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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by loaf@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@lemmy.world

Not surprised at all

It’s yet another black mark on Noem’s disastrous tenure at DHS. The agency shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis on her watch while carrying out the Trump administration’s violent mass deportation agenda. Noem also faced criticism for hiring an eight-day-old company for a $220 million ad campaign for ICE, spending millions on luxury jets, and buying 2,500 trucks for ICE that the agency can’t even use, among numerous other misdeeds. What other ill-advised purchases has she saddled taxpayers with?

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[-] bibbasa@piefed.social 29 points 6 months ago
[-] oddpixel@lemmy.wtf 18 points 6 months ago

I think you mean...

SHARIALAW BARRACKOSAURUS HUSSEIN OBAMA, III

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

he did that shit. but not at this scale and not this level of corruption.

he deserves criticism. HOWEVER this deserves way more given the scale, corruption, and the fact that it's ongoing

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 18 points 6 months ago

I mean DHS's primary function under her leadership was human trafficking so...

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 months ago

Department Of Gimme Everything

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago

WHAT DO YOU MEAN PEOPLE SMUGGLING?

When I do it, it's called human trafficking??

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

This is "government efficiency" according the galaxy-brained conservatives.

[-] devolution@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Conservative rape children and smuggle them.

Surprise surprise?

[-] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

The US government is people smuggling and calling it deportation.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 6 months ago

Once again I don't have any outrage left in me, or even mild surprise. Was it not obvious that "government efficiency" was a lie from the start? Or that alt-right social media influencers were too dumb and egocentric to govern anything, not to speak of insatiable greed?

But I'm glad it's coming out little by little. I'm glad they are too crazy to keep their spoils for long.

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