Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has sparked controversy by posting the message “Suck it” on her official social media account alongside a screenshot of a court filing confirming the voluntary dismissal of a lawsuit. The remark followed the ACLU’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s plan to transfer detained migrants to Guantánamo Bay. Critics have since criticized Noem’s leadership and her repeated focus on media engagement.

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The lawsuit was dropped after several plaintiffs were deported or declined to continue. Critics have scrutinized Noem’s leadership under Trump, arguing that her media presence undermines her professional responsibilities.

One X user wrote, “How unprofessional. But I don’t expect anything less from someone who shoots puppies.”

Don’t forget her poor goat. She shot her goat, too!

Kristi Noem’s Gloat Over Dismissed Migrants Lawsuit Sparks Outrage

Donald Trump’s Homeland Security secretary shared two words condemned as “classless” and “embarrassing.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kristi-noem-s-gloat-over-dismissed-migrants-lawsuit-sparks-outrage/ar-AA1FkDJu

An Idaho woman who was found guilty of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and encouraging others to do the same is now working to ensure that she is not among the more than 1,500 rioters to be pardoned by President Donald Trump.

Pamela Hemphill, who was 69 years old in 2022 when she was sentenced to two months in jail for her role in the attack, is actively refusing the president’s clemency, claiming that Trump’s mass pardons and commutations are part of his larger effort to push false claims about the crimes committed by his followers that day.

“The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies. Propaganda. We were guilty, period,” Hemphill said in a recent interview with CBS News.

Jan. 6 rioter refuses pardon, claiming Trump has been ‘gaslighting’ followers

Pamela Hemphill is refusing a pardon from President Trump for her role in the Jan. 6 riot, claiming the president has been “gaslighting” his followers.

Attorneys for Wisconsin county judge call the case against her ‘entirely unconstitutional’

Newly obtained surveillance footage from inside a Wisconsin courthouse shows a county judge speaking with federal law enforcement officers before they arrested an undocumented immigrant moments after his hearing in the judge’s courtroom.

A week later, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was placed in handcuffs and accused of obstructing his arrest.

Footage from April 18 provided to The Independent from a public records request shows at least six plain-clothes agents in ball caps and hooded sweatshirts arriving on Dugan’s floor. At one point, one agent sits directly across from Dugan’s courtroom.

Minutes after Dugan’s arrival, agents see Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his attorney entering the courtroom. Flores-Ruiz faces domestic abuse charges stemming from an argument with his roommates, according to a criminal complaint.

Dugan can be seen speaking to a pair of agents sitting on a bench in the courthouse hallway, and then appears to direct them down the hall. According to the criminal complaint, the agents told the judge they had an administrative warrant, which is typically issued by immigration authorities without a judge.

The judge allegedly told the agents to see the chief judge about their plans to make an arrest inside the courthouse. The complaint accuses Dugan of exhibiting “confrontational, angry demeanor” when speaking with federal agents. The surveillance footage does not include any audio.

Dugan is standing still in the video while speaking with two agents, who appear relaxed and slouched on the benches. One agent begins to walk down the hall while Dugan continues speaking with the other agent. Dugan then gestures towards the other end of the hall. She walks the opposite direction when the agents walk away.

None of the videos show the inside of her courtroom. A hearing for Flores-Ruiz lasted only a few minutes. Federal prosecutors allege Dugan directed Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out of her courtroom through a non-public door.

But video footage shows the door was just a few feet from the main entrance. Flores-Ruiz and his attorney walk past federal agents as they head towards the elevator. One agent follows them to the elevator. According to a criminal complaint, the agent shared an elevator to the lobby with the both of them.

Looks like ICE’s Gestapo thugs have no evidence worth mentioning.

Video shows Judge Hannah Dugan with federal agents in moment leading to her arrest

Attorneys for Wisconsin county judge call the case against her ‘entirely unconstitutional’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/judge-hannah-dugan-video-ice-arrrest-b2762081.html

The 18-year-old is in immigration detention after being arrested on graduation weekend in Milford, southwest of Boston, where he has attended school since he was 6, friends said.

An athlete, a musician, an exceptional high school student with an infectious smile.

This is how community members in Milford, Massachusetts, described Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, an 18-year-old high school junior who was arrested by immigration authorities and sent to a detention center this weekend.

