The Hartmann Report Daily Take: Bannon Exposes Trump’s 2026 “Test Run,” and It’s Already Happening
Mar 24, 2026
A deep dive into a revealed plan to use current operations as a rehearsal for 2026. Discussion of authoritarian playbook tactics like crisis creation, power grabs, and normalization. Links between airport chaos, staffing decisions, and political strategy are explored. Concerns about ICE deployments near polls and the legal and civic responses urged to counter voter intimidation.
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Bannon Calls Airport Ops A 2026 Test Run
- Steve Bannon openly called the airport operations a "test run" to perfect using ICE for 2026 election interference.
- Bannon said ICE training at airports—ID checks and targeting brown-skinned people—is "perfect training for the fall of 2026."
Airport Chaos Driven By Funding Choices
- Thom Hartmann links the airport crisis to a deliberate political strategy created by funding choices and staffing gaps.
- He notes TSA call-out rates hit 55% and over 400 TSA officers quit while ICE remained fully funded by Trump's prior bill.
Noncitizen Voting Claims Are A Pretext
- The stated rationale—preventing noncitizen voting—is factually baseless yet used to justify suppression tactics.
- Hartmann points to research (Cato, Heritage) showing noncitizen voting is virtually nonexistent while Republicans push the lie to suppress minorities.