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Here you go. Read somewhere else just today that Stephen Miller was really directing stuff in her stead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Self-serving glory hound' Kristi Noem got the heave-ho she deserved At times, you could be forgiven for having thought that Kristi Noem wanted to be a uniformed Department of Homeland Security officer rather than the secretary of the department. Now, the cabinet member most inclined to glamour shots out in the field is going to have to go back to wearing civilian clothes. For all his trademark firings during "The Apprentice" and the rapid turnover of his first term, President Trump has been loath to oust top officials this time around. Noem is the exception, and she's earned the dubious distinction. Incompetent and preposterously self-promoting, Noem took a serious role and made it like something out of the HBO political spoof "Veep." The Wall Street Journal recently published a devastating report on her time at the department [...] https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/opinion/self-serving-glory-hound-kristi-noem-got-what-she-deserved/

Not necessarily full agreement; just wanting reasonable investigations. Some of her explanations certainly warranted questions on their face. If ultimately she was wrong, then she was wrong.

Thrilling Sunday non-ES report, see man: Awful night of pain, on same HSM as had worked perfectly the night before, man. After ES-ing, went to Mexican supermarket, long time since last there we man. Got some random items including stuff on sale, F$WM. Breakfast/lunch/din-din (at Many [2+2] p.m.) was TG*, barf your heart out Bro G man. *the onecan of tuna was from a previous ES and the onecan of peas from a market's dented-can bin, F$WM A siesta was then taken, initially successful but awoke prematurely from pain, man. Mama T-B. appears resigned to our going on our trip, minor miracle man. However, she wants a full list of all her accounts with exp. dates, phone numbers, etc., man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought Mini-B., start of Two Guys half-week man. She shall reclaim him on Wednesday after skool, deal man. We shall take him at least on Sunday night, ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s Many'th birthday = party with amigas man. Mini-B. is working on a girlfriend, a true JC (hyskool-junior chica) man. We know what they say about older chicas and younger men, si man. She is apparently not a rubia, therefore we disapprove of this imminent relationship man. Warshered & now baking our one LL, including all ES linens man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Going to visit urgent-care doc Monday, with MRI reports, to lobby for meat-tenderizer in hip, hopeful we man. If she declines, don't know what we'll do in time for trip, unknown man. Must also do admin stuff for Mama T-B. plus grocery for Uncle T-B., latter easier than former man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Special Sunday ES report, see specially man: The heretofore-unattended rather proximal ES was advertising Many% (half + half-of-half%) off, irresistible man. This ES yielded the take, see man: -- Calvin Klein tie*, Many (2+2) pillowcases, Many (2x2x2 +2) warshcloths** = $Many-&-a-half ($2+2 + half a buck), deal man Total = $Many-&-a-half ($2+2 + half a buck) *we wear few ties now and donated all but a Manyzen or so, but this is CK and goes with anything, si man **for Mama-ex-Mrs.-T-B. or to sell to ex-Mrs.-T-B., F$WM

Did she also have you change the batteries even though most are good for a whole year, huh man? Because they're not savvy enough to go about an hour before closing when the stores are truly empty, si man. SI. MAN. , see man.

Welcome to the forum! --- Directly consulting the consulate in Lima might also shed light on precisely what's expected.

This, and utilize the "other names used" box on all USCIS and consular forms. Attach a concise letter of explanation, saying what you've told us here.

Your friend should not respond to -- but, instead, save and document -- any further contacts from her. He could consider notifying the FDNS officer at his proximal USCIS office. He would submit all backup documentation, including copies of the earlier I-129F petition. He will never hear anything again, and never learn a final determination or outcome. Up to him whether to proceed. At least the information will be in USCIS's hands.

Our jokes are so effective at evoking approvals and good news (that is, if correlation = causation) that we enthusiastically present Sunday's Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OBSERVATIONS My phone has this cool app that shows me what I look like as an old person. It's called "camera." Some angry woman with road rage just yelled out her window, "I'm gonna make your life a living hell!" I yelled back, "Thanks, but I'm not looking for a relationship right now." At my age, to see the Northern Lights, all I have to do is stand up too fast. Sometimes, I even get a total eclipse! My therapist said I should get an emotional-support animal, so I got a chicken. Deep-fried, came with a milkshake. Feeling better already!

Now, THIS is an overdue action and excellent news. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ War Department Welcomes Back Troops Forced Out Over COVID Vaccine The Department of War (DOW) has highlighted more than one American patriot who returned to active military service under the Trump-Vance administration after involuntary separation over COVID-19 jabs under the Biden-Harris administration. Under Secretary of War Anthony J. Tata posted on March 6 about David Wilkinson, forced out of the U.S. Army as late as mid-2022 by the Biden administration's anti-science and unnecessary insistence on COVID-19 vaccine mandates within the military. But Wilkinson loves his country as much as ever, and when President Donald Trump released his executive order on welcoming back troops who didn't comply with the mandates, Wilkinson wanted to don the uniform again. The DOW officially reinstated Wilkinson on Jan. 5, 2026, giving him [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/03/07/war-department-welcomes-back-troops-forced-out-over-covid-vaccine-n4950368

This is a really cool article, and good news. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is Here, and the Kickoff Did Not Disappoint President Donald Trump kicked off his "Shield of the Americas" coalition on Saturday morning, and it was something beautiful to watch. For so many years, our country largely ignored our partners in the Western Hemisphere, but now, we have welcomed them with open arms and shown them that we are better together — that joining forces with us against the rest of the world is the only way to handle everything that hurts us, from China's sketchy presence in the Americas to the cartel violence that plagues us all. Quite frankly, it was the one of the warmest meetings of heads of state I've ever seen — hugs, handshakes, smiles, and genuine conversations. It was proof that we share much more than just geography. As Marco Rubio said, we're more than allies; we're friends. And you could tell that most of these countries' presidents have amazing relationships with Trump, Rubio, and the numerous other members of Trump's cabinet who were in attendance. [...] https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/03/07/trumps-shield-of-the-americas-is-here-and-the-kickoff-did-not-disappoint-n4950363

