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Mark Slattery's avatar

Noem misjudged the maga cult. They're okay with cruelty towards children, blacks and migrants. Just not dogs.

markwilson67's avatar

I never imaging Laura Loomer would ever - ever - say something I agreed with:-)

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

I hear you! I feel dirty!

Kathleen Weber's avatar

It's not the first time Noem has lacked a clue. According to the Bulwark, she started an anti-meth program in South Dakota and named it: “Meth: We’re On It.”

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-centre-cannot-hold

Rhoda Ozen's avatar

Hahahaha hahahaha

Meth, we’re on it? For real for real?

So that’s one of their problems. Ya think?

M McConlogue's avatar

She's an incompetent rancher, emotionally unstable, stupid, perfect for governor of SD.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Probably the only time she has told the truth.

SPW's avatar

So we know she has a great command of the English language too? 😂🥴

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SPW's avatar

It’s looking like she’s one sandwich short of a picnic as well.

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Michael M's avatar

"when women finally have power, they turn into asshole men"

but at a much lower rate. Even Texas once had women in power with decent ideas.

Doc Blase''s avatar

" at a much lower rate"

Not in my experience in the security/detective field, so there's that. We touch a different part of the elephant in the blind person parable. ("The elephant is like a tree..."

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David Skoglund's avatar

Lisa59; and The late great Molly Ivins!

Annie J's avatar

Maybe you should have said: when Maga women finally have power, they turn into asshole Maga men.

Doc Blase''s avatar

Both power and money tend to make people more of what they were, before acquiring it.

Generous people become more generous. And so on.

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PJ Schuster's avatar

I’ve always hated it that I shared a first name with that horrible woman, she’s despicable

Teri's avatar

Phyllis, take your power back! There are LOTS of awesome Phyllis's -- my Aunt, Phyllis Davis (1970's actress), Phyllis Newman, TONY Award winning Broadway star & the first woman to host The Tonight Show. And bowing down to the one & only Phyllis Diller.

Brianna Amore's avatar

Wait, isn't that a sin, according to their Goatherder's Guide to the Galaxy?

Oh right. As if it matters.

Dana Jae Labrecque's avatar

Several years ago, I bought a T-shirt that bears the words “Elect Women.”

It’s too bad the Lakes, Noems, Greenes, Huckabee-Sanders, Boeberts, and all the rest of their ilk keep me from wearing it. It’s a dust cloth now…

Teri's avatar

SOME women. Think of Nancy Pelosi, Tammy Baldwin, Katie Porter, Amy Schumer, etc.

M McConlogue's avatar

Womanhood is a bipartisan condition. As is Manhood.

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

If she'd shot a couple of women who'd had abortions, they would be fine with that.

Charlotte Thompson's avatar

You got that right, Mary Virginia.

Cassandra Here's avatar

Cruelty to people often starts with cruelty to animals.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Yep, she is approaching serial killer territory.

Ann Anderson's avatar

Schwarenegger learned that lesson when he was guv of CA. There was a measure on the ballot about the shelters that horrified Dem and GOP dog owners. He was quoted as saying "Don't mess with the pets."

Susan Niemann's avatar

Thanks for addressing this...honestly, I'm not sure I can fully recover from this horror. I am chilled to the bone at Noems heinous behavior. There's not one fucking thing anyone can say that would justify her action. I'm about to travel back to Missouri where my two rescues are, at the farm with my bro, and after showering them with treats, I will assure them they will not be shot in the face. And the gratuitous photo of Kari Lake is gross. She needs to go far away! Republicans suck...humans suck. I hate everything. ✌️💙 But I love Jeff and all you guys.

Morgan OCailleigh's avatar

Why do they find it necessary to have portraits done with a dead animal and a child? It's all just too much....😡

Joanne Filipo's avatar

Right, how sick is that thought process?

Charlotte Thompson's avatar

In her deluded mind it's just a warm and fuzzy moment with her grandchild.

Vickie Berry's avatar

It’s not like she’s shooting the animal because she can’t afford to buy meat. It’s just a fucking trophy and certainly not teaching her granddaughter to love and respect all animals. She even said that one of her grandchildren, maybe this one, already owns two guns. 😳

Charlotte Thompson's avatar

Exactly Vickie and I read about the child owning guns. That is just sick.

Bill Corbett's avatar

I couldn't agree more with that. I've never been much of a hunter and three years ago someone close took their life with a gun and I don't even like to see guns now.

