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DHS: The Island of Misfit Toys

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a press conference about ‘Operation Midway Blitz’, an immigration enforcement campaign, from a hangar in Gary, Ind., October 30, 2025.

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On Kristi Noem, I don’t have much to add to our editorial and to the observations by Rich and Jim — and Jeff, who was right on this over a month ago — other than to congratulate Audrey for her great scoop (make that scoops) regarding the miasma wafting over the Department of Homeland Security during the now former secretary’s grift duet with “Chief” Corey Lewandowski.

I would just throw into the mix my oft-repeated curmudgeonly point that the job from which Noem’s ouster was overdue should not exist. Her department should not exist.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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