Our nation is again at war, not because we had to but because the president recklessly chose to.
Now we must recognize who pays the price: not the president and his wealthy allies, but service members and ordinary Americans.
They cut Meals on Wheels for seniors, doctors for the VA, and food for American children - but send billions of taxpayer dollars to the Middle East for an unnecessary war of choice.
We have learned - the hard way - how launching a reckless war of choice with no clear endgame can put Americans in greater danger.
Failing to provide our veterans with quality healthcare/welfare is indeed shameful;
and yet it has become perpetually shameful.
Of course, Kristi Noem deserved to be fired. But rather than spend energy celebrating this Trump setback, let's recognize that the disaster of today’s DHS runs much deeper than the (former) Secretary's incompetence - and keep stepping up the political pressure.
The reluctance of the American people to make their voices heard...really heard... is deafening.
As the world churns. BTW, Have House Dems abandoned plans to impeach Pam Bondi?
WOW! Fox News is broadcasting something truthful?
Republicans are going to try to use Kristi Noem's firing to deflect from ICE's cruelty ahead of the midterms.
Don't let them. She didn't design the agenda. Stephen Miller and Donald Trump did.
Firing the face doesn't absolve the people who built the machine.
Donald Trump is a child rapist
If Russia had planted a sleeper agent in the US with the goal of winning the presidency and driving the US into ruin they could not have done a better job than what Donald Trump is doing
Congressional republicans are running cover for their boss. DOJ is actively redacting Trump’s name & presence from the files. This isn’t about truth or accountability. This is a cover up.
Very Well Said!!
The corruption of this administration is astonishing.
👋 Former State Department War Powers lawyer here.
This statement by Rubio is false.
As @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and I wrote in January:
www.justsecurity.org/128517/war-p...
BREAKING: Credible whistleblowers detail how Kash Patel’s misuse and mismanagement of FBI aircraft and resources have complicated high-profile investigations, such as the Charlie Kirk assassination and Brown University shooting.
“If you have golf, hockey, fishing, or hunting and beautiful sights, you’re going to see a lot of me.”
That’s what Kash Patel told FBI field offices, per credible whistleblower.
A whistleblower just disclosed that FBI experts were delayed by AT LEAST A DAY in deploying to investigate Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Why?
There was an FBI plane and pilot shortage… because Kash Patel was using them for personal flights.
Sen. DURBIN: The Trump Administration has dismantled offices responsible for rooting out fraud. They’re teams responsible for prosecuting crypto crime, fraud against consumers, tax fraud, public corruption. Want to root out fraud? Start at the top of the Administration itself.
Sen. COONS: The Trump Administration is less concerned with fighting fraud than it is with targeting people and states it dislikes. They’ve shut down, eliminated, or defunded antifraud units. If Trump were serious, he’d applaud work already done by the previous Administration.
JD Vance announced a new fraud division at the Justice Department.
The Trump Administration has given no details on budget, operations, staff, or enforcement authority.
But, of course, they found a nominee already.
Sen. DURBIN: Do you lead a weaponization working group with Ed Martin, who has already been removed from two DOJ positions?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Durbin: So the answer is yes?
Nominee: I’m involved.
Durbin: You’re tactful in your answer. This effort should come to an end.
Sen. HIRONO: We have a president who accepted a $400 million plane from Qatar. Does that sound like a bribe or fraud?
Trump nominee, dodging: I follow the facts.
Hirono: Great, that’s what we need. Not someone doing Trump’s bidding.
Sen. WELCH: Donald Trump detractors become enemies, and the Justice Department goes after them. There’s no place in our justice system for that. Would you agree?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Welch: Be specific.
Nominee: There is a list.
Welch: Where?
Nominee: *dodges*
WOW.
A Trump nominee REFUSES to answer if handpicked “weaponization” lackeys must abide by longstanding Justice Department ethics rules.
Sen. SCHIFF calls it out. 🔥
Sen. DURBIN: Kash Patel has exploited the FBI’s private jet. Golfing, watching his girlfriend perform, and flying to chug beers with the men’s hockey team. A whistleblower said he told field agents ‘if you have golf, hockey, fishing, hunting, or beautiful sites, you will see a lot of me.’
Kristi Noem just disclosed damaging information.
ICE wrongfully arrested 261 DACA recipients… and deported 86.
She’s using her typical “worst of the worst” defense.
We’re not buying it.
After Renee Good was killed, career FBI agents were ordered to stand down from investigating her killing.
Why?
Kash Patel wanted to falsely spin Renee Good as a threat to law enforcement.
BREAKING: Sens. WHITEHOUSE, DURBIN demand investigation of Justice Department decision to block civil rights probe into shooting of Renee Good.
Kash Patel and other Justice Department officials shut down a civil rights investigation into Renee Good’s killing.
Unacceptable.
The truth must come out.
