Apparently, you can get a PhD in it. We can’t even. Lawd have mercy on us. Yet another demonstration of a Trump cabinet member who encourages us to say WTAF. This latest one is even worse than usual. We didn’t think that was possible, but here it is. Down, down, down. With no further ado, from AlterNet:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made an eyebrow-raising comment about President Donald Trump during a recent meeting of the Trump administration’s Cabinet. While in the middle of her remarks at the meeting, Noem observed that no hurricanes had made landfall in the U.S. during the 2025 hurricane season, which typically lasts from June through November. Her comment was met with laughter from the assembled Cabinet members.
That doesn’t seem too bad, not yet. Kristi was accurate in that no hurricanes had made landfall, and skipped merrily past Jamaica, which was devastated. That doesn’t count as the US and doesn’t count for all the damage and what we could do to help. We could help, but we won’t. But back to our story, and yes, no hurricanes hit the US. We were lucky. What this sycophant said next was what caused the laughter.
“Sir, you made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane — you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that,” Noem said. The Homeland Security secretary’s praise of Trump was immediately met with ridicule from various elected officials, journalists, and commentators. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), took a sarcastic tone while also being disgusted at Noem’s display. “Thank you, Oh Great One, for keeping the hurricanes away,” Huffman tweeted. “The bowing and scraping hits new lows every day with these sycophants.”
Yup. PhD. How did she say that with a straight face? Most of us wouldn’t be able to get further than “you kept” before laughing hysterically! There is no end to what she comes up with, from puppy killer and book author to ICE Barbie to DHS “leader” to slavering follower. Once again, a member of Trump’s cabinet shows they have limited brain cells. And it probably won’t end for another 3 years.
So far, all of these yahoos have embarrassed Trump, even if he refuses to notice. They’re getting worse. One of them is in the news for a faff-up practically every day when it used to be once a week or so. And then if you add Trump, it’s definitely something every day. We can’t catch a break. As a side note, would someone please drag Stephen Miller out by the collar? Please?
“God, this is so embarrassing,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) wrote on her official X account. //// Attorney and progressive influencer Aaron Parnas tweeted: “This is an SNL skit, right?” //// California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) also weighed in on both of his X accounts. On his personal account, the presumptive 2028 Democratic presidential candidate wrote: “ICYMI [in case you missed it] Trump controls the weather.” The “Gavin Newsom Press Office” account — which the California Democrat typically uses to mock the administration — posted a doctored image of Trump’s famous gaffe in which he used a Sharpie to expand the scope of Hurricane Dorian in 2019 to include Alabama. The new image included text Newsom inserted that read “NO hurricanes allowed!”
We need more Xitter and Bluesky comments like these. It’s a bit of humor when the country is going to hell, and Trump wants a biga$$ ballroom, which probably won‘t be finished before he’s out of office, one way or another. (Let’s bury him under it.) We need strong people in government because this is one helluva mess to clean up. Democrats, unite! Keep that wave incoming!
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No!! Don’t want him buried under it. The White House would be forever haunted by his malevolent spirit.
Damn, VERY valid point. Maybe under Mar-A-Slobo? Or right next to Jeffrey Epstein? They could spend lots of time together being pedophiles without the risks there are now. 😉
I happened to tune in somewhere in the middle of that “Cabinet Meeting” and had barely worked out what U was watching when the phrase “Syncopated Sycophancy” entered my tiny brain. For my own safety I moved to another channel.
For free, a scientific fact: hurricanes are fuelled by heat; US now has ICE to interdict any threat crossing in to the US. Ergo, all hail the genius of T replacing the now unnecessary aftercare of FEMA with the proactive defense of ICE
Seems like you left just in time! Yes, I know about global warming. Give me a break, here. I’m still learning about politics, and always will be, but I know a lot of other things.
Ooooo ICE defense against hurricanes? Wish I had a way to use that LOLOL 😉
OK, JD, you’ve reached your “joke of the day” quota (I appreciated it, though)….