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Trump ousts Kristi Noem, names Oklahoma senator as homeland security nominee

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-06 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top

1 She was a distraction.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-06 07:53|| 2026-03-06 07:53|| Front Page Top

2 Floodgates open on Kristi Noem's brutal ouster as Republicans turn on her: 'Mad as a murder hornet'

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-06 08:55|| 2026-03-06 08:55|| Front Page Top

3 Trump always gets something in any deal. I'm thinking the rhino Thune agreed to a deal where they traded her for passage of the SAVE act. She was a problem and he is making lemonade out the lemons.

Just my $0.02...the budget impasse is a short term goal and President Trump plays the long game.

Posted by Warthog 2026-03-06 09:13|| 2026-03-06 09:13|| Front Page Top

4 Lewandowski seems to present problems everywhere he goes as well. This time with his zipper

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-06 09:46|| 2026-03-06 09:46|| Front Page Top

5 Trump's new DHS pick is an illegal immigration hawk who's ‘all about the mission’: expert

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-06 09:46|| 2026-03-06 09:46|| Front Page Top

6 About those dreadful polling numbers Reuters is claiming — PJ Media reports:

Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, conducted February 25-26

Trump's overall approval sits at 46%, ticking upward across nearly every policy area. His strongest marks came on fighting crime in cities (51%), immigration (48%), and returning America to its values (48%). Even his weakest categories — responding to anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis (42%) and tariffs and trade policy (43%) — are areas where the administration still has room to maneuver.

Here's where it gets especially inconvenient for the Democrats. A full 52% of voters say the economy is better today than it was under Biden — up 5 points from January. 51% say the economy is strong right now, up 8 points since November 2025. And 36% say their personal financial situation has improved, up 4 points since November, with gains concentrated among Republicans, males, likely midterm voters, and urban voters aged 25-44.

Trump’s State of the Union address may have been a turning point. According to the poll, 47% of voters watched the State of the Union address. Of those who did, 60% had a favorable opinion of it.

That’s huge.

As for why, it’s simple. Every single one of the 11 new Trump policies announced that night drew majority support. The biggest winners: a congressional stock trading ban at 72%, federal retirement accounts for workers without pension plans at 70%, a ban on Wall Street firms buying single-family homes at 69%, and most-favored-nation drug pricing at 68%. In short, Trump is reading the room.

The generic ballot now sits at 50-50, and Republicans are up 4 points from January. After voters heard both parties' messaging, 51% said they were more likely to vote Republican for Congress — and among likely voters, the Republican lead stretched to 4 points.

Democrats tried leaning on anti-tariff messaging, and 61% found it believable. But it only delivered a net +2 boost. That's spending a lot of political capital for a difference within the poll’s margin of error. In the end, Republican messaging on curbed spending, closed borders, and reduced crime moved more voters than Democrats' entire playbook combined, and that’s a problem for the Democrats.

It gets better. A whopping 85% of voters say only U.S. citizens should vote — a strong majority across party lines. Seventy-one percent support the SAVE America Act, including half of Democrats. Specific provisions poll even higher: voter ID at 81%, removing non-citizens from rolls at 80%, and proof of citizenship at 75%.

Even on foreign policy, Trump and the GOP come out on top. The poll found that 73% back Trump's Gaza deal, and 71% support Israel over Hamas. Sixty-six percent want Trump to maintain weapons support and sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine, and 63% want U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine in any peace deal. Meanwhile, 67% want an aggressive American posture against hemisphere leaders backed by drug cartels.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-06 10:26|| 2026-03-06 10:26|| Front Page Top

7 Corey Lewandowski to Leave Department of Homeland Security After Noem Fired as DHS Chief: Report

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-06 11:30|| 2026-03-06 11:30|| Front Page Top

8 "Markwayne Mullin"

Really? Markwayne?

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-03-06 17:50|| 2026-03-06 17:50|| Front Page Top

9 Really? Markwayne?

Apparently so. Via Le Wiki:
Mullin was born on July 26, 1977, in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[2] the youngest of the seven children of Jim Martin Mullin and Brenda Gayle Morris Mullin, of Westville, Oklahoma.

His first name is a tribute to two of his paternal uncles, Mark and Wayne; his mother put both names on his birth certificate, intending to later shorten his name to one of the two, but ultimately never did

There is a Chicken v. Egg debate over which affects a child's fortunes in life more: having a weird name or being raised by the sort of parents who give their kids weird names. Here, Mum never getting around to finish naming the kid suggests a certain lackadaisical approach to life. I kinda like him already.

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-06 18:41|| 2026-03-06 18:41|| Front Page Top

10 Markwayne Mullin has an undefeated MMA record of 3 wins and 0 losses, with all his fights ending in finishes within two rounds. He competed in the Xtreme Fighting League in 2006-2007.

He offered to fight Teamsters president Sean O'Brien during a congressional hearing. If you'd like to personally insult his name, I'd hope for your sake he's too busy

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-06 18:48|| 2026-03-06 18:48|| Front Page Top

11 ^ This just keeps getting better!
My only question is, "Will we ever get back to our real timeline?"

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-06 18:56|| 2026-03-06 18:56|| Front Page Top

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