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BumRushDaShow

(166,686 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:34 PM Tuesday

Noem Says 'Everything I've Done' Has Been Directed by Trump and Stephen Miller: Report

Source: MEDIAite

Jan 27th, 2026, 5:50 pm


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is chalking up her actions in office to the direction of President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

Noem, Miller, and others in the administration have faced backlash over their description of the circumstances surrounding federal agents shooting and killing 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Noem and others claimed Pretti wanted to “massacre” agents before the confrontation. Administration officials have pointed to the fact that Pretti was armed as proof of his malicious intentions, but Second Amendment activists have consistently pushed back against this.

Pretti’s death followed an ICE agent shooting and killing 37-year-old mother Renee Good in the same city earlier this month. The city is currently suing the administration over ICE’s deployment.

Miller previously referred to Pretti as an “assassin.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Miller one of the president’s closest allies amid rumors of a rift between Noem and Miller.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/noem-says-everything-ive-done-has-been-directed-by-trump-and-stephen-miller-report/



She must have realized that she was on her back looking at a bus exhaust pipe.
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Noem Says 'Everything I've Done' Has Been Directed by Trump and Stephen Miller: Report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!! SSJVegeta Tuesday #1
The cockroaches are scrambling Bluetus Tuesday #79
Let the circular firing squad begin! nt Dulcinea 19 hrs ago #113
"Which proves yet again that I am a fool." BeyondGeography Tuesday #2
Yes, you are all to blame Dr. Shepper Tuesday #3
Hey dog killer we all knew this. Now bluestarone Tuesday #4
"Aside from killing puppies and posing for snuff porn promos in Salvadoran death camps, struggle4progress Tuesday #5
Which is why, at a minimum, Miller AND Noem must go. pat_k Tuesday #6
This reminds me that Pretti was a federal government employee as well. SomewhereInTheMiddle Yesterday #95
There is no statute of limitations on murder. pat_k 13 hrs ago #129
the architect of the insanity -- Miller is the driver. LuckyLib 13 hrs ago #127
First truthful statement she's made Krazy_Kat Tuesday #7
It was inevitable. Lanius 16 hrs ago #122
Did she stomp her feet and purse her lips and say shucks after that? littlemissmartypants Tuesday #8
She said VGNonly Tuesday #13
Then she went to her closet, got out the riding crop and her kneepads. littlemissmartypants Tuesday #17
All those Botox injections actually prevent her from doing anything with her lips FakeNoose Tuesday #33
I just threw up a little... COL Mustard Tuesday #52
She said it. She endorsed it. chowder66 Tuesday #9
Gee. Did they direct your COSPLAY & make-up? Script the lies from your disgusting mouth? hlthe2b Tuesday #10
Why she stills has a job? Nasruddin Tuesday #11
She knows where the bodies are buried. littlemissmartypants Tuesday #19
Not that I don't believe she said it (and it is VERY likely the truth) AZJonnie Tuesday #12
It matters that her comment was outed to the public Deminpenn Yesterday #96
She is doing exactly what Trump wants her to do. Irish_Dem Tuesday #14
They ALL do. If they don't B.See Tuesday #18
They think the more they kiss Trump ass, the more loyal he will be to them. Irish_Dem Tuesday #23
The stupidity LilElf70 Tuesday #22
she's a total and complete pig and I don't mean that from democratsruletheday Tuesday #44
Plenty of room - UNDER the Trump bus Norrrm Tuesday #61
MEMO TO PUPPY KILLER NOEM: AverageOldGuy Tuesday #15
The Trump Nazis FalloutShelter 21 hrs ago #106
I wonder if she has to give back her expensive hair extensions, botox, and costumes. Irish_Dem Tuesday #16
She'll have to give back the cowboy hat. The cattle, she never had. nt Xipe Totec Yesterday #98
She spent a fortune on herself all on the taxpayer dime. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #104
I was only following orders - Kristi Noem. patphil Tuesday #20
To murder an innocent soul? vapor2 Tuesday #34
Sure does look like that. patphil Tuesday #78
" I was only following orders - Kristi Noem.".....Sieg Heil!!....nt mitch96 Tuesday #42
Yup, there it is. Hugin Yesterday #94
It's time for Miller LilElf70 Tuesday #21
Miller bdamomma Tuesday #55
The military on that base should be questioned Captain Zero Tuesday #77
Yeah, like we didn't already know that. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #24
Didn't work then and won't work now. Deuxcents Tuesday #76
I like that both victims' families are suing for defamation. mysteryowl Tuesday #25
Going all Nuremberg already. paleotn Tuesday #26
I don't know, but that's completely believable. JohnnyRingo Tuesday #27
She's fucked. Good! QueerDuck Tuesday #28
My, my, my, you're not being a loyal trooper fall guy! bucolic_frolic Tuesday #29
If she goes (which she should) then Trump, Miller, and Leavitt should also go for doing the same thing. Doodley Tuesday #30
They have blood on their hands vapor2 Tuesday #31
Trump will fire Noem Mz Pip Tuesday #32
I believe Miller actually has Orangeosaurus believing they're only pursuing the worst of the worst. hedda_foil Tuesday #39
Miller is becoming a liability. He may not be out as soon as noem, mwmisses4289 Tuesday #54
