Homeland Security Archives

Kristi Noem Wants a New Plane, Too

May 17, 2025 Buck Banks

$50 million

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has requested a $50 million in the Coast Guard budget for a new Gulfstream 5 for her personal travel, The Hill reports.

All for the Wall

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Buck Banks

It’s a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul,
As Trump’s administration seeks to solve a shortfall.
They rob border security
To buy border security,
By taking from the Coast Guard, TSA and FEMA to build the Wall.

GOP Holding Homeland Security Hostage

February 14, 2015February 13, 2015 Buck Banks

Tag: Homeland Security

Kristi Noem Wants a New Plane, Too

$50 million

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has requested a $50 million in the Coast Guard budget for a new Gulfstream 5 for her personal travel, The Hill reports.

All for the Wall

GOP Holding Homeland Security Hostage

We took a hostage that the president wants to shoot. This is homeland security. It’s a conservative thing.

— Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), quoted by TPM, on the inability of Republicans to pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%