A Disastrous Weekend For MAGA: Noem Flails On National Television As Walz Exposes Trump’s Mental Decline and Mark Kelly Slams Hegseth For His Heinous Acts

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KELLY KEEPS GOING

Dem Sen. Mark Kelly is fighting back and flooding the zone, while the Trump regime continues to frivolously attack him for saying troops should not carry out illegal orders.

During an interview aired yesterday, Kelly said that if such orders are given to troops, “not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them.” And slamming Hegseth’s reported boat attack, Kelly said: “Going after survivors in the water; that is clearly not lawful,” adding that it “seems” like a war crime.

NOEM ON HOT SEAT

Kristi Noem was apparently tired of letting Hegseth get all the attention for failing miserably, so she made some appearances on Sunday news shows to remind everyone just how terrible she really is.

When asked about the individual arrested for murdering the National Guard member in DC—who was granted asylum under the Trump regime—Noem repeatedly tried to blame the Biden administration. Which of course makes no sense.

Reporters from NBC and ABC pushed back hard, with one asking Noem: “Are you saying you did no vetting before granting him asylum?” Notice they didn’t ask if she granted him asylum, because that’s already a fact.

Noem also admitted she was the one who defied a court order to halt deportation flights to El Salvador, while somehow trying to pretend that she didn’t. Calling it a “radical” decision from an “activist judge,” Noem said the order had “no standing and no grounds,” as if it could be ignored. That’s not how a judge’s ruling works. That’s not how any of this works.

PUSH FOR CANCELING ICE CONTRACTS

Pressure on cities not to take part in the Trump regime’s immigration abuses continues to spread throughout the country. Council meetings in Hillsboro, Oregon, Hamilton, Ohio, and elsewhere are being filled to the brim with folks speaking out against cities partnering with ICE.

And some have gone even further. Alexandria, Virginia’s Mayor and City Council asked the sheriff to stop voluntarily transferring any inmates to ICE. In Pennsylvania, the Doylestown Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution to stop sharing information with ICE, as Montclair, New Jersey, Providence, Rhode Island, and others have taken similar actions.

It’s great to see public pressure breaking through, and communities fighting back against this out-of-control regime.

WALZ WON’T QUIT

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz continued to demand Trump’s medical records over the weekend, stating: “We got a guy on Thanksgiving where we spent time with our families, we ate, we played Yahtzee, we cheered for football.” While Trump’s Thanksgiving consisted of him being “in a room ranting. This is not normal behavior. It’s not healthy ... has anyone in the history of the world ever had an MRI and had no idea what it was for?”

Separately, Walz called out two GOP Reps. who are no longer seeking re-election in districts where he’s recently held town halls. “When Republican Congressmen are scared to face their constituents,” Walz said, “we show up in their districts to lend a megaphone to the people. You can feel the energy for change—and now the tides are turning.”

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I have two questions for you today.

What do you think about local governments choosing not to cooperate with ICE due to massive public pressure?

Who do you think is worse—Noem or Hegseth? And why?