someone the majority can look away from. They normalize the boots and buses before anyone realizes the line has moved.

Trump’s Dangerous Game…Played Again

We’ve watched this movie before. Trump’s governing formula never changes:

1. Create a crisis (real or manufactured).

2. Exploit fear to push the unthinkable.

3. Reward loyalty, crush dissent, expand power.

He did it with the travel ban.
He did it with Lafayette Square.
He did it with federal agents in Portland.

Now, he’s fusing immigration enforcement with military muscle…daring Americans to blink before the new normal cements.

From Health Power to Deportation Power

If you’ve been reading JHN…you know this playbook.

• Freeze the agencies.

• Purge the experts.

• Replace them with loyalists.

• Turn policy levers into weapons.

He started with health power…pausing CDC and HHS operations…starving oversight…politicizing access to care.
Now he’s moving to enforcement power…militarizing deportation and reshaping the social contract by fear.

This isn’t about security. It’s about conditioning compliance.

The Human Toll

Behind the memo’s sterile language are real lives.

• Parents yanked from jobs and schools in front of their children.

• Families separated not because they’re violent…but because Trump’s campaign needs the footage.

• Communities living under permanent surveillance and intimidation…treated as occupation zones in the country they call home.

And once troops are mobilized…how long before a tragedy sparks national outrage?
Before a soldier following unlawful orders makes a headline that can’t be buried?

Democracy vs. Demagogue

This is the point of no return.

• Congress hasn’t acted.

• Courts are slow.

• Mainstream media is chasing the circus instead of the scaffolding.

If Americans shrug this off…it’s over quietly….not loudly.
One memo becomes a mission. One mission becomes a policy.
And one day…we wake up to militarized governance as the norm.

Your Action Plan

Here’s what I need you to do right now:

1. Call your senators and representatives. Demand public hearings on Hegseth’s memo.

2. Forward this newsletter to three friends who still think “it can’t happen here.”

3. Leave a comment…even “I see it” helps Substack push this to more readers.

4. Support immigrant defense organizations. They are the first and last line for those targeted.

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Final Thought

Military planes on runways.
Convoys moving through neighborhoods at dawn.
Children peeking through curtains as soldiers knock on doors.

That’s not an action movie. That’s the future they’re planning on paper…today.

The difference between a dystopian headline and a lived nightmare is whether we act before the gavel…the boot…and the bus roll together into American life.

We are the firewall.
We hold the line.
And we will not be silent.

I’ll be back soon. There’s just too G’ddamn much happening in our country that is chopping democracy off at the knees…to do otherwise.

The work never ends…and…you know what? That’s fine with me. I’m pissed.

Rather than waste that energy on foolishness…I’m channeling it constructively. So, don’t worry about me spending my days off fishing somewhere with a cooler of beer. I’ll. Be. Right. Here.

Peace to you, my friend.

-Jack

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