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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,821 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:55 PM Thursday

***Breaking News*** Kristi Noem Is Out At The Department of Homeland Security

Developing... "There are decades where nothing happens. There are days where decades happen."

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***Breaking News*** Kristi Noem Is Out At The Department of Homeland Security (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Thursday OP
Looks like JustAnotherGen Thursday #1
they don't have to be good, smart, or competent. barbtries Thursday #46
👋 underpants Thursday #2
OMG ABC123Easy Thursday #4
If she's smart she'd start looking over property in Hungary Vogon_Glory Thursday #33
You lost me at "if she's smart". n/t eggplant Thursday #50
eggplant... Upthevibe Thursday #67
In her case, being smart is hypothetical Vogon_Glory Thursday #69
thread winner! mike_c Thursday #36
Wasn't Mullin the nincompoop who was talking about "President Hegseth" recently? Diamond_Dog Thursday #3
Markwayne.....one word ABC123Easy Thursday #5
Soon to be known as MarkWhine Zorro Thursday #9
A hick name if ever I've heard one. 3catwoman3 Thursday #44
I lived next door to a JoeBob in Colorado. Harker Thursday #47
JoeBlob! OMG! 3catwoman3 Thursday #60
Bebra sets off my rapid blink response. Harker Thursday #64
A nurse friend told me about a nonEnglish speaking mom The Blue Flower Thursday #66
He was the one that tried to pick a fight with the union guy in the middle of a hearing.... FascismIsDeath Thursday #12
I missed that MustLoveBeagles Thursday #17
Here ya go... FascismIsDeath Thursday #30
Wow 😳 MustLoveBeagles Thursday #37
Yep, and repeatedly confuses Iraq with Iran. YodaMom2 Thursday #39
Should have stayed the governor of whatever state she's from. In It to Win It Thursday #6
No way? ABC123Easy Thursday #7
Kwayne was obviously jockeying for the position Prairie Gates Thursday #43
Still didn't change the subject from the Epstein files Johnny2X2X Thursday #8
Don't worry. When Trump sacks one of his minions he's always able to find someone worse. Ocelot II Thursday #10
Ain't that the unfortunate truth! 3catwoman3 Thursday #55
I was 38 days off on my prediction Quiet Em Thursday #11
Noem will take over a new role called "Envoy for The Shield of the Americas." Celerity Thursday #13
omg I thought you were making that up leftstreet Thursday #15
nope, it is real, that is why I posted the link to the source (NBC) It is fucking madness! Celerity Thursday #63
Fred from accounting will be the interim director Torchlight Thursday #14
He has aparently chosen markie mullin, the scum from OK. niyad Thursday #27
From CNN: sop Thursday #54
Finally! cally Thursday #16
Wow 😲 MustLoveBeagles Thursday #18
I love that this AWFUL person is publicly fired BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #32
Me too MustLoveBeagles Thursday #38
Me three! calimary Thursday #48
Implications? Metaphorical Thursday #19
Others have stated the gov. appoints. This is Oklahoma, so no improvement. niyad Thursday #29
;-{)..... Goonch Thursday #20
;-{)...... Goonch Thursday #45
Hell of a shit show Donny is running! Initech Thursday #21
Only the best people!!! AZ8theist Thursday #25
Now do Predator Pete! moondust Thursday #22
"Lie down with dogs. Get up with fleas." CTyankee Thursday #23
Celebrate SocialDemocrat61 Thursday #24
Think I'll join the dog MustLoveBeagles Thursday #40
A few Tweets: Pluvious Thursday #26
Trump alleged... Xipe Totec Thursday #28
I shot the dog, and the dog won. usonian Thursday #31
Ha! MustLoveBeagles Thursday #42
I am sorry, but replacing her with Mullins is just going from a big problem to a bigger problem. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Thursday #34
See, and I was expecting pinkstarburst Thursday #35
What's really shocking is that it took him fourteen months to fire a Cabinet secretary jmowreader Thursday #41
I'll be dog gone!!! VGNonly Thursday #49
;-{).... Goonch Thursday #51
She is NOT out if she's still sucking on the government teet and Donald Rump's........... mdbl Thursday #52
MarkieMark Mullinburger VGNonly Thursday #53
News of her infidelity do it? Emile Thursday #56
When I first heard of Markwayne Mullin Danascot Thursday #57
That's pretty creepy. 3catwoman3 Thursday #70
Wow, that was quicker than I thought. mwmisses4289 Thursday #58
He's just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. AllyCat Thursday #59
What a narcisist! He didn't dump her because she supports murdering Americans. ffr Thursday #61
So who gets the jet with the double bed? Jarqui Thursday #62
She's not fired she's just moving to a farm upstate Takket Thursday #65
not surprised. She was completely eviscerated in those hearings ecstatic Thursday #68
The new job will give Noem more opportunities for cosplay LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #71

JustAnotherGen

(37,979 posts)
1. Looks like
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:56 PM
Thursday

Trump is going to try and appoint Mullin.

