In a bewildering move that could undermine some of the Trump admin’s legal arguments, Kristi Noem made a highly publicized visit to the prison in El Salvador where Venezuelan nationals were deported under the Alien Enemies Act. But things only got worse. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo... - ThreadSky

davidkurtz.bsky.social • 10 days ago

In a bewildering move that could undermine some of the Trump admin’s legal arguments, Kristi Noem made a highly publicized visit to the prison in El Salvador where Venezuelan nationals were deported under the Alien Enemies Act.

But things only got worse.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/kristi-noem-records-chilling-video-in-front-of-alien-enemies-act-detainees

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slava2014return.bsky.social•9 days ago

What people are NOT paying attention at is, the men behind the video are gang members from El Salvador‼️‼️‼️
Not the Venezuelan men who were deported there.
They used the gang members for this video to make it more DRAMATIC and shocking because these men are full of tattoos but are NOT from Venezuela‼️

serevi.bsky.social•9 days ago

This, along with deliberately killing her dog, is consistent with a lack of compassion or empathy.

cv-danes.com•10 days ago

When they make publicity videos detailing who they are, believe them.

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•9 days ago

The attention whore is at it again…
“Look at me, look at me, I’m a somebody!”

jim584.bsky.social•10 days ago

Hitler was proud of this. We are better than this!

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•9 days ago

No the maggot RINOS ARE WORSE!

quin664.bsky.social•9 days ago

Notice how they have chosen especially heavily tattooed guys who are not the Venezuelans they picked off the street with random tattoos to make her totally performative speech look realistic. She's the comic book heroine for the incel set.

ccarraher.bsky.social•10 days ago

What is this influencer doing in an El Salvador prison?

pleasedonttalktome.bsky.social•10 days ago

It's not clear to me after reading the article how this undermines their legal arguments. I would love to know more. Can you elaborate?

smithjohnny.bsky.social•10 days ago

One of the government’s argument. Is that they can’t identify these individuals because of national security reasons. If that the case, how can they display these individuals in a government ad!? Since they are calling this a war. Noem’s actions could be subject to war crimes.

pleasedonttalktome.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thanks, that's very helpful!

marcashrsn.bsky.social•9 days ago

When I look at those in the cage I see mostly indigenous people.

bbix.bsky.social•10 days ago

Is she on Signal, is she using her personal cell phone and is Corey with her?

realitide.bsky.social•9 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/rudigeerts.bsky.social/post/3lle7n4sbcs2q

ethanfletcher.bsky.social•10 days ago

Fascism Barbie

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•9 days ago

Nailed it! 👏🏻👏🏻

pudgyprogressive.bsky.social•10 days ago

realitide.bsky.social•9 days ago

dw805.bsky.social•10 days ago

She’s vile. Beyond vile. The admin is trying to distract from the Signal debacle.

scotkdanforth.bsky.social•10 days ago

While Noem cosplays as an ICE agents people are disappeared for wearing tattoos. Can we just cancel the Trumpshow instead of NPR and PBS?

davidkurtz.bsky.social•10 days ago

In a stunning departure from humanitarian norms, Noem was photographed and filmed in front of jail cells packed with shaved-headed Venezuelan detainees. Here’s an AP mashup of her trip that includes footage of her recording a direct-to-the-camera propaganda video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9oZ0pHymko

rlab53.bsky.social•9 days ago

It’s all TikTok videos and computer games to them. Their ‘professional goal’ is to rack up “Likes” and “views” and serve the ego of OrangePOTUS. There is no sense of the gravity of their responsibilities in the positions that they hold that are meant to serve (all) the people of this country.

evilrbt.bsky.social•10 days ago

Every time people claim “this isn’t who we are,” they should have to watch this video. This is America on full-blown unchecked conservatism.

belligan.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is vile

susanalena.bsky.social•10 days ago

One of many sick, cruel videos I’ve seen so far from this clown administration.

davidkurtz.bsky.social•9 days ago

Correx: Reports from the scene indicate El Salvadoran prisoners were in the background for the video, not the Venezuelan detainees held elsewhere in the prison.

benintn.bsky.social•9 days ago

Well whoever they were, this is messed up

constprog.bsky.social•9 days ago

So Noem is just using any ol' tattooed inmates as props? Or is she so incompetent that she can't even do her propaganda right? (Or both, probably both.) 🙃

davidkurtz.bsky.social•10 days ago

Here’s the video Noem produced, with tattooed detainees used as props:

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4q4ziw4qk2hxxaxfu7jweuey/post/3lldba655pk2w

janehop.bsky.social•10 days ago

This image kept me awake last night!!! I couldn't get rid of it in my head. How does ANY human being not look at this with shame and revulsion?!! For all you senators who voted for her, does this make you proud? And remember, she made this 'concentration camp like' image for SELF PROMOTION!

quin664.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sometimes I feel bad mocking Puppy Killler's performative appearance and not mocking Patel's. But then again Patel has no choice: he looks like he looks. Puppy Killer dresses up specifically for the occasion to appeal to those who find comic book heroines realistic.

schiltron.bsky.social•10 days ago

🤢

zimaatanzo.bsky.social•10 days ago

WHAT THE FUCK

ctacitus.bsky.social•10 days ago

She's an absolutely garbage person.

outtahere58.bsky.social•8 days ago

She is far more barbaric than even the worst criminals behind her

thedreamsociety.bsky.social•10 days ago

Shee-it! She can't even tuck her shirt in properly.

goodiehowell.bsky.social•10 days ago

We should have roasted everyone in the Bush Administration alive for this but instead we looked the other way, let all the principals off the hook, and now we have a Republican administration GLOATING over their human rights violations.

davidkurtz.bsky.social•10 days ago

In relayed developments:

~Appeals courts continued to block deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.

~Tufts University PhD candidate on a student visa was detained outside of Boston and whisked to Louisiana

~Doctoral student at the University of Alabama was detained by federal authorities.

davidkurtz.bsky.social•10 days ago

Morning Memo, your daily chronicle of the depredations of the Trump II presidency:

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/

fillivseley12.bsky.social•10 days ago

This could be a dumb question and many of these cases are very different, but is there going to be a large $$$ cost with all of the litigating the govt is dragging itself through?

madisonbelmar.bsky.social•9 days ago

Your tax dollars at work

Also, many of the most talented and experienced DOJ lawyers have either quit or been fired

freakflagger23.bsky.social•9 days ago

Afterwards she was treated to lunch and a puppy hunt, courtesy of the Salvadoran government.

4everdenali.bsky.social•9 days ago

Nice Rolex. The detainees AI? Everything about this is horrible.

zathras5.bsky.social•10 days ago

Words fail to convey a proper sense of how disgusting this is. A senior US government official acts like a cross between a petty dictator’s flunky and a YouTube influencer, on film sent around the world.

kathykadane.bsky.social•10 days ago

The mere fact that she is an official in the admin at all is obscene.

zathras5.bsky.social•10 days ago

By the way, how do we know all the detainees in this agitprop video are Venezuelans, rather than the Salvadorans much more numerous in a Salvadoran prison?

brunodenys.bsky.social•10 days ago

These were not the people brought in under Alien act only I believe but also Salvadorian gang members.

Let’s hope than no innocent green card holders have been deported as well

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•9 days ago

Women detanees returned .
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/24/venezuelan-deportation-flights-salvador-women-rejected/82642086007/

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•9 days ago

They are already reporting that…
A barber, and a pro soccer player!

azulsora.bsky.social•10 days ago

They forced the ones with the most tattos to stand behind her with their shirts off for the photo op. Sickening

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