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  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 12:36:15 PM PST · 149 of 282
    rxsid to pfflier
    "There is no redder state than Oklahoma"

    Wyoming disagrees! šŸ˜‰

  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 12:32:23 PM PST · 144 of 282
    rxsid
  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 12:25:58 PM PST · 135 of 282
    rxsid to Freee-dame; Nervous Tick; AuntB
    Gotta admit, I wasn't dialed into this as it was happening before today, but it looks like this falls squarely on Noem. She screwed up.

    Noem gave out a very large, no bid contract for advertising, tied to her inner circle...while claiming Trump approved when he say's he didn't. Noem screwed up and Trump let her go. This is a good thing.

    "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last February announced the ad campaign, which features Noem telling migrants to go home or face deportation. A firm with ties to Noem and her former spokeswoman received the contract, which was awarded after skirting the competitive bidding process.

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    ā€œTo me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot. I’m not saying you’re not telling the truth,ā€ Kennedy said during the questioning.

    ā€œIt’s just hard for me to believe, knowing the president as I do, that you said, ā€˜Mr. President, here’s some ads I’ve cut, and I’m going to spend $220 million running them’ that he would have agreed to that. I don’t think Russ Vought at [the Office of Management and Budget] would have agreed to that. It’s something we have to defend. I’m on the Appropriations Committee. I mean, my research shows that you did not bid them out,ā€ Kennedy said, adding that one of the contractors ā€œwas formed 11 days before you picked them.ā€


    https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5764784-kristi-noem-kennedy-ad-campaign/
  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 11:32:31 AM PST · 64 of 282
    rxsid
    From about 5 hours prior to the announcement...

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    2 hours ago...

  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 11:18:58 AM PST · 45 of 282
    rxsid

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  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 11:16:50 AM PST · 43 of 282
    rxsid to Segovia; TiGuy22
    This was posted by Melugin about an hour prior to this move becoming public...

  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 10:56:40 AM PST · 11 of 282
    rxsid to hole_n_one
    Yes...

  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 10:55:33 AM PST · 10 of 282
    rxsid to Sarah Barracuda

    Exactly! Not like we have a comfortable margin.

  • 🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityKristi Noem is out.

    03/05/2026 10:51:44 AM PST · 1 of 282
    rxsid
  • FBI Agents Search Election Hub In Fulton County, Georgia

    01/29/2026 11:28:03 AM PST · 40 of 44
    rxsid to CFW
    "The timing: six years after the election, which is highly unusual absent new evidence"

    (1) Maduro signing and/or (2) Eric Coomer Jan 27, 2026 deposition

  • FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says

    01/29/2026 11:21:19 AM PST · 42 of 43
    rxsid to All

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  • FBI Agents Search Election Hub In Fulton County, Georgia

    01/29/2026 11:21:04 AM PST · 39 of 44
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  • NEW: Alex Pretti interfered with ICE agents during earlier operation, broke his rib after being tackled

    01/27/2026 12:26:12 PM PST · 95 of 110
    rxsid to virgil
    "He seemed to be struggling a lot for someone with a broken rib. Those hurt."

    If he truly broke a rib a few days prior, he certainly could have been on medication...prescribed or otherwise.

    Hopefully a toxicology report will be included with the investigation.

  • A self-described antifa general in Minneapolis is urging people to arm themselves against the federal government following the defensive shooting of a man by CBP

    01/24/2026 6:32:06 PM PST · 97 of 111
    rxsid to decal; frank ballenger
  • Bovino: Man shot dead in Minneapolis "wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement

    01/24/2026 6:08:17 PM PST · 139 of 659
    rxsid to EternalVigilance
    "...celebrate when a CCW holder is gunned down by masked, paramilitary,"

    The moment he walked out his door with his gun and no photo ID, he was in violation of the law.

    https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/624.714

    Fighting with law enforcement in the streets is a losing, and illegal, position to take.