She's not kidding ... she and Bovino were robots reading from the same script ificandream Tuesday #35
'the devils made me do it' JFC Klarkashton Tuesday #36
Nah. Just another variation of the johnnyfins Tuesday #58
Well That is Certainly NOT What the Big Asses Want to Hear! Good Soldiers in a Bad Cause The Roux Comes First Tuesday #37
She just sealed her doom with blaming Miller and Trump. ificandream Tuesday #38
What a good German soldier she is! no_hypocrisy Tuesday #40
Noem Washes Her Hands gfarber Tuesday #41
Nuremberg 2.0 aeromanKC Tuesday #43
Exactly True Dough 22 hrs ago #105
They all hang together duckworth969 Tuesday #45
"They all hang together" k55f5r Tuesday #71
Oh honey... that did not work back with the Germans, and I hate to tell you, that ain't gonna work for you now. ashredux Tuesday #46
Actually, at the end of the film Judgment at Nuremberg BigmanPigman Yesterday #93
She was just following orders? Snort Solly Mack Tuesday #47
Republican leadership WestMichRad Tuesday #48
Uh-oh. She just broke cardinal rule number 3. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #49
LOL. The bimbo trying to throw her sugar daddy under the bus PSPS Tuesday #50
Got the receipts? Show us Raven123 Tuesday #51
Thanks for bdamomma Tuesday #53
Thanks! Including here- BumRushDaShow Tuesday #57
Steven Miller's manipulation of Trump explained oasis 18 hrs ago #116
If Stephen Miller is bounced ...he's going to get payback.......especially if Jared Kushner steps in. Bread and Circuses Tuesday #56
K&R bdamomma Tuesday #59
Ah yes, the old "following orders" defense from Nuremburg IronLionZion Tuesday #60
Throwing blame for willingly following orders. Norrrm Tuesday #63
The puppy and goat killer is well suited for her role in carrying out MAGA orders IronLionZion Tuesday #80
LOL Skittles Tuesday #62
Craven. evolves Tuesday #64
Deflecting blame ain't gonna cut it, puppy and people killer catbyte Tuesday #65
She's just now realizing what its like to be the puppy n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #66
And has just realized she smells as bad as the goat. n/t BlueSpot Tuesday #87
Why is our military shielding Miller on one of their bases? Blue Owl Tuesday #67
Also shitting on the dead... purr-rat beauty 17 hrs ago #120
She knows she's going to be thrown under the bus and she is punching back kimbutgar Tuesday #68
Just following orders . . . . Lokee11 Tuesday #69
Ruh-roh Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #70
Has she ever heard of the Nuremburg trials? slightlv Tuesday #72
You didn't have to follow his orders, Krusty. SergeStorms Tuesday #73
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Tuesday #74
Ooooh! Noem is finger-positing and blaming Trump and Miller. This is getting better by the minute. Martin68 Tuesday #75
Everything? Earth Bound Misfit Tuesday #81
This is fun Akakoji Tuesday #82
The Orange King of Turd Mountain isn't going to like you blaming him, Kristi. LudwigPastorius Tuesday #83
Noem says.... Old Crank Tuesday #84
Very disloyal, Kristi. Very disloyal. Prairie Gates Tuesday #85
So she's admitting we arrest and impeach them too. AllyCat Tuesday #86
Sooooooo Karma13612 Tuesday #88
They are fighting over who is worse. It's long past time for them all to be impeached. nt Blasphemer Yesterday #89
Underbussified. jeffreyi Yesterday #90
!!!!! BumRushDaShow Yesterday #92
Killer Kristi murdered her puppy and a goat Hassler Yesterday #91
FWIW, O'Donnell thought it was significant that Miller wasn't invited to the 2hr meeting Deminpenn Yesterday #97
Cosplay meet BUS Bengus81 23 hrs ago #99
"I was just following orders". now where have I heard that before? nt Javaman 22 hrs ago #100
Turning on each other. Good. marble falls 22 hrs ago #101
translation : "i was only following order" rampartd 22 hrs ago #102
Hell hath no fury like a Noem being thrown under the bus. sop 22 hrs ago #103
If impeached, Trump cannot pardon her... is that correct? QueerDuck 21 hrs ago #107
"Impeachment" isn't a criminal charge but an internal civil/administrative Congressional thing BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #109
The hot potato game ain't over, Bovino was just the most recent Torchlight 21 hrs ago #108
I think Bondi is on the short list too, as is Patel BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #110
Trump, Noem and Miller are murderers... Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #111
Noem bromeando 19 hrs ago #112
always a Nazi BettyBlueDot 19 hrs ago #114
We know. That doesn't excuse your behavior - TBF 19 hrs ago #115
There is something seriously wrong with her. ismnotwasm 17 hrs ago #117
Tell it to the hangman. n/t malthaussen 17 hrs ago #118
The moral of the story is "Don't Comply with Illegal Orders". 33taw 17 hrs ago #119
"I was just following orders." Where have we heard that before? Lanius 16 hrs ago #121
Following Orders usonian 16 hrs ago #123
Using the old Dave Id 14 hrs ago #124
Probably the first and only honest thing she has said as DHS Secretary Falconry 13 hrs ago #125
That is the end of her, next thing Trump will say he didn't know her. doc03 13 hrs ago #126
She'll have to go back to hunting puppies instead of people. CentralMass 13 hrs ago #128
I have no doubt that he DID tell all this shit, BUT i just wish he would have told her to do ONE more thing bluestarone 12 hrs ago #130
Hanging out at a military base, not a bright idea. IzzaNuDay 6 hrs ago #131
Following illegal orders is nor a valid legal defense LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #132

