Die größten Paukenschläge über Kristi Noem und ihren Top-Berater Corey Lewandowski aus der Enthüllung des Wall Street Journal

*Cosplaying morons.*

„Among the stranger controversies alleged is one claiming that Noem had ordered a Coast Guard pilot to be fired after she was forced to switch from one plane to another because of a maintenance issue, which caused a favorite blanket to be left behind amid the confusion.“

„The pilot was abruptly told he had been dismissed over the blunder and ordered to take a commercial flight home, only to then be advised that he had, in fact, been reinstated because no one else was available to continue the journey, according to the *WSJ*.“

„The DHS spokesperson did not address the incident but claimed instead that the secretary has “made personnel decisions to deliver excellence.”

„Another bizarre claim made in the report is that Noem’s top adviser “made it known to top ICE officials that he wanted to be issued a law enforcement badge and a federally-issued gun,” despite his not having undertaken the necessary training to merit them.“

„When the administration was preparing to bring in Tom Feeley, a former top ICE official in New York, as its new director, he was asked by Lewandowski if he would be willing to issue him with the props, the newspaper writes. Feeley said no and was subsequently overlooked for the role.“

„ICE lawyer Ken Padilla, in turn, reportedly refused the same request and was placed on administrative leave before being demoted to a role with FEMA.“

„Lewandowski ultimately got his gun, the *WSJ* reports, but only after it was allegedly signed off by an ICE director’s autopen – an ironic detail given Trump’s [mockery and conspiracy theorizing](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-autopen-biden-portrait-b2833229.html) over his predecessor [Joe Biden](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/joe-biden)’s use of such a device.“

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From The Wall Street Journal Article:

„A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS“

„Throughout her tenure as secretary of Homeland Security, a sprawling agency charged with carrying out Trump’s central campaign promise of a mass deportation, Noem has attempted to [burnish her personal stardom](https://archive.fo/o/CvT0B/https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/kristi-noem-trump-dhs-ice-deportations-ba8e03ba) at every turn. With Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager, at her side, she has staged a headline grabbing immigration crackdown while sidelining rivals and dissenters.“

„She’s carried out confrontational operations [over the objections of longtime immigration officials](https://archive.fo/o/CvT0B/https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/department-homeland-security-deportation-disfunction-976a0e9b) who warned such flashy displays would discredit the department’s ultimate mission, according to two dozen current and former administration officials. Instead, she’s made the case that her approach would lead to more arrests as well as induce more people to leave on their own.“

„She has donned flak jackets on ICE raids, posed toting a large gun and recorded messages urging immigrants to self-deport. In one, she stood before a group of imprisoned men with shaved heads packed into tight rows in a notorious El Salvadoran prison. And she has done it all with an eye to her style, with TV-ready hair and makeup.“

„After tabloid photos of Lewandowski showed him going back and forth between his apartment and Noem’s across the street last year, the secretary moved into a government-owned waterfront house on a military base in Washington that is provided to the leader of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard falls under Noem’s purview at DHS during peacetime. Lewandowski also spends time at the house. “

„The pair have lately been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country, according to people familiar with the matter. DHS is leasing the plane but is in the process of acquiring it for approximately $70 million. DHS has previously used other planes through the Coast Guard or other agencies for the secretary’s use. “

„Lewandowski and Noem, who are both married, have publicly denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship inside the department. The DHS spokeswoman said the department “doesn’t waste time with salacious, baseless gossip.”

„The purchase would be double the cost of each of seven other commercial planes the department is also buying at the pair’s direction to carry out deportations. In official documents, the luxury plane is earmarked for “high-profile deportations,” the people said. Staff have jokingly started referring to it as the secretary’s “big, beautiful jet,” after the bill that provided the funding for it.“ 

„The department [rarely uses military flights for deportations](https://archive.fo/o/CvT0B/https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-deportation-flights-paused-cost-c37c577a) because they are instead using chartered planes. “

„Early in the administration, Noem allotted $200 million from the department’s budget to air an ad campaign featuring her warning immigrants in the country illegally—in English—to “leave now.” 

„In recent days, Noem has made appeals to Republicans to write op-eds backing her, according to people familiar with the matter. In one such op-ed, titled “America Needs Kristi Noem’s Leadership,” published in Newsweek on Jan. 29, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, an ally of Noem’s who attended her swearing-in ceremony, praised the secretary’s role in helping states prepare for the recent winter storm.“  

[https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95?mod=politics_trendingnow_article_pos1](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/chaos-kristi-noem-homeland-security-f095ac95?mod=politics_trendingnow_article_pos1)

There’s not one member of this administration even remotely qualified for the job – in most cases they’re catastrophically unfit for the position – so we all know it’s a veritable shit-show within every department of this government. These are dumbfounded evil dipshits playing make-believe at grown up jobs.

And btw congratulations media, you’ve made the term „bombshell“ into some rough equivalent of „ermahgerd“

Noem always came across to me as someone who just wanted to be famous, politics was her only way to make that happen. Unfortunately she is completely and consistently useless, with an enormous sense of entitlement, and an overwhelming need to act like both a diva and a bimbo at the very same time. Her best bet for everyone’s sake, would have been to become a Fox fashion correspondent, specialising in millinery.

So everyone in this administration thinks they are the president… this always works out for corrupt governments. They really are speeding a dictatorship

> the newspaper states, noting the secretary’s penchant for posing in agency-branded flak jackets and caps and bearing guns as props “all with an eye to her style, with TV-ready hair and makeup.”

I did not need the WSJ to tell me that this brain-fried twit spends a lot of her time, and my money, posing.

WSJ is the one doing half decent reporting nowadays? Interesting times.

is it a bombshell? i thought them fucking has been common knowledge for years now

Is he still having an affair with Hope Hicks too?

Is it incompetence or being so base that they surround themselves with incompetent evil people instead of just competent evil people?

Trump keeps Noem close because she allowed him to dance for 30 minutes without complaint on stage, instead of answering questions at a town hall. He made a complete fool of her and she smiled the whole time and treated him like a king.

Isn’t Corey Lewandowski that guy that assaulted that reporter?

Edit: oh and the wife of a Republican donor which actually resulted in him getting in trouble.

>Among the stranger controversies alleged is one claiming that Noem had ordered a Coast Guard pilot to be fired after she was forced to switch from one plane to another because of a maintenance issue, which caused a favorite blanket to be left behind amid the confusion.

>The pilot was abruptly told he had been dismissed over the blunder and ordered to take a commercial flight home, only to then be advised that he had, in fact, been reinstated because no one else was available to continue the journey, according to the *WSJ*.

You know, I shouldn’t be surprised by the pettiness and incompetence, but Jesus Haploid Christ.

The incompetence and cruelty is the point.

> A bombshell report has alleged that the Department of Homeland Security is in a state of “constant chaos” under the leadership of Secretary Kristi Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski.

> The Wall Street Journal cites sources within the department who are highly critical of Noem’s reign and paints an unflattering portrait of the secretary as a politician who has sought to “burnish her personal stardom at every turn“

So….. Where’s the bombshell?

Didn’t read are that, because I’m fairly sure the guardian is click baiting us.

(Yes, I acknowledge in a healthy society that would be a big favor exposé, but we’re in masked murder squads and biohazard furnaces in dozens of concentration camps being built territory, now)

Can she fire a coast guard pilot? Does she have that authority?

The pilot thing sounds like a plot line for Veep they threw out for being to ridiculous

Reminder for the people that split their ballots and voted for Harris and a Republican senator… the GOP senate confirmed all of these clown cabinet members.