Border Barbie's Soft Porn Tour

 

Yesterday, dog-shooting, Trump ass-kissing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi "Border Barbie" Noem donned her Mar-a-Lago makeup, law enforcement cap, a tight fitting white top and tight gray pants to tour the El Salvadoran CECOT maximum security prison where Venezuelan deportees and likely some innocent men were sent. In her latest cosplay, she delivered a video message after parading in front of cages full of tattooed men wearing only shorts. The Associated Press has the story of Noem's visit to the concentration camp-style prison:

"Noem’s trip to the prison — where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside — comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the 'worst of the worst.'

The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that it was justified in sending the Venezuelans to El Salvador, while activists say officials have sent them to a prison rife with human rights abuses while presenting little evidence that they were part of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.

Noem notably dodged questions by the press about if the Venezuelan deportees were going to be in the prison indefinitely and if the Venezuelans could ever be brought back to the U.S. if a court orders the administration to do so.

'We’re going to let the courts play out,' she told reporters following the visit.

Noem toured an area holding some of the Venezuelans accused of being gang members. In the sweltering building, the men in white T-shirts and shorts stared silently from their cell, then were heard shouting an indiscernible chant when she left."  (our emphasis)

We can imagine they were reacting to Border Barbie's provocative looks and attire, with the chant probably suggesting that she would be welcome to join them.

Sadly for Noem and the Malignant Fascist, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's order to temporarily block deportations under the ancient Alien Enemies Act while arguments are heard. Families of some deportees deny their loved ones were gang members, being arrested for just having tattoos, including a Venezuelan soccer player with a tattoo of the Real Madrid soccer team's emblem. There's this horror story, too, about a paperwork error that sent a married father to CECOT. That's of no concern to camera hogging Border Barbie and the Malignant Fascist's crew, whose immigration dragnet has scooped up the guilty and innocent in a way that disregarded due process. For Noem, it's on to the next staged photo op.

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Noem’s $60K Rolex and sporty, moisture-wicking LL Bean hiking togs are calculated to form a fetching contrast to the stacks of half-naked prisoners with shaved heads in the background. At the sight of this set piece, angry, recliner-bound, Fox News-viewing shut-ins nationwide likely experienced a frisson that reminded them of the last natural boner they experienced decades ago.

Is this peak degeneracy? Friends, I doubt that very much. We’re just over two months into a four-year nightmare...

 

(photo: Alex Brandon / AP)