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kpete

(71,997 posts)
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:25 PM Apr 2019

BREAKING: @CBSNews has learned Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is resigning

Last edited Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:15 PM - Edit history (3)

BREAKING:
@CBSNews
has learned Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is meeting with President Trump this evening to submit her resignation,
@PaulaReidCBS
reports.








UPDATE FROM Rump:

@realDonaldTrump
7m7 minutes ago

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service....



@realDonaldTrump

....I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!











Ousting Kirstjen Nielsen was part of Stephen Miller’s overhaul for more extreme officials: CBS

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was reportedly shown the door Sunday, during a meeting with President Donald Trump. It’s part of a larger overhaul of the entire department at the hands of top aide Stephen Miller, CBS News reported.

“Nielsen’s expected departure is a part of a massive DHS overhaul engineered and directed by top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, according to a senior U.S. official,” the report said. “It’s unclear whether Nielsen is deciding to resign voluntarily, or whether she has been pressured to resign. Nielsen has served as DHS secretary since December 2017, and questions about how much longer she might last have swirled for months, as the president continues to articulate his frustrations about illegal immigration.”....



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/ousting-kirstjen-nielsen-part-stephen-millers-overhaul-extreme-officials-cbs/
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BREAKING: @CBSNews has learned Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is resigning (Original Post) kpete Apr 2019 OP
She should be in jail Sherman A1 Apr 2019 #1
+1 Kurt V. Apr 2019 #6
Exactly... She has no reputation to "salvage"; If we were part of the ICC, she'd be the hlthe2b Apr 2019 #7
There is no escaping from karma. PatrickforO Apr 2019 #30
Opportunity knocks. Karma hunts you down. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #38
yep Demovictory9 Apr 2019 #74
She knows this ... rat jumping ship Miigwech Apr 2019 #8
You need a soul to get into heaven RVN VET71 Apr 2019 #41
He's actually firing her, but I guess he's letting her save face by offering to let her resign. politicaljunkie41910 Apr 2019 #75
totally agree gopiscrap Apr 2019 #18
This willl certainly delay the request for info. that Congress asked for. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #64
I wish there were a way to remove his 'three precious' dhol82 Apr 2019 #69
Her "departure is a part of a massive DHS overhaul engineered and directed by ... Stephen Miller. " hedda_foil Apr 2019 #73
Did she jump or was she pushed? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #2
Does a rat need to ordered to jump ship? Miigwech Apr 2019 #22
Hmmm, I wonder if somehow she made a prominent appearance in Mueller's report? WheelWalker Apr 2019 #3
She's in a losing battle with the judge who's just ordered her to find thousands more pnwmom Apr 2019 #17
I do wonder if any miscreant did actually ask for tracking data of some type long ago... machoneman Apr 2019 #54
She Belongs in a Cage... dlk Apr 2019 #4
+1, or kidnapped from her family then "lost" with no contact from them for months to years uponit7771 Apr 2019 #13
Fuckin A right Leghorn21 Apr 2019 #28
about time vlyons Apr 2019 #5
Maybe they're making a sequel watoos Apr 2019 #9
Yep, they found the "special showers" for the kids near the border ... uponit7771 Apr 2019 #10
Good. Liberal Jesus Freak Apr 2019 #11
Trump's stench will follow her wherever she goes. John Fante Apr 2019 #12
It's HER stench as well as Trump's. BadgerMom Apr 2019 #47
True. Everyone associated with the Trump administration John Fante Apr 2019 #63
Do you suppose Trump doesn't think she's evil *enough*? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #14
I suspect that's why she's gone spinbaby Apr 2019 #45
She needs to go to prison. Solly Mack Apr 2019 #15
What's the matter? Are the current policies not psychotic enough for her? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2019 #16
Makes me wonder what vile human will replace her. lkinwi Apr 2019 #19
I'd say hurray, but her replacement might be worse sinkingfeeling Apr 2019 #20
+1 sandensea Apr 2019 #23
Trump would probably give the job to Joe Arpaio if he was younger AdamGG Apr 2019 #50
Will definitely be worse. Dem2theMax Apr 2019 #66
Eva Braun Nielsen. Good riddance. sandensea Apr 2019 #21
Good name. Think she escaped Nazi Germany in 1945 on that long U-Boat ride.... machoneman Apr 2019 #55
Could be. Who's to say. sandensea Apr 2019 #62
Didn't rump say they were going in a 'tougher direction'? I hope she was fired...she doesn't UniteFightBack Apr 2019 #24
She is still guilty of crimes against humanity, and must be PatrickforO Apr 2019 #25
I thought I had heard a blip on the news this weekend BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #26
May she rot in hell for hell crimes against the children. nt sheshe2 Apr 2019 #27
And each replacement gets worse and worse . . Iliyah Apr 2019 #29
Which sociopath will replace her? DesertRat Apr 2019 #31
This guy, Rat: Leghorn21 Apr 2019 #33
Thanks. I'm relieved it's not Steven Miller. nt DesertRat Apr 2019 #37
Terrifying thought, he is probably worse. dewsgirl Apr 2019 #42
or Joe Arpaio NewJeffCT Apr 2019 #58
No comfort...HE writes the policies they carry out. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2019 #70
Twitler confirms: Leghorn21 Apr 2019 #32
Next tweet: demmiblue Apr 2019 #34
Ta Ta Fuckhead. snort Apr 2019 #35
In over her head from the start - elfin Apr 2019 #36
the evil asshole treated her like a POS joe_stampingbull Apr 2019 #39
Good effing riddance! cp Apr 2019 #40
She was a bad DHS secretary... Mike Nelson Apr 2019 #43
"Bad" is a feature and not a bug in the Trump administration, but he probably wanted someone worse. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #46
May the albatross of her karma cling to her for life lunatica Apr 2019 #44
Well said. nt happybird Apr 2019 #52
I assume she will be followed by volstork Apr 2019 #48
I recommend she take a nice, relaxing trip to the Netherlands Fritz Walter Apr 2019 #49
DHS rso Apr 2019 #51
From Wikipedia LiberalArkie Apr 2019 #53
we have acting directors of interior, defense, hhs and now homeland security. impeach this mf. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #56
Border apprehensions rising? LiberalArkie Apr 2019 #57
Another one bites the dust. Fired for doing what she was told? Or for being inept? Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #59
another "acting" leader to avoid Senate confirmation hearings. TeamPooka Apr 2019 #60
Bye, Felicia Roland99 Apr 2019 #61
Another evil viper slithers away. gademocrat7 Apr 2019 #65
"I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!" Grokenstein Apr 2019 #67
"Ousting Kirstjen Nielsen was part of Stephen Miller's overhaul for more extreme officials" LudwigPastorius Apr 2019 #68
There aren't enough swear words in my vocabulary to say what I think of this evil woman. llmart Apr 2019 #71
Secretary of Separation is being separated from the herd rpannier Apr 2019 #72
If Steven Miller is involved, the immigration procon Apr 2019 #76

