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Ocelot II

(130,045 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:07 AM 10 hrs ago

If you guessed one reason why Trump chose Noem as DHS secretary was canicide, you were right.

From an Atlantic review of a forthcoming book, Undue Process: The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program, which describes the general awfulness of DHS under Noem and her fuckbuddy Lewandowski:

Trump had reportedly considered tapping Noem to be his running mate in 2024. But her name was crossed off the short list after she disclosed in a memoir that she had shot an “untrainable” family dog years earlier. The story prompted widespread outrage and ridicule, and many observers assumed it sank her prospects of an administration post. But Ainsley reports that Trump actually saw this particular biographical detail as an asset in his homeland-security secretary—it was one of the reasons he chose her.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/dhs-couple-noem-lewandowski/686153/
https://archive.is/H5enn
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If you guessed one reason why Trump chose Noem as DHS secretary was canicide, you were right. (Original Post) Ocelot II 10 hrs ago OP
Sascha Riley says Trump killed puppies at parties Captain Zero 10 hrs ago #1
WTF! Is this real? Initech 6 hrs ago #3
I can't even.... MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #4
As if we couldn't tell. 2naSalit 6 hrs ago #2
The Lincoln Project-It's so tragic that Kristi Noem didn't see this important PSA before she did what she did. LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #5

Captain Zero

(8,842 posts)
1. Sascha Riley says Trump killed puppies at parties
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:15 AM
10 hrs ago

Run by Epstein. The particular partyt he referenced was that Trump wanted to kill a kid, but they told him no and said he could kill puppies. It was a pretty gruesome account.

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,029 posts)
5. The Lincoln Project-It's so tragic that Kristi Noem didn't see this important PSA before she did what she did.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 02:47 PM
5 hrs ago
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