Addendum: She also killed a puppy and bragged about it in a book
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Addendum: She also killed a puppy and bragged about it in a book
Kristi Noem's tenure at Homeland Security was marked by a lot of dishonesty, a disregard for the Constitution, and a penchant for using public funds on self-promotion. Whatever your politics, that is the record she leaves behind.
More recently, Noem spent over $220 million on an advertising campaign featuring herself.
Perhaps worse, the taxpayer-funded contracts circumvented the normal competitive process & were secretly awarded to a company with close ties to Noem. reason.com/2026/03/04/d...
Noem has spent a lot of taxpayer money. DHS bought a luxury $70 million jet equipped with a private cabin. Noem has been using it to travel with Corey Lewandowski, the adviser with whom she is allegedly having an affair. reason.com/2026/02/13/h...
Under Noem's leadership, DHS lied—over and over—about people arrested by immigration enforcement. The government has repeatedly released sensational stories tarring people, only for evidence to come out showing completely different stories. reason.com/2025/10/22/h...
Noem threatened to have people prosecuted & jailed for filming law enforcement, despite the fact that 7 federal circuit courts have confirmed that this is a basic First Amendment right. Free speech still applies when inconvenient. reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
Noem's hostility to civil liberties was part of a pattern. In May, she told Congress that the president can suspend habeas corpus on a whim to deport people. That is not how the Constitution works. reason.com/2025/05/20/w...
After shipping hundreds of men to a brutal megaprison—without due process—she showed up in El Salvador to film content wearing a $50,000 watch.
Some of those men had sought asylum here legally. reason.com/2025/03/27/k...
Noem lied to the public when she called certain Americans "terrorists"—despite the evidence directly contradicting those claims.
Then she went before Congress and lied about her lies. reason.com/2026/03/04/i...
Kristi Noem smeared dead Americans as “domestic terrorists.” She sent some asylum seekers to a third-world prison without due process. She spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars promoting herself.
Taxpayers paid her while she lied to them. That's her legacy.
Delcy Rodríguez is a dictator with a horrible history of violating human rights btw reason.com/2026/01/06/w...
My favorite quote from Trump is when she said he cut drug prices by 600 percent which would mean companies would be THROWING money at us to take drugs lol
In a recent survey, when economists across the political spectrum were asked if the cost of tariffs is borne by consumers, *95 percent* said yes. It’s not close! It’s not a mystery!
The tariffs are not, in fact, paid for by foreign countries. Virtually every economist agrees they are paid for by Americans, because that is how businesses pass down costs. It's basic economics. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Everyone wants to take credit for declining crime. It was already plummeting during the 2024 campaign, when Trump said the data were "ridiculous" and "a lie." Now he wants to brag about the numbers. That's not how that works. reason.com/2026/02/10/i...
If anything*. Grammatical errors will be forgiven during the State of the Union. Thank u.
A reminder that Donald Trump had very little—if nothing—to do with lowering the national crime rate. It started plunging in mid-2023. No one knows why. Finding the actual answer should be important to everyone. reason.com/podcast/2026...
His statement is about the immense harm it caused. Imagine being John Davidson and having to read that, even if he wasn’t mentioned by name. The world would be a much better place if we all showed everyone a little more grace.
I read his LinkedIn post and he did not cite that, actually. In any case, it was BBC that didn't edit it out, not BAFTA. Even if you don't believe the BBC's excuse, it does not explain why he would feel compelled to resign from the BAFTA judging panel. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
This is really sad. Anyone who has a friend or family member with Tourette's (as I do) knows it can make you blurt things you expressly *don't* want to say. The reflexive victimhood & lack of compassion here are pitiful.
Whatever your views on trade, the idea that Trump needed to impose tariffs to address an “emergency” was always transparently ridiculous. He’s been unilaterally raising taxes on Americans based on his mood or who offends him.
Hard to think of a story more pundits misunderstand.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia *agreed to be deported*—months ago—to Costa Rica, which accepted. The admin refuses & is insisting on sending him to various African countries, which declined.
He's still here because of the government.
Stop worshiping whoever is in the Oval Office. Presidents aren't all-knowing beings worth changing your principles for. They aren't your friends. And they shouldn't be your personality trait. They're your employees. reason.com/2021/02/15/o...
A lot of people would be shocked by how many towns fund their budgets with speed traps that are specifically designed to trick drivers & operate as ATMs for the government. It's not about road safety. reason.com/2022/05/08/1...
Insane. Cops in this Alabama town systemically slapped people with fake traffic violations & bogus charges to bankroll the government—fines & forfeitures made up *50 percent* of the town budget, totaling $487 per person. Policing for profit. reason.com/2026/02/11/a...
This is why it’s funny that the White House keeps taking credit for crime falling. The decline was already noticeable in 2024, and Trump said that data was “ridiculous” and “a lie.” Now the numbers are magically reliable. That’s…not how this works. reason.com/2026/02/10/i...
Trump keeps taking credit for the murder decline. But crime started plunging in 2023—long before he returned to office. It’s falling in red & blue areas alike, because presidents don't control crime.
The real story: no one actually knows why it's collapsing. Everyone should want the answer.
Many people don’t realize that Jimmy Lai has UK citizenship—so he could’ve easily fled Hong Kong. He knew the Chinese government would jail him. He chose to stay and keep speaking out anyway. Incredible bravery: reason.com/2025/12/19/j...
This man got 20 years in prison for saying things the government didn’t like.
He’s 78, so that’s a death sentence.
I wrote about why everyone should know who Jimmy Lai is: reason.com/2026/02/09/j...
People should read Ozturk's op-ed, which led to a 6-week stint in jail. Everyone is entitled to disagree with its message. But the entire point of free speech is that it doesn't just protect ideas the government likes. www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024...