JustTanNotOrange's avatar

I’m so sorry. Over half of gun deaths are suicide, majority white men. Underreported and long overdue for national discussion.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Yes my nephew was depressed and killed himself with one of his many guns.

JustTanNotOrange's avatar

That’s awful. I’m sorry.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Thanks. I feel for his dad they were very close. He had mental health issues, by the sound, but being a tough guy would never get that help.

Rick Calegari's avatar

It's another sick MAGA thing. What they find acceptable and appealing is usually considered fucked up by many folks. From Cokey McDipshit and his very disturbing photos of dead animals that he kills for shits and giggles to the poor granddaughter who has to grow up in that culture, it's really hard to see why they consider this to be ok.

Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

That little girl looks traumatized. In what world do Grammies force their grandkids to see, and to touch, large dead animals with blood running from their mouths? Our job is to explore nature with our little ones; helping to instill a sense of wonder and gratitude. This makes me want to cry.

Rick Calegari's avatar

Sad but true. These people have no shame.

Judith's avatar

It's a sickness. "Look what I killed. I'm tough." Worst are the holiday cards with each member of the family holding a firearm (including the children.) Thomas Massie's Xmas greeting was was inexplicably bizarre. We have a fetish with guns in this country. Remember when Sarah Palin was revered for her hunting skills? She and Todd could kill and gut a deer in an hour. A proud GQP VP pick. Some people make you horrified to be an American.

Marney's avatar

The worst is Don Jr. 😳 trophy hunter and dickwad

PJ Schuster's avatar

Right, there is just no reason to kill an animal so that you can hang it’s head on your wall. It’s just gross & pointless. I’ve been vegan for about 6-7 yrs

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Because they are horrible people who love to advertise that fact.

Joanne Filipo's avatar

Susan, isn’t it just beyond fathomable that anyone can be so cruel and feel justified to boast about it in a book? The irony here is most republicans are equally cruel, just not to dogs. 🤬 I will never be able to wrap my head around all the hatred and selfishness. I feel your pain this morning…. 🩷

Susan Niemann's avatar

I might need to crawl into my cave soon. Damn. This woman is everything thats wrong with the Republican Party.

Victoria Wilson's avatar

Yes, I agree. She and tfg are

the faces of this cruel, reprehensible cult.

David Skoglund's avatar

Susan; so much campaign ad material here. The ads write themselves. I’m sure you have some ideas, Adchick!

Susan Niemann's avatar

Oh, they do write themselves. What are these people thinking!? 🤦‍♀️

David Skoglund's avatar

It speaks to their level of cluelessness!🤪

Doc Blase''s avatar

But y'know, the Repub party has been in decline since Eisenhauer. As Stuart Stevens so accurately wrote, It Was All A Lie.

Doc Blase''s avatar

That piece in the book was aimed at an audience of one, I'm pretty sure.

Ellen Howe Ballou's avatar

Yes!!! Thank you, Joanne!

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

I can't imagine any scenario in which telling something like this would have been a good idea. As I recall, even Putin has a dog he likes. Not just the one he terrorized Angela Merkel with, a large scary looking dog when he knew she was afraid.

Ellen Howe Ballou's avatar

And, just to keep it real from a historical perspective, all-around-fun-guy Adolf Hitler also had a dog which he loved.

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

That does it, Ellen. Old Kristi has managed to sink herself to the bottom of the sewer.

Susan Burgess's avatar

I wonder how much skrila Leonard Leo paid Kristi to leak the puppy story right as the sickening six pulled the immunity stunt for Trump (sort of). They needed something that would infuriate the public even more than greenlighting Trump immunity possibilities.

PJ Schuster's avatar

I despise those 6 🤬🤬 I just can’t believe how blatant their obstruction of the judicial process has been

Susan Burgess's avatar

What happened to “the appearance of impropriety”?

Cats 🐈🐈‍⬛'s avatar

We love you, too, Susan. I have been hugging and kissing my kitties (well the 2 out of 4 that will let me) a lot more since hearing about this! This is such disgusting behavior that I am having trouble processing it.

Susan Niemann's avatar

Shell...thanks. I mean, when Ive heard about animal abuse, the abusers were arrested and served some jail time. This event blows me outta the water. I'm glad we have such a positive, likeminded community here! 😘👍💙

Runfastandwin's avatar

don't let em steal l your joi de vivre!

