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Bluetus

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9. Noem was only part of the problem.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 09:03 PM

20 hrs ago

It was Trump, Musk, Miller and the Heritage people who pushed the plan of firing everybody indiscriminately.

And the worst part of the FEMA business had NOTHING to do with Noem. Trump sees every department, every budget, every employee as being at his disposal to punish his enemies. They made no secret of withholding relief funds from states that voted for Harris. And there is absolutely no reason to believe that Trump intends to change any of that.

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Daily Beast: Ice Barbie Fiasco Forces Trump Into Humiliating Reversal riversedge 22 hrs ago #1

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trump can't pretend he didn't know Noem was gutting the agency Bayard 21 hrs ago #4

I mean, his regime gutted everything they could and then some. That was the entire purpose of DOGE. Karasu 20 hrs ago #5

Who told her to screw up the agency? Tree Lady 15 hrs ago #13

Especially anything that protects people Bayard 8 hrs ago #15

Yes, but . . . AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #6

That is their identity Keepthesoulalive 20 hrs ago #8

Heard similar here in SW VA n/t oldsoldierfadingfast 17 hrs ago #12

She did it at ts direction. Remember, as far as he is concerned, mwmisses4289 20 hrs ago #7

Noem was only part of the problem. Bluetus 20 hrs ago #9

And the Republican majority in Congress let them do it muriel_volestrangler 11 hrs ago #14

DHS Barbie didn't do this on her own. paleotn 19 hrs ago #10

The bigger the mountain of money, the more that can be siphoned off. NBachers 19 hrs ago #11