Olivia of Troye Saturday Morning Covfefe

It’s getting impossible to keep up. Yesterday I wrote about Trump’s “Hoax Presidency,” and now he’s leaned right into it, brushing off Epstein questions by calling for probes into Democrats, with Pam Bondi dutifully backing him up. Meanwhile, Kristi Noem is running DHS like her own campaign studio. If you’re feeling whiplash, you’re not alone. *spikes coffee with tequila and keeps typing*

1. Kristi Noem’s DHS: Now Casting Friends, Family & Cronies

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you mix a border “emergency,” a $220 million DHS advertising budget, and a political operative with a cowboy-hat fetish…well, here we are.

ProPublica dropped a bombshell: a firm tied personally and financially to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, run by the husband of her top spokesperson, quietly siphoned money from her taxpayer-funded border ad campaign. And they did it through a shell company that magically appeared in Delaware days before the contract was awarded.

Let’s be clear: this wasn’t an accident. It was the weaponization of an “emergency” to skip competitive bidding, the safeguards meant to prevent precisely this kind of corruption. I’ve worked inside the federal contracting world, and this reeks.

https://www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com/p/saturday-morning-covfefe-5-things-b7a