Die Gegenreaktion auf die unverschämten Forderungen von Noem und Hegseth zeigt, wie einfach es ist, Nein zu sagen: Die Ablehnung von Noems TSA-Video und Hegseths Pressepolitik im Pentagon beweist, dass die Regierung nicht so allmächtig ist, wie sie glauben machen möchte.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/shutdown-kristi-noem-pete-hegseth-pentagon-press-saying-no-rcna237775
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1. By [Jen Psaki](https://www.msnbc.com/author/jen-psaki-ncpn1300286) and Seamus O’Toole
* Since the start of the government shutdown, [Donald Trump ](https://www.msnbc.com/donald-trump)and his administration have taken a wildly inappropriate (and probably illegal) approach to the [blame game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEXMeeNs9tI), using government websites and email to try to pin the shutdown on Democrats.
* Some federal workers have even received suggested templates for [out-of-office emails ](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-investigation-shutdown-office-email-replies/story?id=126311656)that say they were furloughed because “Democrat Senators are blocking passage” of a funding bill. Multiple government websites, like that of the [Department of Housing and Urban Development,](https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558393/government-shutdown-trump-ethics-hatch-act) now have messages pinned to them, claiming that “the radical left in Congress shut down the government.”
* Department of Homeland Security Secretary [Kristi Noem,](https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/kristi-noem-to-reporter-don-t-you-dare-say-ice-targets-latinos-243529285784) who never passes up the opportunity to get in front of a camera, has even gone so far as to tape a video to be played at TSA checkpoints at airports across the country. In the video, Noem blames Democrats for the shutdown and any delays.
* But unfortunately for Noem, that video is *not* going to be seen by as many air travelers as she had hoped, and that’s because airports across the country are [refusing to air it.](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/kristi-noem-video-airports-government-shutdown-democrats-rcna237419) Officials in Buffalo, New York; Charlotte, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon; Cleveland; Los Angeles; Phoenix and Seattle have all said that the video violates internal policies, as well as state and local laws.
* As for having to hear the word “no” recently, Noem may be able to commiserate with her buddy over at the Defense Department, [Pete Hegseth](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pete-hegseth-speech-generals-admirals-rcna234674), because he is hearing the word *a lot* lately, too.
The trouble is finding people and institutions with the backbone to say no.
Now we just need a state AG to press criminal state charges on an ICE agent that committed a crime while Noem is already probably upset about airports
Now we need to get 77m voters some glasses and a civics book.
Watch the FAA try to ground all flights at these airports now. Retribution is one of the few things this administration genuinely cares about.
They are going to use force at some point, but standing up to them ensures that they HAVE to make that choice. I’m pretty sure not everyone under either of them is fully onboard and sometimes, it takes a small act of courage to inspire others to do the same.
Yeah, sometimes that cost is great, but the cost of doing nothing and rolling over for fascists is MUCH greater.
Asking journalists to sign a pledge should be a fire-able offense at the very least. I guess he just gets to decide what his employer (the people) know about the job he is doing.
Emperor’s new clothes
Don’t obey in advance
I assure you they absolutely are as all powerful as they think they are. They just aren’t pushing too hard *yet* because they haven’t laid the groundwork for the complete and utter takeover of the country. But they’re getting there, and nothing seems to be stopping them.
My greatest hope is that the military brass sticks to the Constitution and denies Trump his coup. If that happens, Trump will be defeated.
Now they just need to be held accountable by the courts and face some actual consequences or they will just continue to abuse the law and destroy democracy in every other way they can think of.
Of course not, the biggest reason we’re in this mess is because no one wants to „rock the boat“ in this country.
It’s well passed time we tell these children to grow up. Well passed time we stop tolerating this blatantly traitorous behavior. You can’t reason with people who bake plausible deniability into every crime they commit
This needs to be higher because it needs to be seen by everyone even remotely close to someone with the power to say no!
No Kings!
This is the FIRST of 20 lessons On Tyranny from Timothy Snyder, **do not obey in advance**. Short book read for you [here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhZxrogyToZsllfRqQllyuFNbT-ER7TAu).
We all have a chance to push back tomorrow. Want to make sure your voice is heard? Join your local demonstration tomorrow, join millions of others. There are 2500 around the country, there is sure to be one near you.
The Jimmy Kimmel debacle was this administrations Afghanistan withdrawal. It’s all downhill for them from here.
and failing fast …in 8 months time we have had enough of this nonsense and we are gaining momentum from ordinary citizens realizing how truly pathetic this administration is. this will not last long
I mean, for a government to work, people have to listen.
All power is illusionary besides physical force.
But if everyone just walks aways and stops listening to these old people, they just old people yelling at the walls