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ruet

(10,276 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:49 PM Mar 5

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says

Source: Axios

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is leaving the department and being replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Trump said Thursday.

Why it matters: Noem's exit leaves Trump's mass deportation agenda without its most prominent face amid a public backlash.

Catch up quick: Noem drew bipartisan fury after accusing Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti and mother Renee Nicole Good of being domestic terrorists after both were shot and killed by federal agents in January.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/kristi-noem-trump-ice-dhs

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says (Original Post) ruet Mar 5 OP
Oh geez NCDem47 Mar 5 #1
Markwayne Mullin? ruet Mar 5 #3
Yes, I was just wondering when his term is up Walleye Mar 5 #7
Very soon, apparently. -NT- ruet Mar 5 #8
Oklahomans only vote for repubs. Puppyjive Mar 5 #17
... ruet Mar 5 #21
I object! to your post, and to Markwayne HighFired49 Mar 5 #33
I spent 9 years there Puppyjive Mar 5 #68
As a lifelong liberal Democrat who is from the deep south, TNNurse Mar 5 #69
Isn't Jennifer Welch from IHIP from OKC? LSparkle Mar 5 #35
Yes BaronChocula Mar 5 #90
Hey! MoseShrute Mar 5 #70
Good for you. Puppyjive Mar 5 #73
I hear you MoseShrute Mar 5 #99
All counties voted Tump rpannier Mar 5 #100
Yeah, but the governor evolves Mar 5 #31
I just read up on that. ruet Mar 5 #43
Vacator, but I prefer Vacuist. erronis Mar 5 #79
What's between her ears can be described as "vacuous" Seinan Sensei Mar 5 #97
Wow, from dumb to dumber BonnieJW Mar 5 #87
That will leave a vacancy for (R)s in the Senate BumRushDaShow Mar 5 #2
Good call. 16-20 minutes later. underpants Mar 5 #49
Looks like whoever is appointed will be there till Jan 2027, after the scheduled election muriel_volestrangler Mar 5 #50
Reminds me of Wendel Anderson, governor of Minnesota. Scruffy1 Mar 5 #112
Link to CNBC nitpicked Mar 5 #4
So now is prosecution for all Traildogbob Mar 5 #5
Is she taking her boy toy and 'blankie' with her? sheshe2 Mar 5 #46
How dare you Traildogbob Mar 5 #85
That works for me. sheshe2 Mar 5 #89
Enjoy public life, puppy killer. Grokenstein Mar 5 #6
👋 underpants Mar 5 #9
Markwayne Mullin Is big trouble Brother Buzz Mar 5 #10
I expect worse Retrograde Mar 5 #51
Yes, he will haul the marmalade shartcannon's water Brother Buzz Mar 5 #59
Mullins is a Retrograde Hillbilly tonekat Mar 5 #78
Same ol' same ol' with far fewer dramatics Brother Buzz Mar 5 #86
Perhaps he's in the next drop of Trump-Epstein files. travelingthrulife Mar 6 #123
She and Lewandowski will have to cheat on their spouses like normal people now. n/t flvegan Mar 5 #11
Bonkers behavior. Just bonkers. The entire administration needs to be locked in a safe space with padded walls. 0rganism Mar 5 #12
I am continuing to suspect popsdenver Mar 5 #22
If that was true, Noem wouldn't have been fired Fiendish Thingy Mar 5 #28
Maybe so popsdenver Mar 5 #36
Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November Fiendish Thingy Mar 5 #45
A Blue tsunami will be totally dependent... returnee Mar 5 #113
We certainly must be vigilant for ratfuckery and shenanigans Fiendish Thingy Mar 5 #118
Again, an extremely and dangerously... returnee Mar 5 #119
Desperation does not mean he creates the reality he seeks Fiendish Thingy Mar 5 #120
You have misinterpreted my position. returnee Mar 6 #121
I can only interpret the words that you type Fiendish Thingy Mar 6 #122
What an odd assumption dpibel Mar 5 #91
I sometimes think so too; however if they did perfect election corruption, it would be the first thing they did well 0rganism Mar 5 #62
Those same "ass clowns" popsdenver Mar 6 #125
Except they aren't the same ass clowns, although there is overlap 0rganism Mar 6 #126
I have always said popsdenver Mar 6 #127
The reason trump hired Noem in the first place Coldwater Mar 5 #13
I don't believe it! Chemical Bill Mar 5 #32
I think the willingness to murder was a bonus, the real reason... 0rganism Mar 5 #72
may her next job be making license plates in prison moonshinegnomie Mar 5 #14
Nope. She becomes a "special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemispher Attilatheblond Mar 5 #25
I wonder what it pays stollen Mar 5 #76
As my buddy said... lonely bird Mar 5 #95
At this stage........... popsdenver Mar 5 #44
