William Lindsey 
"In a cabinet full of lunatics and lickspittles, Noem still managed consistently to distinguish herself by her cruelty, her stupidity, her paranoia, her pathological dishonesty, and her self-aggrandizement."
~ Andrew Egger
"Noem was an easily identifiable villain, epitomizing the corruption and cruelty of the entire Trump enterprise."
~ Walter Einenkel
Cosplay queen Noem’s reign is over—and everyone’s rejoicing
If you haven’t already heard, puppy killer Kristi Noem has been fired from her position as Homeland Security secretary. Noem was an easily identifiable villain, epitomizing the corruption and cruelty of the entire Trump enterprise. And that reputation...
"The best reasons to fire Noem are epitomized, but not limited to, what happened in Minneapolis.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti are dead, killed by agents under Noem’s control. Instead of condemning their deaths and opening full, transparent investigations into them, she instead, and almost immediately, attacked the two dead Americans."
~ Joyce Vance
#KristiNoem #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Minnesota #DHS #ICE
/3
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/fired-but-for-the-wrong-reason
"She accused Good of attacking the agents who shot and killed her. She called Pretti a domestic terrorist. Those are lies.
Congressman Jamie Raskin gave her a chance to retract those lies in her oversight hearing earlier this week. She refused to."
#KristiNoem #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Minnesota #DHS #ICE
/4
Robert B. Hubbell sees Noem's firing as a victory for Minnesotans:
"Minnesotans persisted. They refused to quit. And they won. Their victory is not complete; it is ongoing. But they deserve credit and gratitude for showing us that resistance works."
#KristiNoem #Trump #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Minnesota #DHS #ICE
/5
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-victory-for-minnesotans-and-all
"Noem is not likely to disappear from the news. Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker recorded a video saying: 'Hey, Kristi Noem, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Here’s your legacy: corruption and chaos. Parents and children tear-gassed. Moms and nurses, U.S. citizens getting shot in the face. Now that you’re gone, don’t think you get to just walk away. I guarantee you, you will still be held accountable.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
"Humiliation is Donald Trump’s calling card. It’s the other side of domination. It’s an expression of domination."
~ Josh Marshall
"When I heard the news today of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s ouster, which has certainly been telegraphed for weeks, it seems exquisitely Trump that he allowed her to go to Capitol Hill and get pressed on the entirely predictable question of whether she is having sex with her notional top aide — Corey Lewandowski — when she had only one day left on the job."
"It should also be mentioned that Mullin — who took over his dad’s plumbing company and is the only US senator without a bachelor’s degree — has no background in law enforcement. So what does Trump see in him?"
~ Aaron Rupar
#KristiNoem #Trump #MarkwayneMullin #DHS #ICE
/9
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/kristi-noem-fired-markwayne-mullin
"Probably some combination of golden retriever-like loyalty, willingness to avoid trysts on swanky government planes, and an understanding that cabinet officials should be heat shields instead of deflecting problems onto the boss."
"Until the people of Alabama sent Tommy Tuberville to the U.S. Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a strong contender for the title of Dumbass di tutti Dumbasses."
~ Charles Pierce
#KristiNoem #Trump #MarkwayneMullin #DHS #ICE
/11
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70629065/krist-noem-fired-markwayne-mullin/
"This is a guy whose entire political persona is rooted in performative firings on a realty TV show. That formula resonates for a lot of Americans, as much as I wish it were otherwise.
The mass deportation operation is Trump’s singular political obsession for his entire time in national politics. It would have happened with or without Kristi Noem. It will continue until Trump and Trump alone decides otherwise."
~ David Kurtz
#KristiNoem #Trump #DHS #ICE
/12
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/donald-trump-is-the-worst-dhs-secretary
"The visual humiliation of those deemed to be human vermin by the regime in power sits at the heart of the historical fascist project. Those photos of her standing in front of the nearly naked prisoners of CECOT with her Rolex prominently displayed might constitute the single most indelibly fascist image of this presidency."
~ Michael Tomasky
#KristiNoem #Trump #DHS #ICE
/13
GhostOnTheHalfShellSo long as Steven Miller is in the pipeline, we can be guaranteed that mass deportation and human trafficking is now the major function of the federal government
Alex P Roe 
@wdlindsy Seems Noemi’s replacement is a thug.
Cat West
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️
Randall Lee@the5thColumnist @wdlindsy The plumbers of his plumbing company did that. The boss doesn't know how to hold a wrench
Alexa Fontanilla@the5thColumnist
#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response.
#PostOfTheWeek (season 3):
President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response.
@the5thColumnist
Trump, who said he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin in her place, made the announcement on social media after Noem faced a two-day grilling on Capitol Hill this week from GOP members as well as Democrats.
Trump, who said he would nominate Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin in her place, made the announcement on social media after Noem faced a two-day grilling on Capitol Hill this week from GOP members as well as Democrats.
@the5thColumnist
Noem’s departure marks a stunning turnaround for a close ally to the president who was tasked with steering his centerpiece policy of mass deportations. But she appeared to increasingly become a liability for Trump, with questions arising over her spending at her department and over her conduct in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis earlier this year.
Noem’s departure marks a stunning turnaround for a close ally to the president who was tasked with steering his centerpiece policy of mass deportations. But she appeared to increasingly become a liability for Trump, with questions arising over her spending at her department and over her conduct in the aftermath of the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis earlier this year.
Wen