Speaking of excessive government spending, it was reported last week that the Department of Homeland Security would spend $200 million on an ad campaign touting administration efforts to restrict migration across the border with Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem — very familiar with the right's attention economy — stars in the ads, heaping praise on Trump (reportedly at his request).
A search of the Internet Archive's TV news database shows that the ad has already run on CNN, Telemundo and, of course, Fox News. It's a reminder that Trump is no longer relying solely on the right-wing media machine to get his message out. Now he has the entire government at his disposal...
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