hlthe2b

(102,297 posts)
7. Exactly... She has no reputation to "salvage"; If we were part of the ICC, she'd be the
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:32 PM
Apr 2019

first female, yet first of many Trumpsters charged. Maybe Karma can do what justice system will not.

PatrickforO

(14,578 posts)
30. There is no escaping from karma.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:03 PM
Apr 2019

Each person must bear the full weight, eventually, of all their actions - and that includes thoughts, words and deeds. The trouble is we never see it because it happens in subsequent lifetimes.

At least that is my own belief. I'm not asking you to believe as I do, though.

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
8. She knows this ... rat jumping ship
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:33 PM
Apr 2019

or, she can't bow to Satan any longer ... 46,000 child separations. She is done and should spend the rest of her life (out of jail) helping children. Maybe then she can fit through the eye of a needle.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
75. He's actually firing her, but I guess he's letting her save face by offering to let her resign.
Mon Apr 8, 2019, 01:09 AM
Apr 2019

Poor thing. This is what happens when you make a deal with the Devil. There is no way you can keep the Devil satisfied; you just have to keep selling your soul to him over and over again. How many more will follow in her footsteps until they just cannot continue to do his crazy ass bidding for him, while they cannot continue to look themselves in the mirror any more. When will they learn that when Drumpf comes calling for that meeting in the Oval where he wants to offer you a job, the only correct response is to run like your life depends on it. Run Forest Run.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
64. This willl certainly delay the request for info. that Congress asked for.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:16 PM
Apr 2019

Meanwhile, Miller's fascist ideology continues. I sure hope there is a subpoena with his name on it lying around.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)
3. Hmmm, I wonder if somehow she made a prominent appearance in Mueller's report?
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:29 PM
Apr 2019

Call me crazy... my kids do.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
17. She's in a losing battle with the judge who's just ordered her to find thousands more
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:47 PM
Apr 2019

lost migrant children, in addition to the 2800 they've finally located.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
54. I do wonder if any miscreant did actually ask for tracking data of some type long ago...
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:04 PM
Apr 2019

to at least rejoin kids with parents after they got deported.

Where they so cruel as to NOT do so on purpose?

Ah, silly me!

I answered my own question. Sorry!

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
5. about time
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:30 PM
Apr 2019

A shitty job for sure. Although any Trump job would be a shitty job, but locking kids up has got to be one of the worst. Dare we hope that she will squeal about Trump's criminality? Probably not. I hope Congress drags her ass back in to testify. They ought to send her to the Hague for crimes against humanity. Send Trump too.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
12. Trump's stench will follow her wherever she goes.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:34 PM
Apr 2019

For the rest of her days. It ain't ever coming off.

I like that.

