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Hegseth reminded me of John Paul Jones

"I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight,"1779

John Paul Jones in Battle

"I have not yet begun to fight!"

This was the immortal retort of Captain John Paul Jones to a request to surrender as he and his crew engaged in a desperate battlewith a British frigate off the northern coast of England during the American Revolution.

John Paul Jones

Born in Scotland in 1747, Jones went to sea at age thirteen and became Captain of his own ship by the time he was twenty-one.

By 1775, he hademigrated to Americawhere hevolunteered for servicein thefledgling American Navyandwas given his own command.

In 1777 he was dispatched to the European waterswith orders to create whatever havoc he could accomplishincluding attacking British ships and sea ports.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/johnpauljones.htm

UAE explores freezing Iranian assets after attacks - WSJ

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The United Arab Emirates is exploring freezing Iranian assets as part of potential measures to punish Tehran following recent attacks across the region, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The discussions come as Iran's Arab neighbours assess how to respond to escalating Iranian strikes that have disrupted infrastructure and heightened economic risks across the region.

Officials have not publicly confirmed any decision, and it remains unclear how extensive any asset freeze could be.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603060255

What led Trump to replace Kristi Noem 1/3

In an interview with NBC News, the president said Noem was "a fine person. She did a good job." But Trump also said he was a "big fan" of his pick, Markwayne Mullin. "It wasn’t a hard choice.”

March 5, 2026, 10:50 AM

WASHINGTON — President DonaldTrump was already frustratedwith Homeland Security SecretaryKristi Noem. Buther performance at two congressional hearingsthis week is whatfinally cost her the job, lawmakers and people familiar with the discussions told NBC News.

Noem’s place in the administrationhad become increasingly unstablefollowing the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal officers during immigration operations in Minneapolis earlier this year, andamid her fraying relationshipwith the U.S. Coast Guard and other reportedinfightingat Homeland Security, the officials said.

Her firing by the president on Thursday in an online postcomes after weeks of bad pressinvolving DHS’ immigration enforcement operations, and as support for Trump’s immigration agenda, a top administration priority, has tumbled in recent weeks.

Thepresident had been speaking with Republican lawmakersthis week abouthis displeasure with Noem and told them he was considering replacing her, according to Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., two other Republican lawmakers who did not want to be named publicly, a person familiar with White House’s thinking and three people familiar with the president’s private discussions.

Still, the Truth Socialpost by the president on Thursday came as something of a surprise to Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla=., who Trump declared would replace Noem.

Mullinwas attending a Senate GOP lunchwhen he got a phone call from the White House switchboard, got up and rushed outof the room, leaving behind a full plate of food, according to GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, who said it raised suspicion among Republicans that something was afoot.

“I’ve got to be honest with you, I wasn’t expecting the call today,” Mullin said. “I found out just before you guys did,” he told reporters.

In a phone interview with NBC News,Trump said Noem was "a fine person. She did a good job. I’m abig fan of the senator from Oklahoma. It wasn’t a hard choice.”

Mullin is expected to take over on March 31,though he told reporters that he hoped his confirmation process would begin right away, and Noem will assume a new role called “special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.”

Not long after Trump’s post, Noem appeared in Nashville, Tennessee, at a conference for members of police unions. Some in the room stood for her when she came out.

And she sent out her own social media post on X thanking the president for her new appointment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/rump-kristi-noem-replacements-dhs-secretary-congress-hearings-rcna261915

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“We have made historic accomplishments at the Department of Homeland Security,” she said.

A former South Dakota governor,Noem had been at the forefront of Trump’s signature policy agendas: mass deportation and clamping down on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Butshe often found herself under fire in the public eye. Noem quickly said the shootings in Minneapolis of Good, a mother of three, and Pretti, a nurse, by federal officers had appeared justified, to widespread criticism. Without evidence, she described Good and Pretti as engaged in acts of domestic terrorism, and federal law enforcement investigating the shootings took the unusual step of cutting out local authorities.The tension led Trump to send in his border czarTom Homan to Minneapolisto help bring down the temperature.

