Trump’s Admin – Domestic Security – Part Two

Date recorded: Jan 8, 2026

Description:

No stranger to politics or unethical behavior, does Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, have the integrity needed to guard Americans’ freedoms above the implementation of a surveillance and police state? Or is she just a figure head with bigger ambitions? Not to be outdone, will Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller outpace Noem in pushing for a police state? Well, he did say he was “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus. Wouldn’t that affect every American too? Tune into Terra and Peter’s lively discussion where they answer these questions and much more!

Music by Roman Garcia, The Roaming Bandits - Dystopian Future http://theroamingbandits.com

Show notes:

Kristi Noem

https://www.dhs.gov/kristi-noem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_Noem

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/02/trump-administration-profile-kristi-noem/

Noem has been out of state campaigning eight times this month. Voters don't seem to mind

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/28/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-voters-largely-unfazed-campaign-travel/3715905001/

Homeland Security nomination is latest leap in a life of risks for Kristi Noem

https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/01/17/homeland-security-nomination-is-latest-leap-in-a-life-of-risks-for-kristi-noem/

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics

Digging into Kristi Noem's credit card expenses: Inauguration, book tour & a hunting trip

https://www.thedakotascout.com/p/digging-into-noems-credit-card-expenses

Kristi Noem's credit card expenses: Search database to see 5 years of charges

https://www.siouxfallslive.com/news/sioux-falls/kristi-noems-credit-card-expenses-search-database-to-see-5-years-of-charges

The key words and missing definition in the Noem airplane controversy

https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2022/10/31/the-key-words-and-missing-definition-in-the-noem-airplane-controversy/

South Dakota AG passes plane inquiry to accountability board

https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-political-organizations-59b7a834cdcccd2491e29b767e95f54c

South Dakota report: Noem’s daughter got special treatment

https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-kristi-noem-south-dakota-cd98c18117ab97c598e3618d15e4aa8b

Board: SD Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’

https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-1c5fb7828aba13ad4f6467b76554c022

Gov. Kristi Noem tried to avoid ethics hearing, seal records

https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-f47ff2f89fb6ade73ea0d78000d43d7b

'They took this seriously': Lawmakers react to findings after Noem asks for ethics complaint dismissal

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/12/kristi-noem-south-dakota-ethics-board-government-accountability-documents/8003783001/

Noem mismanaged a flood that ravaged a small community while she flew away to a political fundraiser

https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/06/27/flood-washes-away-noems-false-veneer-of-leadership/

From photo op to out-of-state flights, Gov. Noem jets around nation as South Dakota floods

https://www.yahoo.com/news/photo-op-state-flights-gov-204304161.html

South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Into Law That Conflates Criticism of Israel With Anti-Semitism

https://scheerpost.com/2024/03/13/south-dakota-governor-signs-bill-into-law-that-conflates-criticism-of-israel-with-anti-semitism/

Noem’s uses of credit cards and an economic fund cause lawmakers to propose restrictions

https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/13/noems-uses-of-credits-cards-and-an-economic-fund-cause-lawmakers-to-propose-restrictions/

DRAFT KRISTI NOEM FOR PRESIDENT – Super PAC

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00827709/?tab=about-committee&cycle=2022

'She killed her chances': Kristi Noem's odds dim of being Trump's VP pick, sources say

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/killed-chances-kristi-noems-odds-dim-trumps-vp/story?id=109773173

Noem: ‘This is the position that I asked him for’

https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/noem-this-is-the-position-that-i-asked-him-for/

Palantir’s ImmigrationOS fuels Trump administration’s immigrant removal agenda

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202504/palantirs-immigrationos-fuels-trump-administrations-immigrant-removal-agenda

Trump Weighs Moving on From Noem

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-dhs-homeland-security-secretary-noem-future

Trump aides and allies float potential Noem successors as speculation grows over her tenure

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/trump-aides-and-allies-float-potential-noem-successors-as-speculation-grows-over-her-tenure-00684001