Rhoda Ozen's avatar

Susan, I’m in the same boat as you…

George A. Polisner's avatar

Noem is a corrupt, heartless, hypocrite POS and has pledged absolute fealty to Trump. She has all the attributes necessary to replace Melania or Ivanka or whomever. Lake is just over the rainbow insane -another compelling attribute for extreme MAGA's to consider.

And besides, let's not forget Dick Cheney actually did shoot someone in the face (granted, it was a GOP donor and not a puppy -but still!)

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/05/harry-whittington-dick-cheney/

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

and the guy Cheney shot apologized to him!

George A. Polisner's avatar

Of course. "I'm sorry about your bullet Mr. Cheney -as soon as I'm out of surgery I'll hand it back to you!"

D Kitterman's avatar

I seem to recall that it was a 32 gauge shotgun, for shooting birds, but fun point!

George A. Polisner's avatar

Fun, except perhaps for Harry Whittington. After the shooting Harry swore to never, ever wear an Emu suit again while dancing and quacking (or whatever Emu's do).

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Excellent! my Aussie friend tells me they had a war against them, and the Emus were like stealth assassins and won!

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/the-emu-war-of-1932

George A. Polisner's avatar

Now, if the GOP said we're going to build the wall and make Emu's pay for it (while citing this article), who knows what might have happened?

Perhaps several would have carried Rupert off to where he could no longer erode democracy and we would all be turning the channel to Fox Emu's at 6pm?

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Sort of a take on Dickens, "Please, sir, may you shoot me again."

insert_something_creative's avatar

That part always kills me. Like it's the perfect anecdote that encompasses how evil Dick Cheney is/was for those who may have been too young during the W years: "He shot his friend in the face, and the friend apologized."

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

For being in front of him while he was shooting!

Susan Niemann's avatar

"Over the rainbow insane" Thats perfect.👍👍

Kristy Kanen's avatar

She sent poor Cricket to the RAINBOW BRIDGE, way before her time. A

less " tough " solution, would be to give the pup to a RESCUE organization. She is

a PSYCHOPATH .

Susan Niemann's avatar

No doubt. I've looked at her closely and I think there's even "crazy" in her eyes. Her poor children. 🙄

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Takes her kid on great adventures to murder wildlife and anesthetize any feelings there's something wrong with this. It's been a while since most Americans depended on hunting for food.

shee-rah's avatar

She promised her Bambi burgers.

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Better make sure she never sees the Bambi movie.

PJ Schuster's avatar

Unfortunately too many still do, not that I agree with it. I live in NM & ppl here prize their elk & deer meat.

If we care about the environment we all need to eat less CAFO raised meats.

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

That's why I said "most Americans," knowing that on reservations, we haven't even allowed many of them to share in the electricity this country has but they have the towers to provide it to everybody else. There's a lot of ugly having Republicans in the majority. They use the Gingrich mindset: We won and now you have to do everything we say.

un poco loco's avatar

I noticed that -- wondered if maybe she practiced looking batshit, but maybe they're more natural than other parts of her?

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Yes, she's got Michele Bachman fanatic eyes.

Susan Niemann's avatar

Right...she does! Whatever happened to poor crazy Michele anyway? 😂😂

Planet 99's avatar

Every time I see her photo I am reminded that she looks like a grown up version of the possessed girl in The Exorcist

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I think she looks like Linda Carter, " Wonder Woman".

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

And her state's rescue has been tapped to comment on this and essentially said give them to us and there are very precious few untrainable dogs in this world.

PJ Schuster's avatar

Do bear in mind that this incident happened somewhere between 10-20 years ago.

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

I'm very aware of that. It certainly doesn't make it less heinous and no matter when it happened, it's how she still operates and what she still thinks should be done, I'd say, with this kind of ain't it awful what you have to do that's right sometimes. It's not right then and certainly not now. And this love for pets has been on steroids for well more than ten years. I've lived so long now that 10-20 years ago is all a perspective thing, not so long ago for me. Now if you tell me it was the 40s to the late 50s, I'd totally agree it was a different mindset. There were also not animal shelters and rescues all over the place. There certainly have been for the last thirty years. The biggest ugly on this is she seems to be bragging about "it had to be done." It didn't.

Marie Martin's avatar

Timing doesn’t matter. She chose to put it in a new book. Obviously wears it as a badge of honor. Thinks it makes her look tough like “the guys”. High on my hate list is women who work at looking like sex bombs while simultaneously acting out the worst of bullying men. Like they are trying out for a Glock-carrying “007” femme fatale role.

