March 7, 2026
"Trump picks his cabinet in part for their aesthetics, and their ability to perform well on TV and Noem was famed for never missing a photo op...."
"But her hunger for publicity also contributed to her demotion. Under Noem’s watch, $220 million of taxpayers’ money was spent on an advertising campaign for border security that prominently featured footage of her on horseback, dressed as a 'cowgirl,' in front of Mount Rushmore.... In recent months, she has drawn negative headlines for using border funds for a multi-million-dollar jet fleet. There are rumours she is romantically involved with Corey Lewandowski.... He joined midway through the 2024 presidential campaign and quickly butted heads with the official campaign chiefs, Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita. At an event when the scale of Trump’s victory was becoming clear, Lewandowski tried to congratulate LaCivita only to be told: 'F*** you, f*** you and f*** you. You have f***ed with the wrong person. I’m going to f***ing destroy you.'"
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I’d like the article to first explain why any departure is major. People get fired all the time or leave jobs. What’s the big deal?
The cabal picked Obama because he fit the suit. Clean…
I still don't like the pile-on to Republican women. And it's not good for Trump to give any ground. His Fifth Avenue shooting hypo was his first and best instinct. CC, JSM
We can always count on the dog as a political weapon or convenient political cover. Man’s best friend…
The Times’ editorializing distracts from the reporting. Tossing in rumors of affairs always says “serious reporting” right? However the advertising budget of a quarter billion dollars was idiotic, unnecessarily extravagant and served no purpose. I’m firmly for removing all theatre kids from government and when a Republican reveals herself to be a drama queen primadonna without self-awareness it’s time to go.
It was more than a half-hour ago, and I've been to many webpages since, but I think maybe I might have clicked on the link and then pulled away after realizing there was little likelihood I'd find any useful career advice, whereas back in the day there was at least an outside chance I might eventually find myself tempted to kill my father and marry my mother.
Now that we can agree to get wee weed up over millions in government waste maybe we can start to get wee weed up over trillions of it? I’m not optimistic…
Weren’t those TV commercials mostly telling illegal aliens to self-deport?
It’s too bad. I thought she was an effective communicator in general. Seems she made some obvious blunders by not paying close attention to Trump’s guardrails re DOGE and personal behavior. Oh well.
Was Walz not a major departure?
People get fired all the time or leave jobs. What’s the big deal?
Not during Democrat administrations.
You can bet on Kalshi if Patel or Bondi will be the first to leave the Cabinet.
Weren’t those TV commercials mostly telling illegal aliens to self-deport?
…that’s what I thought Dave. They were corny but not inconsistent with other ads that run on the news-style programs. Informing illegals the government will pay you to leave and you’ll be in line to return seemed a good tradeoff for the cost of the ads. I’ll never know but would be curious to learn how much money the ads saved us in support for illegals…
Gossip trash from the Thunderer
The point, Dave and Rehajm, is that she could have delivered the self-deport message in simple 15-second clips without filming it on horseback in the hills of Dakota, or in full combat gear brandishing a rifle on the border, etc. Good messages get lost in the process of making the video dramatic and suggest more a campaign for higher office than a Public Service Announcement.
She got 500,000 out of the country (thats 40.00 per person
Theatre kids are the worst adults in both parties.
Not during Democrat administrations.
Indeed. Even low level appointees have to get convicted of theft before being dismissed.
…Lewandowski tried to congratulate LaCivita only to be told: 'F*** you, f*** you and f*** you. You have f***ed with the wrong person. I’m going to f***ing destroy you.'"
Sounds like it was LaCivita who was misappropriating the Les Grossman character from Tropic Thunder.
I’m even kinda bummed that she was reassigned to the Doral Western initiative to create a New World NATO for common defense of our hemisphere. My hope is she doesn’t start off this mission with an idea for an ad campaign.
Maybe Mike but the wasted money argument doesn’t hold water, especially since Trump had scolded me for complaining about the waste Congress is still authorizing. Was the political hit of the firing worth the nitpicking over style? The ads have been running for months and I don’t recall much complaint until this week….
