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UpInArms

(54,821 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:00 AM Thursday

Noem Can't Explain Why She Hired 8-Day-Old Company for Ad Campaign

The Department of Homeland Security tapped a little-known ad firm to produce Kristi Noem’s multimillion-dollar ad campaign during the government shutdown last year. But when asked to explain her rationale before a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, Noem was practically speechless.

Reading off a DHS notice, Colorado Representative Joe Neguse noted that the department had identified just four companies “out of the hundreds of thousands of companies in the United States” as potential hires for the campaign.

.. snip …

The money from Noem’s agency was funneling directly into the pockets of her friends and allies at the Strategy Group, a group with myriad ties to the ex–South Dakota governor, including having once employed her alleged beau (Corey Lewandowski) and a CEO who is married to Noem’s ex-chief DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.

Safe America Media, meanwhile, has no website, no experience, and quiet contracts. The only substantial evidence that the company actually exists at all is that it shares an address with a property owned by veteran Republican operative Michael McElwain.

More at:

https://newrepublic.com/post/207381/kristi-noem-explain-company-ad-campaign

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Noem Can't Explain Why She Hired 8-Day-Old Company for Ad Campaign (Original Post) UpInArms Thursday OP
So much corruption BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #1
And infidelity. I'm cool with that as long as they are cool the next time a Dem chicoescuela Thursday #10
Cheating is only evil, immoral and wrong when a Democrat does it. MIButterfly Thursday #17
Nothing suspicious about that... kerouac2 Thursday #2
When Rs are in charge....... KS Toronado Thursday #7
With this administration, the grift is the point. surfered Thursday #3
GUILTY progressoid Thursday #4
It's kind of like, "yes we're stealing money, try and stop me" ashredux Thursday #5
So swampy. Baitball Blogger Thursday #6
But the DOW!! How can you even bring this up when the DOW is back under... Ol Janx Spirit Thursday #8
It's not that she can't explain why.... SergeStorms Thursday #9
Pam Blondie can add this to their list of corruption to cover up. mdbl Thursday #11
Because she is fucking a corrupt asshole Johonny Thursday #12
Rampant looting and thievery, in broad daylight. dalton99a Thursday #13
perhaps because she's crooked? nt Javaman Thursday #14
No explanation necessary, Kristi, a third-grader could solve that mystery (nt) William Seger Thursday #15
!! Marcuse Thursday #16
She could explain it Quanto Magnus Thursday #18
And the beat goes on. OMGWTF Thursday #19
Corruption starts at the top. Lonestarblue Thursday #20
Stupid Noem. Can't even do grifting right. Krasnov needs someone with more experience at it. Wonder Why Thursday #21
So many regs or lack thereof need to be improved stollen Thursday #22

chicoescuela

(3,010 posts)
10. And infidelity. I'm cool with that as long as they are cool the next time a Dem
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:01 AM
Thursday

is accused, but that won’t happen.
Assholes

MIButterfly

(2,587 posts)
17. Cheating is only evil, immoral and wrong when a Democrat does it.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:53 AM
Thursday

It will be scandalous daily for weeks, if not months. They will clutch tbeir pearls and speak of nothing else. Shame, shame, shame.

When a Republican does it, it's nobody's business; nothing to see here; move along.

kerouac2

(1,486 posts)
2. Nothing suspicious about that...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:03 AM
Thursday

And the sad part is there will likely be zero consequences for the grifting that all of these Republicans are doing.

KS Toronado

(23,720 posts)
7. When Rs are in charge.......
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:31 AM
Thursday

"No republicon has ever done anything underhanded, and throw your facts away that's fake news"

Ol Janx Spirit

(991 posts)
8. But the DOW!! How can you even bring this up when the DOW is back under...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:55 AM
Thursday

...49,000?

At a time like this we've got to all pull together and get the DOW back over 50,000, and pointing out the insane corruption of one government contract certainly isn't helping that!

Eye on the ball guys!



SergeStorms

(20,458 posts)
9. It's not that she can't explain why....
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:00 AM
Thursday

she won't. They're political cronies from her puppy shooting days in South Siberia. Payback for making her wealthy.

The level of criminality in tRump's administration is off the freaking charts!

Johonny

(26,047 posts)
12. Because she is fucking a corrupt asshole
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 10:08 AM
Thursday

That murdered her dogs, cheats on her husband, and steals pur tax dollars. But thats okay because she is willing to fucking cold blooded murder Americans and not give a fuck.

That's the only quality Trump wants. Heartless soulless murders.

Quanto Magnus

(1,339 posts)
18. She could explain it
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 03:47 PM
Thursday

but then she would have to tell the truth and that seems impossible for her.

Lonestarblue

(13,446 posts)
20. Corruption starts at the top.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:50 PM
Thursday

When the boss is the mist corrupt president in our history, his minions are free to enjoy their own corruption. Noem took her corruption to the extreme. She may no longer have her job, but I'm sure she has squirreled away millions of taxpayer dollars. Her replacement won't be any mire honest.

Wonder Why

(6,855 posts)
21. Stupid Noem. Can't even do grifting right. Krasnov needs someone with more experience at it.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 04:54 PM
Thursday

stollen

(1,143 posts)
22. So many regs or lack thereof need to be improved
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:03 PM
Thursday

"subcontractors are not required to be made public in federal contracting databases, effectively allowing the whopping taxpayer sum to vanish in an untraceable dark-money network."


How much $$ have taxpayers lost to black-op contractors? Did we ever track down the $2 billion Paul Bremer "lost" in Iraq?

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