Noem, too, has clashed with the Coast Guard, the only member of the military branch that falls under the 260,000-person department.

At times,the tensions have escalated into confrontations, NBC News reported. In one contentious incident in May,Noem’s top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, berated Coast Guard flight staffand threatened a pilot for taking off without one of the secretary’s personal items on board — a heated blanket, according to the current and former Coast Guard officials.

An administration official told NBC News thatreplacing Noem was based on the culmination of many “unfortunate leadership failures,” including staff mismanagement andconstant feudingwith others across DHS. She is the first Cabinet secretary to leave in Trump’s second term.

“Kristi’s drama sadly overshadowed and distracted from the administration’s extremely popular immigration agenda, which will continue full force,” the official said.

The sources say thatwhile Trump has at times been unhappy with Noem’s performanceleading DHS,his frustrations really escalated this week. One GOP senatorsaid her performance during the hearings was “water boiling over the edge of the pot.”

The president was particularly frustrated by her response when she was repeatedly asked about her role in approving contracts, specifically a $220 million ad campaign to encourage immigrants to self-deport, the sources said. Kennedy described Trump as “pissed.”

At one point during questioning, Noem told Kennedy that Trump knew about her decision to approve the ad campaign contracts —an answer that did not sit well with the president, the sources said. Thead contracts went out through a process that limited competitive bidding.

Trump said he didn't know about the campaign.

"I wasn't thrilled with it,"Trump told NBC News. "I spent less money than that to become president. I didn’t know about it.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/rump-kristi-noem-replacements-dhs-secretary-congress-hearings-rcna261915

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Senator Kennedy said Trump had called himafter the Senate hearing, “when he was mad as a murder hornet. He asked me what I thought about Markwayne.”

“I said A, I like him; B, he’s very smart; C, he’s a very good businessman; and D, if I didn’t believe the three things I just told you, I’d lie to you because Markwayne would whip my ass,” Kennedy said.

Trump also called LewandowskiTuesday, according to two people familiar with the call. Onedescribed the call as contentious; the other saidTrump asked about Lewandowski's role in contracting decisionsmade at DHS.

Trump had been calling around Capitol Hill asking for input on Noem since last year,but her support had been cratering among Republicans, lawmakers said.

Their chief complaint was that she and Lewandowski had been slow-walking critical disaster aid grants and were difficult to communicate with, according to two House Republicans and a senior GOP aide. Lawmakers’ requests for updates and briefings from Noem often went ignored, prompting GOP members to take their frustrations directly to the White House.

The White House had also considered as a replacement Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, who recently announced he will not seek re-election, two of the people said.

Andformer Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, had also expressed interest in replacing Noem, according to two of the people familiar with the discussions.

DHS funding expired Feb. 13, forcing a partial shutdownof the department that affects the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard and cybersecurity.

Democrats have been negotiating with the White House over changes to immigration enforcement to secure their votesto reopen the agency in full. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that Noem’s ouster might help negotiations.

“It might be easier for us to negotiate,” he said.

But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the personnel change would do nothing to change the situation. (These assholes are just assholes! KEK)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Democrats hadn’t discussed yet whether Democrats still planned to investigate Noem.

“We haven’t had that conversation yet.” But he added that Democrats will “make sure that every single taxpayer dollar is accounted for that she was allowed to brazenly abuse.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/rump-kristi-noem-replacements-dhs-secretary-congress-hearings-rcna261915

Her arrogance brought her down. She was probably planning to run for president.

Moy Miz

@moymiz

The Muslim world is divided about Iran:

Muslim countries in favor of removing the regime:

Jordan 🇯🇴

Kuwait 🇰🇼

UAE 🇦🇪

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Oman 🇴🇲

Qatar 🇶🇦

Bahrain 🇧🇭

Muslim countries against the removal of the regime:

Great Britain 🇬🇧

France 🇫🇷

Spain 🇪🇸

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