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BumRushDaShow

(168,391 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:44 AM 13 hrs ago

Kristi Noem Grilled in Senate Hearing Over DHS Allegedly Giving Former Associates Massive Government Contract

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 3rd, 2026, 3:47 pm


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took heat from several lawmakers over former associates of hers alleged receiving a massive government contract for an ad campaign.

Noem on Tuesday faced the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify on Department of Homeland Security funding. Throughout the hearing, numerous senators confronted Noem about the $220 million that DHS spent on an ad campaign in which she stars. The ads focused on the department’s deportation efforts in the country.

According to a November 2025 report by ProRepublica, one of the beneficiaries of that ad deal was the Republican firm Strategy Group. The firm, the report continued, “played a central role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign.” Noem served as governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025.

Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s adviser and alleged romantic partner, also reportedly worked “extensively” with the firm. The lion’s share of the deal went to a Delaware-based company called Safe America Media. It was founded just days before it was awarded the contract.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/kristi-noem-grilled-in-senate-hearing-over-dhs-giving-former-associates-massive-government-contract/

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Kristi Noem Grilled in Senate Hearing Over DHS Allegedly Giving Former Associates Massive Government Contract (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP
I swear to Dog, when a Democrat wins POTUS in 2028, they BETTER FUCKING NOT AZJonnie 13 hrs ago #1
I have called for the GOP/RNC to be RICO'd for over 20 years... IthinkThereforeIAM 9 hrs ago #4
These people are self-dealing thieves Prairie Gates 13 hrs ago #2
yes Skittles 13 hrs ago #3
... BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #5

AZJonnie

(3,505 posts)
1. I swear to Dog, when a Democrat wins POTUS in 2028, they BETTER FUCKING NOT
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:55 AM
13 hrs ago

pull any "put the past behind us for the good of the country" nonsense.

I want to see the grifters & murderers around Trump BEHIND BARS. I don't want another Merrick fucking Garland as AG, I want someone like a Harris, Schiff, or Jamie Raskin. Hell, make one of them an interim appointment if need be, and then GO TO TOWN.

This entire regime is A MASSIVE CORRUPT CRIMINAL CABAL, stealing OUR MONEY, and MURDERING PEOPLE right and left, with utter impunity.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,304 posts)
4. I have called for the GOP/RNC to be RICO'd for over 20 years...
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 07:35 AM
9 hrs ago

... I think some folks are starting to catch on.

Prairie Gates

(7,800 posts)
2. These people are self-dealing thieves
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 03:57 AM
13 hrs ago

$220 million for those goofy commercials?

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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