Republicans in Senate go down one. Sanity Claws Mar 5 #15
Bye bye Barbi! oasis Mar 5 #16
I'm sure that the "bipartisan" fury... PassingFair Mar 5 #18
Out but not really... The "Shield of the Americas" Ellipsis Mar 5 #19
Problem is, the idiot that installed Noem is still in Blue Owl Mar 5 #20
She should have bleached her hair. twodogsbarking Mar 5 #23
Score! Attilatheblond Mar 5 #26
But hey, she'll have SO MUCH MORE TIME to prioritize her makeup and hair. calimary Mar 5 #82
and she ain't wrapped too tight twodogsbarking Mar 5 #110
Back to your gravel pit Ice Barbie, your killing days are over Blues Heron Mar 5 #24
Still working in government apparently angrychair Mar 5 #40
Bummer. At least she won't be in charge of Ice etc. Blues Heron Mar 5 #52
I think she was in charge of "ice skating" --- ICE crimming and getting away with it. erronis Mar 5 #98
Of all the times to not have popsdenver Mar 5 #27
they don't need to waste time/resources on that Kali Mar 5 #48
One wonders who Mullin is cheating with.... AZ8theist Mar 5 #29
Her 14-month-old puppy cricket who she shot can now finally RIP Coldwater Mar 5 #30
The brainless Senator? sinkingfeeling Mar 5 #34
This feels good because i'm thinking TSF wouldn't do if he didn't have too. bluestarone Mar 5 #37
Does this mean Lewandowski has to sleep with Mullin now? Tim S Mar 5 #38
That's a good one Tim! nt SusieCreamcheese Mar 5 #42
from top to bottom to save his job rurallib Mar 5 #58
Depends on how good Mullen looks in a hat stollen Mar 5 #80
Mullin is a moron. SusieCreamcheese Mar 5 #39
He's a senator from Oklahoma, which is saying the same thing... regnaD kciN Mar 5 #55
This is very bad news... NNadir Mar 5 #41
No more pResidential protection? BidenRocks Mar 5 #47
I suspect that Noem's safe from prosecution while she's in the US, BUT Vogon_Glory Mar 5 #111
What about her boyfriend..? BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 5 #53
Great, he's one of the few people my other half actually pointed out spontaneously to me blue_jay Mar 5 #54
Dog gone. mac56 Mar 5 #56
Does this mean that Markwayne has to start porking Corey Lewandowski? CapnSteve Mar 5 #57
My sister lives in Bartlesville... Escape Mar 5 #60
The sexual escapades upset Donald Martin Eden Mar 5 #61
Did she grab a free pardon from the mint-dish on her way out? QueerDuck Mar 5 #63
Had her in Kalshi as the first to go... appmanga Mar 5 #64
OH, JFC... ECL213 Mar 5 #65
So now Warkmayne's driving the Clown Car. NBachers Mar 5 #66
...and there ends her mile-high fuckfest. Scalded Nun Mar 5 #67
Replaced by an even more stupid imbecile Mysterian Mar 5 #71
It will give Trump a chance to blame it all on Noem and back away from it all and he hopes to not loose all the midterm? LiberalArkie Mar 5 #74
Jimmy Kimmel just did a whole segment on how dumb Markwayne is Bobstandard Mar 5 #75
Watched that. The Idiot kept getting Iraq and Iran mixed up. Rhiagel Mar 5 #102
There really is a bottom line for TSF sycophants?! WestMichRad Mar 5 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author BluesRunTheGame Mar 5 #81
I hope, but doubt, that she lashes out like MTG has done Playingmantis Mar 5 #83
Unfortunately there are a lot of equally bad right wing politicians to replace ones who gets dumped for being so evil. patphil Mar 5 #84
Don't forget to take your blanket! cloudbase Mar 5 #88
Surprising choice, every time i have seen him he was shit on camera Mr. Sparkle Mar 5 #92
"every time i have seen him he was shit on camera" HighFired49 Mar 5 #117
What Happens to Her New Airplanes? ConstanceCee Mar 5 #93
She's NOT out if she is still sucking on the government teet and Donald Rump's ........ mdbl Mar 5 #94
Kristi Noem may have learned of her firing from Truth Social: report LetMyPeopleVote Mar 5 #96
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Mar 5 #101
There has to be something heavy going on behind the scenes orangecrush Mar 5 #103
I wonder if she will go all MTG-like? hamsterjill Mar 5 #104
Replacing dumb with an imbecile jackwagon Historic NY Mar 5 #105
What a relief. Noem is even harder to look at than trump. mwb970 Mar 5 #106
One thing Pedo-in-Chief is good at Hassler Mar 5 #107
Dogs and goats in South Dakota are scared. generalbetrayus Mar 5 #108
trash out, garbage in Skittles Mar 5 #109
The new job will give Noem more opportunities for cosplay LetMyPeopleVote Mar 5 #114
The five stages of White House employment Ray Bruns Mar 5 #115
"Steam" has the best song for the occasion.... COL Mustard Mar 5 #116
Markwayne Mullin on immigration..... chowder66 Mar 6 #124

