Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is brutally parodied in the latest episode of South Park.

Her face falls off constantly from melting Botox. She arrests angels in heaven wearing halos and wings.

ICE is the big joke in this episode as Mr. Mackey from the school loses his job as a guidance counselor (fired by the new Power Christian Principal) and is forced to join ICE. He becomes so good at taking down brown people that Donald Trump offers him Noem’s job.

The episode is called “Got a Nut,” which is a double entendre for the amount of money needed to live every month, and the people running the country.

Meanwhile, Mar-a-lago is depicted as a swingers club where Trump, dressed in white as Mr. Roarke from “Fantasy Island” and JD Vance as Tattoo, show him to Satan’s room where very bad sexual things are going on.

There’s an implication that one of the kids, now at Mar-a-Lago, has been used sexually.

The kid, who’s become the Joe Rogan of the school, is railing against Jews and women on the school sound system.

Meantime, Kristi Noem is shooting dogs dead willy nilly including Krypto from “Superman.”

Episode 2, Season 2 picks up where episode 1 left off, viciously lampooning Trump and all his lackeys and crazy ideas. Trey Parker and Matt Stone make sure nothing is left untouched as ICE is clearly a band of racist thugs working their way through a live performance of “Dora the Explorer,” arresting all the parents in the audience.

Of course, this is all on Comedy Central, part of Paramount Plus, now under ownership that can’t censor “South Park” under their new $1.5 billion deal. It’s mockery of the highest order as little Stan becomes a “master debater” who ultimately takes on professional conservative loon Charlie Kirk.

Watching Noem’s plastic face constantly melt off of her, and roam around on its own, is the best payoff mid week as Washington continues to be in throes of chaos. Bravo!

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“The Gilded Age” is finally a hit.

The breakthrough was Sunday night, when George Russell (Morgan Spector) was unexpectedly shot.

The shooter is unknown, and so it the person he works for. It’s likely one of George’s many enemies, like Clay, whose life was destroyed earlier in the episode during a failed business deal. When George gloated about Clay’s demise, Spector sounded just like Larry Hagman in “Dallas.”

Of course like JR, George will survive, and be more vicious than ever. Maybe the season ending cliffhanger this Sunday will keep fans salivating until Season 4 returns.

Show creator Julian Fellowes and his amazing partner in crime, Salli Richardson Whitfield, have amped up the drama and the humor this season. The episodes swing by, there’s no dwelling on deep moments. When Oscar’s lover died, we didn’t see Oscar being told. No, that was off screen. We were already on to the aftermath.

Many stories and actors stand out. Nathan Lane’s Ward McAllister is Truman Capote a century early. McAllister has been excommunicated from society for writing a scathing book, just Capote faced the same expulsion in 1975 when he published a chapter from his novel, “Answered Prayers,” in Esquire. He was dropped by the society women he wrote about, and the full novel didn’t see the light of day until 1986.

Will Lane return? Let’s hope so. But soon we’ll see him again in “Only Murders in the Building.”

Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon as the wealthy battling sisters are always top notch. This past week, Nixon levitated as Aunt Ada advised niece Marian (Louisa Jacobson, aka Streep) when she warned her against becoming a spinster. Aunt Ada is a gem.

There are so many Broadway stars in “Gilded Age,” it’s a little daunting but a lot of fun to watch them all in scenes. One of the best stories is about Peggy (Denee Benton) and her family including her mother, played by Audra McDonald. Lately, McDonald has been in scenes with Phylicia Rashad, who’s playing the scowling mother of Peggy’s possible future husband. This whole story could be spun off as its own series.

But back to George. Fellowes really has made him a likeable JR Ewing, twirling his actual mustache as he dances on the graves of his enemies. Lately George has been staying at his club while fighting with his wife, Bertha, played by sudden HBO star Carrie Coon. So George’s enemy could be anyone, not just a business player but maybe someone he’s seen at club. The possibilities are endless.

So on we go to Sunday, and then a fourth season that should make “The Gilded Age” bigger than “The White Lotus.” Bravo!