Trump team is already floating names for Noem’s replacement as frustration with her job performance boils over: report

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kristi-noem-replacement-who-b2882028.html

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem struggles to define habeas corpus at Senate hearing

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-struggles-define-habeas-corpus-rcna207986

Homeland Security chief says travelers with no REAL ID can fly for now, but with likely extra steps

https://apnews.com/article/real-id-travelers-security-deadline-homeland-289d84d3c10d96546270ff0e8ca80436

Libertarian-Minded episode: Dangers of the REAL ID

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3o34eKxCVdgzP0iZihSQR6

REAL ID – a backdoor to total surveillance and control

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7e4Gd619d8

Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts

https://apnews.com/article/noem-venezuela-tanker-drugs-33c28cded78df44207602668be768838

DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, EO, December 15, 2025

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/

Big Beautiful Bill: SEC. 90004. BORDER SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCREENING

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text

AP PHOTOS: US Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits Middle East

https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-noem-bahrain-israel-photos-50f0de2ade654f7e983a5854da50d2b5

Netanyahu meets with US Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem during Israel visit

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-855407

Kristi Noem meets with Israeli officials in Jerusalem after embassy killings

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5318982-noem-meets-netanyahu-israel-embassy/

US CBP Biometrics: Privacy Policy

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/biometrics/privacy-policy

DHS expands biometric entry-exit, CBP to photograph all noncitizens at US borders

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202510/dhs-expands-biometric-entry-exit-cbp-to-photograph-all-noncitizens-at-us-borders

Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and

Corey Lewandowski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Lewandowski

How Corey Lewandowski Became Kristi Noem’s Gatekeeper at DHS

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-corey-lewandowski-became-kristi-noem-s-gatekeeper-at-dhs/ar-AA1D8FHR

Letter written to Noem by US House of Representatives Ranking Member Robert Garcia regarding Corey Lewandowski

https://web.archive.org/web/20251127154918/https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-09-05.garcia-to-dhs-re-lewandowski-financial-disclosure.pdf

‘People are scared s---less’: Noem’s right-hand man sows fear among DHS staffers after exploding over press reports

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-dhs-fema-staff-fears-lewandowski-b2832104.html

Kristi Noem is the face of Trump’s police state. Corey Lewandowski is the muscle. Who really runs DHS?

https://web.archive.org/web/20250922181810/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kristi-noem-corey-lewandowski-dhs-fema-trump-enforcers.html

Stephen Miller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Miller

Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever

https://yonkersobserver.com/stephen-miller-channeling-trump-has-built-more-power-than-ever/

White House ‘actively looking’ at suspending habeas corpus in immigration crackdown

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5292820-white-house-miller-immigration-crackdown/

Trump’s Ugly Racist Rally Finally Unmasks His Real Closing Argument

https://newrepublic.com/article/187616/trump-msg-ugly-racist-rally-closing-argument

Trump’s National Guard deployments aren’t random. They were planned years ago

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/03/trump-s-national-guard-deployments-aren-t-random-they-were-planned-years-ago/

Charlie Kirk Show - Sweeping Raids, Mass Deportations: Donald Trump's 2025 Plan to Fix the Border (starting about 18:30 minutes for interview with Stephen Miller)

https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/sweeping-raids-mass-deportations-donald-trumps-202

In the Documents: Stephen Miller’s Emails with Top ICE Official

https://americanoversight.org/in-the-documents-stephen-millers-emails-with-top-ice-official/

Project 2025 Advisory Board

https://web.archive.org/web/20230418054102/https://www.project2025.org/advisory-board

Pro-Trump group asks to be removed from Project 2025 advisory board: Sources

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pro-trump-group-asks-removed-project-2025-advisory/story?id=111896330

S.3283 - Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3283/text

What Is the Posse Comitatus Act and Why the Supreme Court Used It to Block National Guard Deployment in Illinois