Cynthia Fraase

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
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Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma Congress should not have to argue over whether to trigger the War Powers Resolution, and certainly not in the midst of conflict.

“Donald Trump has taken America into war with a country. He has done this without making a case to the American people, & without approval of any kind from their elected representatives”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social explains the War Powers Resolution in simple terms
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Good news.

SCHIFF: Are you saying it's just fortuitous that $143m went to a subcontractor that you worked w/ extensively as gov of SD?

KRISTI NOEM: I had no choosing of contractors.

S: Can you state for record that you or Lewandowski had no communication with any agency involved?

N: To best of my knowledge

SCHIFF: Don't you think in aftermath of a shooting you should provide only vetted information? How will you gain the trust of people if you're pushing out false info about the shootings of American citizens?

NOEM: I work every day to get out factual information

SCHIFF: Well, you didn't that day

So billions will be spent and lives will be lost for nothing?

wild that this has to be said but it's true, unrepentant puppy-killers should not have the kind of power and discretion now wielded by Kristi Noem

PADILLA: If President Trump or Stephen Miller directed you to send ICE agents to polling places, would you say 'no'?


NOEM: There is no plan to send ICE officers to polling locations. Are you planning on sending illegal aliens to vote?

PADILLA: No. That's already illegal

Yeah, Tillis voted for Noem and these other shitbirds and he owns part of this mess. But for people who still have a shred of a conscience, that's going to make them more invested in righting what's gone wrong. We should all encourage that.

Kristi Noem: "They talk about masks. They're the party that in 2020 mandated masks and penalized and put crimes on US citizens if they didn't have a mask on, and now they don't want our law enforcement officers to be protected from doxxing." (Trump in fact was the president in 2020.)

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

A thorn in Trump's side his first term were senators at the end of their careers who couldn't be pressured -- McCain, Corker, even Flake.

I think we're about to see a new wave of those folks, and whatever the motive -- true repentance or shameless ass-covering -- they'll help erode his standing

Kristi Noem said Alex Pretti “committed an act of domestic terrorism. That’s the facts.” Defend it or retract it, but don’t deny it.

Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

TILLIS: On Minneapolis, we can't we just say we made a mistake? Who does Tom Homan work for?

KRISTI NOEM: The president


TILLIS: That's because I believe the president recognized you weren't getting it done in Minneapolis

wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"

Hirono walks Noem through just a few of the many lies she's been caught in

Tillis: "In about a week and half, we're gonna get a plaque on the wall in the Capitol thank the Capitol police officers and all the agencies that responded on January 6. All those thugs have been pardoned, and yet we haven't thanked the Capitol police officers for their work."

HIRONO: DHS was lying that Ms Martinez was a domestic terrorist who ambushed federal agents. Yes or no -- that was a lie?

NOEM: Every day our law enforcement officers face tragic situations--

HIRONO: I'm not hearing yes or no. It was a lie.

Trump's dad was in fact born in New York City

Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.

Trump: "If we didn't do what we're doing right now, you would've had a nuclear war and they would've taken out many countries. Because you know what? They're sick people. They're mentally ill sick people. They're angry. They're crazy. They're sick. Thank you very much. Thank you very much everybody"

Trump: "I've settled eight wars and actually maybe one more than that"

Congratulations? 🤡

When you're a star, they let you do it.

Trump with German Chancellor Merz next to him: "My father was born -- he knows all about my father -- my father was born there. These are places you automatically feel warmly about."

Trump on Iranian leadership: "They're crazy. Just like the people to my right during the State of the Union. I looked at them and said, 'You're crazy.' These people are crazy."

Trump on Obama's nuclear deal with Iran: "In Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC, they got all the cash from all the banks, and they flew it to Iran. I never knew a president had that power. I'm going to maybe try that sometime. I'll fly it somewhere."

Trump: "I've done a lot of good things. So many people are saying, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' You see it in the streets of Los Angeles ... I saw a woman hugging the picture of me."