Reposted by Alex HowardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/10/2025Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work. 431214816237 21.5K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Today’s strike: a $1.4M+ missile, launched by a sailor earning ~$60K, hit a $5k vessel. The target? A criminal gang the president brands as a terrorist organization — a label our own intelligence community does not support. 2027575 275
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Please consider voting for Chica on @tsa’s Instagram story for no other reason then to make the DHS Secretary have to celebrate the same breed of dog she shot and killed. 0579 57
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Oh perfect, because if there’s one agency drowning in free time and resources, it’s the Secret Service. Protecting the President, VP, foreign heads of state, embassies, and running details wasn’t enough—so let’s tack on DC police duties too. Brilliant plan. 3930576 305
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 17/08/2025I’ve traveled with the President. There’s a whole team that stands up secure printers and sets up suites as offices, on secured floors. Using a hotel business center printer isn’t just sloppy—it’s malpractice by the advance and protocol teams. 041 4
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 14/08/2025ICE has new marked vehicles… and they’re sporting the same paint job as Trump’s personal jet. Subtle. 33461137 461
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The problem with Border Patrol’s Darth Vader video isn’t just the awkward pop culture flex, it’s the dangerous simplicity of the message.youtu.beImmigration Enforcement: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)YouTube video by LastWeekTonight 212228 122
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 10/07/2025As of June 1, nearly 25% of the people arrested by ICE in the interior and sent to detention had NO CRIMINAL RECORD. TLDR; DHS and Noem is lying 020 2
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 10/07/2025I worked at DHS. I’ve seen the job done with integrity. This? It’s cruelty as content — posted by the official DHS account. This administration is out of control, and it’s going to take years to undo the damage they’ve done to the mission, the agency, and the people we serve. 90776222 776
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Kristi Noem taking credit for ending TSA’s shoe rule is like showing up at the ribbon-cutting and pretending you built the airport. The Biden admin invested in the tech—CT scanners, body imaging, self-screening lanes—that made this possible. Noem just showed up for the photo op. 18404102 404
Reposted by Alex HowardProPublica @propublica.org · 05/07/2025The additional $80,000 that Noem received from the dark money group in 2023 represented a significant boost to her roughly $130,000 salary as South Dakota governor. By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.socialpropublica.orgKristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political DonationsA dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics… 2162537998 2.5K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 04/07/2025In the middle of a heightened threat environment with Iran, DHS is gutting its intelligence office by 75%—and put a 22-year-old ex-grocer with no natsec experience in charge of countering extremism. What could possibly go wrong?cbsnews.comDHS to cut 75% of staff in its intelligence office amid heightened threat environmentDHS plans to reduce its Office of Intelligence & Analysis to just 275 personnel, four sources said. 923482 234
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 02/07/2025These morons are going to get people killed. They are asking for a detention standards waiver, that get this was established during Trump 1.0. Meaning, they don’t / can’t adhere to those standards. Half of all ICE deaths in custody this year have happened in Florida. 1118292 182
Reposted by Alex HowardMy Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 25/06/2025“Turning the Everglades into a taxpayer-funded detention camp for migrants is a grotesque mix of cruelty & political theater. You don’t solve immigration by disappearing ppl into tents guarded by gators.” @ajhoward121.bsky.social 164 6
Reposted by Alex Howarddarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17/05/2025any body who has followed joe biden knows the death of his son was and remains an incredibly painful memory and to frame it as anything else is just fuckin vile 1343259478 3.3K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 15/05/2025This isn’t a spend plan—it’s a shopping spree. While Coasties fix ships with duct tape, Noem’s ordering her second Gulfstream like she’s replacing a stolen handbag. DHS under MAGA is less about homeland security, more about homeland celebrity. 011 1
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Context on Biden’s schedule from someone who would travel with him: March 8–26, Biden did 9 states—PA, GA, NH, WI, MI, NV, AZ, TX, NC—mixing official events and multiple campaign stops as part of the post-SOTU travel blitz. Key Bridge Collapsed March 26. Fundraiser March 28. 100 1
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The new Pope is an American from Chicago. This is the worst thing to happen to Italian cuisine since someone put pineapple on pizza. Somewhere in the Vatican kitchen, a chef is Googling how to make deep dish… and crying 010 1
Reposted by Alex HowardAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/05/2025UNDERWOOD: Do you believe that the US government has the authority to deport American citizens NOEM: No, and we are not deporting US citizens UNDERWOOD: Several American citizens have been deported 1806274097699 27.4K
Reposted by Alex HowardJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/05/2025New from 404 Media: Mike Waltz has inadvertently revealed the obscure app the government is using to archive Signal messages. Made by a company called TeleMessage. Use of the Signal clone raises questions about how messages being secured, what classification of info www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...404media.coMike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal MessagesA photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting. 351079433 1.1K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 01/05/2025@darthbluesky.bsky.social pls bring back the photoshop image of departed trump officials for second term 010 1
