PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: General Timothy Haugh, head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command, was dismissed from his position.
👥 Who’s Involved: General Timothy Haugh, Laura Loomer (activist), former President Donald Trump, Wendy Noble (fired NSA deputy director), Lieutenant General William J. Hartman (new acting director), and Sheila Thomas (new acting deputy director).
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📍 Where & When: The firings were reported on Thursday, as noted by The Washington Post.
💬 Key Quote: “NSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble have been disloyal to President Trump,” said Laura Loomer in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
⚠️ Impact: The incident has prompted bipartisan criticism, with members of the Intelligence Committee voicing their concern about the firing’s implications for agency leadership and decision-making processes.
IN FULL:
General Timothy Haugh, who led both the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command, has been dismissed from his post, as reported on Thursday. This decision follows closely after right-wing activist Laura Loomer advocated for his removal during a conversation with former President Donald Trump.
Wendy Noble, who held the position of Deputy Director and was a senior official at the NSA, was also removed from her role. The New York Times has indicated that Noble might have been reassigned within the Pentagon.
In a statement on X, Loomer criticized Haugh for his lack of loyalty to Trump, noting that he was “hand-picked” by General Mark Milley, a longtime opponent of the America First leader. Loomer voiced concerns about Haugh’s selection, questioning why someone recommended by Milley would be retained under Trump’s leadership. General Haugh was appointed by former President Joe Biden in 2023.
The dismissal has elicited complaints from Democrats serving on the Intelligence Committee. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) expressed disbelief over Trump’s removal of a supposedly nonpartisan NSA leader. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) similarly voiced his concern over the sudden leadership change. However, Loomer argues that Democrats and anchors on networks such as CNN and MSNBC rushing to defend Haugh prove President Trump was right to dismiss him.
For the time being, Lieutenant General William J. Hartman will act as the director of the NSA, while Sheila Thomas has assumed the role of acting deputy.
NSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble have been disloyal to President Trump. That is why they have been fired.
As a Biden appointee, General Haugh had no place serving in the Trump admin given the fact that he was HAND PICKED by General Milley, who was accused of… pic.twitter.com/SFXmog5b44
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 4, 2025
PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reportedly accepted approximately $400,000 from Political Action Committees (PACs) despite previously claiming to have taken no money from such sources.
👥 Who’s Involved: Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and various PAC donors, as well as telecom companies like AT&T and labor unions.
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📍 Where & When: The financial disclosures relate to contributions between July 5 and December 31, 2020; Crockett ran for state representative and subsequently for Congress.
💬 Key Quote: Professor Matthew Foster remarked, “Democrats are more sensitive to this. They know people look at their contributions and use them against them.”
⚠️ Impact: The revelations raise questions about Crockett’s campaign financing claims.
IN FULL:
Far-left Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is being accused of having lied while serving in the Texas state legislature, publicly claiming in a 2020 post on Twitter (now known as X) that she does not accept campaign contributions from corporate Political Action Committees (PACs). However, the recent disclosure of campaign finance documents reveals Crockett has received nearly $400,000 in campaign contributions from PACs. Notably, in 2020, while Crockett publicly declared that she didn’t take corporate money, campaign filings show she received contributions from at least 22 entities described as PACs.
While serving in the Texas state legislature, Crockett received contributions from numerous corporate PACs, including telecom giant AT&T and a Wholesale Beer PAC. More recently, as a member of Congress, the Texas Democrat has more openly accepted corporate cash, with over $370,000 in federal PAC contributions since she was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022. Among her corporate backers are major pharmaceutical companies, including AbbVie and Gilead Sciences, powerful financial firms like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, and even defense contractors like Lockheed Martin.
Even more concerning, Congresswoman Crockett has accepted numerous overseas junket trips financed by foreign governments and business consortiums. In February 2023, Crockett participated in a foreign junket to Doha, Qatar, costing around $17,500. The junket and expenses were covered by the U.S. Qatar Business Council, a Qatari entity that advocates for increased trade and investment between the United States and the Persian Gulf state, which is accused of being a major financier of Islamist terror groups, including Hamas. Similar trips, sponsored by Indian and Emirati authorities, were also noted in her financial disclosures for that year.
Crockett’s reversal on accepting corporate PAC contributions could become a political liability for the Congresswoman. In a recent media interview, American University professor Matthew Foster noted, “Democrats are more sensitive to this. They know people look at their contributions and use them against them.” He added: “Clearly [Crockett] thinks that issue is a big deal and a way to resonate with voters—so if what they put out there was false, it’s a great opportunity for the opposition to run on that.”
More recently, the Texas Congresswoman has faced significant criticism from both Republicans and Democrats after she made derogatory comments about Texas Governor Gregg Abbott (R). The National Pulse reported last week that Crockett, while speaking at a Human Rights Campaign event in Los Angeles, referred to the disabled and wheelchair-bound Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.”
Subsequently, Crockett has dubiously claimed the derogatory nickname for Gov. Abbott was in reference to his use of buses to send illegal immigrants from Texas to Democrat-run cities like Chicago and New York. However, it is widely reported that the far-left Texas Democrat has referred to Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels” for years and well before he began bussing illegal immigrants out of his state.
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