Noem-zilla: Diva behavior and infidelity rumors cap disastrous week for Trump's DHS secretary
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What chaos has Kristi Noem brought to the Department of Homeland Security?
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When I was sitting here on Tuesday night, I kind of thought there was no possible way a Trump cabinet secretary could have a worse week than Howard Lutnick. I mean, no possible way. Because this is what went down at the hearing he was at that day.
Did you, in fact, make the visit to Jeffrey Epstein's private island? I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation.
I mean, holy awkward Batman. I really could not imagine how it could possibly be topped. And then the next day, during a hearing about the Epstein files, Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, basically said, I see your Epstein Island visit, but have you heard about the Dow?
None of them ask Merrick Garland over the last four years one word about Jeffrey Epstein. How ironic is that? You know why? Because Donald Trump, the Dow, the Dow right now is over, the Dow is over $50,000. I don't know why you're laughing.
I mean, I can't watch that clip enough. She almost couldn't get it out. It was so ludicrous. So you see that that was Wednesday. Honestly, how could a member of Donald Trump's cabinet possibly embarrass themselves more than Pam Bondi did at that hearing? But then late last night, the Wall Street Journal hit send on what might just be the craziest story about a Trump cabinet member we have seen since he got back to the White House. And boys, there are a lot of competition for that. And here's the headline. A pilot fired over Kristi Noem's missing blanket and the constant chaos inside DHS. That's a real headline in the Wall Street Journal. And yes, the headline is wild, of course, but does not even begin to do this story justice.
And I'm going to get into all of the insane details in just a moment. But even before we all saw that story, Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security was having, well, you could call it a hell of a week. I mean, this week we saw mass chaos and confusion after officials shut down airspace over El Paso because Border Patrol agents fired a laser they borrowed from the Department of Defense at what turned out to be a Valentine's Day balloon. And they were planning to shut down the airspace for about 10 days, by the way, over that.
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Now, we've seen two ISIS agents put on leave after they appear to have lied about an officer-involved shooting in Minneapolis, lies that may well have been parroted by DHS in their official account of that shooting. We've also seen the release of horrifying body cam footage from the Border Patrol agents who shot Chicago school teacher Mary Marmartina's footage that, surprise, surprise, you can see it right there, also contradicts the official account about how that shooting took place. We've seen a Trump-appointed federal judge excorciate DHS over their treatment of immigrants in a Minneapolis ICE detention center. We've learned that DHS improperly obtained the private tax data of thousands of American taxpayers while hunting for undocumented immigrants.
We've learned that a 21-year-old with a proclivity for posting white nationalist-themed content has apparently been running DHS's social media accounts. We've learned that DHS is being sued by a racetrack in Idaho, which alleges that parents and children were zip-tied at gunpoint during an immigration raid. And we're now watching Congress barrel toward a partial government shutdown at midnight tonight over DHS's refusal to change its tactics in the wake of its cruel and out-of-control Minneapolis operation. All of that, everything I just showed you and I just walked through is just from this week, this week.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What chaos has Kristi Noem brought to the Department of Homeland Security?
0:00–2:58
2
How are Democrats responding to the funding issues with ICE?
2:58–6:56
3
What are the implications of Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department?
6:56–10:08
4
What new revelations are emerging from the Epstein investigation?
10:08–13:01
5
How is Kristi Noem attempting to manipulate midterm elections?
13:01–15:42
6
What controversies surround Kristi Noem's behavior and decisions?
15:42–18:26
7
How are lawmakers addressing the accountability of Trump administration officials?
18:26–21:36
8
What steps are being taken to investigate ties to Jeffrey Epstein?
21:36–43:30
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