AdamGG

(1,292 posts)
50. Trump would probably give the job to Joe Arpaio if he was younger
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:41 PM
Apr 2019

The cadre of people around Trump have nearly all turned over in 2 years, all becoming more sycophantic and extreme, and the original group was horrible to start with.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
55. Good name. Think she escaped Nazi Germany in 1945 on that long U-Boat ride....
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:07 PM
Apr 2019

to South America. Admit she look good for her age though......must be all those kid's livers she ate!

sandensea

(21,639 posts)
62. Could be. Who's to say.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:16 PM
Apr 2019

I'll tell you though, when Hitler said "we lost the war; but shall win the peace," the Cheeto regime is exactly what he meant.

Hitler felt the average U.S. voter was naive, gullible, and easily manipulated with racial fears (the "browning of America" ) or red baiting.

It's certainly true of most of our GOP friends and neighbors. The things you hear from those people, day and day out.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
24. Didn't rump say they were going in a 'tougher direction'? I hope she was fired...she doesn't
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:55 PM
Apr 2019

have the good sense to resign or she would of done it long ago.

This woman is irredeemable as far as I'm concerned. All the lying. She is foul.

BumRushDaShow

(129,127 posts)
26. I thought I had heard a blip on the news this weekend
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:56 PM
Apr 2019

that he wanted someone "tougher" on immigration or some such nonsense.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
29. And each replacement gets worse and worse . .
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 05:58 PM
Apr 2019

Kelly was terrible. Nielson was and still is horrible. The next one will be even more so. Ugh. Get rid of this whole administration, cabinet and DOJ.

There is evidence of this WH traitorous actions alongwith the Republican party.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
33. This guy, Rat:
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:06 PM
Apr 2019
I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan,
the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for
@DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!


dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
70. No comfort...HE writes the policies they carry out.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:51 PM
Apr 2019

And Trump is avoiding getting the agency heads confirmed by hiring them as "acting" heads.
So he and Miller have a freer hand in their despicable policies.
You just KNOW Yertle has been telling him how to avoid Congressional oversight.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
32. Twitler confirms:
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:05 PM
Apr 2019
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving
her position, and I would like to thank her for her service....



elfin

(6,262 posts)
36. In over her head from the start -
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:11 PM
Apr 2019

Past incompetence (but not necessarily primary heartlessness) shown in Katrina, but parlayed her Repub. connections, mainly General Kelly to upward and more powerful positions.

She may not have wanted this gig, but Kelly wanted her there to have someone in Homeland under his influence after he left it to take the chief of Staff. She is close with him and his family, to the point of sharing holidays with them. (She may not have her own family - don't know.)

She is also a Repub., but this assignment got away from her, especially after Kelly's influence waned with the WH.

Not cutting her slack, because she should have quit long, long ago. She did a horrible job in a horrible job.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,740 posts)
46. "Bad" is a feature and not a bug in the Trump administration, but he probably wanted someone worse.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:27 PM
Apr 2019

More of a Dr. Mengele than a Nurse Ratched.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
44. May the albatross of her karma cling to her for life
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:24 PM
Apr 2019

She should be unemployable and unemployed for life.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
49. I recommend she take a nice, relaxing trip to the Netherlands
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 06:37 PM
Apr 2019

Amsterdam is nice.
So are Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Delft, especially when the tulips are in bloom!

She should definitely plan on a visit to the Hague. And stay awhile...

LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts)
53. From Wikipedia
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:04 PM
Apr 2019

Kirstjen Nielsen
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Kirstjen Michele Nielsen is an American attorney and notorious child abuser who held several positions within the Trump administration before serving as the sixth United States Secretary of Homeland Security. She is a former Principal Deputy White House Chief of Staff t…

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
59. Another one bites the dust. Fired for doing what she was told? Or for being inept?
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:12 PM
Apr 2019

Or she quit for being told to do something inhumane?

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
60. another "acting" leader to avoid Senate confirmation hearings.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:13 PM
Apr 2019

It will be a long time, if ever, that Trump nominates a real replacement

Grokenstein

(5,725 posts)
67. "I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!"
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:22 PM
Apr 2019

Just like he had confidence in Ilsa, She-Chihuahua of the SS! Note to whichever grown-up wrote that for TheDolt: He's pretended to say that about EVERY asshat he's brought into his Council of Fascist Toadies.

LudwigPastorius

(9,155 posts)
68. "Ousting Kirstjen Nielsen was part of Stephen Miller's overhaul for more extreme officials"
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:37 PM
Apr 2019

I'm sure Stevie and Trump will find some "very fine people" to fill the roles. People preferably in khaki dockers carrying tiki torches and chanting rousing slogans. Nein?

llmart

(15,540 posts)
71. There aren't enough swear words in my vocabulary to say what I think of this evil woman.
Sun Apr 7, 2019, 07:51 PM
Apr 2019

The fact that a woman condoned what was done to these children make sit all the worse. If there is a hell, she belongs there.

procon

(15,805 posts)
76. If Steven Miller is involved, the immigration
Mon Apr 8, 2019, 01:49 AM
Apr 2019

mess that Trump created is going to become a whole lot worse.

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