  • Bovino: Man shot dead in Minneapolis "wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement

    01/24/2026 6:04:24 PM PST · 132 of 659
    rxsid to jimwatx; SmokingJoe
    "He had a permit and was legally carrying."

    He, in fact, was NOT legally carrying. He didn't have his photo ID with him so the moment he left his house w/o it, he was in violation of the law.

    https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/624.714

  • Team Trump Drops Unexpected BOMBSHELL in Birthright Citizenship Brief at Supreme Court…

    01/24/2026 5:17:04 PM PST · 36 of 77
    rxsid to Bob Wills is still the king

    If you cannot be called up for jury duty because you’re a foreign national, you are not under the jurisdiction of the United States.

  • Team Trump Drops Unexpected BOMBSHELL in Birthright Citizenship Brief at Supreme Court…

    01/24/2026 4:26:27 PM PST · 20 of 77
    rxsid to Who is John Galt?
    It truly is an immense works that shows the voluminous authorities on the issue until the 14th Amendment was bastardized in the 1960's.

    The historical facts and original intent is right here in the brief...

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/392236/20260120203524283_25-365BarbaraGovtBr.pdf

    TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

    Cases:

    Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967) ................................. 46
    Barr v. AAPC, Inc., 591 U.S. 610 (2020) ............................. 43
    Benny v. O’Brien, 32 A. 696 (N.J. Sup. Ct. 1895) ... 12, 26, 33
    Berenyi v. District Director, 385 U.S. 630 (1967) .............. 47
    Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) ........... 47
    Carlson v. Reed, 249 F.3d 876 (9th Cir. 2001) .................... 30
    Chin Bak Kan v. United States, 186 U.S. 193 (1902) ........ 36
    DHS v. Thuraissigiam, 591 U.S. 103 (2020) ...................... 29
    District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) ....... 5, 43
    Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How. 393 (1857) ......... 2, 5, 13, 17
    Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94, 100 (1884) ................... 2, 3, 11, 13-15, 18, 19, 21
    Elkins v. Moreno, 435 U.S. 647 (1978) ................................ 30
    Ex parte, Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942) ..................................... 39
    Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 U.S. 698 (1893)........................................................ 11, 20
    Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt, 587 U.S. 230 (2019) .......... 21
    General Building Contractors Ass’n v. Pennsylvania, 458 U.S. 375 (1982) ................................................ 17, 42
    Haaland v. Brackeen, 599 U.S. 255 (2023) ......................... 38
    Hardy v. De Leon, 5 Tex. 211 (1849) ................................... 22
    Holmes v. Jennison, 39 U.S. 540 (1840) .............................. 40
    Inglis v. Trustees of the Sailor’s Snug Harbour, 3 Pet. 99 (1830) .............................................................. 16, 22
    INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) ..................................... 47
    Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339 U.S. 763 (1950) ...................... 31
    Kawakita v. United States, 343 U.S. 717 (1952)................. 46
    Kerry v. Din, 576 U.S. 86 (2015) .......................................... 29
    Kwock Jan Fat v. White, 253 U.S. 454 (1920) ..................... 36
    Lamar v. Micou, 112 U.S. 452 (1884) .................................. 21
    Landon v. Plasencia, 459 U.S. 21 (1982) ............................ 31
    Lau Ow Bew v. United States, 144 U.S. 47 (1892) ............. 20
    Ludlam v. Ludlam, 31 Barb. 486 (N.Y. Gen. Term 1860) ................................................. 11, 41
    Lynch v. Clarke, 1 Sand. Ch. 538 (1844) .............................. 41
    Mackey v. Coxe, 18 How. 100 (1855) .................................... 38
    Martinez v. Bynum, 461 U.S. 321 (1983) ............................ 19
    Miller v. Albright, 523 U.S. 420 (1998) ................................ 46
    Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162 (1875) ............. 2, 6, 11, 19
    New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump, 765 F. Supp. 3d 102 (D.N.H. 2025) ..................... 10
    Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, No. 25A169 (Sept. 8, 2025) ........................................................................ 8
    NYSRPA v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) ................................. 40
    Office of the U.S. Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC, 602 U.S. 487 (2024) .......................................... 43
    Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022) .............. 44
    Park v. Barr, 946 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2020) ........................ 30
    Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969) ......................... 43
    Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1878) ................... 32
    Robertson v. Cease, 97 U.S. 646 (1878) .......................... 20, 21
    Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815 (1971) ................................... 46
    Savorgnan v. United States, 338 U.S. 491 (1950) .............. 45
    Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 582 U.S. 47 (2017) .............. 43
    Shanks v. Dupont, 3 Pet. 242 (1830) .................................... 21
    Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. 36 (1873) ................ 2, 5, 24
    Taggart v. Lorenzen, 587 U.S. 554 (2019) ........................... 44
    The Pizarro, 2 Wheat. 227 (1817) .................................. 11, 20
    The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon, 7 Cranch 116 (1812) ...................................................... 39, 40
    The Venus, 8 Cranch 253 (1814) ........................................... 19
    Toll v. Moreno, 458 U.S. 1 (1982) ......................................... 30
    Trejo v. Blinken, No. 22-cv-47, 2024 WL 2091356 (S.D. Tex. May 9, 2024) ........................................................ 9
    Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U.S. 831 (2025)................ 7, 32, 35
    Tuan Ahn Nguyen v. INS, 533 U.S. 53 (2001) ................... 28
    United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 275 (1886) ................... 38
    United States v. Manzi, 276 U.S. 463 (1928) .................. 9, 47
    United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024) .................... 40
    United States v. Rogers, 4 How. 567 (1846) ........................ 38
    United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)............ 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 24, 29, 32-40
    United States ex rel. Turner v. Williams, 194 U.S. 279 (1904).............................................................. 31
    Verlinden B.V. v. Central Bank of Nigeria, 461 U.S. 480 (1983).............................................................. 40
    Wilkins v. United States, 598 U.S. 152 (2023) .................... 14
    Winton v. Amos, 255 U.S. 373 (1921) .................................. 38

