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This is what inspectors general are meant to do: look into allegations of fraud and abuse within our government. We’ll be keeping an eye out for the final report—the work IGs do is critical, and it’s vital that the agency cooperates with this investigation.
This Congress has ceded so much of its own power to the executive.
When the legislative branch isn't doing its job, it means that YOU aren't getting the representation you're entitled to. Congress needs to take its power back.
DHS still has the luxury jet that recently-ousted Sec. Kristi Noem flew on, which was leased to the dept by a company linked to a Noem campaign donor.
Learn more in our latest collaboration with @motherjones.com, from @schwellenbach.bsky.social & @dfriedman.bsky.social ⬇️
NEW: Kristi Noem's exit doesn’t undo the massive deals that DHS struck with a vast array of contractors - incl. one where DHS acknowledged "an appearance of favoritism"
the latest @pogo.org/@motherjones.com collab by me & @dfriedman.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How taxpayers are *still* getting screwed on Kristi Noem’s big fancy plane. And maybe via related contracts revealed here. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Public pressure works.
We're glad that Kristi Noem is out as DHS Secretary after she consistently violated her oath to uphold the Constitution.
But the fight isn't over. We hope Congress ensures that her replacement does not commit the same abuses she did.
Looking for a weekend read?
Dive into the story of military families fighting to hold a housing empire accountable, the latest from @ziembavision.bsky.social:
We spent the last year+ calling out abuses of power from DHS
under Noem’s leadership.
In November, our investigative newsroom reported on her office’s misconduct:
Hundreds of civilians have died in the Trump administration’s massive military campaign in Iran—a campaign that has no formal justification or approval from Congress.
The war in Iran is illegal.
The Senate’s #WarPowers resolution may have failed yesterday, but that does not mean the Senate has authorized this war.
There’s still a 60-day war powers clock in which the president MUST stop the war if he doesn’t get authorization from Congress.
Public pressure works.
We're glad that Kristi Noem is out as DHS Secretary after she consistently violated her oath to uphold the Constitution.
But the fight isn't over. We hope Congress ensures that her replacement does not commit the same abuses she did.
We don’t want to see her failures continue under a new name. DHS’ campaign of violence, violation of court orders, and trampling on the Constitution cannot continue.
This is what happens when Congress does its job.
This week, members of Congress brought Kristi Noem in to grill her about DHS’ failures on her watch.
It was clear that she’s not up to the job, and we’re glad she’s been removed.
Your tax dollars are funding the unconstitutional war in Iran.
In just four days, the U.S. has used at least $630 MILLION worth of Tomahawk missiles alone.
Congress must reject any legislation that provides additional funding for this illegal war.
The administration had months to make the case for war with Iran to Congress and request authorization.
There is no clear imminent threat that would legally enable a president to start this war unilaterally.
This war is unconstitutional and Congress must step in.
Secretary Noem has overseen federal law enforcement officers blatantly act as if they are above the law, abusing people and violating their rights.
It's clear that it's time for Congress to step in and #ImpeachNoem https://bit.ly/4u3XdrL
The Department of Homeland Security, which houses ICE, has been stonewalling the agency's federal watchdog in its attempts to conduct oversight.
This is yet another reason DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must go. #ImpeachNoem https://bit.ly/4b68YFA
The Department of Homeland Security, which houses ICE, has been stonewalling the agency's federal watchdog in its attempts to conduct oversight.
This is yet another reason DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must go. #ImpeachNoem https://bit.ly/4b68YFA
Under Kristi Noem’s leadership, DHS is systematically:
-conducting a campaign of violence within the United States
-undermining people’s constitutional rights
-violating court orders.
That’s why we’re calling on Congress to impeach her.
President Trump’s war with Iran is illegal. Congress has a constitutional duty to stop it. https://act.pogo.org/a/tell-congress-no-illegal-war-iran
When she took office, Secretary Noem took an oath to support and defend the Constitution.
Since then, we have seen her and the department she oversees consistently VIOLATE that very oath.
It's time for Congress to impeach her.
DHS has a long history of accountability failures, but under Kristi Noem's leadership, it has become a massive threat to the public, assaulting people's constitutional rights & thwarting oversight.
Tell your member of Congress: it’s time to #ImpeachNoem.
"Even the DOD doesn’t appear to know which rules or laws apply in some cases."
A new collaborative investigation into a privatized military housing empire with @ziembavision.bsky.social from @pogo.org:
A picture of Secretary Kristi Noem sitting in front of a microphone, with text below it that says IMPEACH KRISTI NOEM
We’re calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
Under her leadership, DHS has turned into the president’s personal police force.
Congress has to step in.
Among the many revelatory findings in this piece I hope you won't miss this one:
The maintenance backlog in military family housing is currently nearly $7 BILLION.
(The entire reason military housing was privatized in the first place was to eliminate the maintenance backlog.)
The wonky world of privatized military housing continues to prove endlessly fascinating.
Read the new deep dive investigation into a El Paso-based military housing empire and the Texas families fighting for justice, co-published with @texasobserver.org
www.pogo.org/investigates...
In the Texas lawsuits against Hunt Military Communities, all of the families reported issues with mold and health problems that they linked to substandard housing. 15 families reported losing or having to replace belongings, and 16 families dealt with rodent or insect infestations.
The Kline family submitted 78 maintenance requests in 17 months.
When Hunt Military Communities responded, the problem was often addressed after delays & inadequately, the Klines’ lawsuit says.
Read abt military families fighting to hold Hunt to account:
The war in Iran is illegal, plain and simple.
Only Congress has the power to declare war — because it's too serious of a decision to be made by one person.
Tell your representatives now that they must support the resolution to end this war:
https://act.pogo.org/a/tell-congress-no-illegal-war-iran
This weekend, the Trump administration launched illegal strikes against Iran.
Congress has to jump into action RIGHT NOW and do everything in its authority stop this massive abuse of power.