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Kristi Noem removed from position as Secretary of US Homeland Security by Donald Trump
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- Title
- Kristi Noem out as Homeland Security secretary, Trump says
- Authors
- Laura Barrón-López, Jake Traylor, Marc Santia, Jacqueline Alemany, Ali Vitali, Steve Benen
- Published
- Mar 5 2026
- Word count
- 357 words
Markwayne Mullin is Trump's chosen successor who sucks hard in his own ways
But for now, let me just say: lol
Doesn't that leave them (temporarily) without a senator in the already razor thin margins?
So, based on what I researched:
So I guess that vacancy isn't a worry. Its more about if they can keep the seat for 2027. Which they probably assume is safe given how deeply red Oklahoma is.
shhhh dont give them advice. We need as much footshotgun as we can.
He'll also have to get confirmed... Does he have to resign before that starts because....
52-47, and the vice president breaks ties.
As a DHS employee (non-ICE/CBP), good fucking riddance. That said, I don't have high hopes for her replacement. I don't even know who that guy is.
Once Trump won and the confirmation hearings started for various positions, I thought her as DHS Secretary wouldn't that terrible. Yeah she's obviously MAGA, but at least she had prior government executive experience, even if just at the state level. Figured that would stay her hand a bit.
How wrong I was.
He's this gem
He should not be a Senator.
I did not have optimism for her but I knew about her shooting her dog and saw her get a whole new face for the job so my expectations were quite bad. I didn't expect having a flagrant affair on the planes though. So she didn't even clear the bar I had.
Having to testify under oath about her affair right next to her husband was the brown cherry on top of all the other things she's done before and during this administration.
Can we get Pam Bondi next? I'll also take RFK or Steve Miller if possible.
Ohhh OK I remember this guy! God what a poser. Hey Oklahoma (and America, as a whole), do better.
I wasn't exactly sure which one she was, until I saw the opening paragraph use the word Face twice. In fact I'm surprised they didn't say her role was dogged by controversy.
Tbh she shot a puppy (14 months counts) for being a bad farm dog but a perfectly fine dog otherwise, and I think it's just not funny enough for a pun.
Screw her experience. I have seen Noem as an even bigger threat than the majority of MAGA after she openly admitted to killing a puppy in her autobiography. Humans have a particularly strong sympathetic response to dogs dying over other animals. There is literally a website dedicated to "does the dog die" because dogs dying in movies for any reason upsets people THAT MUCH.
One of the quickest ways in fiction to establish a villain as having no moral qualms and being irredeemable? Kill a dog for no reason. Heck, Jojo's Bizarre Adventures has so many dogs killed people ask if the creator hates dogs, but no, it's a shortcut to quickly make it clear just how awful the latest villain-of-the-week is.
The fact that admission didn't kill her political career is dumbfounding to me. Her reasons were so callous, there was ZERO justification for murdering that poor puppy. And the fact she doesn't see it as something shameful and to be hidden, that being a dog killer might make her look bad, says everything you need to know about her morals. Namely, that she doesn't have any, and her mind is so twisted she either can't understand that most people would be horrified, or just doesn't care.
I almost wonder if that admission is why they put her in that position. She was quite possibly the most psychopathic option they had, the person most willing to ignore basic morality and human death to accomplish their agenda. And also an easy fall person for when their agenda inevitably went too far.
I follow celebrity gossip channels on TikTok and one of the blind items was that the aide she’s having an affair with is cheating on her. So she’s not having a good week.
Personally, I was a fan of her being questioned about it before Congress on national television under oath so she couldn't really lie, just deflect... and with her husband sitting right there with her.
Reminds me of those Little Britain skits where the politician has to publicly apologize about an affair, while the spouse stands there looking awkward. (YouTube compilation)
Seemingly no one told her, and she has just been going about her day.
I laughed but from Ken Jennings
I'm bringing that water on the plane, and she can't stop me.
That's the spirit
(I forgot the nominee to replace her tried to fight the Teamsters President during a hearing)
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