struggle4progress

(125,567 posts)
5. "Aside from killing puppies and posing for snuff porn promos in Salvadoran death camps,
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:39 PM
Tuesday

I really have no personality at all"

pat_k

(12,758 posts)
6. Which is why, at a minimum, Miller AND Noem must go.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:40 PM
Tuesday

Anyone limiting the demand to Noem is neglecting the architect of the insanity, as the American Federation of Government Employees so clearly point out in their press release yesterday

https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-demands-resignation-or-termination-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-and-deputy-white-house-chief-of-staff-stephen-miller-for-smearing-slain-afge-member-alex-pretti-as-domestic-terrorist/


WASHINGTON – Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

“Today, we demand accountability.

“In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

“Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

“Public reporting has established that Mr. Miller is the driving force behind the administration’s harsh immigration agenda. He personally directed its implementation and used high-pressure tactics to force compliance across the federal government. These were not abstract policy choices. They were imposed from the top and enforced without regard for the consequences.

“Secretary Noem willingly carried out this agenda. Secretary Noem made deliberate choices that reshaped the Department of Homeland Security and enabled this tragedy. Over the past year, she removed senior leaders, consolidated authority, and enforced aggressive immigration tactics that prioritized political objectives over professional judgment and public/officer safety. Those choices created the conditions that led directly to this tragedy.

“This conduct is consistent with Secretary Noem’s broader record at DHS. Under her leadership, TSA workers have faced sustained attacks on collective bargaining rights and union representation. At FEMA her actions have weakened frontline workers, undermined labor protections, and eroded accountability within the agency that is so critical to disaster preparedness and response. Over the past year, she removed senior leaders within the Department of Homeland Security and reshaped the agency’s command structure to ensure adherence to Mr. Miller’s aggressive immigration strategies. Those decisions escalated tensions, undermined professional judgment, and put lives at risk.