ruet

(10,276 posts)
3. Markwayne Mullin?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:54 PM
Mar 5

Won't he lose (be forced to give up) his senate seat?

EDIT: These are the dumbest MFers ever.

Puppyjive

(985 posts)
17. Oklahomans only vote for repubs.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:07 PM
Mar 5

It doesn't matter how bad it gets, they will vote repub every time. I believe all counties went to Trump except one. I have one friend from Oklahoma who gets it. She is a lonestar. She doesn't talk to her family very much. My fellow military bros and sisters from there are all pro Trump except those who got educated. I think they fell for the religious bullshit. When I served, I kept religion at a distance.

HighFired49

(494 posts)
33. I object! to your post, and to Markwayne
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:20 PM
Mar 5

Be careful when you are painting with a broad brush. There are lots of us Dems. in Oklahoma, including all of my friends and family, and we don't appreciate being hit with your generalizations. Unfortunately, we are outnumbered about 2:1. Anyway, no hard feelings. Have a good day, Pup.

Puppyjive

(985 posts)
68. I spent 9 years there
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:55 PM
Mar 5

I know there are some dems in Oklahoma, but not very many. I feel for you. It's hard to progress in a state that is so red. Good luck to you!

TNNurse

(7,539 posts)
69. As a lifelong liberal Democrat who is from the deep south,
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:58 PM
Mar 5

I understand your complaint about the generalization. I have bitched about it on here and other places for years.

LSparkle

(12,182 posts)
35. Isn't Jennifer Welch from IHIP from OKC?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:22 PM
Mar 5

There may be more “stealth progressives” out there. Nonetheless, he’ll probably be replaced by a Rethug.

BaronChocula

(4,537 posts)
90. Yes
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:45 PM
Mar 5

She moved to NY last year with her partner-in-crime slated to do the same early this year. But she is fresh out of OK.

Puppyjive

(985 posts)
73. Good for you.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:15 PM
Mar 5

I was apolitical when I lived there. Wasn't into politics, but I remember some of my coworkers were big fans of Rush Limbaugh. I just happen to now get into debates with most of my friends from Oklahoma over politics. Some of them I have unfriended. I have a very dear friend from Oklahoma and Oklahoma runs deep in my life. I just don't understand the politics there, because Oklahomans are truly some of the kindest people I know

MoseShrute

(129 posts)
99. I hear you
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:17 PM
Mar 5

I worked for the federal government and I was shocked at the number of folks there who were anti-government. Seemed like the height of hypocrisy to me. There is a weird combination of hyper christianity and lack of education here. Divorce or adultery is ok as long as you go to church every Sunday and profess your love for SkyDaddy. I read a great book years ago about how during the Great Depression Oklahoma was the 6th poorest state in the nation. In the mid 1990s Oklahoma was still the 6th poorest state. If I recall correctly the book was Dancing With the Ghost of Tom Joad.

ruet

(10,276 posts)
43. I just read up on that.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:27 PM
Mar 5

What a sham. The appointee must be from the same party as vacancer... vacancier? ...vacansist?

erronis

(23,832 posts)
79. Vacator, but I prefer Vacuist.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:27 PM
Mar 5
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacator

Damn, I'm good. I didn't know there was a word 'vacuist'. It seems fitting: Someone who believes that there is a vacuum between their ears.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vacuist

BumRushDaShow

(169,536 posts)
2. That will leave a vacancy for (R)s in the Senate
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:54 PM
Mar 5

although governors can appoint a temp replacement until a special election.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,171 posts)
50. Looks like whoever is appointed will be there till Jan 2027, after the scheduled election
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:33 PM
Mar 5

This is from when Mullin was rumoured as a Sec of Agriculture appointment in late 2024, but it looks like it still applies:

When a U.S. Senate vacancy occurs, Title 51, Section 10 requires the governor to appoint someone to fill the remainder of the term, and within 30 days it instructs the governor to call a special election under certain circumstances. The appointee must sign “an oath affirming that the person will not file as a candidate for the office when it next appears on the ballot.” However, the provision about calling a special election for a vacant U.S. Senate seat is subject to Title 26, Section 12-101, which states that “if the vacant office is already scheduled to be filled for a full term at the next available regularly scheduled election, then no special election shall be called.”

Because Mullin’s Senate seat is already up for consideration in 2026, whomever Stitt appoints would serve until that election concludes.

Whether an appointee’s prescribed “oath” declining a 2026 candidacy complies with the U.S. Constitution, however, is another question being studied and debated in Oklahoma political circles.

https://nondoc.com/2024/11/12/markwayne-mullin-cabinet-rumor-spurs-speculation/

In 1963, an Oklahoma senator died, the governor resigned, got himself appointed, but lost his primary the next year.

https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000055

Scruffy1

(3,533 posts)
112. Reminds me of Wendel Anderson, governor of Minnesota.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:25 PM
Mar 5

Resigned, and had his Lt. Governor appoint him to the senate. End of career.

Traildogbob

(13,016 posts)
5. So now is prosecution for all
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:55 PM
Mar 5

The criminal shit going to happen? She get to keep all the guns and outfits. Murder Chargers?

Traildogbob

(13,016 posts)
85. How dare you
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:35 PM
Mar 5

Try to take this hearing into the gutter with those lies and propaganda.

I think she should be charged with all the theft and fraud and have to pay back the waste
The multi million dollar no bid contract to a friend, only a business for 8 weeks prior, should Land her in a detention center for years, no phone call, no attorney, and no trial until we can get around to it.

Grokenstein

(6,355 posts)
6. Enjoy public life, puppy killer.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:55 PM
Mar 5

And enjoy your turn in the hot seat, Mullin. Have fun trying to run PR for the noo murikan gestapo.

Brother Buzz

(39,886 posts)
10. Markwayne Mullin Is big trouble
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:57 PM
Mar 5

And possibly a more prolific liar.

Expect more of the same from DHS

Brother Buzz

(39,886 posts)
86. Same ol' same ol' with far fewer dramatics
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:40 PM
Mar 5

The marmalade shartcannon would deem that an improvement.

0rganism

(25,636 posts)
12. Bonkers behavior. Just bonkers. The entire administration needs to be locked in a safe space with padded walls.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:01 PM
Mar 5

Completely nutso. Dangerous to themselves and others. Unsupervised children playing with loaded guns, matches, and oily rags.

To be clear, firing Noem isn't the crazy part. Hiring her in the first place is. Replacing her with Moron Mullin is extra crazy. Decreasing your party's majority in the senate to do so is super duper extra crazy.

popsdenver

(2,278 posts)
22. I am continuing to suspect
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:12 PM
Mar 5

that their election corruption has been perfected, and they could care less what happens to the House/Senate..........

