Q: Did the Trump administration fumble in terms of telling Americans to evacuate too late? THUNE: I think you will see a ramped up, intensified effort to ensure Americans are being evacuated from the region

Lindsey Graham's evidence on Fox News of Iran's "imminent threat" is a bunch of stuff that happened decades ago, then he brings up Hitler and 1939

Lindsey Graham: "The whole idea is for it to not be imminent, dumbass. You want it prevent it from being imminent."

Do we know how much the Trump family have recently invested in the US arms industry?

I'm confused. The US said it doesn't need allies. Now it does? 🤔

🎶 How many deaths will it take 'til they know that too many people have died? 🎶 Congress, DO YOUR DAMN JOB. IMPEACH AND FREE AMERICA FROM THIS DANGEROUS WANNABE DICTATOR. Act like your re-election depends on it. Because it does.

Today so far: / Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon leaves scores dead. / U.S. warships to escort tankers. / France says U.S. violates international law. / Death toll in war so far: 800, including 6 U.S. service members. / Still no coherent explanation for why the U.S. started this stupid war. 2/🧵

Today so far: / U.S. tells citizens to flee Mideast, offers “very limited” help. / U.S. consulate in Dubai hit by Iranian drone. / Stocks down. / Oil prices up. / U.S. rips Spain and Britain for not helping U.S. attack Iran. / Trump says he has enough weapons for war “forever." 1/🧵

Man, just straight up theft.

WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin? NOEM: Yes WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that? NOEM: No.

A oil prices have conveniently skyrocketed and no one can trace the money because its in a Qatari bank account. You can see the smile creeping on his face as he's talking because he's so proud that he's getting away with something so corrupt.

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Trump, suffering from dementia, is confused about where his father was born. It was in the Bronx, not in Germany. Trump's grandfather was an immigrant who came here after getting kicked out of Germany for evading the draft.

Trump's dad was in fact born in New York City

HIRONO: DHS was lying that Ms Martinez was a domestic terrorist who ambushed federal agents. Yes or no -- that was a lie? NOEM: Every day our law enforcement officers face tragic situations-- HIRONO: I'm not hearing yes or no. It was a lie.

Tillis: "In about a week and half, we're gonna get a plaque on the wall in the Capitol thank the Capitol police officers and all the agencies that responded on January 6. All those thugs have been pardoned, and yet we haven't thanked the Capitol police officers for their work."

Hirono walks Noem through just a few of the many lies she's been caught in

wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"

TILLIS: On Minneapolis, we can't we just say we made a mistake? Who does Tom Homan work for? KRISTI NOEM: The president TILLIS: That's because I believe the president recognized you weren't getting it done in Minneapolis

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

Kristi Noem said Alex Pretti “committed an act of domestic terrorism. That’s the facts.” Defend it or retract it, but don’t deny it.

A thorn in Trump's side his first term were senators at the end of their careers who couldn't be pressured -- McCain, Corker, even Flake. I think we're about to see a new wave of those folks, and whatever the motive -- true repentance or shameless ass-covering -- they'll help erode his standing

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

Kristi Noem: "They talk about masks. They're the party that in 2020 mandated masks and penalized and put crimes on US citizens if they didn't have a mask on, and now they don't want our law enforcement officers to be protected from doxxing." (Trump in fact was the president in 2020.)

Yeah, Tillis voted for Noem and these other shitbirds and he owns part of this mess. But for people who still have a shred of a conscience, that's going to make them more invested in righting what's gone wrong. We should all encourage that.

PADILLA: If President Trump or Stephen Miller directed you to send ICE agents to polling places, would you say 'no'? NOEM: There is no plan to send ICE officers to polling locations. Are you planning on sending illegal aliens to vote? PADILLA: No. That's already illegal

wild that this has to be said but it's true, unrepentant puppy-killers should not have the kind of power and discretion now wielded by Kristi Noem

So billions will be spent and lives will be lost for nothing?

