Is there a verified photo or video showing 'One of ours. All of yours.' on Kristi Noem's podium?
Executive summary
Multiple news outlets and online commentators reported that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke behind a podium or banner reading “One Of Ours. All Of Yours” during a Jan. 8, 2026 briefing in New York, but the reporting provided here does not include a directly verifiable photo or video of the exact words on the podium; available coverage cites photos and captions but the supplied sources do not present a primary image or clip that independently confirms the banner’s wording [1] [2] [3].
1. What the reporting says: several outlets report the phrase was present
Contemporary news stories describe Noem speaking at One World Trade Center behind a podium that bore the phrase in question: The American Prospect said she “speaking behind a podium bearing the phrase ‘One Of Ours, All Of Yours’ at One World Trade Center” [1], and PBS’s caption for a Reuters file photo also references Noem speaking at a press conference there [2], while local television coverage documented her briefing from the World Trade Center [4]; these pieces establish that multiple reporters observed and described a sign or banner during the event [1] [4] [2].
2. What evidence the supplied sources actually include: description and captions, not a primary image
The material assembled for this analysis contains descriptive reporting and at least one press-photo attribution (PBS cites a Reuters file photo of Noem at the press conference) but does not include the raw photograph or an embedded video file that shows the exact text on the podium within the sources provided here [2]. Commentary and analysis posts, such as the Substack piece that attempts to decode the phrase and notes widespread speculation online, argue about the meaning and origins of the wording but rely on reportage rather than presenting an original, verified image in the record supplied [3].
3. Social posts and commentary: claims, context, and disputed provenance
Social-media posts and independent commentators circulated the line immediately, some interpreting it as menacing and even tying it to historic atrocity narratives (a Threads post claimed the phrase was used in Nazi-era reprisal contexts) while others labeled it a banner hung on the podium [5] [6]. The supplied sources document that this claim spread across platforms and in opinion pieces—examples include a NeverTrump Poetry piece linking the line to rhetorical escalation and a Threads post asserting the phrase was uttered—yet those posts are secondary amplification rather than primary verification [3] [5] [6].
4. Alternative explanations and journalistic caution
Reporting outlets such as ABC7, NBC New York, Axios and Vanity Fair covered Noem’s briefing and the broader political backlash without uniformly reproducing a clear visual of the words, underscoring why independent verification matters: several news items describe the presence of a banner or sign, and at least one credited news-wire photo exists in other coverage, but none of the sources provided here includes the primary photograph or video file that would incontrovertibly show the phrase as presented on the podium [4] [7] [8] [9] [2]. That gap leaves room for differing interpretations: reporters on the scene and caption writers assert the text, social media amplifiers add historical analogies, and critics and supporters read different intent into the same staging [1] [3] [5].
5. Bottom line: what can be affirmed and what remains unverified
It is verifiable from multiple mainstream reports that Noem held a press conference at One World Trade Center and that outlets described a banner or podium bearing “One Of Ours. All Of Yours” [1] [4] [2]. What cannot be confirmed from the supplied reporting is an independently viewable, verifiable photo or video file included here that clearly shows those exact words on her podium; the sources reference such imagery or rely on wire-photo captions and social amplification but do not supply the primary image within this set [2] [3]. Given that, the factual claim about the phrase’s appearance is well-reported but, on the basis of the materials provided for this analysis, not corroborated by a primary visual artifact within this packet.