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BumRushDaShow

(168,540 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 06:00 AM 5 hrs ago

'She's gone': Mood at DHS shifts after Kristi Noem's departure, sources say

Source: msn/ABC News

12h


After word came that President Donald Trump fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday, the mood at the department suddenly shifted, a source inside the agency told ABC News. "She's gone," the source told ABC News, saying that there was a sigh of relief within the agency.

Noem is slated to leave her position on March 31, according to Trump, and will take a newly created position, Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas. The president said more details of that position would be revealed on Saturday. Trump named Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement.

Noem's departure marked months of controversy and internal struggles inside the department, according to sources, with the secretary coming under scrutiny for her multimillion dollar advertising campaigns, photo ops during Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and her statements following of the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal law enforcement in Minneapolis.

Noem and her chief adviser Corey Lewandowski -- who is reportedly also departing DHS -- both had a knack for lashing out, yelling and berating staff that crossed them, according to sources.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/she-s-gone-mood-at-dhs-shifts-after-kristi-noem-s-departure-sources-say/ar-AA1XGlHE



The Munchkins have a song for that.
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'She's gone': Mood at DHS shifts after Kristi Noem's departure, sources say (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago OP
A sigh of relief that Noem is going? Omnipresent 5 hrs ago #1
That is the issue. OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #9
That was what I was thinking PatSeg 2 hrs ago #15
Ding dong. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #2
Ding dong, the witch is gone. n/t iluvtennis 3 hrs ago #5
That is an insult to all practicing Witches. niyad 2 hrs ago #10
I'm certainly not a fan of Noem COL Mustard 3 hrs ago #3
Exactly. niyad 2 hrs ago #11
No one is going to be better BonnieJW 2 hrs ago #12
What concerns me COL Mustard 2 hrs ago #17
Mullin can do himself a solid by Aviation Pro 3 hrs ago #4
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.... groundloop 3 hrs ago #6
Noem without the Botox -- sure, that'll be great ( t) Pinback 3 hrs ago #7
Two shiver inducing macabre creatures. Joinfortmill 3 hrs ago #8
Does this mean Markwayne will leave a Senate vacancy? Nt Trueblue Texan 2 hrs ago #13
Yes BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #18
Can't believe this ignorant goober is a Senator. travelingthrulife 1 hr ago #20
trump fires her, Bayard 2 hrs ago #14
ABC's original link SouthBayDem 2 hrs ago #16
Special envoy for the shield of America?? travelingthrulife 1 hr ago #19
You can scrape the shit off of your shoes but the stink remains. twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #21

OldBaldy1701E

(10,940 posts)
9. That is the issue.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:35 AM
2 hrs ago

He is worse than her.

She is just vapid and shallow. (And, a decent candidate for Dunning Kruger.)

He is absolutely vile and so worthless that his only way to get anywhere is to be a huge bully who thinks that the only way to operate is like a Klingon ship. (You advance in the ranks by killing those above you.)

That is something that you just know that yokel would love to practice, mainly because he has so little of anything else.

PatSeg

(53,074 posts)
15. That was what I was thinking
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:03 AM
2 hrs ago

But I expected someone like Markwayne. Whenever Trump gets rid of someone, they are usually replaced with someone worse.

COL Mustard

(8,144 posts)
3. I'm certainly not a fan of Noem
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:47 AM
3 hrs ago

But I’m not sure Mullin will be any better. He’s likely to challenge any disagreement with physical force. Remember “Stand your butt up”?

BonnieJW

(3,112 posts)
12. No one is going to be better
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:47 AM
2 hrs ago

Stevie Miller calls those shots and he's not going anywhere

COL Mustard

(8,144 posts)
17. What concerns me
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:10 AM
2 hrs ago

Is if Vance becomes President, either Miller or Vought will become VP, and then we're really screwed. This is just amateur hour. They would be malignant and professionally evil.

Aviation Pro

(15,490 posts)
4. Mullin can do himself a solid by
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:50 AM
3 hrs ago

Announcing that he will cancel the planes contract but he won’t.

groundloop

(13,745 posts)
6. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss....
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:15 AM
3 hrs ago

I'm afraid it's not going to be any better. About the only difference is that Mullin probably won't be carrying on an affair with Corey Lewandowski.

BumRushDaShow

(168,540 posts)
18. Yes
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:37 AM
1 hr ago

but in most states, it can be filled with an appointee until the special election and in this case, we are talking OK.

travelingthrulife

(5,044 posts)
19. Special envoy for the shield of America??
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:56 AM
1 hr ago

So is she going to continue her reign of terror in Mexico, Central and South America?

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