PJ Schuster's avatar

No, it absolutely doesn’t make it less heinous at all. There is no excuse for animal cruelty. I just mentioned it because occasionally people will ask about animal cruelty charges being filed as if they think it happened 6 mos ago. So charges of any kind is a moot point.

She’s definitely getting punished in the court of public opinion, for her actions now though, which is great

Cheryl Keeping's avatar

One call. To her vet. To a local rescue. Hell, the dog pound. One call. I don't believe in a hell, but I will if she's in it. And all the rest of them.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Excellent response 👏

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

She's a typical magat though, if something annoys you, blast it with a gun is their go-to option.

Patricia Williamson's avatar

She said she killed horses and a goat. She just likes to kill things.

Teri's avatar

Puppies are "mouthy", maybe bc they were nursed. Love to grab hands, lick, "play bite" -- not a real bite. There are simple ways to redirect them, say "no", pull your hand away. 14 mos. old + "has bit people", says dog murderer. Was Cricket being hit, kicked, o/wide abused, and "fear bit" people who hurt her? 💔

David Skoglund's avatar

Yes,George, let’s not normalize torture advocate Dick Cheney. He still disgusts me.

Joanne Filipo's avatar

Aren't they all hypocrites?

George A. Polisner's avatar

Generally speaking, I don’t like to generalize.

But to your point Joanne, the hypocrisy gene is very strong on the right.

Joanne Filipo's avatar

I don't usually like to generalize either, but it's hard not to with this crew! 😳🤯

Lou Rinaldi's avatar

I’ll cut to the chase, Noem deserves to be an inmate not a running mate.

Ann Anderson's avatar

Noem's confession was a dumb move, but I give her points for the dog whistle (sorry) to the MAGA base. Disabled, addicted, non-English-speaking, untrained, non-income-producing? Into the gravel pit you go! She's a fascist's dream. Right-wing women love to parade their badass bona fides, usually in a frame of guns, knives and animals. Joni Ernst can castrate a hog! Sarah Palin can field-dress a moose, whatever that is. They should all go sit in a gravel pit.

Eileen's avatar

Damn! Good catch. Interesting thread linking these women: Pioneer! I'm a homesteader of the 21st century. A real Amurican.

Linda Silfven's avatar

You are hilarious! and I agree completely.

Mwfeiger's avatar

The one moral tenet taught me, "If it's alive, you take care of it". This says it all. Pull the string here and it dictates why CHOICE conforms. It is pro-children, it is pro-animals, it is pro-humanity. Here, Noem displays no regard for the innocent life of a puppy, but what kind of monster would kill her daughter's dog? Serial killers share Noem's lack of empathy, narcissism, and cruelty. Unacceptable on every single level of the 'moral' compass expected of leaders, neighbors, educators, parents, siblings, friends, or even enemies.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Don't forget her daughter pet goat she killed the same day.

Jennifer Lennox's avatar

I am beyond disgusted and heartsick since I heard about this two days ago. How anyone could ever vote Republican again is beyond me. Their cruelty knows no bounds.

EFS's avatar

Just a few random thoughts: I hope that the expression on Noem's granddaughter's face is an indication that when she looks at this photo later in life she'll be thinking about how messed up it is. Somewhat related, I'm not giving Ivanka a pass, but the most explicit comment my dad ever made about my appearance was to say that an outfit I was wearing was very becoming.

Ivanka and her brothers grew up with a perverse, border-free father, whose public statements about his daughter's sexual appeal were never challenged. People develop survival skills that can't be changed while they still orbit their abuser.

Laura Boatner's avatar

I have this naive wish that Ivanka will write him off sometime. I actually think he disgusts her.

EFS's avatar

I agree, and I hope she gets there.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I can relate to Ivankas father being pervy, EXCEPT that my father was not a " billionaire " .Just a lower middle class asshole, who I avoided at all costs.

D Kitterman's avatar

Especially his stinking diaper Load. "So unhuggable, Daddy!"

Mwfeiger's avatar

My thought is since trump is ‘transactional’, his friendship with Epstein may have included Ivanka.

EFS's avatar

That's a very sad thought.