So dumb and even dumber! What is it with all of these yokels in this admin. He's probably never pressed a cross walk light button in his life.

Vogon_Glory

(10,277 posts)
33. If she's smart she'd start looking over property in Hungary
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:04 PM
Thursday

If the wheels of justice start turning again, she’ll want to be someplace where she won’t be extradited after the MAGA madness abates and she’s already soured most of her options in the Western Hemisphere.

Vogon_Glory

(10,277 posts)
69. In her case, being smart is hypothetical
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:47 PM
Thursday

If she’d been wise, she never would have accepted that cabinet-level job in the first place.


Harker

(17,698 posts)
47. I lived next door to a JoeBob in Colorado.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:47 PM
Thursday

One word, two capital letters. Our tenuous relationship cooled significantly when I once called him JoeBlob.

3catwoman3

(29,206 posts)
60. JoeBlob! OMG!
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:38 PM
Thursday

I'm guessing there must have been a good reason for that.

In 45 years as a peds nurse practitioner, I saw many name choices that made me want to ask the parents, "Why did you do that to your child?" Ozymandias was one of the worst

I said in another thread, that I think was also about good ol' Markwayne, that my husband, a now retired pilot, once met a flight attendant whose parents couldn't decide between Barbara and Debra so named their daughter Bebra - YUCK!

The Blue Flower

(6,453 posts)
66. A nurse friend told me about a nonEnglish speaking mom
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:58 PM
Thursday

Who named her baby Fallopia. She just thought it sounded pretty.

FascismIsDeath

(145 posts)
12. He was the one that tried to pick a fight with the union guy in the middle of a hearing....
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:04 PM
Thursday

Like he stood up and started taking his coat off and all that and Bernie Sanders berated him right back into his seat.

YodaMom2

(183 posts)
39. Yep, and repeatedly confuses Iraq with Iran.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:14 PM
Thursday

Dude is dumber than a bag of hair. Noem may be a shameless self-promoter, but MarkWayne gives imbeciles a bad name.

ABC123Easy

(222 posts)
7. No way?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:01 PM
Thursday

I thought you guys were joking about that dumbass Markwayne replacing her!

I guess Tuberville should've been on camera more last week.

Johnny2X2X

(24,041 posts)
8. Still didn't change the subject from the Epstein files
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:02 PM
Thursday

He'll replace her with someone worse. Now back to Trump being a pedophile.

Celerity

(54,152 posts)
63. nope, it is real, that is why I posted the link to the source (NBC) It is fucking madness!
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:45 PM
Thursday

Torchlight

(6,702 posts)
14. Fred from accounting will be the interim director
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:05 PM
Thursday

as Mr. trump locates another Adderall-infected hairdo-that-talks. Because only the best... or something like that.

sop

(18,316 posts)
54. From CNN:
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:02 PM
Thursday

"Trump loves watching Mullin on TV, aides said, which played a role in the president’s decision to tap him for the position. Trump has called Mullin following combative interviews to praise him and White House staffers have often dispatched the senator to do cable news hits around big moments for the administration."

MustLoveBeagles

(15,814 posts)
18. Wow 😲
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:13 PM
Thursday

He actually did it! Bye bye Noem. How does your raw ass feel? Not to mention the knife 🗡️ in your back?



Metaphorical

(2,626 posts)
19. Implications?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:24 PM
Thursday

It's a Longshot, but doesn't this open up a senate seat? Not sure whether governor of OK can appoint replacement senator.

Pluvious

(5,368 posts)
26. A few Tweets:
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:48 PM
Thursday

Paul Rudnick:

Trump announced that Kristi Noem’s new title is Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas.

Also:
- Dowager Princess of Mordor
- Miss Colorado 5th Runner Up
- Klingon War Vessel Cadet
- Vice-Admiral of Maybelline
- Private Nurse to Nancy Mace

--

Kristi has also been appointed as Special Envoy to Switzerland.

She will be the Noem of Zurich.

