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BumRushDaShow

(157,363 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:17 PM Jul 2

Kristi Noem Looks to Fire Homeland Security Workers 'Who Don't Like Us'

Source: Bloomberg

July 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM EDT


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seeking advice on “how to fire people who don’t like us” as she moves to overhaul a workforce that she complained “hasn’t been required to do much.”

Noem criticized her employees Wednesday during a public meeting with advisers, highlighting the increasingly strained relationship the secretary has with many of the Department of Homeland Security’s roughly 250,000 workers.

The secretary’s remarks kicked off the first meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council since President Donald Trump took office in January, setting an aggressive tone for the independent advisers group that will make recommendations for overhauling the department. The group is stocked with Trump allies, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, DHS adviser Corey Lewandowski, and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R).

Noem told the members she spends much of her time “surrounded by bureaucrats” and wants the council’s advice on how to craft homeland security policies that will keep the country secure 20 years from now.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/kristi-noem-looks-to-fire-homeland-workers-who-don-t-like-us



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Kristi Noem Looks to Fire Homeland Security Workers 'Who Don't Like Us' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 2 OP
ONLY GOOSESTEPPERS NEED APPLY Skittles Jul 2 #1
I am reminded of the person with a sign that was a poem, rzemanfl Jul 2 #2
This is fucking kindergartener mentality. Fuck her and the fascist horse she rode in on. Karasu Jul 2 #3
and fuck ICE too.. IzzaNuDay Jul 4 #21
N A Z I................. Lovie777 Jul 2 #4
Liking leads to loving loving leads to F-ing & you ain't F-ing me. n/t Jacson6 Jul 2 #5
Any doubts who will be hired with the 20x increase associated with the $45 billion budget appropriation? EarthFirst Jul 2 #6
Whazza matta Kristi, not enough Jan 6 insurrectionists for you to hire? mdbl Jul 2 #7
She wants council's advice on how to do her job and to make people like her? Dixiegrrrl Jul 2 #8
She is the definition of a Mean Girl. vanlassie Jul 2 #9
Did she say 'Who Don't Like Us' or 'Who Don't Look Like Us'? Or both? Wonder Why Jul 2 #10
was she trying to channel Kendrick Lamar? IzzaNuDay Jul 4 #22
The professionalism of this admin just keeps shining forth Bayard Jul 2 #11
"Ruh-Roh" Marcuse Jul 2 #12
Is she going to eliminate anyone who is a registered Democrat? DBoon Jul 2 #13
Oh boo hoo nobody likes her. 😪 Figarosmom Jul 3 #14
I have a stong feeling that when she was a child... nuxvomica Jul 3 #15
Repulsive turd pig-woman wolfie001 Jul 3 #16
Look out, Puppy Killer takes living beings 'that don't like us' out to the pit and travelingthrulife Jul 3 #17
She's probably the 2028 VP candidate. maxsolomon Jul 3 #18
One of my Pagan Friends Works There Deep State Witch Jul 3 #19
Probably most of the work force Marthe48 Jul 3 #20
Nazi bitch Sober Retiree Jul 4 #23

rzemanfl

(30,710 posts)
2. I am reminded of the person with a sign that was a poem,
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:22 PM
Jul 2

about Noem, until the last line, which was word for a female body part not used in polite society.

EarthFirst

(3,747 posts)
6. Any doubts who will be hired with the 20x increase associated with the $45 billion budget appropriation?
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:43 PM
Jul 2

They’ll be complete thugs in lockstep with the narrative.

vanlassie

(6,052 posts)
9. She is the definition of a Mean Girl.
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:27 PM
Jul 2

Nobody likes her. Probably not even her own family. Especially since she shot the dog.

nuxvomica

(13,496 posts)
15. I have a stong feeling that when she was a child...
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 05:47 AM
Jul 3

Her mom paid neighborhood kids to play with her.

travelingthrulife

(2,946 posts)
17. Look out, Puppy Killer takes living beings 'that don't like us' out to the pit and
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:30 AM
Jul 3

puts bullets in their heads.

Deep State Witch

(12,051 posts)
19. One of my Pagan Friends Works There
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 03:50 PM
Jul 3

He got a job in the classified area upon leaving the USAF. He and his wife have 2 teenagers. I'm worried for them.

Marthe48

(21,379 posts)
20. Probably most of the work force
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:43 PM
Jul 3

And nobody applies to fill the jobs. The j6 criminals are busy. Others that might qualify are on death row, or the right side of the aisle on Capitol Hill.

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