Politics

A lone blanket belonging to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly led to a poor U.S. Coast Guard pilot being fired, then soon rehired, after it was forgotten on a plane.

In a wide-ranging story by The Wall Street Journal — which explores the “constant chaos inside DHS” amid a federal immigration crackdown and Noem’s alleged rivalry with Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, among other things — her relationship with close adviser Corey Lewandowski came under scrutiny and their alleged penchant for firing DHS employees or putting them on administrative leave. According to WSJ, the pair have “fired or demoted roughly 80% of the career ICE field leadership that was in place when they started.”

During the blanket debacle, a maintenance issue reportedly forced her to switch planes, but, alas, Noem’s blanket didn’t make the trip and was left behind. The Coast Guard pilot was allegedly fired by Lewandowski after the unforgivable faux pas and told to hitch a commercial flight home, but was quickly reinstated when it dawned on those in power that no one else could fly them back.

I swear, this junta continues to find methods to make my failed marriage look like a well-oiled machine. Firing over a blanket? And not realizing that's simply not a practical solution at this time?

Thank god it wasn't a stuffed animal, or we'd be invading Greenland.