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Kristi Noem misattributing a paraphrase of Rudyard Kipling to George Orwell really does sum it all up huh

For someone who became famous on TV for firing people in person, Donald is such a coward about firing people in real life. He fired Kristi Noem in a tweet *while* she was giving a televised address.

Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her Mullin’s potential ascension will have significant implications for future U.S. elections.

🚨BREAKING: After her disastrous hearings before Congress this week, President Donald Trump announced that he would replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R) at the end of the month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

***** MEDIA ADVISORY *****

Clyde Conway (D-Central Park) will be issuing a video statement on the firing of Secretary of Puppy Killing Kristi Noem shortly.

Graphic with the headline: “Oregon will lead another lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs, this time challenging new 15% charge.” The words “against Trump’s tariffs” appear in red, while the rest of the text is black on a light gray background. At the bottom are the logos for OregonLive and The Oregonian, with the date 03/05/2026.

These tariffs are another tax on working families. They drive up the cost of everyday goods and create uncertainty for Oregon businesses relying on trade. Our economy depends on strong global partnerships, and we cannot afford policies that take money out of Oregonians’ pockets.

Everyone should read Trump’s long word salad quoted in full by @hcrichardson.bsky.social when he was asked why the government has not been able to help get Americans out of the war zone.

Joe Biden was forced out of the presidency for less.

US Sen. Jeff Merkley says Iran attack ‘shreds our Constitution’ Congress is expected to vote on war powers resolutions that would stop U.S. military action in Iran and limit such future actions.

Trump and his administration are shredding our Constitution.

This senator needs to face charges and lose his seat

Here’s the video for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Today, I hosted the first meeting of a special panel on child safety online.

For decades, we have made the real world safer for children and we must do the same in the digital world.

The positive opportunities that technology offers cannot come at the cost of their safety, health or happiness.

Obama calls on Virginians to vote for redistricting in special election “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat,” Obama said.

🚨BREAKING: A day before early voting begins in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a state constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Well would you look at that

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

Weird how this keeps happening! www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

I initially thought that Joel was sharing an old news story because I didn’t realize that this is different from the New York/Arizona/Vermont/Arizona YOUNG Republican Nazi group chat.

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

"The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs... and the chat was renamed after what one member described as “Nazi heaven.”" www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

NEW: Former President Obama is fully behind Virginia Democrats’ redistricting plan to counter GOP gerrymanders — and he’s urging voters to vote yes:

“This amendment gives you the power to level the playing field in the midterms this fall. And voters will have the final say.” https://bit.ly/4l7VKg2

Noem won't rule out ICE agents at polls She repeatedly refused to definitely say that agents would not patrol polls during midterms this November.

Although DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that her agency currently had “no plans” to deploy ICE officers to the polls this November, she did not entirely rule it out.

In fact, Noem suggested it could be a viable option if Democrats somehow “plan on” having undocumented people vote.

It could be worse, John Fetterman could have chased after me with a gun.

Talarico is running an anti-system campaign that could be very appealing to indies & Trump voters (who you need to win in a Trump +14 state). By highlighting positions that are not correlated with left-right ideology, he can attract right-leaning voters. Smart www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...

A knock on the window and a glimpse of America’s surveillance future “This is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society,” a privacy advocate warns in a special France 24–Mother Jones report.

“It’s dystopian. It’s like Black Mirror stuff.”

This is Mobile Fortify, an app used by DHS that allows officers to photograph a person’s face and immediately query databases for matches against passport records, visa files, and border entry photos.

Our latest with @france24.com:

China no longer buys US exports: Drawing the right lessons for the next Trump-Xi deal China essentially stopped buying US exports in April 2025. President Donald Trump had started his second term by launching a new trade war that he headlined with steep new tariffs on China. When China...

Without Trump’s trade wars since 2017, US exports to China would have been nearly 60 percent higher in 2025, or roughly $90 billion annually.

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

"All the MAGAs I follow are ___"

Ok, and that wouldn't matter if journalists stopped writing content on the site — and in doing so, exposing themselves to all the posts from the fringe right of U.S. politics that have been algorithmically tuned to pickle their brains. It's a giant red filter bubble

I don't have a problem with Tim. But I do think it is deleterious that so many smart people spend so much time on X, which has essentially become an algorithmically and AI-optimized far-right MAGA message testing and propaganda machine. People assume X posts represent the masses, but they don't!

And now here we are.. Trump starts a war without congressional approval or approval from the majority of Americans, but now we have to pay the full bill for whatever he decides he wants to do because it would be unpatriotic not to let Trump do whatever he wants with our money.

Ohio sends voter registration data of nearly 8 million residents to DOJ Secretary of State LaRose says the handover is required under federal law.

Shame on Ohio for handing over personal voter data to DOJ.

While other states DEFEND their voters and elections from Trump’s attacks, Ohio happily gives in.

www.10tv.com/article/news...

Wow: It appears Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) will not run for reelection.

This comes just days after Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) also announced he will not seek reelection.

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