“Taken together, the actions of Miller and Noem, both before and after Alex’s killing, make clear they are unfit to serve in their current positions, or any position requiring the public trust.

“AFGE calls for a full and transparent investigation into Alex’s killing led by an independent third party. We also call for bipartisan congressional oversight to uncover the truth, ensure accountability, and begin repairing the damage to public trust.”
95. This reminds me that Pretti was a federal government employee as well.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:25 AM
Yesterday

We should be seeing - or posting - headlines like -

Federal official slain by masked gunmen during immigration protest.

Shaping the narrative like that would almost demand a thorough investigation. Of course, the federal investigators that might give the case the diligence it deserves will never be assigned or allowed to investigate by the layer of Regime sycophants that are running the federal law enforcement agencies these days.

pat_k

(12,758 posts)
129. There is no statute of limitations on murder.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:23 PM
13 hrs ago

And we must make sure there are prosecutions -- from the murderous agents carrying out the Miller/Felon/Vance criminal marching orders, to the criminal corruption of our executive branch agencies being committed in plain sight.

It will be an enormous undertaking, but prosecutions are absolutely essential. This, perhaps side-by-side with a truth and reconciliation process where conditional immunity or amnesty is offered to rank and file sycophants in exchange for public testimony about their betrayals of our trust and the crimes committed by leadership.

LuckyLib

(7,048 posts)
127. the architect of the insanity -- Miller is the driver.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:06 PM
13 hrs ago

Trump is too far gone to engineer and carry out much of anything.

Lanius

(658 posts)
122. It was inevitable.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 01:40 PM
16 hrs ago

These types of people don't like each other to begin with; their relationships are entirely transactional. Then you take into account that they are committing immoral and/or illegal acts, and they will all turn on each other to save their own skins.

hlthe2b

(113,079 posts)
10. Gee. Did they direct your COSPLAY & make-up? Script the lies from your disgusting mouth?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:45 PM
Tuesday

Order you to shack up with Corey Lewandowsky at taxpayer expense at the Coast Guard Commandants home on base?

AZJonnie

(3,025 posts)
12. Not that I don't believe she said it (and it is VERY likely the truth)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:49 PM
Tuesday

But:

“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen,” Noem reportedly said to someone who relayed her comment to Axios.


Is a little "abstracted", shall we say? If she said it publicly, it would be "news", but this factoid, without any surrounding context, doesn't really amount to much given it's just that she privately admitted what everyone already knows, which is that she's a simpering toady figurehead at her job

Deminpenn

(17,327 posts)
96. It matters that her comment was outed to the public
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:28 AM
Yesterday

It matters that someone inside the Trump administration decided to release this tidbit to Axios. Someone has the knives out for Miller. It wouldn't surprise me if it's Lewandowski who is more than capable of doing this.

Irish_Dem

(80,284 posts)
14. She is doing exactly what Trump wants her to do.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:50 PM
Tuesday

But she is foolish enough to think Trump would never throw her under the bus.

B.See

(7,933 posts)
18. They ALL do. If they don't
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:56 PM
Tuesday

they're OUT. The buck stops at Trump. And I've always believed it.

Irish_Dem

(80,284 posts)
23. They think the more they kiss Trump ass, the more loyal he will be to them.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:11 PM
Tuesday

It is the opposite. He likes people kissing his ass, but he does not respect those who do.

democratsruletheday

(1,836 posts)
44. she's a total and complete pig and I don't mean that from
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Tuesday

a physical standpoint. Just an empty vessel. She's already being framed up for Minnesota and the ground is shifting under her faster than she can react to. Saying 'I did everything at the direction of POTUS and Miller" is a hail Mary cover your ass move and it ain't gonna cut it. She will resign by the weekend IMO.

AverageOldGuy

(3,475 posts)
15. MEMO TO PUPPY KILLER NOEM:
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:51 PM
Tuesday

You clearly are not a student of history.

Get someone to tell you how well the plea "I was just following orders." worked at Nuremberg. That's how it will work in January 2029.

FalloutShelter

(14,243 posts)
106. The Trump Nazis
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:41 AM
21 hrs ago

Should have stayed for the end of the movie.
Hint… it didn’t end well for the Nazis who were
“Only following orders”.

