DHS Secretary Kristi Noem admits to handing out 'fake' bonus checks for photo op: report

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Source: Raw Story

November 23, 2025 9:20AM ET


U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem admitted over the weekend to handing out "fake" checks, according to a new report.

In an article called "ICE Barbie Makes Big Show of Handing Out Fake Bonus Checks," the Daily Beast reports on what happened when "Noem was in Las Vegas to hand out bonuses to TSA employees and announce a $1 billion investment in security checkpoint enhancements."

The report states, "Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spent Saturday in Las Vegas, where she held a press conference featuring several TSA agents employed at Harry Reid International Airport, and made a show of handing out bonus checks that she admitted were not actually checks."

"After announcing the $10,000 bonuses—which, like the bonuses given to air traffic controllers who worked without pay during the government shutdown, were only offered to certain employees—Noem said, 'Let’s hand out some checks, should we?'" according to the news outlet.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-2674335257/

[bluestarone]

1. UGH! she acts like this all is a fucking game!

HATE all of these traitors!

[wcmagumba]

2. The dog (and goat) killer sure enjoys her cos play of everything in life...geez, talk about a t-rump style "loser"...

What a lying dork...

[timms139]

5. I would label

as a t-rump tramp style "loser" .

[vapor2]

3. And WTF is Kash pissed that GA dismissed his request

for a SWAT team for his girlfriend?? WHY ARE ANY OF US PAYING TAXES FOR THIS SHIT?

[FakeNoose]

4. She's trying out to be the next host for "Let's Make a Deal"

[wcmagumba]

6. Don't know why but your title made me think of an old Cheech and Chong skit, "Let's Make a Dope Deal"...ha ha...

[FakeNoose]

9. Those were the good old ... "bad" old ... days!

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. How much worse is it to call the press for a photo op.

with fake checks than it would have been to do nothing.

IMBECILES

[Akakoji]

8. Fukking Trash

[Martin68]

10. You can't make this stuff up. Most dysfunctional administration in history. Ship of fools.

[Borogove]

11. What do you expect from a fake human being?