Gomes Da Silva was driving his father’s car on his way to volleyball practice with some of his teammates Saturday morning when immigration authorities stopped him.

Immigration authorities made the traffic stop because they were looking for Gomes Da Silva’s father, who is unlawfully present

ICE arrest of H.S. student sends shock waves through a Massachusetts town

The 18-year-old is in immigration detention after being arrested on graduation weekend in Milford, southwest of Boston, where he has attended school since he was 6, friends said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-arrest-high-school-milford-massachusetts-immigration-rcna210324

The destructive force that is DOGE still somehow manages to exist, despite it not being (depending on which claim is made and when) an official federal agency and/or overseen by anyone specifically identifiable as the head of DOGE.

Until recently, everyone — including Donald Trump — knew (and said as much in public) that DOGE was both a government agency and headed by Elon Musk. When the lawsuits started flying, the backtracking began by the administration, which apparently thought it could cover its tracks by walking backwards in its golf-cleated clown shows.

Trump’s love for DOGE has managed to undercut the protections DOGE hoped it would be able to avail itself of when the FOIA requests began pouring in and the discovery demands started hitting federal dockets.

Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court DOGE Can’t Be FOIAed

The destructive force that is DOGE still somehow manages to exist, despite it not being (depending on which claim is made and when) an official federal agency and/or overseen by anyone specifically…

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday to ask the justices to reverse a lower court order that has blocked mass firings and major reorganizations at federal agencies, a case that could have enormous implications for the president’s power to reshape the federal government.

The latest emergency appeal involving President Donald Trump’s second term to reach the Supreme Court followed an order last week from the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that kept on hold Trump’s plans for the sweeping layoffs – known as reductions in force, or RIFs.

Loser Trump has lost at the first two levels (district court & court of appeals); let’s make it 3 for 3!

Trump returns to Supreme Court with emergency appeal over mass firings | CNN Politics

The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday to ask the justices to reverse a lower court order that has blocked mass firings and major reorganizations at federal agencies, a case that could have enormous implications for the president’s power to reshape the federal government.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/politics/trump-returns-to-supreme-court-with-emergency-appeal-over-mass-firings

Rep. Jerrold Nadler is demanding a congressional investigation after an aide at his Manhattan office was handcuffed and detained by Department of Homeland Security officers.

The incident, which occurred on May 28, began after the staffer saw federal agents detaining migrants outside a courtroom located in the same building as the New York Democrat’s office, according to The New York Times.

Robert Gottheim, Nadler’s chief of staff, told The New York Times in an interview that staff members had invited immigration rights advocates who witnessed the detentions to the office.

Nadler alleged in a CNN interview on June 2 that the officers had “barged” into his office because the officers were “upset” that his staff members watched them detain immigrants.

“And they were upset that my staff invited some of the observers up to my office. They then came up to the office and demanded entrance. One of my staff members said, you can’t come in here, you need a warrant. They said, ‘No, we don’t need a warrant,’ which is incorrect,” Nadler said.

Nadler further claimed that one of the officers pushed his aide and she pushed back, and was then shackled. Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin alleged in a statement that the aide “became verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office.”

In a video shared by Gothamist, a New York City-focused news website that first reported the incident, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, can be seen handcuffing an apparently distressed staffer. Another officer had confronted a second Nadler aide, who asked for a warrant.

Nadler further claimed that one of the officers pushed his aide and she pushed back, and was then shackled. Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin alleged in a statement that the aide “became verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office.”

In a video shared by Gothamist, a New York City-focused news website that first reported the incident, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, can be seen handcuffing an apparently distressed staffer. Another officer had confronted a second Nadler aide, who asked for a warrant.

Democratic Congress member demands investigation after staffer handcuffed by DHS

The incident, which occurred on May 28, began after the staffer saw federal agents detaining migrants outside a courtroom.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/02/rep-nadler-demands-investigation-dhs/83990737007

The Trump administration is coming under scrutiny for deporting several U.S. citizen children along with their foreign-born parents.

Trump officials have defended the move, saying the minors were not deported, rather the parents have elected to take them along rather than be separated from their children.

But attorneys for the families involved in such cases say their clients were given little notice and forced to make split-second decisions about what to do with children born in the United States.

Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.), has been in contact with attorneys for several families, including a Honduran woman with two U.S. citizen children, including a 4-year-old with stage 4 cancer.

“At no time did the mother offer any consent. At no time did the mother sign anything. Also, the mother was not given the opportunity to speak with legal counsel, even though the lawyer was in the same building at the time,” Magaziner told The Hill.

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And then there’s the case of two Mexican parents living in Texas who were deported along with five of their six children after being stopped at a border checkpoint.

The family was en route to Houston for emergency treatment for their 10-year-old, U.S. citizen daughter who had recently had a brain tumor removed.

The Hernandez family, using a pseudonym to protect their privacy, pleaded while in custody for staff to look at documentation from the hospital requesting permission to travel.

Instead, they spent the night in custody before being taken to a bridge and turned over to Mexican authorities in an area rife with kidnappings. The family has since gone into hiding in rural Mexico.

Mass deportation effort sweeps up U.S. citizen children with deported parents

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5326444-trump-administration-deporting-us-citizen-children

• Nikki Saroukos was detained and deported 
• She claims department’s reasons were ‘unjustified’  
• Department defended its position in a social media post

The US government has launched an extraordinary attack on an Australian woman who complained she was detained, stripped and held overnight in a federal prison while trying to visit her American boyfriend. Former NSW Police officer Nikki Saroukos, 25, was detained by US border officials when she arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii on May 17. The 25-year-old thought it would be a routine visit to see her husband who has been stationed as a US Army lieutenant on the Pacific island and US state since August 2023.

Mrs Saroukos had successfully visited Hawaii three times in recent months on an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) under the Visa Waiver Program. At no point was she given a reason for her detention on May 17, beyond the fact that border officials did not believe that she was visiting her husband. Mrs Saroukos said she was ‘treated like a criminal’ and claimed she was denied her rights, subject to invasive searches, humiliating treatment and a night in a federal detention facility before being deported back to Australia.

The US Department of Homeland Security fired back at Mrs Sourokos and issued a ‘fact check’ on her claims in a post shared to social media platform X on Saturday. The department defended its officers who determined Mrs Saroukos was ‘travelling for more than just tourism’, and took aim at the brief duration of her marriage. ‘Nicolle Saroukos’s recent long-term trips to the United States and suspicious luggage resulted in her being reasonably selected for secondary screening by CBP,’ the post read.

Officials claimed she had packed more clothing than was necessary for a three-week stay. ‘Officers determined that she was traveling for more than just tourism. She was unable to remember her wedding date just four months prior,’ the post read. ‘Saroukos met her now-husband during a trip on December 13, 2024, the same day her ex-partner left her. The two spent only eight days together before she returned to Australia on December 21. ‘Saroukos then got married on January 24, 2025, after only knowing her husband for just over a month.’

The department also accused Mrs Saroukos of having ‘unusual activity on her phone’ and making false claims about her husband’s military service. ‘During screening, CBP (Customs and Border Protection) noted there was unusual activity on her phone, including 1000 deleted text messages from her husband because she claimed they caused her “anxiety”,’ the post read. ‘Saroukos even claimed that her husband was going to leave the US military, despite him telling CBP he was adding her to his military documents. ‘If you attempt to enter the United States under false pretenses, there are consequences.’

Mrs Saroukos vehemently denied having any plans to live in the US permanently and slammed Homeland Security’s reasons for putting her in a jail cell as ‘unjustifiable’. While she agreed with the department’s timeline of her relationship, she claimed it failed to mention she had been talking to her husband on a dating app for months before they met in person. Mrs Saroukos also denied the department’s claims that she had met her now-husband on the same day she split from her former-partner. She explained she had split from her ex-partner earlier in the year, but had stayed in ‘separate rooms’ when they holidayed together in Hawaii.

Mrs Saroukos added she relocated to a different hotel when her ex left the island and reached out to meet her future husband three days later. When asked about why she was unable to remember her wedding date, Mrs Saroukos said her mind went blank as she was interrogated for hours. ‘I was crying at this point. I was under immense stress,’ she told news.com.au . ‘With the decision of them coming out and saying ‘she didn’t remember her (wedding) date’, I’m like it’s not a criminal offence to forget a date? I mean, I don’t even remember people’s birthdays let alone a date under that amount of stress.’

