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Kristi Noem’s Shocking Exit: What This Means for Her Future and Why Nobody’s Crying

Well, here we are—another chapter closing in the ever-dramatic saga of American politics, and honestly, it feels like watching a rapid-fire relay race where the baton is a lit grenade. Kristi Noem, the beleaguered Homeland Security Secretary, has officially been shown the door after a blistering Congressional grilling that was less a hearing and more a roasting session. You have to wonder: in a government where “only the best people” is supposedly the mantra, how does the revolving door spin so wildly, unleashing characters who seem barely qualified to tie their own laces, let alone oversee national security? Enter Markwayne Mullin—her successor—who, bless his MMA-fighter heart, knows a lot about the smell of canvas but little about the smell of war, and yet here he is, stepping into some very oversized shoes. It makes you pause—if a job this serious can be passed around like a hot potato, what does that say about the state of leadership and accountability? Buckle up—this ride’s just beginning. LEARN MORE

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Fare-thee-well, Secretary Kristi. It is time for you to go to the gravel pit…figuratively of course. From NPR:

President Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and said GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma would replace her. Noem “will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida,” Trump posted on social media. “I thank Kristi for her service at ‘Homeland.'” Noem is the first cabinet secretary to leave the Trump administration in the second term. The announcement comes after Noem spent two days being grilled by lawmakers in Congress over her leadership.

The clock has been ticking on Noem for months now. Somebody had to answer for how she and her goons carried out the maniacal policies of the administration in such an openly homicidal way. She iced the cake with self-glorifying commercials and allegations of canoodling with her advisor and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, of whom I thought we’d long ago heard the last. It was almost as though her entire tenure at DHS was an extended audition for the role of scapegoat.

Now, let’s consider her successor. Stop laughing. This is serious. Until the people of Alabama sent Tommy Tuberville to the U.S. Senate, Markwayne Mullin was a strong contender for the title of Dumbass di tutti Dumbasses. Here he is, asking a witness to step outside. And on Tuesday, Mullin went on the electric teevee and…

“War is ugly. It smells bad. If anybody has ever been there and been able to smell the war that’s happening around you and taste it and fill it in your nostrils and hear it, it’s something that you’ll never forget.”

Mullin, at least, never will forget it, largely because he’s never experienced it. The closest he’s come to combat was in his career as an MMA fighter. So, if he wants to tell me what canvas smells like close-up, I’ll listen. But he’s no one more qualified to talk about the smell of war than a crow. And he’s no more qualified to be Secretary of Homeland Security than Noem was. The rest of us remain in the gravel pit because the phrase “only the best people” will never not be hilarious.