…I still think her ousting was part of a budget deal with the left. The antics are all just cover…
We’ll see- if we don’t another peep about ICE roundups, deportation numbers, Somali-style fraud we’ll know that was part of a deal, too
London is headed by a terrorist mayor and has a protector of rapist as prime minister
Projection killed Cricket.
Babylon Bee: Tearful Trump Takes Kristi Noem Behind Woodshed
https://babylonbee.com/news/tearful-trump-takes-kristi-noem-behind-woodshed
"At an event when the scale of Trump’s victory was becoming clear...."
????? The "scale" of Trump's victory? The vote for Trump was only 1.5% greater than for Harris. That is a squeaker anyway you look at it.
(Perhaps by this they mean "when they realized the fixes were in and were sufficient to guarantee a victory for Trump.")
Gavin's Californian dream.....America's nightmare.
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Dogs beaten. Cats dumped.
And City Hall still says everything is fine.
Basura’s LA.
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Volunteers in South Los Angeles say they are finding dogs and cats beaten, shot and dumped in alleyways, raising concerns about ongoing animal abuse. https://foxla.com/news/animal-advocates-raise-alarm-over-abuse-cases-involving-dogs-cats-south-los-angeles?taid=69aa76c90a22950001b0e55b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter
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In the past few months rescues have seen burnt dogs' corpses in trash bags, dogs in suitcases, dogs in gutters, cats shot by BB guns, skeletal dogs died to poles, dogs with rotting limbs, etc. etc. etc.
https://x.com/joey_tuccio/status/2030093311944577364?s=20
It looks like they are trying to spin this as ‘look at the badness!’. But either way, it’s a win for trump. I really don’t know if she was good at the job - I don’t see that she was bad at it at all - and I suppose the ‘optics’ and the amount of money spent on advertising seems a bit much. But trump fired her.
So the story is, trump hired someone who he thought would be great, she wasn’t great, so she was fired. If the Democrats acted that way, maybe we would have been in a better position.
Yeah you vote for a cuban trained terrorist as mayor, thats what you get
There isnt really a london analog effendi khan was just a lawyer for terrorists
"I really don’t know if she was good at the job - I don’t see that she was bad at it at all -"
Noem is certainly less bad in her position--at least in optics--than Pam Bondi, who carries on like an offended 14-year old Junior High Prom Queen who just can't tolerate the rabble around her in the school gym, on top of her finding a chipped spot on her manicure.
She stood strong when the lockdown fanatics were murdering thousands
Trump picks his cabinet in part for their aesthetics, and their ability to perform well on TV
Since the cabinet secretary is the public face of the department, that seems like a valid criteria. Much better than picking a cabinet to mollify factions of the political party.
In either case, there are other criteria as well. Trump as some outstanding people for his administration.
Noem did seem like she was fond of publicity and enjoyed the perks of her position. Trump should have given her some early feedback to mind her public image.
The possum senators have failed to confirm halligan and habba
She was always ridiculous. And not very smart. She goes before Congress and testifies that her vanity advertising project was approved by the President, not spotting immediately that the question is an obvious set-up. Like a Republican Senator is going to ask that without having already vetted it through the White House. Anyway, Justice for Cricket.
She did her job in the face of those kamikazis that walsh and flanigan had summoned like dragon teeth
Bondi has a much more complex problem from Noem's.
At least the lower DHS ranks consist mostly of people who want to do the mission. So for example you unleash Border Patrol to, you know, actually patrol the border, and they do.
The US Attorney's Offices are just full of burrowers. Removing the Biden-appointed US Attorneys on top of each office doesn't help much, especially when there is still friction in the Senate against appointing new ones. There are several types of burrowers. You have people who joined during Biden who are all in on defunding the police and showing suicidal mercy to criminals, and who will do anything and everything to oppose Evil Trump. They aren't even the biggest threat - a lot of them have self-terminated anyway. Possibly a bigger threat are ideologically firm righties, who will not adapt to some of the non-right-wing aspects of Trumpism. And then of course there are just lawyers - people who say "I'm a professional, in my professional opinion we can't do this, and you can't make me do this," for no other reason than inertia or barcardsworthiness.