Mrs Saroukos said she had deleted the 1,000 text messages as they were when she and her partner were having a disagreement and she did not want to re-read them. She claimed officials could have easily read the conversation by recovering the messages from the deleted section on her iPhone. ‘It’s not a bloody crime to delete text messages between you and your partner,’ Mrs Saroukos said. ‘It’s my [expletive] phone. I’m not committing an offence. They’ve just grabbed that and run with it and they’re missing out the fact they actually read the deleted text messages and there was nothing (illegal) there.’

She added she had no intention of applying for a green card as a military spouse, despite the discrepancies in her and her husband’s statements about the future. Mrs Saroukos said the long-term plan had always been for her husband to apply for a visa and move to Australia after he left the military. She claimed her husband only mentioned applying for a green card while she was being questioned as the ordeal was proving difficult for her to travel. Mrs Saroukos was travelling to Hawaii with her mother for a planned three weeks together, being joined by her working husband on weekends. After clearing customs, however, it became clear things would not be as simple as they had been on her many previous visits.

The pair were taken to a holding area at the Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu where their bags and documents were inspected. ‘We went through customs and border security, as per usual, and we got stopped to check our passports,’ she told Daily Mail Australia. ‘He [customs officer] went from being super calm, very nice, even giving my mum a compliment, to just instantly turning. ‘He yelled at the top of his lungs and told my mum to go stand at the back of the line because she was being nosy and asking too many questions.

‘Everyone in the airport kind of just froze because his voice literally echoed three rooms over… that’s how loud he was.’ The mother and daughter were then taken downstairs where officers searched their luggage. They were then taken to a private room where the 25-year-old was forced to hand over her phone and passcode. Her mother, who was questioned in the same room, was soon allowed to leave but Mrs Saroukos had to stay, and it would be nearly 24 hours before the two would see each other again.

The officers demanded a written statement on her reasons for travel, income and personal information regarding her relationship with her husband. Some time later, she was required to sign a declaration stating she had no cartel affiliations before being subjected to an oral DNA swab and fingerprinting. She was then told that her entry to the US had been rejected and she would spend the night in a federal detention facility before being deported back to Australia. Ms Saroukos then requested a phone call to her husband but officers assured her they would inform him on her behalf – a promise she would learn the following day they had not made good on.

She was then handcuffed and marched through the airport in full view of the public before being subjected to a full body cavity search at Honolulu Federal Detention Facility. Ms Saroukos was then processed and given a blanket. She was told she had missed the cut-off for dinner and would have to go hungry and was denied a shower on the basis there were no available towels. At 8.40pm, she was locked in a cell with a Fijian woman who had also been detained upon attempting to enter the country for a wedding.

After a sleepless night, Ms Saroukos returned to the airport under police custody and received a call from the Australian embassy. She requested they inform her mother she had been booked on a 12.15pm flight so that she might also book a ticket. Several hours later, she was once again escorted by officers in view of the public to her gate and made to board the flight ahead of all other passengers. Reflecting on the ordeal, Ms Saroukos said she felt ‘disgusted’ and vowed never to return to the US. ‘I felt like I was targeted, and they treated me like I was a criminal, and they kept telling me that I had done nothing wrong, but yet their actions don’t reflect what they were telling me,’ Mrs Saroukos said. ‘I never want to return back to the United States. ‘They’ve pretty much traumatised me [from] ever returning back there, which automatically strains my marriage as well, because my husband lives over there.’

Homeland Security ‘fact checks’ Aussie who was deported from the US

Homeland Security has defended its actions for deporting an an Aussie woman after she was detained, stripped and held overnight in a federal prison while trying to visit her American husband.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14770973/Homeland-Security-Nikki-Saroukos-US-deport.html

Vietnam marine Morgan Akin, 84, has taken down his American flag, and he’s outspoken about his opposition to the White House in his conservative California community.

“He’s just tearing the country apart. The whole fabric of the country is just being ripped apart,” Akin said of President Donald Trump. “The worst part is the people that are getting hurt – the migrants that came here in earnest.”

The Guardian reports Akin took down his flag after flying it for decades. He says this is an official stand against a nation that has become unrecognizable to him over the decades. He says it “won’t fly again until things get straightened out down the line and administrations change.”

https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-veterans-2672248921