Reposted by Alex HowardGabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Lots of wild things going on here, but one of the wilder ones is that USCG operates under DHS, which means one part of DHS raided another part of DHS to do this. 2697186 697
Reposted by Alex Howardsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025A lot of very distinguished people who swore an oath to preserve the Constitution are watching it get cut to pieces. 25491691746 9.2K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Crazy to me that the “stand for the anthem” crowd will scream about respect for the flag when a Black athlete kneels during the anthem, but won’t bat an eye when a Fox News weekend host turned Defense Secretary wears the flag like an accessory—which the U.S. Flag Code explicitly says not to do. 020 2
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 18/04/2025What happened to Mr. Lopez-Gomez is a textbook example of what goes wrong when state law enforcement oversteps its bounds on immigration enforcement—something that has long been a federal function, and highlights the dangers of 287(g) without proper training. floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u...floridaphoenix.comU.S.-born man held for ICE under Florida's new anti-immigration law • Florida PhoenixJuan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his... 110 1
Reposted by Alex HowardMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration. 81112001992 11.2K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Not sure why the other site won’t let me share this, but here’s a quick thread debunking the Veep’s fearmongering this morning—with citations. The undocumented population isn’t 20M. Due process is the law. ICE can’t just deport millions overnight. And fentanyl? Mostly smuggled by U.S. citizens. 🧵: 295 9
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 24/03/2025This premise is fundamentally incorrect. The CHNV process was a legal pathway established to create safe, orderly, and humane migration for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. Individuals who arrived through this program were thoroughly vetted, had sponsors in the US 152 5
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 16/03/2025American-flagged vessels, aircraft, and spacecraft remain under U.S. jurisdiction, even in international waters, airspace, or outer space, where the laws of their country of registration continue to apply. 011 1
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Trump's DHS is trying to distract from the fact that they have not delivered on the level of deportation numbers they promised. The fact is that DHS produces regular reports and makes data available in several tables and dashboards that shows these claims are false. 297 9
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Yesterday, wasmy last day at @DHSgov and the Biden admin. Grateful to my incredible team—and so many others—for their partnership and dedication. Excited to start the next chapter leading public affairs at @washingtongas. Onward! 000 0
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 12/12/2024NEW: On December 9, DHS, through ERO, conducted the fourth large-frame charter removal flight in less than six months to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of Chinese nationals with no lawful basis to remain in the United States. www.dhs.gov/news/2024/12...dhs.govDHS Conducts Removal Flight to the People’s Republic of China | Homeland SecurityOn December 9, DHS through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducted the fourth large-frame charter removal flight in less than six months to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of Ch... 020 2
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Spurred by our strong economy under President Biden, this holiday season was one of the busiest travel periods in the history of the TSA. The top 10 busiest travel days ever recorded have all happened since Memorial Day. 120 2
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 21/11/2024TSA is prepared for the busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record and is projected to screen 18.3 million people from Tuesday, Nov. 26 to Monday, Dec. 2. The top 10 days of most passengers screened have all happened since Memorial Day. 010 1
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 16/11/2024DHS released a set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of AI in critical infrastructure, the “Roles and Responsibilities Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Critical Infrastructure”. dhs.gov/news/2024/11...dhs.govGroundbreaking Framework for the Safe and Secure Deployment of AI in Critical Infrastructure Unveiled by Department of Homeland Security | Homeland SecurityDHS released a set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in critical infrastructure, the “Roles and Responsibilities Framework for Artif... 100 1
Reposted by Alex HowardThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/10/2024As Election Day approaches, the best way for you to stop the spread of misinformation is to build the skills to spot it. Test your instincts to see how you compare to other Post readers.washingtonpost.comMisinformation is everywhere this election. Can you tell what’s real?How good are your defenses against election misinformation? Test your instincts to see how you compare to other Post readers. 118833 88
Reposted by Alex HowardBrandon Streussnig 📽️ @brndnstrssng.bsky.social · 01/07/2023When the twitter mutual doesn't follow you back here 11288682373 8.9K
Alex Howard @ajhoward121.bsky.social · 28/04/2023This little muppet turns 3!!! cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social 010 1
Reposted by Alex HowardChristina Warren @filmgirl.bsky.social · 28/04/2023Remember 6 weeks ago when no one was here and then this weekend when it was normcore techies (I’m including myself in this) and Monday when Black Twitter started to get invited and then Wednesday when the shitposters joined and now it’s Thursday and it’s beautiful? Damn. 1922428 224