There are MAGA lawyers out there - Bondi just needs to appoint bunches of them as Special AUSAs. CC, JSM
I don't recall anything that stands out as a good or bad performance on Noem's part, Cabinet secretaries are replaced all the time. I see nothing extraordinary here.
Sievert had a clear conflict in virginia thats what he had to be replaced
They hsve also done the same for sarcone ane essayli
Anyone actually willing to do the job, they wont confirm
"Robert Cook said...
"At an event when the scale of Trump’s victory was becoming clear...."
????? The "scale" of Trump's victory? The vote for Trump was only 1.5% greater than for Harris. That is a squeaker anyway you look at it."
Cookie's comment is as stupid as a fan of a baseball team that lost 10-3 saying "We out hit them!!!!!"
Robert Cook said...
"The "scale" of Trump's victory? The vote for Trump was only 1.5% greater than for Harris.”
312 to 226 is way more than 1.5%
Cookie doesnt understand the electoral college
Robert Cook said...
"The "scale" of Trump's victory? The vote for Trump was only 1.5% greater than for Harris.”
Even using a metric that doesn’t mean anything, you forgot to subtract out the fraudulent Democrat votes first.
Trump won every swing state.
Whose the sourcing on this,
There’s always next season, Cook. You’d be wise to help strengthen your bench. You’ve too many switch hitters, poofters and clinically insane grifters at this time.
The last dhs secretary turned 300,000 children over to sex traffickers (they couldnt impeach him)
narciso said...
Who’s the sourcing on this?
Probably someone that would vote for Newsom on looks alone.
opps
Because of these flying monkeys she and a half dozen advisors had to live on army bases
Miss balls (is that right) came from tds afflicted spectator
I still think that Noem was wanting to leverage her position into a Presidential run in 28, that's what Trump perceived with all the gratuitous camera time, and took action on. I think the interest in the 737 was a ridiculous idea to begin with, but now it has now been turned into a 'fleet of jets'. It goes to show how vanity can be turned against you and amplified.
JB Pigster and other Dems immediately followed up with videos in which they promise prosecution for Noem. I’m not sure what exact crimes they could charge her with - DHS is not the military with absolute command responsibility. She didn’t shoot anyone or even swear to any affidavits. But of course she can beat the rap but not the ride. I hope Trump preemptively pardons her. CC, JSM
They want to punish her for following the law, fancy that
Pigster who is paying his staff with a secret llc
People don't like to hear this, but the brutal truth is that sometimes you have to put down a cabinet secretary when they're dangerous and untrainable.
Picking cabinet members based on bust size not working as well as expected. The eternal modern discovery.
Noem isn’t that big. Kind of built for speed, not comfort. Karoline Leavitt is doing quite well, now even bigger with lactation! CC, JSM
We know how journalism is um (practiced) in the uk from house of cards classic
“I hope Trump preemptively pardons her.”
With an Autopen.
Meade - Ha! No, he needs to do it Founding Fathers-style, with a quill on parchment. So no one can make technical attacks.
Maybe also learn to tattoo and put it right on her. He can practice on Hegseth. Put it in the middle of his Jerusalem Cross in case he messes up. CC, JSM
This is how the swamp works how until it became perfectly obvious they sent a rogering expert mandelson to washington
Kristi Noem appointed Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas
The problem with today's snowflakes is that they demand participation trophies when really they just flat out lost.
And i dont trust amnesty mcmullin no matter how much he protests
Planned Puppyhood (PP) is an ethical Choice. Was it Pro-Choice? Capitol punishment, perhaps.
An affair? #NoJudgment #NoLabels #LoveWins
How, one wonders, can the media be so rock solid sure of exactly what motivates Trump? 'Tis a puzzle.
Mullin isn’t real -- he’s a hapless parody character created by Adam Sandler to see how far he could get in the Trump Administration.
Pam Bondi should be next -- it’s a ‘target rich environment’, could be Hegseth, RFK, Miller, or anyone one the grifting clowns.
Hegseth should be very nervous. When Trump’s “special military operation” drags on and on, when casualties mount, he will be the next to fall. Trump picked both Noem and Hegseth because he thought they looked good on television.
