Kristi Noem
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 (part of December 2025)
category: 
government
clue: The head of the home of the people who head up securing our home has secured a reputation for heading to raids to secure their success at heading off certain reputed security risks, despite the unfortunate coincidence of her name sounding like a tiny creature taking up residence in someone else's home garden.
explanation: Noem is the secretary of homeland security. She made appearances at numerous ICE raids in 2025. Her last name is pronounced "gnome," as in garden gnome. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
do-over: This was a "do-over" goo, inspired by incorrect guesses for a previous goo.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
trivia: This goo and its oddly-worded clue were inspired by incorrect guesses for the goo of Iwona B. Horyn.
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