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<p>DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.</p><p>We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefitted from the deal.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#Advertising</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a></p>

<p>Our <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#Substack</a> Blue Letter!</p><p>Check It Out! <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/trumper-may-madness-market-crashes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/trumper-may-madness-market-crashes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/trumper-may-m</span><span class="invisible">adness-market-crashes</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#kristinoem</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>

<p>Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts<br>---</p><p>The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a></p>

<p>From <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jackhutton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jackhutton</span></a></span> </p><p>&quot;It’s always right wing violence. It is always attacks on Democrats—the right wing, Fox, OAN, Murdoch, Musk are terrorists. &quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/mn/" rel="tag">#MN</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a></p><p>Me: Add the so called leader to the list of terrorists as well as all GOP lawmakers and admin secretaries like <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> who paint Dems as the enemy.</p>

<p>Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.</p><p>She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a></p>

<p>Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened<br>---</p><p>The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a></p>

<p>It&#x27;s always <a href="/tags/projection/" rel="tag">#projection</a> with these <a href="/tags/assholes/" rel="tag">#assholes</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/dirtbagdon/" rel="tag">#DirtbagDon</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>

<p>&quot;One way to read the occupation of Minnesota is as a flex — a demonstration of the government’s power and authority. That, perhaps, is how [Stephen] Miller and Kristi Noem see the situation. I smell, on the other hand, a stench of desperation, an attempt to do with force what they can’t accomplish through ordinary politics.&quot;</p><p>~ Jamelle Bouie</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#Minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/maskedthugs/" rel="tag">#MaskedThugs</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opinion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/ice-minneapolis-occupation.html</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/icymi/" rel="tag">#ICYMI</a>: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.</p><p>(Published Nov. 2025)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#Advertising</a></p>

<p>NEW: When asked if top aide Corey Lewandowski has “a role in approving contracts,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem replied, “No.” </p><p>But internal DHS records contradict her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=3-04" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=3-04"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-dhs-misled-senate-judiciary-corey-lewandowski-contracts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=3-04</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#kristinoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#dhs</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>