    Constitution, treaty, statutes, and regulations:

    U.S. Const.:
    Art. I § 8, Cl. 3 (Indian Commerce Clause) .................. 38
    Amend. XIV, § 1 (Citizenship Clause) ............. 2, 5, 11, 13-15, 20, 42, 1a
    Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations art. 41, done Apr. 18, 1961, 23 U.S.T. 3227 .................................... 39
    Act of Mar. 26, 1790, ch. 3, 1 Stat. 104 ................................. 46
    Act of Apr. 30, 1790, ch. 9, § 25, 1 Stat. 117 ......................... 39
    British Nationality Act 1981, c. 61, § 1 (U.K.) .................... 10
    Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Civil Rights Act), ch. 31, 14 Stat. 27 .............................................................................. 5
    § 1, 14 Stat. 27 .............................................................. 5, 17
    Enforcement Act of 1870, ch. 114, § 18, 16 Stat. 144 .......... 42
    General Crimes Act of 1817, ch. 92, § 1, 3 Stat. 383 ........... 38
    General Crimes Act of 1834, ch. 46, § 25, 4 Stat. 733 ......... 38
    Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, ch. 477, § 301, 66 Stat. 235-236 .......................................................... 6
    Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, ch. 233, 43 Stat. 253 ......... 37
    Nationality Act § 401(a), 54 Stat. 1168 ................................ 46
    Nationality Act of 1940, ch. 876, 54 Stat. 1137 .................................................................... 6, 45
    § 201(a), 54 Stat. 1138 ....................................................... 6
    8 U.S.C. 1401 .................................................................... 44, 1a
    8 U.S.C. 1401(a) ................................................ 6, 13, 43-45, 47
    8 U.S.C. 1401(b) ............................................................... 37, 45
    8 U.S.C. 1401(b)-(h) ............................................................... 45
    8 U.S.C. 1401(c) ................................................................ 45, 46
    8 U.S.C. 1448(a) ..................................................................... 46
    18 U.S.C. 1152 ........................................................................ 38
    42 U.S.C. 1983 ........................................................................ 44
    Cal. Political Code § 51(1) (1872) ......................................... 25
    Mont. Political Code § 71(1) (1895) ...................................... 25
    N.D. Political Code § 11(1) (1895) ........................................ 25
    Protecting the American People Against Invasion, Exec. Order No. 14,159, 90 Fed. Reg. 8443 (Jan. 29, 2025) .................................................................... 4, 8
    Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship, Exec. Order No. 14,160, 90 Fed. Reg. 8449 (Jan. 29, 2025) .............................. 4, 6, 3a
    § 1 .................................................................................... 7, 9
    § 2(a) ................................................................................... 7
    § 2(b) ................................................................................... 7
    § 3(a) ................................................................................... 7
    § 3(b) ................................................................................... 7
    22 C.F.R. 41.31(b)(2)(i) ............................................................ 9