Unsurprisingly, it’s their very ability to preform infinite boot licking and hysterical propaganda television that will lead to their ends. The clown show will be the death of the clowns.
"Picking cabinet members based on bust size ...".
Uhhhh, one would guess you have never seen a profile pic of Ms. Noem. She's the poster child for "get that woman a cheese burger" movement.
During the campaign, Trump made the point repeatedly that Biden (or "Biden") never fired anybody. This is also the same guy who tried to copyright the words "You're fired!" Therefore, nobody should be surprised by a cabinet-level firing at this point in his term. (It's more surprising it took this long.) And Noem obviously was low-hanging fruit. If you think about her, and think about Trump, Trump actually seems like the normal one.
I liked her at first, but I guess she wasn't who I thought she was. She got some needed things done, but the rest was an unforced error.
She didn't murder enough lesbian mothers to justify her advertising budgets.
Noem put words in the President's mouth. She blamed him. It's like she expected him to take a bullet for her.
She behaved like a Secret Service agent who ducks behind the President when shots go off instead of putting himself between the President and the threat. That agent may have many fine qualities, but he is in the wrong job.
I doubt even half of this is true, maybe none.
BFD. She’s gone. Time to move on, mediaswine.
Mayorkas killed 56 makes her a piker
I’d like the article to first explain why any departure is major. People get fired all the time or leave jobs. What’s the big deal?
A possible reason its a big deal.. DHS is currently shut down in the trump War. Lawmakers are concerned about leadership stability especially in a war. DHS oversees counter terrorism ,border security and cyber security all critical during active miltary conflict 100,000 employees are furloughed leaving key security gaps, Mullen(no military backround and a trump whsperer is in the transition while domestic enforcement tactics resulted in death of 2 US citizens in MINN. FEMA instability abd shrinking FEMA weakened nations aility to respond to domestic emergencies and wartime disasters,Hey what could go wrong.Never been a fired HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY during WaR, ANOTHER FIRST ,seems like a brain dead decision TO SUB a guy who has no experience and is a guy who will only do what trump tells him to do.WHATS THE BIG DEAL ? Pick one
stlcdr said...
"It looks like they are trying to spin this as ‘look at the badness!’. But either way, it’s a win for trump. I really don’t know if she was good at the job - I don’t see that she was bad at it at all - and I suppose the ‘optics’ and the amount of money spent on advertising seems a bit much. But trump fired her.
So the story is, trump hired someone who he thought would be great, she wasn’t great, so she was fired. If the Democrats acted that way, maybe we would have been in a better position."
True. See: Pete Buttigieg.
The creature from the cantina (mayorkas) did his job in dereliction of the law
She was the weak link in the Administration and should never have been put in that slot.
I respectfully disagree
Hard to feel warm/fuzzy feelings for Noem, a rather hard-bitten Barbie-does-rural persona. Not particularly nice, not particularly smart, bit weird, bit awful (shot the dog!), and way too self-entitled. Think clock was ticking from moment of her appointment; surprised she made it to Mar 2026.
"Trump picks his cabinet in part for their aesthetics..."
At least it wasn't ***cough***Kamala Harris***cough*** his VP...
Speaking of bad dogs. "There are two separate cases this week involving women killed by three dogs that have made national headlines."
Not wild free roaming, but Grandmas loving family pets.
Sarah Palin Redux.
Does Trump pick his cabinet in part for their aesthetics and their ability to perform well on TV? Never!
As an example of his choices, he picked Whiskey Pete, whose only ability is to follow Trump's orders to the letter after he first blows national security, but after displaying his ability to break the law. ICE Barbie, Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, and Kashyap Patel are straight-up liars obeying an extremely dangerous Stephen Miller.
Now we get the very stupid MarkWayne Mullen, the dumbest U, S, Senator on the planet, who picks fights with a labor union president on the Senate floor and who knows nothing about immigration and national emergency services, anymore than Noem did. But he loves The Donald. .
The vote for Trump was only 1.5% greater than for Harris. That is a squeaker anyway you look at it.
Trump swept every, single swing state. That's a mandate.
Deal with it.
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