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Al’s Afternoon Tea: Gonna Hunt the Illegal Immigrant Gangs Like Dogs? Noem Rumored to Be Trump’s Pick for DHS Secretary

By Al Perrotta Published on November 12, 2024

Welcome back in for Al’s Afternoon Tea, our chance to stop and sample some of the latest headlines.

In Casting News …

President-Elect Donald Trump is rapidly moving to fill up his Cabinet.

SD Gov. Kristi Noem for Homeland Security Chief?

If Trump is really going to hunt illegal immigrant criminal gangs like dogs, those gangs are in for a hurtin’. Trump has reportedly picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security. Nothing’s official yet, though. Noem was originally a contender for Trump’s running mate until she revealed in a memoir that she shot and killed one of her own farm dogs.

Once again, Trump is proving to be a terrible at being a misogynist, putting the nation’s domestic security in the hands of a woman. (If he picks Tulsi Gabbard for Secretary of Defense, our entire security system will be in female hands.)

Noem’s mission, if she chooses to accept it, will be a tough gig. The DHS Secretary oversees, among other things, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Secret Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — four vital agencies that have been wracked by monstrous dysfunction under the “Destruction of America”-minded Alejandro Mayorkas. Agencies whose failings have already put American lives — and Trump’s life — in danger.

That’s the point Scott Adams made on X this morning.

Sen. Marco Rubio for Secretary of State?

What a political world. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has gone from being “Little Marco” in Trump’s world to his top diplomat. The New York Times reports that Rubio will be Trump’s Secretary of State.

Not that Trump is trying to check off DEI boxes, but Rubio would be the first Latino to serve in that position.  

Who Do You Want to See as White House Press Secretary?

Anyone with a pulse — and for that matter, many who no longer have a pulse — would be an improvement over current White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. However, whoever Trump picks as his press secretary this time out is going to have a hard act to follow after Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kaleigh McEnany.

But who might that be?

Thanks to the (seemingly crooked)  results in the race for Arizona’s open seat in the U.S. Senate Monday, it looks like Kari Lake would be available for the gig. The advantage? It would put another person in the White House, like J.D. Vance and Stephen Miller, who can fight and throw elbows at the media so Trump won’t have to. Having Lake, a former TV news anchor, battle the rabid White House press corps on a daily basis would be better than anything on pay-per-view.

On the other hand, the press room is likely to be more balanced now, with the Trump White House ensuring that a wider array of media outlets has access to the briefings.

Another name we’re seeing on the short list for this job is Scott Jennings, who has been masterful at taking down full panels of liberals during his appearances on CNN. Peter Doocy of Fox News is also being mentioned. 

Bestselling author/reporter Megan Basham floated another great name this morning: Mollie Hemingway.

At a forum the other night, Tucker Carlson was begged to take the job. That would be epic. However, Carlson replied that he hates the media too much to do the job, claiming he’d be spitting and cursing at the press corps the whole time, which would not be the Christian thing to do.

Merchan Delays Ruling on “Stormy Daniels” Case Until November 19

The judge in the so-called “Stormy Daniels” hush-money felony case against Trump has agreed to the defense’s request to delay announcing his decision on whether to dismiss the case in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, delivered in July. The defense wants Judge Juan Merchan to have more time to determine the impact of Trump’s reelection on the case. He’ll now announce his ruling November 19.

UPDATE: NY Post: Melania DID Refuse White House Invitation Due to Mar-a-Lago Raid

We were just speculating this morning that Melania Trump blew off Jill Biden’s invitation to have tea tomorrow because of the Biden administration’s infamous raid on Mar-a-Lago, but according to the New York Post, we were right.

“She ain’t going,” a source familiar with Mrs. Trump’s decision told The Post. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting.

“Jill Biden isn’t someone Melania needs to meet,” the source added.

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Speaking of Dr. Jill, a massive cold front passed through the Washington, D.C. area Monday. The temperature dropped about 50 degrees — but only at Arlington National Cemetery.

Still think it’s crazy to think Jill Biden voted for Donald Trump?

UPDATE: Schumer Relents, Invites Dave McCormick to Senate Orientation

Credit Chuck Schumer for knowing how to read a room. The nation isn’t in the mood for nonsense right now. The outgoing Senate Majority Leader ended up inviting Pennsylvania Senator-Elect Dave McCormick to an upcoming Senate orientation. Schumer had refused to invite McCormick because, even though the race had already been called, Sen. Bob Casey hadn’t conceded — likely hoping that political operative Marc Elias could figure a way to steal the election.

McCormick was going to show up anyway, and Schumer knew he’d look like a schmuck if he threw McCormick out. So McCormick got to go to his orientation today.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1856348336413921510

UPDATE: Oprah Denies Being Paid $1 Million for Harris Endorsement

Oprah Winfrey denies she was paid a $1 million to support Kamala Harris. The TV legend just happened to be walking up a random street to a vehicle when she just happened to be accosted by a paparazzo. (Can anyone say staged? Definitely so, says a sharp-eyed poster on X.)

Technically, that’s true. But deceptive. Winfrey was not paid for her endorsement; her company, Harpo Productions, was paid a million bucks in two $500,000 payments on October 15, according to FEC filings.

https://twitter.com/RealMacReport/status/1856184774701773079

Her company charged Harris’s campaign to produce her “Unite for America” telecast. As we mentioned yesterday, Oprah is worth $3 billion. If she really thought “democracy” was in danger, she would have footed the bill herself for the show.

Harris also paid $5 million to Megan Thee Stallion. I wouldn’t pay Secretariat to tap dance for $5 million.

Just think. If Oprah, Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion, and Beyonce were able to fleece millions out of Harris, what would Xi and the Iranian mullahs have been able to get out of her?

Funny Business in Wisconsin Senate Race

A graph is worth a thousand words.  Remember those weird vote spikes that appeared out of nowhere in 2020, defying all election precedent that pushed Joe Biden into the lead in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan? They’re baaaaaack.

Check out what happened in the Wisconsin Senate race between Democrat incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde.

https://twitter.com/shylockh/status/1855872507271639539

You don’t get spikes that big from transgender volleyball players. “Weird,” is the way Not the Bee put it.

X poster Shylock Holmes breaks down the numbers. Nothing suspicious there, eh?

Baldwin “won” by just over 29,000 votes — even though Trump won the state by 29,000 votes.

Funny Business in Nevada

Here’s some more weirdness. Republican Sam Brown held a surprising lead in the Senate race in Nevada against Democrat Jacky Rosen going into Friday. Nevada is one of those states that likes to drag counts out, which allows for mischief.

But a funny thing allegedly happened. Votes started disappearing. Screenshots indicate some 26,902 votes suddenly vanished from Clark and Washoe Counties between November 7 and 8. Gateway Pundit has the details.

By current count, Brown has lost to Rosen by 22,347 votes.

Again, perhaps nothing nefarious occurred. But the Republican National Committee better investigate to make sure what happened in Nevada doesn’t stay in Nevada.

 

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Al Perrotta is The Stream’s Washington bureau chief, coauthor with John Zmirak of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration, and coauthor of the counterterrorism memoir Hostile Intent: Protecting Yourself Against Terrorism.