Markwayne Mullin at DHS will be more of the same. After the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, he echoed many of the same talking points pushed by Kristi Noem. Listen for yourself:

NEW from me and @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com Markwayne Mullin: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Noem Boss The Oklahoma senator tapped to be the new DHS chief is more of the same. www.thebulwark.com/p/senator-ma...

VIDEO accompanying the article ☝️, put together by our @jaredpoland.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/theb...

NEW: What should we expect from Markwayne Mullin as head of DHS? Is there any reason to believe his policies will be any different from Kristi Noem's? Nope—not based on what he's said over the past year. We've got the receipts: www.thebulwark.com/p/senator-ma...

Coming soon to Truth Social:

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. www.thebulwark.com/p/tricia-mcl...

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

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."

"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:

In case you missed this yesterday, here are Alex Pretti's colleagues gathered to pay tribute to him. www.thedailybeast.com/heartbreakin...

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.

"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."

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." www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-is-a-l...

“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 www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nob...

@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.” www.thebulwark.com/p/why-renee-...

Trump received quite a few golden participation trophies today:

So 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 www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trump-...

I don't understand how this is legal...? www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

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.”

NEW: Media Matters is quitting X. A scoop here from our @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/media-matt...

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: www.thebulwark.com/p/counter-pr...

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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtTS...

re-upping this hilarious story for the evening crowd:

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:

I always learn so much from @gtconway.bsky.social's conversations with our @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-lite...

Truly insane that the president of the United States is calling for arrests and an investigation because an escalator stopped working, and it hurt his feelings.

POV: You are interviewing for a job at DOGE.

Donald Trump, Nov. 4, 2024: “A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.”

🚨🚨BEST FRIEND ALERT: IT’S HAPPENING!🚨🚨

this is a masterpiece.

Rep. Dan Goldman on Trump's cabinet picks w/ @timmiller.bsky.social: “Qualifications, competency, matters not at all. All that matters is that he believes and trusts that these are...loyalists and they will do whatever he wants. That’s where the real danger lies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kag4...

The NY Post Editorial Board calls on Donald Trump to “ditch” Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz.

Trump's pick for Attorney General:

the obvious choice for Trump’s FBI director

Pro-Trump reporter David Brody calls for release of Matt Gaetz bipartisan ethics report

What the hell. I love RFK and tariffs now. If he bans corn syrup and tariffs decimate rural economies across the breadbasket those will be the best things to come out of this administration.

Donald Trump once bragged about “inspecting” the women’s changing room at the Miss Universe Pageant while women were changing: “I’ll go backstage before a show, and everyone is getting dressed…They’re standing there with no clothes…I sort of get away with things like that.”

Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.

"While some members of Congress are known for their principled stands, Gabbard was known for her erratic behavior and frequent flip-flopping. She switched positions on key issues whenever it suited her ambitions." No good. NEW from Adam Kinzinger: