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Today, Explained

Sex, lies, and Kristi Noem

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The DHS secretary and her work husband who have been tormenting America. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Corey Lewandowski behind her. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

How much of a mess is Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem?

0:05.7

We all have eyes, but this is one of those stories that I think it went viral because I think it speaks to a lot of the frustration with how Christy Noem makes personnel decisions and decisions more broadly.

0:18.3

But the Wall Street Journal, which recently went digging into some of Nome's decisions,

0:23.1

has sources.

0:24.0

We were told by numerous sources that she was on a trip, and, you know, she flies a Coast Guard

0:31.4

plane or used to fly a Coast Guard plane, and there were mechanical issues with the plane.

0:36.8

So they switched planes, and the pilot and the crew forgot to move her blanket onto the new plane.

0:43.2

That angered Kristi Nome so much that Kori Lewandowski fired the pilot.

0:49.3

But after the event, they realized that they had no one to fly their home, so they had to reinstate the pilot. Coming up on today, explained, Christy Noam has issues.

0:59.9

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