SCHIFF: Don't you think in aftermath of a shooting you should provide only vetted information? How will you gain the trust of people if you're pushing out false info about the shootings of American citizens? NOEM: I work every day to get out factual information SCHIFF: Well, you didn't that day

“I’m giving you a performance evaluation here, I’m not looking for a response.” Tillis is a Republican Senator.

SCHIFF: Are you saying it's just fortuitous that $143m went to a subcontractor that you worked w/ extensively as gov of SD? KRISTI NOEM: I had no choosing of contractors. S: Can you state for record that you or Lewandowski had no communication with any agency involved? N: To best of my knowledge

When you're a star, they let you do it.

Congratulations? 🤡

Trump: "I've settled eight wars and actually maybe one more than that"

Trump: "If we didn't do what we're doing right now, you would've had a nuclear war and they would've taken out many countries. Because you know what? They're sick people. They're mentally ill sick people. They're angry. They're crazy. They're sick. Thank you very much. Thank you very much everybody"

BLUMENTHAL: Is the agent who shot Ms Martinez sill on the job? NOEM: Our officers conduct operations every day- B: Is he still on the job carrying a gun? N: I dunno B: Would you agree he shouldn't be? N: I'll get back to you B: I think Americans would find it absolutely terrifying if he is

Watch her answer. In essence, she says there is no room for discretion in law enforcement, even if a father is dragged from his dying child. That is a lie. Her people chose cruelty.

"There’s a scramble by the administration and GOP sycophants to cobble together some Rube Goldberg contraption combining international law, domestic law, and executive authority that would somehow make this totally cool and legal, but there’s no way to make it work."

Mark Kelly to Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby: "I'm trying to understand whether you believe Iran can be primarily contained by our regional partners, which is what you wrote a few weeks ago, or is it imminent threat to the US as President Trump just told the American people? Can't be both"

COONS: Does DHS operate with arrest quotas? NOEM: No we do not. We do targeted enforcement C: I would prefer if you did, but just last year Stephen Miller went on Fox & said, 'We're setting a minimum of 3,000 arrests for ICE every day' N: There's no quota C: He's reportedly berating officials

COONS: Will you rule out the deployment of ICE or CBP to polling places? NOEM: There are no plans to have ICE officers at our polling locations C: Would you rule it out? N: Do you plan on illegal aliens voting? C: I do not N: Then there should be no need COONS: I'm concerned by your rebuttal

Coons to Noem: "On January 22, you put out a press release saying enforcement and removal training is 42 days. But on February 23, you issued a new press release saying it was 56 days. You seem to be making it up as you go along."

They seem to like to summon her for the sheer exuberant fuckyouness of it. I don't object.

BLUMENTHAL: Have you met with any of the American citizens who have been detained or arrested by your agents? NOEM: They could've been instructing law enforcemen-- BLUMENTHAL: You haven't met with them. I'd like to introduce you to 3 of them. Will you please stand?

BLUMENTHAL: Wouldn't you agree no citizen working lawfully should be arrested? NOEM: There are times when they may be arrested or detained until identity is confirmed B: Would you agree citizens should not be arrested? N: When there's probable cause ... B: They said, 'Get him. He's Mexican'

BLUMENTHAL: Does Corey Lewandowski have a role in approving contracts, and if so, what is that role? NOEM: His role is a special govt employee, um, and special govt employees work for the White House BLUMENTHAL: So he does have a role

BLUMENTHAL: The agent who shot her said, 'I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys. I'm up for another around of F around and find out.' Will you join me in condemning that agent? KRISTI NOEM: That situation, I don't know the details, but I will look into that

noem doing the mariah meme, but for an airplane

fascists lie. trump lied about no wars. maga assholes like carlson and greenwald are lying when they say they were fooled. they all lie about everything because they see truth as weakness and good faith as an attack vector. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/fascists-lie