The thing is: The Republican Senators, Republican House Members, and the Republican Supreme Court justices are so dumb, they don't realize that in a Dictatorship/Tyranny, there are no Judicial or Legislative Branches......LOL

Fiendish Thingy

(23,160 posts)
28. If that was true, Noem wouldn't have been fired
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:17 PM
Mar 5

If they had “perfected” their election corruption, there would be absolutely no need to fire Noem, because they wouldn’t be worried about how their ICE crimes might affect their chances in November.

popsdenver

(2,278 posts)
36. Maybe so
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:22 PM
Mar 5

But we know that he wants ALL attention, ALL the time, as well as ALL of the Media coverage to be directed to him, and she was not helping him, per se, but "all in" for only herself.....

Fiendish Thingy

(23,160 posts)
45. Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:29 PM
Mar 5

Firing Noem won’t help, especially if Mullin becomes an efficient and effective domestic terrorist and gets closer to meeting Miller’s quotas.

returnee

(922 posts)
113. A Blue tsunami will be totally dependent...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:34 PM
Mar 5

…on a free fair election and vote count. To presume this is guaranteed is extremely and dangerously naive. Every Dem should have this as top line of their agenda, because we have the votes but votes can be suppressed and counts can be manipulated.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,160 posts)
118. We certainly must be vigilant for ratfuckery and shenanigans
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:50 PM
Mar 5

But in a year where 2024 Trump +20 districts are swinging 15-30+ points towards Dems, voter suppression, gerrymandering and other ham handed efforts will not be sufficient to “rig” the election in their favor.

This administration is an evil clown car of incompetent goat rodeo rejects, not the cadre of organized, efficient Nazis some imagine them to be.

because we have the votes but votes can be suppressed and counts can be manipulated.


While many states have enacted voter suppression measures, the SAVE act appears to be stalled in the senate. The undetected manipulation of vote counts is virtually impossible - it did not happen in 2024 (no it didn’t), and the attempts in previous elections were detected and the perpetrators dealt with harshly- just ask Tina Peters.

While they may sow chaos and destruction, outside of the executive branch they have very little actual, physical control.

Incidents debunking the myth of Trump’s omnipotence continue to pile up daily. Conspiracy theories about physically impossible scenarios - that is what is truly, dangerously naive.

returnee

(922 posts)
119. Again, an extremely and dangerously...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:15 PM
Mar 5

…naive position to take given all that TSF is blatantly stating he wants to do and the people he has willing to help and desperate state he is in and the power that he has and what he has been able to get away with already.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,160 posts)
120. Desperation does not mean he creates the reality he seeks
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:29 PM
Mar 5

As I have said, outside of the executive branch, he has very little actual, physical control over anything, whether it is vote totals in hundreds of elections across the country, or on the ground in the nations he is destroying.

Desperation means his administration will continue to flail incompetently, ineffectively, and most importantly, obviously for all to see.

Just because Trump imagines something, and speaks it, does not mean it will become reality- when have seen that numerous times.

Just because someone can imagine a dystopian doomsday scenario and type it on the internet does not make that scenario plausible, possible or probable.

Sorry to hear that you continue to accept the myth of Trump’s omnipotence.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,160 posts)
122. I can only interpret the words that you type
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:19 AM
Mar 6

And your words stated that the vote count could/would be manipulated, primarily because “Trump says so”.

I disputed that based on a number reality based facts.

If you cannot rebut the facts I have asserted, then, yes, there is no point in further discussion.

dpibel

(3,933 posts)
91. What an odd assumption
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:49 PM
Mar 5

There are quite a few other things that might have led to Noem's demise other than her potential effect on the midterms.

You know: taking attention away from the big boy, offending Stephen Miller, not being blonde.

Your notion that the only thing driving decisions is the elections is, frankly, silly.

0rganism

(25,636 posts)
62. I sometimes think so too; however if they did perfect election corruption, it would be the first thing they did well
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:48 PM
Mar 5

So far I have scant evidence to believe these assclowns are even halfway competent, and I have to grudgingly set my misgivings aside long enough to regard the possibility of their success at anything as an exceptional circumstance requiring exceptional corroboration. Granted, there certainly would be a lot of moving parts out of sight to the general public, but I can't just suppose they have their shit together without some indication of prior success.

They want to be a real big boy dictatorship so bad it hurts, and even with all their current advantages they're surprisingly ineffective at establishing one.

More likely most involved, especially Wiles, realize they're playing to an audience of one, and that one wants to see better poll numbers. The choice of Mullin is a mountain of mystery, but without strong evidence, I doubt it's a stroke of genius or a flex.

popsdenver

(2,278 posts)
125. Those same "ass clowns"
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 02:38 PM
Mar 6

seemed to be extremely competent in throwing the 2000 election, and probably others..........The Supreme Court, at the behest of the Republicans had absolutely no legal or constitutional right to declare stopping the re-count. Period....It is a State Matter, and wasn't a Federal Matter........

0rganism

(25,636 posts)
126. Except they aren't the same ass clowns, although there is overlap
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 03:04 PM
Mar 6

There's something very different going on now, a new generation of under-trained ass clowns trying to learn the ropes as the old hands retire. Seems like the legacy Bush-aligned ass clowns dislike the incoming troupe of Trump-aligned ass clowns and aren't making a smooth handoff. Generational turnover has robbed the GOP of some very talented rat-fuckers while leaving them with weak substitutes.

One thing I think we (and really anyone paying attention) can agree on is that they absolutely will try to steal the election. However, I think they're quite likely to bungle the heist in a stupidly embarrassing manner. Regardless, the risk is relatively high, given the stakes, and the chance of the SCOTUS fucking us over is way higher than it should be.

popsdenver

(2,278 posts)
127. I have always said
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:48 PM
Mar 6

The only difference between the street walker crack whores, and the entire Trump CABAL is.....There are things the crack whores WILL NOT DO, for ANY amount of money................

Coldwater

(1,271 posts)
13. The reason trump hired Noem in the first place
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:02 PM
Mar 5

was only after he read her bio, which included her willingness to kill her 14-month-old puppy Cricket, which he saw as an asset to become Homeland Security Secretary

0rganism

(25,636 posts)
72. I think the willingness to murder was a bonus, the real reason...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:15 PM
Mar 5

South Dakota Snow Queen, 1990

Attilatheblond

(8,867 posts)
25. Nope. She becomes a "special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemispher
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:14 PM
Mar 5

popsdenver

(2,278 posts)
44. At this stage...........
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:27 PM
Mar 5

Good luck with that thought..........

100+ Reagan appointees were indicted on Federal Charges, when he left office, the first day HWBush took office, he pardoned every single one of them.......HW's remaining four years, he was playing CYA for the un-fathomable number of things that were done in the Reagan administration, (since almost ALL were orchestrated by HW and his CABAL), and it gave him time, and cover to "disappear" all the evidence............

Sanity Claws

(22,408 posts)
15. Republicans in Senate go down one.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:05 PM
Mar 5

The repub OK governor will appoint another Repub but how long will it take? It would be nice if the governor has problems finding someone.

Ellipsis

(9,454 posts)
19. Out but not really... The "Shield of the Americas"
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:09 PM
Mar 5

AI

The "Shield of the Americas"- is a U.S.-led security initiative and summit, proposed for March 2026 in Miami, focusing on strengthening regional coordination among select Latin American and Caribbean nations. It addresses organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and regional stability, while counteracting Chinas influence in the Western Hemisphere

It functions as a smaller, invitation-based, "like-minded" alliance designed to advance regional security and, as described by supporters, uphold a "Neo-Monroe Doctrine" to prevent foreign adversaries from establishing footholds in the region.

Kristi Noem is set to act as the Special Envoy for this initiative, according to reports in March 2026.

Blue Owl

(59,053 posts)
20. Problem is, the idiot that installed Noem is still in
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:10 PM
Mar 5

tRump can rearrange the deck chairs all he wants but his titanic is still going DOWN

calimary

(89,967 posts)
82. But hey, she'll have SO MUCH MORE TIME to prioritize her makeup and hair.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:32 PM
Mar 5

Her looks. That’s all she’s ever cared about. You can tell just by looking at her. I’ve known women like her since high school. It was never about what was in the package. Only how decoratively it was wrapped.