Hugin

(37,567 posts)
94. Yup, there it is.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:19 AM
Yesterday

Said loud and clear for the first time since the last Nazi said it.

LilElf70

(1,431 posts)
21. It's time for Miller
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:06 PM
Tuesday

to go too. This guy is a total waste of everyone's time. Does he actually thinks this is going to make America great again? Yeah, let's kill a bunch of innocent American citizens. And of course, no penalty for Miller, Noem's, or even Trumps actions again, right?

And these people are Trump's "best"?

Note: I really love how she dumps back on Trump and Miller, the true people responsible for all this bullshit and chaos.

bdamomma

(69,259 posts)
55. Miller
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:34 PM
Tuesday

is living on a military base, appropriate place for scared weak POS. It's a matter of time when they will be eating their own.

Captain Zero

(8,787 posts)
77. The military on that base should be questioned
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:17 PM
Tuesday

whether any of them have sworn personal loyalty to Stephen Miller.

Does anyone else really trust that he wouldn't be setting up his own personal junta?

What is the purpose of that military base? What are their specialties?

OldBaldy1701E

(10,527 posts)
24. Yeah, like we didn't already know that.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:12 PM
Tuesday

The Nuremberg Defense is not going to help you, ICE Barbie!

Try again.

JohnnyRingo

(20,596 posts)
27. I don't know, but that's completely believable.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:17 PM
Tuesday

"I was just following orders" is a common defense when things start to unravel.
Still, her fingerprints are all over this deportation fiasco.

I know one person who will not accept any blame in it whatsoever.

bucolic_frolic

(54,339 posts)
29. My, my, my, you're not being a loyal trooper fall guy!
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:19 PM
Tuesday

What is it you don't understand about that?

Doodley

(11,730 posts)
30. If she goes (which she should) then Trump, Miller, and Leavitt should also go for doing the same thing.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:20 PM
Tuesday

Mz Pip

(28,376 posts)
32. Trump will fire Noem
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:22 PM
Tuesday

before he gets rid of Miller. Miller is his right hand man, does all of his dirty work and probably heaps lavish praise on him.

hedda_foil

(16,928 posts)
39. I believe Miller actually has Orangeosaurus believing they're only pursuing the worst of the worst.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:31 PM
Tuesday

The Roux Comes First

(2,207 posts)
37. Well That is Certainly NOT What the Big Asses Want to Hear! Good Soldiers in a Bad Cause
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:27 PM
Tuesday

Are never supposed to invoke the higher-ups.

ificandream

(11,742 posts)
38. She just sealed her doom with blaming Miller and Trump.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:27 PM
Tuesday

They won't let a woman get away with that.

gfarber

(221 posts)
41. Noem Washes Her Hands
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:32 PM
Tuesday


There once was a boss lady Noem,
Who said “Blame the guy in the dome.”
“Not my damn call,
Trump wrote it all,”
While washing her hands down to bone.

Stephen Miller, smug as can be,
Cried “ASSASSIN!” on prime-time TV.
With no proof to cite,
Just vibes and a fright,
And a megaphone set to frenzy.

Alex Pretti lay dead on the street,
Shot down by the badge-bearing elite.
“He might have gone wild,”
Cried the state, running mild,
While facts got stomped under their feet.

“He was armed!” they yelled, nice and loud,
Like that makes the killing allowed.
Second Amend folks
Said “That logic’s a joke,”
But nuance was banned by the crowd.

Before that, poor Renee Good,
A mom doing what mothers should,
Met ICE and a gun,
Now her life’s fucking done,
And the city says “This ain’t good.”

Minneapolis sued, fed up, pissed,
At troops where consent didn’t exist.
The feds said “Too bad,”
The locals said “Mad,”
And trust went straight down the abyss.

Rumors flew: “Noem hates Miller!”
The press room smelled bullshit and filler.
Leavitt smiled thin,
Said “He’s tight with the king,”
And stomped out the gossip—no thriller.

So here’s the grand tale they all spin:
Shoot first, then rewrite it to win.
Call corpses “threats,”
Dodge blame, place bets,
And dare anyone call it a sin.

True Dough

(26,011 posts)
105. Exactly
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:14 AM
22 hrs ago

"Just following orders."

No accountability.

