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If you haven’t already heard, puppy killer Kristi Noem has been fired from her position as Homeland Security secretary. Noem was an easily identifiable villain, epitomizing the corruption and cruelty of the entire Trump enterprise. And that reputation was on full display during her appearances before congressional committees this week. Now people from across the political spectrum are celebrating…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Kristi Noem fired Couldn’t have happened to a worse person. The ‘peace’ president can’t stop starting wars What better time to launch a war than in the middle of another war? Ken Paxton doubles down, adding to GOP's Texas fears Let them fight. Daily Kos endorses James Talarico for US Sena…

Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, acquired a nasty reputation in the mere eight months it's been open. Since July of last year, three detainees have died within the massive facility. Now the Trump administration is reportedly shuttering its operations. In January, a Cuban immigrant’s death was later ruled a homicide by asphyxiation. According to the autopsy, agents held the 55-year-old man dow…

House GOP leaders on Thursday said that Rep. Tony Gonzales—the Texas Republican who admitted to having an affair with an aide who later died by suicide—should drop his bid for reelection, saying in a wishy-washy statement that Gonzales' conduct is "serious." However, the four Republican leaders—Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, and House Rep…

During an education nutrition event Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered a platitudinous prescription for the mental health crisis facing young people, which the Trump administration has actively exacerbated . “We have a spiritual malaise in this country. Suicide is now—for certain groups of kids—the highest cause of death,” he said. “We need to start bringi…

David Ellison, chair and CEO of CBS’ parent company Paramount Skydance, is as delusional as ever. During an interview Thursday, Ellison said that he’s in the “truth business,” a claim that comes after CBS News’ rightward shift, shelving news stories that reflect poorly on President Donald Trump and his administration. Paramount Skydance CEO and Chair David Ellison While discussing Paramount’s pen…

President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller spoke at the Americas Counter Cartel Conference Thursday, addressing an audience of defense and security leaders from the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Unsurprisingly, Miller presented his white supremacist version of history in an attempt to defend Trump’s ruthless imperialistic project . “The West only achieved the p…

Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana pulled a bait-and-switch on GOP primary voters on Wednesday, withdrawing his name from the ballot minutes before the filing deadline and thus denying potential successors the chance to prepare to enter the race. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Daines had coordinated with his successor of choice—U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme of the Montana office—to ensure Alme was …

You can get away with a lot as a member of the Trump administration. You can be objectively bad at your job—looking at you, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro . You can be stupid enough to discuss military operations on Signal and not notice a journalist is there—howdy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth . But the one thing you cannot do, ever, is put the blame on Trump. When it comes t…