Ellen Howe Ballou's avatar

Cricket (RIP 😢) is Kristi Noem’s Chappaquiddick.

steve robertshaw's avatar

For national politics. But this might go over well in S. Dakota? With its low population, she could very well end up as one of those Senators from the 6 states that barely have any citizens (Alaska, Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho)

un poco loco's avatar

It will go over ok with the state's population that ISN'T on Native land lol

El Generico II's avatar

I am counting down the minutes until Noem states that actually she never shot the dog, she just made the story up. It was really a family member who did it and she tried to stop them.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

" It was 20 years ago. & I haven't killed any innocent creatures LATELY, but if it pleases Dog Hatin ' Donald . . ."

* Krusti Gnome

Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Except for the three horses recently. She keeps adding bad bad things to her defense of her sorry self.

arne link's avatar

Oh, you just know that is coming. It was a parable about responsibility! Sure, you murderer.

Morgan OCailleigh's avatar

There's a special place in hell for women like those two.🤬💀👹

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Unfortunately, ( or fortunately ) there is no " hell". Only punishment here in reality

steve robertshaw's avatar

You're right, of course, but saying 'hell' IS very emphatic!

DR Darke's avatar

Okay, whoever had "Last Week of April" in the "Sinking Lower than Kari Lake to Curry Favor with Trump" Pool? Congratulations!

First round's on you.

steve robertshaw's avatar

Could there be anything more predictable than the low-IQ Kari Lake IMMEDIATELY posing with a puppy? Subtle the Republican voter is not.

Vickie Berry's avatar

Yes. If you can donate to Ruben Gallego who’s in a tight race against Kari Lake. She must be defeated.

Chet Brandt's avatar

We live in NJ and have donated to the Gallego for Senate campaign!

PJ Schuster's avatar

Excellent- we need that seat!! 💙

shee-rah's avatar

If she’s always at Merde a Lardo pestering Dumbo, I can understand why he told her to go campaign in Arizona. “Kari, don’t you have a Senate campaign to run?” In other words, “Get the fuck outta my hair!”(what’s left of it).

PJ Schuster's avatar

I have donated to Rubin’s campaign. He’s been a guest on MSNBC a few times lately & he’s very personal.

I’ll see about setting up a recurring monthly donation.

We really need to take that seat!!

Chauncey Gardiner's avatar

Kristi had better be careful with open flames, sharp objects, or other projectiles around her dangerously over-inflated lips and grease-paint make-up.

In fact, the combined PSI of lip-filler in the kissers of MAGA women could present a hazard to others gathered in the same space. Can you imagine Lara Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Kristi Noem, Ronna McDaniel, and Kellyanne Conway all springing a simultaneous leak at a MAGA gathering?

It would be like the Hindenburg disaster, only really fun to watch and you wouldn't care about casualties.

Chet Brandt's avatar

Only if Cokey McSniffles brings the party “favors”?

markwilson67's avatar

Kristi is a repulsive, reptilian creature. Guess she'll have to find some solace in the arms of Corey, what with her being Family Values Religious and all. Apparently, as far as I can tell, adultery is one thing they think is not beyond the Pale.

markwilson67's avatar

We'll she how much she likes a shot in the face from Corey:-)

Kristy Kanen's avatar

He's as repulsive as she is.

PJ Schuster's avatar

Isn’t it interesting how many of those Republican elected officials are having affairs & cheating. Noem, Bobert, Greene, Gaetz, Trump, et al

Eileen's avatar

Jeff, Today's post was a tour de force. Thank you for reminding us of how common the cruelty runs throughout the Republican party's ethos - in their ACTIONS. It's one thing to run one's mouth in an adrenaline fueled rant (not saying words can't be dangerous). But re-reading that list of Rio Grande razor wire, disappearing the babies ripped from the arms of their parents, and force birthing ten year old incest victims on top of shooting a puppy in the face was a reminder of the pathology inherent in sociopaths.

SADISM. Unrelenting inflict pain, suffering, and cruelty is the point. SADISM. Not just what they say, it's what they do. What a read. Just, WOW! Drop the mic. This shit cannot get back into the White House.

D Kitterman's avatar

I don't know if I can erase the mental picture of the least attractive ever evil fuck, Stephen Miller orgasming over migrant babies yanked from their mother's arms. Yuck.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

And his wife is just as awful, and they bred!

FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Her behavior is beyond reprehensible. It’s majorly fucked up.

Lamorindalinda's avatar

Isn’t it interesting how any other person can do one or two awful things and rightfully kill their political career but Trump can do hundreds of horrific things and he’s immune? God damn it’s infuriating!

Lorraine Parish's avatar

I guess only one devil is allowed in their cult.