Amy Poehler and Tina Feyreturned to Saturday Night Live to parody yet another blonde-brunette duo at the forefront of America’s political zeitgeist. But instead of spoofing Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, Poehler and Fey emerged onstage Saturday night as Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Bondi and the Department of Homeland Security have since tried—and failed—to get in on the joke.
On Sunday morning, Bondi posted a screenshot of the segment, tweeting: “[Noem], should we recreate this picture in Chicago?” (As of September, Noem and her ICE dogs have been terrorizing the Windy City with Operation Midway Blitz, an ongoing crackdown on immigration. Officials brag more than 500 have been arrested.) “Loving Amy Poehler!” the AG writes. Noem has yet to respond, lol.
.@Sec_Noem, should we recreate this picture in Chicago?
Then, on Sunday evening, DHS tweeted “Thanks for the free advertisement,” using a clip of the sketch to segue into its own ICE recruitment video. Of course, they left out the part of Fey’s joke where she says, “Do you need a job now? Are you a big, tough guy? Tough enough for the army or police? [Poehler: No!] But do you take supplements that you bought at a gas station? Do you like to use zip ties because people in your life don’t trust you with keys? Then buckle up and slap on some Oakleys, big boy. Welcome to ICE.”
And none of the tweets acknowledged the other part of the SNL sketch—which was all aboutBondi’s super awkward Senate hearing on Tuesday. It was the AG’s first appearance at a congressional oversight hearing, and she used it to dismiss questions about James Comey, refuse to discuss the Epstein files, and admonish Dems for pressing her on pretty much every question. When grilled by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) over the dropped investigation into border czar Tom Homan (and why the FBI has a 2024 recording of him accepting $50,000 in cash in a Cava bag), Bondi snapped: “Don’t call me a liar!” When Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) asked about the National Guard being deployed in Chicago, she said: “I wish you love Chicago as much as you hate President Trump.”
Fortunately, for those not wishing to cringe through five hours of Bondi having a temper tantrum, Poehler does a pretty good impression. In the SNL spoof, she opens the hearing with: “My name is Pam Bondi, I spell it with an ‘I’ because I ain’t gonna answer any of your questions.” Asked a question by SNL-ified Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-New York), Poehler’s Bondi says: “Before I don’t answer, I’d like to insult you personally.”
if i had a nickel for each time tina fey made an impression of a republican woman who is into guns beside amy poehler in cold open, i’d have two nickels, which is not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice. pic.twitter.com/0BLHIbjSk1
As Noem, Fey had a a South Dakota accent and held a large automatic assault rifle. Responding to a comment by Blumenthal, played by Mikey Day, who says Dems are more eager than Republicans to end the ongoing shutdown, she goes: “Ha! That makes me laugh more than the end of Old Yeller,” since, you know, Noem infamously boasted about shooting and killing her family’s puppy, Cricket.
Oh, and why does Kristi spell her name with an “i”? “Because that’s how I thought it was spelled.”
More barf:
Noem alleged Antifa is as “dangerous” and “sophisticated” as MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Islamic State. (The Guardian)
Trump called Watergate an “illegal hoax.” (Huffpost)
Melania wrote another letter to Vladimir Putin. (ABC News)
Trump told reporters on Air Force One he will probably not go to heaven. (Daily Beast)
Department of Education gutted the office responsible for overseeing special-ed. (NPR)
RFK Jr. laid off over 1,000 employees at the CDC. (MSNBC)
After realizing it accidentally fired experts it actually needed, the CDC did a little backtracking. (New York Times)
Headline alert: “Stephen Miller Accidentally Says ‘I’ When Discussing Trump’s Powers” (The New Republic)
Oops! J.D. Vance and Pete Hegseth contradicted each other about plans to build a Qatari facility. (Tennessee Holler via Twitter)
19-year-old Barron Trump is being considered for a board job at TikTok. Neat. (The Telegraph)
This has been your Monday Barf Bag, thanks for reading!