Blues Heron

(8,808 posts)
24. Back to your gravel pit Ice Barbie, your killing days are over
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:13 PM
Mar 5

Let Justice be served and karma begin

angrychair

(12,267 posts)
40. Still working in government apparently
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:25 PM
Mar 5

She actually was given another job as "special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere" ugh

popsdenver

(2,278 posts)
27. Of all the times to not have
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:16 PM
Mar 5

an experienced knowledgeable person heading the Homeland Security....this is it........

I am justifiably worried about another 9/11 or worse. Every Terrorist organization in the Mid East is gonna come looking for revenge in the U.S............

If Mullin is going to adopt and use any of "her" Jets, I would recommend a HAZMAT crew sterilize everything inside the planes.........

bluestarone

(22,150 posts)
37. This feels good because i'm thinking TSF wouldn't do if he didn't have too.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:23 PM
Mar 5

Love seeing that TSF had no choice here.

stollen

(1,143 posts)
80. Depends on how good Mullen looks in a hat
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:29 PM
Mar 5

1) You can leave your hat on. 💋

2) You can take your hat off. 👎

SusieCreamcheese

(46 posts)
39. Mullin is a moron.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:25 PM
Mar 5

I just saw this guy Mullin in an interview about the "war" in Iran and he couldn't put together a coherent sentence. I was thinking, "what an idiot", and then I read about this shit! Does he have to go before the Senate for confirmation? That will be a real circus.
The puppy killer wasn't fired, she was moved to a made-up position in order for fatso to save face.
What's going to become of Loverboy Lewendowski?

NNadir

(38,005 posts)
41. This is very bad news...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:26 PM
Mar 5

...at least if you're a dog in south Dakota.

It's pretty good news if you're a human being somewhere else. The replacement, predictably, sounds like an asshole.

BidenRocks

(3,245 posts)
47. No more pResidential protection?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:30 PM
Mar 5

Charge her and deport her to CECOT!
A fitting end for the misery she wrought!

Vogon_Glory

(10,295 posts)
111. I suspect that Noem's safe from prosecution while she's in the US, BUT
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:42 PM
Mar 5

she’s going to have to be very choosy about which countries she visits if she decides to go abroad. I can imagine her visiting some civilized country or other and getting arrested for her crimes against the innocent. She doesn’t even have to be a tourist: she could just be changing planes.

blue_jay

(261 posts)
54. Great, he's one of the few people my other half actually pointed out spontaneously to me
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:35 PM
Mar 5

how terrible they thought he was. Probably/ possibly worse than the Kringy one

CapnSteve

(403 posts)
57. Does this mean that Markwayne has to start porking Corey Lewandowski?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:40 PM
Mar 5

...I think Corey is a feature of the lux airplane....

Hey Trump: Epstein Epstein Epstein! Tick tock...

Martin Eden

(15,603 posts)
61. The sexual escapades upset Donald
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:48 PM
Mar 5

She refused to perform the same things with him that she did with Corey Lewandowski.

He only hired her because of her botox lips.

appmanga

(1,491 posts)
64. Had her in Kalshi as the first to go...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:50 PM
Mar 5

...but it had to happen a month ago. Hang the money, this still makes me happy.

Mysterian

(6,476 posts)
71. Replaced by an even more stupid imbecile
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:08 PM
Mar 5

Mullins is dumber than a box of rocks. Noem was in-between a box of rocks and slime mold on the intelligence scale.

LiberalArkie

(19,787 posts)
74. It will give Trump a chance to blame it all on Noem and back away from it all and he hopes to not loose all the midterm?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:16 PM
Mar 5

Bobstandard

(2,292 posts)
75. Jimmy Kimmel just did a whole segment on how dumb Markwayne is
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:17 PM
Mar 5

The videos don’t lie but they are funny. Or were until this news.

Rhiagel

(1,862 posts)
102. Watched that. The Idiot kept getting Iraq and Iran mixed up.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:23 PM
Mar 5

He should fit right in with the other nitwits in TSF's administration.

