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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee “probably could have tried to keep Crockett out” if they “were strong,” a national Democratic strategist told Axios.
"But they're not. They're the weakest they've ever been."
BREAKING: Stephen Miller moves to purge Kristi Noem as MAGA civil war EXPLODES inside Trump’s White House.
In the latest episode of As the Trump Regime Implodes, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — once a MAGA darling and would-be VP pick — is now dangling by a thread as one of Trump’s most feared henchmen sharpens the axe.
According to new reporting, Stephen Miller — the architect of Trump’s most extreme immigration policies and self-appointed shadow president — is actively gunning for Noem’s removal. And in classic Trumpworld fashion, it’s a toxic mix of incompetence, infighting, and spectacular mismanagement of taxpayer billions.
Turns out Noem was handed an eye-popping $45 billion in GOP-approved funds to build Trump’s “big, beautiful” network of immigration detention facilities. Her job? Spend the money. Fast.
Her result? Absolutely nothing to show for it. Not a single shiny new prison camp (or concentration camp, as they might be better described) has been built..
Miller, unsurprisingly, is furious. And he’s not alone.
Multiple Republican governors have reportedly called Trump personally to complain that Noem is botching FEMA assistance and disaster relief funds as spectacularly as she bungled her VP audition — all while grabbing national headlines for the wrong reasons and embarrassing the administration at every turn.
Inside the White House, staffers say the knives are out, the shortlist of replacements is being drafted, and Trump is “considering moving on” — which in Trump-speak means Noem should probably start packing boxes.
Meanwhile, publicly at least, Noem is in complete denial of her precarious position.
Asked by a reporter at a TSA event in Tampa what her response is to the rumors of her imminent replacement, Noem responded with a laugh, “No, I don’t have any indication of that. The President is fantastic. I’m very proud every single day to be able to work for him.”
Further pressed on whether she expected to be serving for all four years of the current administration, the cos-playing Secretary of Homeland Security said, “I will serve at the President’s pleasure, which I’m very grateful to him for.”
And who’s reportedly at the top of the replacement list for Noem’s position? None other than Glenn Youngkin — the freshly unemployed Virginia governor who at least arrives free of the bizarre scandals and self-inflicted wounds that have become Noem’s signature move.
The MAGA machine is devouring itself from the inside. And if Stephen Miller is leading the purge, you know the chaos is just getting started.
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One has to wonder what purpose is behind this invasion of our privacy. As the author says, this type of action was once on a Republican hate list. But overstepping the bonds of law and decency was never a big deal for the trump administration and Bird and Pate are two of his syncophants.
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/06/iowa-helping-trump-administration-build-national-citizen-registry/
Democrats once called out links between drug trafficking and terrorism but then came Trump
That was then, this is now: Dems even specifically identified Venezuela, where Trump has focused most of his pressure, as a hub for drug trafficking linked to such terrorist groups.
More excuses from you to justify his illegal actions. Give him a million dollars and you are set free.
LA County officials approved an emergency declaration that will cover living expenses for people who miss work because they fear immigration raids. It started accepting requests for aid this month.
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate fights to shield over 250 emails with top Goldman Sachs lawyer. Why?
Minnesota is reeling from a fraud scandal involving $1 billion siphoned from multiple federal programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past three years, 87 people have been charged and 61 have been convicted — most of Somali descent. Homan and company will be visiting next.
On Wednesday Trump commuted the sentence of private equity executive David Gentile, convicted in August 2024 of defrauding 10,000 investors in a $1.6 billion scheme that included securities and wire fraud. According to Kenneth P. Vogel of the New York Times, prosecutors said the victims were small business owners, teachers, nurses, farmers, and veterans: “hardworking, everyday people.” “I lost my whole life savings,” one victim wrote about his losses. “I am living from check to check.”
A judge sentenced Gentile to seven years in prison. He reported to authorities on November 14, was incarcerated, and was released less than two weeks later after Trump commuted his sentence.
“I can just picture inside the Pentagon:
Colonel: Captain, I want you to charge Senator Mark Kelly with sedition.
Captain: What act of sedition is that, sir?
Colonel: Telling the troops they are not to obey illegal orders.
Captain: But doesn’t the UCMJ already say that, sir?
Colonel: Yes
Captain: And don’t we teach all recruits that regulation? And remind all personnel annually, sir?
Colonel: Yes
Captain: Will we be court martialing all the drill sergeants, sir?
Colonel: No of course not.
Captain: Then why are we investigating Senator Kelly, sir?
Colonel: POTUS wants it.
Captain: Isn’t that an illegal order, sir?”
Hegseth takes another drink.
The newly elected mayor of New York City who is a muslim, is requiring that all school children in NYC must learn the Arabic number system. Wow!
Millions of taxpayer dollars stolen from Minnesota welfare programs have been sent to Somalia, where the funds landed in the hands of the radical Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab.
“The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer,” The City Journal reported in an investigation published Wednesday.
DoorDash released its annual Cheeseburger Index this month, and the numbers tell a brutal story about what four years of Biden economics did to working families.
But here’s what the corporate media won’t tell you. Under Biden’s watch from 2021 to 2025, food prices at restaurants surged 22% overall.³ Fast food got hammered even harder, with prices at chains like McDonald’s more than doubling since 2014.⁴
Looks like even the big investors are leaving trump. The Dow has dropped almost 2500 points in the last five days and there is no relief in sight.
Reality check: Don’t expect grocery items to plunge from the tariff rollback.
Wholesalers and retailers might pass along some of the tariff savings to consumers. But cost pressures stem from a slew of other factors — including climate risks and labor shortages.
As more and more information comes out on Epstein and his relationship with trump, it becomes quite evident why Mike Johnson doesn’t want all the files released. https://globegazette.com/news/nation-world/article_e8a236b9-d5b2-5b81-8a68-a082e184f716.html
Subsidies were greatly expanded by the Biden administration during the COVID-19 pandemic as an emergency measure, but Democrats have fought to keep them permanent. Those subsidies went mostly to Democratic donors.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), in a statement: “We will fight the GOP bill in the House of Representatives.”
You fought all the bills…what else is new?
I think trump’s next big money maker will be high school and college textbooks with the history he sees rather than what the facts show. Continually trying to erase history doesn’t work unless the history books tell you differently. Solution? Make your own text books. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-prosecutors-on-leave-jan-6-mob-of-rioters/
A report today showed that in October, layoff announcements hit their highest level in more than 20 years. According to data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a private firm that collects data on workplace reductions, Abha Bhattarai of the Washington Post reported, U.S. employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs so far in 2025. That number rivals job cuts during the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009.