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Not content with being the face of Donald Trump’s war on immigrants, which delights his MAGA fans, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem may be plotting out her next move, according to Salon’s Heather Digby Parton.

In a column on Friday, Parton documented Noem's rise from obscurity as a backbencher in Congress, representing South Dakota in the House, to governor and then her bid to be part of Trump’s administration after her vice presidential aspirations crashed and burned after she proudly admitted to shooting her puppy Cricket that she described as "worthless."

Digging into Noem’s past, Parton noted that the controversial DHS head rise to prominence began after she met former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, with whom she is rumored to be having an outside of the office relationship that the DHS head has called, “total garbage.”...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is looking to purge DHS staff that don’t support President Donald Trump’s deportation policies.

Speaking Wednesday at the first meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council under the Trump administration, Noem openly discussed with DHS leadership on what avenues were available for firing staff she considered undesirable.

Noem said she spends a lot of time in her role heading the agency “surrounded by bureaucrats,” Bloomberg reported, and openly asked “how to fire people who don’t like us,” and how to purge those who “don’t support what we’re doing.” She also suggested her agency was overstaffed as much of the workforce hadn’t “been required to do much” under the previous administration....

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is under fire after boasting in her new book that she killed her fourteen-month-old German wirehair pointer puppy Cricket, whom she described as "worthless" and "untrainable" as a hunting dog on her farm, after she didn't obey commands on hunts and behaved aggressively around livestock.

And the criticism isn't just coming from Democrats, either. Some Republicans see this as the end of her prospects for higher office, too — in particular, as a potential running mate for former President Donald Trump.

"You do not shoot an animal just because it doesn’t 'hunt right,'" said Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and former congressional candidate. "You find a no kill shelter and give the dog up for adoption and give it to a family that doesn’t have a farm. I adopted a dog from a Chinese meat market. I love her. My Mecca was abused in the meat market and has potty training issues in adulthood. I have to clean up after her a lot because she sometimes forgets she can’t pee in the house. It’s annoying but I love her so I take care of her and her special needs ... There is no excuse to kill a dog because it attacked some chickens." In a separate post, she said, "She can't be VP now. You can't shoot your dog and then be VP."...