Xipe Totec

(44,541 posts)
28. Trump alleged...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 02:52 PM
Thursday

that during a hunting trip for illegals, Kristy showed "aggressive" behavior, went "out of her mind with excitement," and later attacked some local residents, acting like a "trained assassin". He added that Noem turned and "whipped around to bite" him when he intervened.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,934 posts)
34. I am sorry, but replacing her with Mullins is just going from a big problem to a bigger problem. (n/t)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:09 PM
Thursday

pinkstarburst

(2,001 posts)
35. See, and I was expecting
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:09 PM
Thursday

him to appoint Paxton or Cornyn to try to get out of holding a runoff. But then maybe Hunt would have just entered the runoff in their place? I guess no one got to 50%.

jmowreader

(53,078 posts)
41. What's really shocking is that it took him fourteen months to fire a Cabinet secretary
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:16 PM
Thursday
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/kristi-noem-trump-homeland-security-replace

Today I'm REALLY going to alarm you: according to CNN, Noem already has a new job lined up: to be the US Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. "Jim, what in hell is THAT?" It is a group of Latin American leaders working to bring forth what the White House's own Twitter channel calls the "Donroe Doctrine."

The National Interest magazine, which is extremely right-wing, describes the Shield of the Americas as a "right-wing South American alliance." I"m not providing a link to these guys but a quick web search will take you to their page. In essence, the Shield of the Americas is Trump's way of spreading Trumpian Extremism to the entire American landmass. The weird thing is, the article didn't make it seem like the author thought turning South America into a hotbed of right-wing extremism was all that good of an idea. (It may have something to do with the fact that when South American countries go right-wing extremist they tend to start gunning down innocent people in the middle of the street.)

Oh, don't worry, she really was canned. Her antics were becoming a political liability. But her firing gives Trump the ability to do two terrible things at once: get rid of someone the Dungeons & Dragons players would call "chaotic evil" and replace her with a "neutral evil" player character, and give her a new job that affords her the opportunity to do even more damage than she could at DHS. I suspect we're soon to learn Corey Lewandowski has been given a job in the Office of the Special Envoy, which would enable him to continue to take care of her particular needs.

mdbl

(8,529 posts)
52. She is NOT out if she's still sucking on the government teet and Donald Rump's...........
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:00 PM
Thursday


Get off the government payroll. She's wasted enough of our taxpayer money.

Danascot

(5,213 posts)
57. When I first heard of Markwayne Mullin
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:15 PM
Thursday

I thought it sounded like a name a serial killer would have. Turns out there was a reason for that:

The Number of Murderers and Murder Suspects With the Middle Name ‘Wayne’ Is Insane

On the topic of infamous murders, few are wider known than serial killer John Wayne Gacy, the “killer clown,” who murdered almost three dozen boys and young men during the 1970s. Then, of course, there’s Elmer Wayne Henley—quite a bit lesser known than Gacy—who was sent to prison in 1974 for the spree of murders he committed alongside Dean Allen Corll. Then there’s Monty Wayne Lamb, serving a life sentence for a triple homicide in Dallas. And Alexander Wayne Watson, Jr., convicted of killing multiple victims.

We think you see the pattern: They all have the middle name “Wayne.” It seems coincidental, but “Wayne” turns out to be a really common middle name for both convicted (and alleged) murderers. So much so, in fact, that News of the Weird‘s Chuck Shepherd kept a running tally of them through 2008; and as of now, his list of killer Waynes has 223 people on it.


https://www.insidehook.com/culture/amount-murderers-murder-suspects-middle-name-wayne-insane

3catwoman3

(29,206 posts)
70. That's pretty creepy.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:19 PM
Thursday

If it also applied to creeps who kill animals, maybe Noem's middle name is Wayne.

mwmisses4289

(3,845 posts)
58. Wow, that was quicker than I thought.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:33 PM
Thursday

However she isn't out entirely, she's being moved to be special envoy to some nonsensical t is calling the sheild of the americas, that he will be announcing Saturday in someplace called Durial? Dorl? Florida. (Apologies to anybody in Florida, did not catch the place name)

AllyCat

(18,743 posts)
59. He's just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:34 PM
Thursday

She’s moving to some new position where she can cause immeasurable harm.

ffr

(23,360 posts)
61. What a narcisist! He didn't dump her because she supports murdering Americans.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:39 PM
Thursday

I you ask me, I think he dumped her because he thinks she's tanking his polling numbers!

Jarqui

(10,897 posts)
62. So who gets the jet with the double bed?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:41 PM
Thursday

Do they throw her in with the deal?

How about Corey Lewandowski?

Takket

(23,658 posts)
65. She's not fired she's just moving to a farm upstate
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:57 PM
Thursday

With big fields where she can run and chase cows all day!!!

ecstatic

(35,046 posts)
68. not surprised. She was completely eviscerated in those hearings
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:45 PM
Thursday

The Cory Lewandowsky thing was brutal. The dog killing. The goat killing. Not holding bad ice "cops" accountable for killing Americans and others.

So when will Bondi get the axe or does she know too much?

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