She can rot in a prison cell with the rest of 'em.

duckworth969

(1,273 posts)
45. They all hang together
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:48 PM
Tuesday

IMO, Chump will move people around, but no one will be asked to resign or be fired.

ashredux

(2,891 posts)
46. Oh honey... that did not work back with the Germans, and I hate to tell you, that ain't gonna work for you now.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:51 PM
Tuesday

BigmanPigman

(54,743 posts)
93. Actually, at the end of the film Judgment at Nuremberg
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:01 AM
Yesterday

There was type face telling what the outcome was after the trials.

It has stuck in my mind since there was NO JUSTICE for their actions. The Nazi criminals were sent to jail for life but none of them were in jail after only 20 years. The Communist threat caused fear and the US officials focused on the Communists running the world and felt they needed the support of the German citizens to fight Communism and they chose to abandon the justice of the Nazis who were proven guilty.

"While the Nuremberg trials (1945-1949) did convict hundreds of Nazi officials, it is historically accurate that many convicted criminals did not serve their full sentences and were released early in the 1950s, largely driven by Cold War politics and a desire to align with West Germany against the Soviet Union.
Here is a breakdown of the facts surrounding the punishment of Nazis after World War II:
1. The Initial Sentences
Main Trial (1945–1946): Of the 22 major defendants, 12 were sentenced to death, three to life imprisonment, four to long prison terms, and three were acquitted.
Subsequent Trials (1946–1949): The US held 12 additional trials for doctors, judges, and SS officials. Out of 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death and 20 to life.
Executions: Only 13 of the 24 death sentences from the later trials were actually executed, while others had their sentences commuted.
2. Early Releases in the 1950s By the mid-1950s, nearly all Nazis convicted in the "subsequent" trials who were not executed had been released.".

WestMichRad

(3,029 posts)
48. Republican leadership
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:15 PM
Tuesday

… is knowing who to point your finger at when the train inevitably derails.

mwmisses4289

(3,456 posts)
49. Uh-oh. She just broke cardinal rule number 3.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:16 PM
Tuesday

Never blame t for anything.
How many more hours before she is out?

bdamomma

(69,259 posts)
53. Thanks for
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:26 PM
Tuesday

posting this. I have also posted on Liberal You Tubers Danielle Moodie's Show about all of this. Please listen if you have the chance. Stephen Miller is the culprit in all of this. He is the mastermind of this chaos.

Bread and Circuses

(1,714 posts)
56. If Stephen Miller is bounced ...he's going to get payback.......especially if Jared Kushner steps in.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:36 PM
Tuesday

bdamomma

(69,259 posts)
59. K&R
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:51 PM
Tuesday

I hope our Democratic Leadership open their mouths and do something, or am I hallucinating?

I hope the people in Maine are looking out for each other. These ICE thugs are there.

IronLionZion

(50,957 posts)
60. Ah yes, the old "following orders" defense from Nuremburg
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:56 PM
Tuesday

how did the courts rule in those trials? Anyone remember or are we erasing that history?

Blue Owl

(58,436 posts)
67. Why is our military shielding Miller on one of their bases?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:16 PM
Tuesday

This ghoul is ordering the killing of American citizens. He should be on trial for MURDER, not hiding in some fucking secure bunker.

purr-rat beauty

(1,052 posts)
120. Also shitting on the dead...
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 01:27 PM
17 hrs ago

...who help our Veterans

Our enlisted and officers ok with that?

kimbutgar

(26,954 posts)
68. She knows she's going to be thrown under the bus and she is punching back
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:17 PM
Tuesday

I love seeing magas attacking each other! Fight fight fight big bag of rats!

Lokee11

(398 posts)
69. Just following orders . . . .
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:21 PM
Tuesday

Have heard that prior and did not really work out for those who claimed it from what I understand.

FUCK YOU NOEM!!!

You trashy ugly piece of excrement!

✊!

SergeStorms

(20,130 posts)
73. You didn't have to follow his orders, Krusty.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:40 PM
Tuesday

You could have said no, you could have resigned, but you wanted to be a good little suck-ass and please the Big Orange Pig.

So fuck you, and fuck Stephen Goebbels. 🖕

Martin68

(27,228 posts)
75. Ooooh! Noem is finger-positing and blaming Trump and Miller. This is getting better by the minute.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:01 PM
Tuesday

Circular firing squad.

