It’s the Apprentice all over again

Lorraine Evanoff | 6:00 pm EDT May 25, 2025

Palmer Report » Analysis

“It’s now clear Kristi Noem has wanted to a be reality TV celebrity all along, hence the excessive Real Housewives-style cosmetic procedures, hair extensions, and bizarre costumed photo ops. I saw her Homeland Security video at Fort Lauderdale airport security, and she has not a sincere muscle in her face, zero talent, or natural charisma.”

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It’s hard to keep up with the Republican destruction of the United States as they use shock and awe tactics against their own citizens. Independent news is forced to write articles that are basically lists to keep track of the latest GOP atrocities, and good news for Democrats, because mainstream media refuses to report reality. Speaking of reality, American “Reality TV” has nothing to do with reality.

Take The Apprentice, a show that re-branded a failed New York mob boss as an expert in good business leaders. Trump then proceeded to turn the whole country into a bad reality TV show, sadistically pitting people and parties against each other to ramp up the conflict. And voyeuristic Americans eat up this contrived cheap entertainment as though it were legitimate.

In another fake reality TV show, Duck Dynasty, the Robertson family, a bunch of wealthy college-educated anti-gay conservative Christians dressed up like rugged survivalists fighting “liberal Hollywood.” Each episode was a manufactured situation, their characters carefully developed through editing and staging, making them appear to be good Christians persecuted by mainstream media.

So, it should come as no surprise that Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is considering partnering with those same producers in a new reality TV show, starring DHS Secretary, cosplaying puppy killer Kristi Noem. The show would likely also depict the villains as the victims, forcing innocent immigrants to compete for U.S. Citizenship, and sending the losers back to the violent countries they escaped.

It’s now clear Kristi Noem has wanted to a be reality TV celebrity all along, hence the excessive Real Housewives-style cosmetic procedures, hair extensions, and bizarre costumed photo ops. I saw her Homeland Security video at Fort Lauderdale airport security, and she has not a sincere muscle in her face, zero talent, or natural charisma.

It’s exhausting to have Republicans barraging us with increasingly corrupt acts, passing disastrous legislation in the dead of night, and now planning to steal all future elections. Because they tried and failed in court to steal the 2020 election, and most recently the North Carolina Supreme Court Justice seat from Allison Riggs, they snuck a provision into the House budget reconciliation bill to limit judicial oversight.

Trump also recently gutted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that he created in 2018, so that the CISA is no longer a reliable collection of secure data, forcing election professionals to make adjustments.

We need to cancel this sickening episode in U.S. history. Senate Republicans are writing their own evil budget bill, which means it would have to go back to the House for another vote. Call your representatives using this. In the midterms there are more Republican seats up for re-election than Democrats. Their actions make every Republican vulnerable. Vote them all out.

ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, BLESS OUR HEROIC ANGELS 🌺