Response to ruet (Original post)

patphil

(9,056 posts)
84. Unfortunately there are a lot of equally bad right wing politicians to replace ones who gets dumped for being so evil.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:35 PM
Mar 5

Mullin isn't going to be much of an improvement. He might be a bit more discrete, but will be just as bad when it comes to not fixing what's broken in the ICE and CBP organizations.
The prison camps are here to stay, as will be the expansion of these camps that has been going on since Trump was elected. You might see some improvement in conditions in the camps, and perhaps better medical care, but otherwise it'll be the same old same old.
We're still going to see Trump's brown shirts kidnap people off the streets, and engage in violence against US citizens who protest what they're doing.
Policy isn't going to change. State terrorism will just have a new face.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,665 posts)
96. Kristi Noem may have learned of her firing from Truth Social: report
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:00 PM
Mar 5

trump did not tell her that she was fired except on social media

It's unclear how now former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discovered she was fired, and reports Thursday indicate she could have found out about it on Truth Social.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-05T20:31:08.555Z

https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-fired

It's unclear how now former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discovered she was fired, and reports Thursday indicate she could have found out about it on Truth Social.

CNN senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes reported that Noem was speaking at the Sergeant Benevolent Association Major Cities Conference in Nashville just as President Donald Trump had announced via his Truth Social platform that he would replace her with MAGA ally and former MMA fighter Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and demote her to "Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas." A White House official said she was apparently aware as she was speaking that she had lost her position.

"Now I do not know the order of events in terms of whether or not she learned before or he actually posted this, or during the time that he was posting this, that I'm still trying to get to the bottom of," Holmes said. "But she is aware that he has put this out there now, the other thing to note here is that she's been asked a number of questions, and nobody has asked her about it, so clearly there's probably several people in that audience who don't know that this announcement just happened roughly an hour ago or less."


hamsterjill

(17,568 posts)
104. I wonder if she will go all MTG-like?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:28 PM
Mar 5

Just thinking...

EDITED TO ADD: Nah, I see now that Trump gave good, ole puppy killer herself a consolation prize. So she won't be spilling anything. She'll take what he gives her and be grateful.

Too bad.

Hassler

(4,918 posts)
107. One thing Pedo-in-Chief is good at
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:53 PM
Mar 5

Is humiliating people who work for him. Imagine being replaced by moron Mar kwayne Mullin. Gnome had a good gig playing governor in South Dakota and now she's a joke with a loser husband and loverboy looking for his next Hope Hicks

chowder66

(12,228 posts)
124. Markwayne Mullin on immigration.....
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 01:13 PM
Mar 6

On January 7, the same day 37-year-old Good was fatally shot by a federal agent, Mullin called ICE officers “red-blooded Americans and patriots” and spoke out against what he said was a rise in assaults against them.

“ICE agents aren't Disney villains,” he said in a post on X. “They're our neighbors, friends, and loved ones. These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe. Assaults against ICE are up 1,300%. I stand with DHS.”

“The fact is that Renee Good was interfering with police activity," the senator later told CNN's Jake Tapper. "There’s no question about that right now. Once she blocked the ICE agents from doing their job, they exited the vehicle. Gave her verbal command, she wasn’t listening, and then she purposely tries to accelerate and run over.”

The senator then added: “I don’t know if she purposely tried to run over the ICE agent, but there was an ICE agent position in front of her vehicle. She accelerated to them. At that point, that vehicle becomes a lethal weapon.”

https://www.newsweek.com/what-markwayne-mullin-has-said-about-ice-immigration-border-security-11633623


Mullin has called for increasingly strict sanctions for immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.In June 2025, Mullin stated that U.S.-born citizen children who were born to parents of immigrants should be deported alongside their parents. "Well, they should go where their parents are," Mullin said. "Why wouldn't you send a child with their parents? I mean, why would you want to separate them?"

Around that same time, Mullin also backed Trump's decision to send National Guard members to Los Angeles to address the "lawlessness" of demonstrators protesting the arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants.


https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/05/markwayne-mullin-dhs-immigration-stance-kristi-noem-replaced/89005969007/

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