Akakoji

(491 posts)
82. This is fun
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:51 PM
Tuesday

But we can't forget that two Ice agents were in on the execution of Alex Pretti. They toothier orders from someone. It's clear that the other agents are fleeing g to not be involved with the 9 or 10 bullets that were being fired into a clearly not threatening body. It's an execution. The two agents, as well as the people that gave them the go ahead to murder in cold blood against all established principles of policing a dead body that posed no threat to anyone let alone an agent, must one brought to justice. The DOJ must not be allowed to let this not be tried, even if Patel was ordered to prevent it from. being a cicil rights case. Who ordered Patel to hav e evidence destroyed. We can not relent.

LudwigPastorius

(14,330 posts)
83. The Orange King of Turd Mountain isn't going to like you blaming him, Kristi.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:59 PM
Tuesday

Better buy a bottle of peroxide and update that resume before you send it out to FOX News,

Karma13612

(4,934 posts)
88. Sooooooo
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:58 PM
Tuesday

She’s going to use the ol’ chestnut “I was just following orders”???

You must be freakin kidding.

(I love your post script!!!)

Hassler

(4,800 posts)
91. Killer Kristi murdered her puppy and a goat
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 02:39 AM
Yesterday

Now that DHS boss is aiming for Stephen Miller. Should I feel bad about this development?

Deminpenn

(17,327 posts)
97. FWIW, O'Donnell thought it was significant that Miller wasn't invited to the 2hr meeting
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:40 AM
Yesterday

with Noem while Leavitt, Wiles were.

Not sure I agree with that take, but O'Donnell usually has good instincts for these kind of things.

BumRushDaShow

(166,686 posts)
109. "Impeachment" isn't a criminal charge but an internal civil/administrative Congressional thing
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:35 AM
20 hrs ago

But it still stands on their historical record.

People forget that the GOP impeached Democratic DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024 -

H.Res.863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.



The "charge"? "Not doing enough" related to immigration.

Torchlight

(6,423 posts)
108. The hot potato game ain't over, Bovino was just the most recent
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:09 AM
21 hrs ago

I think one (at the minimum) or two (more probably, I think) high-profile public sacrifices will be made, Noem being first of the two (or the one). But it's only a guess.

BumRushDaShow

(166,686 posts)
110. I think Bondi is on the short list too, as is Patel
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:45 AM
20 hrs ago

But I think it's more an issue of finding a sycophant who isn't as clownish, idiotic and loon as those two are.

These are times when he might bring Bill Barr back (even with Barr publicly disagreeing with him, but knowing that Barr has the skill and reputation of being a first class "fixer" ).

BettyBlueDot

(19 posts)
114. always a Nazi
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:55 AM
19 hrs ago

The famous Nazi excuse, "I was just following orders." Didn't work then, shouldn't work now.

TBF

(35,904 posts)
115. We know. That doesn't excuse your behavior -
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:59 AM
19 hrs ago

but we also have big fish to fry. Trump and Miller are running this (and I'm pretty sure behind the scenes it's really Miller, Vought, Vance the Heritage Foundation, certain Supreme Court Justices - and the billionaire donors and tech boys bankrolling this regime)

ismnotwasm

(42,668 posts)
117. There is something seriously wrong with her.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 12:55 PM
17 hrs ago

From her personal physical presentation to the weird crap she says, to how she handles situations everything is just off.

Lanius

(658 posts)
121. "I was just following orders." Where have we heard that before?
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 01:31 PM
16 hrs ago

There really is no honor among thieves. These people actually hate each other and will throw one another under the bus when it comes to responsibility and accountability. They don't care that what they've done was wrong. They are incapable of self-reflection.

Dave Id

(250 posts)
124. Using the old
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:41 PM
14 hrs ago

I was just following orders, is an unacceptable excuse. Wearing your cosplay costumes with guns exposed your true nature and position on things.

bluestarone

(21,519 posts)
130. I have no doubt that he DID tell all this shit, BUT i just wish he would have told her to do ONE more thing
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 05:41 PM
12 hrs ago

Go jump off a fucking skyscraper.

IzzaNuDay

(1,250 posts)
131. Hanging out at a military base, not a bright idea.
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 12:26 AM
6 hrs ago

Piss off enough top brass with integrity, could not end up well for these clowns.

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