    Miscellaneous:

    2 A Digest of the International Law of the United States § 183 (Francis Wharton ed., 2d ed. 1887) ....... 25, 26
    George Bancroft, Oration (Apr. 25, 1865), reprinted in The Pulpit and Rostrum, Nos. 34 & 35 (June 1865) .................................................... 23
    1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) .................................................................... 15
    1 Hugh H.L. Bellott, Leading Cases on International Law (4th ed. 1922)...................................... 28
    Henry Campbell Black, Handbook of American Constitutional Law (1895) ................................................. 27
    Henry Brannon, A Treatise on the Rights and Privileges Guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (1901) ........................................................................ 27
    Comment, Citizenship of Children of Alien Chinese, 7 Yale L.J. 365 (1898) ......................................................... 42
    Alexander Cockburn, Nationality (1869) ........................... 20
    Commissioners of the Code, The Political Code of the State of New York § 5 (1860).............................................. 22
    Thomas Cooley, The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America (1880) ........ 18
    Cong. Globe, 35th Cong., 1st Sess. (1858) ........................... 23
    Cong. Globe, 35th Cong., 2d Sess. (1859) ............................ 23
    Cong. Globe, 39th Cong. 1st Sess. (1866) ........... 3, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24
    86 Cong. Rec. 11,944 (1940) .................................................. 46
    William Edward Hall, A Treatise on International Law (4th ed. 1895) .............................................................. 27
    Samuel Estreicher & Rudra Reddy, Revisiting the Scope of Birthright Citizenship (rev. Sept. 22, 2025), https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5223361............................................................ 25
    John Fine, Lectures on Law (1852) ..................................... 16
    David Dudley Field, Outlines of an International Code (2d ed. 1876) ............................................................... 41
    H.R. Rep. No. 1365, 82d Cong., 2d Sess. (1952) ............. 6, 45
    H.W. Halleck, International Law (1861) ............................ 20
    Henry C. Ide, Citizenship by Birth, 30 Am. L. Rev. 241 (1896) .................................................. 43
    Sidney Kansas, Immigration and Nationality Act Annotated (1953) ................................................................ 16
    2 James Kent, Commentaries on American Law (5th ed. 1844) ....................................................................... 27
    Kurt T. Lash, Prima Facie Citizenship (rev. Aug. 13, 2025), https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5140319 ..................................... 16
    M.A. Lesser, Citizenship and Franchise, 4 Colum. L. Rev. Times 145 (1891) ................................... 31
    Letter from F.A. Reeve, Acting Solicitor of the Treasury, to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mar. 4, 1890, in 11 Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, One Hundred and Thirteenth Session, 1890, No. 74 (1890) ............................................... 31
    Letter from Sen. Lyman Trumbull to President Andrew Johnson, reprinted in Andrew Johnson Papers, Reel, Manuscript Div. Library of Congress ...... 24
    Legislation Denying Citizenship at Birth to Certain Children Born in the U.S., 19 Op. O.L.C. 340 (1995) ........ 6
    Alexander Porter Morse, A Treatise on Citizenship (1881) ................................................................................ 3, 26
    Note of Major General Hurlbut, Feb. 5, 1865, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/188124588?objectPage=70 .................................................................... 23
    10 Op. Att’y Gen. 382 (1862) ................................................. 17
    1 Theophilus Parsons, The Law of Contracts (5th ed. 1864) ....................................................................... 16