This is for anyone who surmises that conservative support for Noem is in robotic lockstep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Stunning Ugliness of Kristi Noem Politics is a visual medium, and Kristi Noem casts a striking visual. Always has. When audiences see Kristi Noem, they instantly see two things: • She's a stunningly beautiful woman — especially for politics, a.k.a. "show business for ugly people." From her beauty queen hair to her immaculate makeup to her lithe figure, not too many 54-year-old women look like she does. If you didn't know any better and were told Noem was an ex-supermodel, you'd probably believe it. • She's phony, fake, and plastic. [...] https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/03/07/the-stunning-ugliness-of-kristi-noem-n4950364

Los Angeles Discovers That Its Effort to Force Employers to Pay a 'Just Wage' Is a Cruel Joke [...] Fox News reported Saturday that "a phased-in minimum wage hike in Los Angeles that will mandate up to $30 per hour for hotel workers, signed into law by mayor Karen Bass, is already causing problems for the hotel industry and putting the squeeze on the working-class demographic that minimum wage laws are purportedly intended to help." Well, knock me over with a feather. You mean a law that was supposed to help the little guy ended up hurting that same little guy? Wow, who saw that coming? Only anyone with the slightest awareness of how economics works, and of what people who own businesses generally do when faced with rising costs of doing business. But that apparently leaves out the entire far-left political class of Los Angeles, and of California in general. [...] https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/03/07/los-angeles-discovers-that-its-effort-to-force-employers-to-pay-a-just-wage-is-a-cruel-joke-n4950378

This former Federal prosecutor is uniformly brilliant. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Meet the Press Harms Our Democracy We should all be concerned about serious problems with our elections, the heart of our democracy. But we can't fix problems that we refuse to face. There was no better example of the head-in-the-sand attitude than what was recently demonstrated by Kristen Welker of NBC's prestigious Meet the Press, as she held forth with House Speaker Mike Johnson in February, regarding, among other topics, the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. In the wake of the Trump administration's FBI seizure of 2020 Georgia election records, Welker barked at Johnson that raising questions about the validity of the 2020 election is dangerous to our democracy. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/07/how-meet-the-press-harms-our-democracy/

Thrilling Saturday report, see man: Actually zzz'd through the night, right SWAG in regard to HSM man. Not a prayer of any ES-ing, Mama T-B. incessantly pestering us to see her man. Visited Mama T-B., 2-hour marathon man. Twice she gave us clear instructions, we followed them, and she yelled because she wanted it differently, sigh man. Breakfast/lunch was a couple of half-sandwiches that she hadn't consumed, ingest we man. Went to hospital radiology dept. to down-track missing MRI report, not very hip of them man. They had it on file, it having been dictated later on the same day as our shoulder MRI, man. No notice at all to us or to doctor, man. We read the report after they printed it out, read we man. We have Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome consequent to a partially torn gluteus medius, impressive man. This, upon research, is mechanical and treatable, not degenerative man. We plan to lobby favorite Urgent Care doc to shoot us up with meat-tenderizer on Monday, plan we man. Before MRI, we fruitlessly lobbied our worthless doc to shoot us up in the trigger point, like MRI now says man. He kept insisting that our problem was the joint, nothing ultimately in MRI report to indicate that man. We will eventually find ourself a new regular doc, this one kind of a warshout man. Went to Uncle T-B.'s, off-drop some stuff we man to senior he man man. He was grateful for some relief to monotonous weekend, si man. Exhaustedly returned to casa to service demanding miu, Where Were You Daddy miu man. Din-din was onecan of Progresso chicken noodle soup with onecan of chicken-breast chunks dumped in, ingest we man. Each can had been bought at different previous ESs, F$WM. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Groceried late at legacy supermarket to avail ourself of expiring coupons, F$WM. Changed all clocks in casa, man. We changed half-a-Manyzen downstairs, man. We changed Many (2+2+1) upstairs, man. We changed the one in the T-B.-mobile, can't remember if that one changes automatically man. It gets increasingly harder to re-hang clocks on walls, stupid recessed hanging-holes on clocks man. At least it's easier to move an hour ahead on digital clocks, some solace man. And now there will be sunlight later, as God intended it man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Will probably be trashed on Sunday, always stay up too late on these time-change days we man. Haven't checked for Sunday ESs, no check we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

LPoP and unread, no see we man.

Most. It's almost reflexive. Some have the religion of Leftism more than of Judaism. The Orthodox, notably in NYC, tend to vote R more often than do the less religious.

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Flyboy: this. Both. Your timeline will be valuable for others.

Keep us apprised of what happens, and how.

In Texas, Trump flirts with defying his own movement President Donald Trump is preparing to endorse a longtime Senate incumbent over a loyal ally in a closely watched Republican primary -- a decision that would put him at odds with parts of the MAGA base that have rallied behind the challenger. [...] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-texas-trump-flirts-with-defying-his-own-movement/ar-AA1XEemh

Where'd you hear it? How reliable a source? He'd be great in that role. The downside, as sucky as the great part, is that we'd be stuck with Cornyn for another ghastly 6 years. Do you hear anyone here objecting?

Be sure to report on your experience.

Yee-HAAAAA! (This, of course, is "Congratulations!" in Texan.)