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Kacey Musgraves uses brutal puppy takedown to shred Kristi Noem

Kacey Musgraves uses brutal puppy takedown to shred Kristi Noem

Published by Daniella Wilson

Kristi Noem might think twice the next time she tries to dig at Kacey Musgraves. The Grammy-winning country star has faced a slew of recent backlash from MAGA warriors since James Talarico — the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Texas — posted about attending her show Saturday in Dallas. Noem, 54, shared a screenshot of Talarico’s post on X and said that she preferred “Choosin’ Texas” country singer Ella Langley to Musgraves, as well as Talarico’s opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to him. “I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day,” the former Department of Homeland Security secretary said in the Monday post. “And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.” However, Noem’s snarky message backfired when Musgraves, who has a noted record of calling out Donald Trump and members of his administration, responded with a dig at her puppy-killing past. “I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it,” the 38-year-old singer wrote. Kacey Musgraves had a quick …

Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.

Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.

Published by José Betancourt

Markwayne Mullin cultivated a reputation in Congress as a brawler, but he sounded more like a peacemaker as he was sworn in this week as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. “I don’t care what color your state is. I don’t care if you’re red or you’re blue,” Mullin, a former mixed-martial-arts fighter, said during the brief Oval Office ceremony, with President Trump looking over his shoulder. “My job is to be secretary of Homeland and to protect everybody the same.” Mullin’s conciliatory tone has concerned some of the most ardent supporters of Trump’s immigration crackdown. They worry that the president has lost his nerve after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in January, and that firing Kristi Noem signaled a retreat from his promise to conduct the largest mass-deportation campaign in U.S. history. Some Trump opponents have a similar view; they are hopeful that the civic resistance displayed in Minneapolis stopped the administration’s authoritarian march in its tracks. Although Mullin gives Trump a different face at DHS, his arrival doesn’t change …

Whole Hog Politics: Reality bites Noem 

Whole Hog Politics: Reality bites Noem 

Published by Sam Flores

[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] The premise of the first year of the second Trump administration was a kind of old-school popular front. A coalition… Source link

Why Trump Soured on Kristi Noem

Why Trump Soured on Kristi Noem

Published by Daniella Wilson

Kristi Noem played “Hot Mama” as the walk-up song for her formal introduction at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in January 2025. President Trump had put her in charge of his signature campaign promise—the largest mass-deportation campaign in U.S. history—and Noem took a fast, flashy approach to the job. She dressed as a Border Patrol agent and an ICE officer, and rode horseback at Mount Rushmore in ads. She flew to El Salvador and posed in front of a prison cell crammed with tattooed inmates. She made no apologies for aggressive enforcement tactics on American streets, even those that likely broke the law, or for the deaths of two U.S. citizens who opposed her approach. But it wasn’t the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year that finally cost Noem her job today, making her the first ousted Cabinet secretary of Trump’s second term. Instead, it was her self-promotion. Noem’s standing was already shaky when she went to Capitol Hill to testify this week. On Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy …

Kristi Noem Watch – The Atlantic

Kristi Noem Watch – The Atlantic

Published by Daniella Wilson

Since Alex Pretti’s killing three weeks ago, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been trying to distance herself from Minneapolis—politically and geographically. Last week, Noem went to southern Arizona to give a speech about border-wall construction. Yesterday, she was at a warehouse along the border in California, straining to tout the Trump administration’s drug-seizure data above the clamor of protesters outside. Noem returned to Arizona today to promote President Trump’s proposed election legislation, describing voting in the swing state as “an absolute disaster.” Trump made clear that Noem’s approach to carrying out mass deportations had become a liability when he sent Tom Homan, the White House “border czar,” to take over in Minnesota. Homan’s job was to defuse anger and remediate the political debacle that Noem and her team created when federal agents killed two U.S. citizens, detained young children, and triggered daily scenes of mayhem, corroding Trump’s approval ratings on what he has long viewed as his strongest issue. In public, Trump has continued to praise Noem and shrug off calls for her resignation. …

The Humiliation of Kristi Noem

The Humiliation of Kristi Noem

Published by Sam Flores

When a conspicuous presidential project goes awry—in this case, federal immigration agents killing two protesters in Minnesota—someone typically loses their job. And for much of this week, Kristi Noem’s deportation from the Trump administration seemed imminent. Public confidence in the president’s handling of immigration has been plummeting. And as the secretary of Homeland Security—and the ostentatious face of President Trump’s high-profile ICE and Customs and Border Protection dragnets—Noem has seemed the logical sacrifice. Washington loves a good Cabinet deathwatch, just as Trump loves a good public expulsion. Or at least he used to. By this point in his first term, his “You’re fired” bit had migrated seamlessly from TV to politics: His White House had already bled out a national security adviser (Michael Flynn), press secretary (Sean Spicer), chief of staff (Reince Priebus), chief strategist (Steve Bannon), and secretary of Health and Human Services (Tom Price). But in what can perhaps be called a minor upset, Noem was still in her role by week’s end. Instead, she had been left to twist very publicly in …

Murkowski says Noem should resign over Minneapolis shootings

Murkowski says Noem should resign over Minneapolis shootings

Published by Sam Flores

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) on Tuesday became the second Republican senator to call for Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to step down over her handling of the Minneapolis shootings. In remarks to reporters, Murkowski called for accountability from the secretary, criticizing Noem for the “rhetoric” she deployed in the aftermath of Saturday’s fatal shooting… Source link

Noem: Venezuelans under TPS can apply for refugee status

Noem: Venezuelans under TPS can apply for refugee status

Published by Sam Flores

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that Venezuelans in the U.S. who were previously under temporary protective status (TPS) can apply for asylum. “Every individual that was under TPS has the opportunity to apply for refugee status and that evaluation will go forward,” Noem told host Gillian Turner on “Fox News Sunday.” Noem ended… Source link