    4 Robert Phillimore, Commentaries Upon International Law (2d ed. 1874) .............................................. 20, 30
    Report of the Comm. on Foreign Affairs Concerning the Rights of American Citizens in Foreign States, in Cong. Globe, 40th Cong., 2d Sess. App. 95 (1868) ...... 41
    Restatement (First) of Conflict of Laws (1934) ................. 30
    Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws (1971) .............. 30
    Restatement (Third) of Foreign Relations Law (1987) .................................................................................... 39
    Durward V. Sandifer, A Comparative Study of Laws Relating to Nationality at Birth and to Loss of Nationality, 29 Am. J. Int’l L. (1935) ............................... 47
    1 Charles H. Scribner, A Treatise on the Law of Dower (1867) ....................................................................... 16
    Spanish Treaty Claims Comm’n, U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Final Report of William Wallace Brown, Assistant Attorney-General (1910) .................................. 37
    SSA, Guidance on Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship (Executive Order 14,160) (July 25, 2025) ....................................................... 8
    1 Staff of the House Comm. on Immigration & Naturalization, 76th Cong., 1st Sess. Nationality Laws of the United States (Comm. Print 1939) ................. 6
    Staff of the Senate Comm. on Homeland Sec. & Governmental Affairs, Report on Birth Tourism in the United States: Minority Staff Report (2022), https://perma.cc/C8SAZG8X .............................................. 9
    Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws (1834) ................................................................................ 3, 22
    Hannis Taylor, A Treatise on International Law (1901) .............................................................................. 28, 37
    The Chicago Republican, Mar. 30, 1866.............................. 24
    4 The Digest of Justinian (Theodor Mommsen et al., eds. 1985) ............................................................................. 30
    The Law of Domicil (1847) ................................................... 30
    The Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Harv. L. Rev. 860 (1941) .................................................................................... 42
    Joel Tiffany & E.F. Bullard, The Law of Trusts and Trustees (1862) .................................................................... 16
    1 Travers Twiss, The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities (1861) .................... 20
    1 Henry St. George Tucker, Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia (1836) ..................................................... 22
    USCIS, U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Security, USCIS Implementation Plan of Executive Order 14,160 (July 25, 2025) ....................................................................... 8
    Emerich de Vattel, The Law of Nations (1797 ed.) ..... 21, 22
    John Westlake, International Law (1904) ......................... 28
    Francis Wharton, A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws (2d ed. 1881) ......................................................................... 26
    J.J.S. Wharton, Law Lexicon, or Dictionary of Jurisprudence (Edward Hopper ed., 2d Am. ed. 1860) .................................................................. 29
    Boyd Winchester, Citizenship in its International Relation, 41 Am. L. Rev. 504 (1897) ................................. 27
    Ilan Wurman, Jurisdiction and Citizenship (rev. July 17, 2025), https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5216249 ................... 15, 16, 20, 21

  • REPORT: 'Border Patrol Involved' Shooting in Minneapolis Leaves 1 Dead ( another one after Renee Good )

    01/24/2026 12:46:45 PM PST · 117 of 130
    rxsid to crusty old prospector

    The LEO next to that person also starts to jump out of the way.

  • REPORT: 'Border Patrol Involved' Shooting in Minneapolis Leaves 1 Dead ( another one after Renee Good )

    01/24/2026 12:02:10 PM PST · 109 of 130
    rxsid to rxsid

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