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Late last week, we published an article asking whether DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin actually believes the lies she spreads. Yesterday, she announced she's stepping down. Here, from @jaredpoland.bsky.social, is our list of her top-five most egregious lies.
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Tricia McLaughlin earned a reputation for extraordinary, shameless lying.
To mark the occasion of her departure, here are five of the most heinous lies McLaughlin told during her tenure at DHS.
My latest for @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/tricia-mcl...
Whether insisting that the immigrants being detained and/or deported are hardened criminals, or that the Americans killed by ICE were domestic terrorists, Tricia McLaughlin has sure told a lot of whoppers.
@jaredpoland.bsky.social compiles the top five: lnk.thebulwark.com/4kF1eP6
Screenshot of a Trump Truth Social post (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116043090074364624) dated 9 Feb 2026 reading: As everyone knows, the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades. Now, things are turning around for the U.S.A., and FAST! But imagine, Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States side and, of course, built it with virtually no U.S. content. President Barack Hussein Obama stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act, and not use any American products, including our Steel. Now, the Canadian Government expects me, as President of the United States, to PERMIT them to just “take advantage of America!” What does the United States of America get — Absolutely NOTHING! Ontario won't even put U.S. spirits, beverages, and other alcoholic products, on their shelves, they are absolutely prohibited from doing so and now, on top of everything else, Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup. The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
Looks like someone forgot to give Gramps his meds again...
"The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
(h/t @jaredpoland.bsky.social)
Bad Bunny, one week before his Super Bowl halftime performance, starts a Grammy acceptance speech: "Before I say thanks to God, I'm gonna say: ICE out."
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"Three days on the three-dollar meal plan had helped me realize something important: The diet had taken not only a physical toll, but a mental one." @jaredpoland.bsky.social did it so you don't have to:
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Nurses and doctors in scrubs gathered against the sides of a long hallway, having a moment of silence.
In case you missed this yesterday, here are Alex Pretti's colleagues gathered to pay tribute to him.
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Trump, earlier this evening in Iowa, said this:
“We need people to come in legally, but they have to show that they can love our country, not hate our country…They have to show that they can love our country. They have to be proud. Not like Ilhan Omar.”
Lest you believe that DHS has eased up on Minnesota today.
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"What I missed most was snacks. I love snacks. There was no room in the budget for any snacks—no popcorn, no Oreos, nor any kind of sweet treat to get me through the day. Without them, the days became a constant grind."
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Brooke Rollins suggested Americans can meet their nutritional needs with $3 meals built around chicken, broccoli, a tortilla, and one other item.
I tried out this diet in my latest for @thebulwark.com:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqGL...
"The food wasn't bad, but it had quickly become joyless. Already eating was becoming just another chore." That was only day one.
@jaredpoland.bsky.social tries the administration's $3 meals, with commentary from nutrition and public welfare professor Colleen Heflin:
To see if the Trump admin's $3 meals is possible, @jaredpoland.bsky.social at nothing but chicken, broccoli, and rice for every meal for three days.
I have basically been doing that (sometimes sub in salmon) for 90% of my meals for the last 20 years lol. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-joy-in-...
So what's it like living on the Brooke Rollins $3 a meal diet?
@jaredpoland.bsky.social is here to tell you www.thebulwark.com/p/no-joy-in-...
"Every day, judges are issuing rulings expressing their disgust and alarm at the immoral and illegal actions of this administration. It cannot be emphasized too often that respect for the law is the ballgame. When that goes, there is no republic to preserve."
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“Now that she has handed over her Nobel, María Corina Machado is of no use to Trump. Delcy Rodríguez can provide Rubio a victory against Cuba and Trump a steady stream of income. Machado has nothing else to offer.” – @jvl.bsky.social
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@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: “Latinos and immigrants have and will continue to die under this administration…It’s terrible but important to note that it took someone like Good dying the way she did for the media and the public to take notice.”
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Trump received quite a few golden participation trophies today:
15.01.2026 22:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So does Karoline Leavitt believe only biased reporters with right-wing opinions should have seats in the press briefing room?
I mean, Riley Gaines is in the room asking questions.
“Trump is putting…America’s money in Qatar, where courts can’t touch it. Kind of like a drug dealer stashing his funds in the Caymans.” – @jvl.bsky.social
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I don't understand how this is legal...? www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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NEW: Last night, the Trump administration made huge DOGE-like cuts to the grants from the federal agency that works on substance abuse and mental health issues. (Mind you, this is an agency for which the administration already cut the staff in half last year.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-take...
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen: “The president has made his view clear…For us, ideas that would not respect the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic people are…totally unacceptable.”
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NEW: Media Matters is quitting X. A scoop here from our @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Five years after January 6th, the diehards came back to the scene of the crime.
@jaredpoland.bsky.social was there as pardoned rioters, conspiracy theories, and a fierce counterprotest collided on the National Mall.
My brilliant colleague @jaredpoland.bsky.social went down to the Capitol and the National Mall yesterday to see the January 6th commemorators—both the insurrectionists proud of that day and the counterprotesters who are rightly angry about it. Here's what he saw:
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Yesterday, pardoned Jan. 6 rioters and their supporters returned to Washington to march to the Capitol as they did five years ago.
I went to the National Mall to speak with them and the counter-protesters opposing their return for @thebulwark.com.
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re-upping this hilarious story for the evening crowd:
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NEW @thebulwark.com: @jaredpoland.bsky.social discovered that Trump's Truth Social AI search tool is actually woke.
This and more from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social in today's Morning Shots.
"I think he's doing it so he can name a part of the White House after himself that's even bigger than the White House."
Watch our man-on-the-street interviews and hear how regular people feel about Trump's ballroom, brought to you by @jaredpoland.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
