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Mon Sep 22, 2025, 07:55 PM Sep 22

ICE Barbie Dropped F-Bombs on 'Screaming' Call With DHS Officials After Embarrassing Stories

Earlier DU thread: Wait...Kristi Noem engaged in "out of control screaming" at a DHS meeting? But she SEEMS so NICE!

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Source: The Daily Beast

ICE Barbie Dropped F-Bombs on ‘Screaming’ Call With DHS Officials After Embarrassing Stories

Janna Brancolini
Mon, September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM EDT
3 min read

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem screamed at department officials and dropped multiple f-bombs after a series of news articles revealed how the secretary’s policies had plunged the agencies she oversees into chaos.

Noem announced in June that she needed to personally sign off on all payments exceeding $100,000, compared to a previous threshold of $25 million, leading to widespread delays and bottlenecks.

In July, the secretary waited four days to sign off on crucial aid for Texas flood victims, delaying the deployment of Urban Search and Rescue crews and leaving thousands of disaster-assistance unanswered because the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hadn’t renewed a contract for hundreds of call center workers.

The Transportation Security Administration also allowed a contract for airport-screening equipment to lapse, as did contracts for immigration-enforcement reports and polygraph tests for candidates applying for law enforcement jobs.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ice-barbie-dropped-f-bombs-155726223.html

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