Sleeper Cells & Loyalty Cults: The Fascist Fanfiction of Tom Homan’s America

When fear becomes patriotism, the true threat isn’t foreign — it’s the loyalty cult rewriting reality in real-time.

Jun 22, 2025

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In the latest episode of Faux News Fear Theatre, former ICE director Tom Homan took a break from cosplaying as a security hawk to warn the American people—yet again—about Iranian sleeper cells allegedly embedded in the United States.

"🚨 JUST IN," the chyron screamed. Because the spell only works if you think you're already under attack.
And then the real punchline:

“What gives me comfort is that we don't have Christopher Wray—we have Kash Patel. We don't have Mayorkas—we have Kristi Noem.”

This? This wasn’t a national security update. This was fascist Mad Libs for the Fox News faithful.
This was projection, fanfiction, and dog-whistle prayer.

Let’s break it down.

Act I: Manufactured Panic for the Patriot Faithful

Tom Homan’s warning about “Iranian sleeper cells” isn’t based on new intelligence. It’s the post-9/11 fear-porn remix—a well-worn psychological tactic to gin up fear of The Other, wrapped in nationalistic lingerie and spoon-fed to a population already desensitized to war crimes and border hysteria.

We’ve seen this script before.

2003: WMDs in Iraq.
2015: Syrian refugees as Trojan horses.
2024: Hamas hiding in migrant caravans.

They swap out the enemy, but never the formula:
Be afraid. Obey us. Sacrifice liberty. Trust the strongman.

What’s wild is that they’re not even hiding it anymore. These aren’t subtle shifts in rhetoric. These are televised recruitment rituals for an authoritarian base. You’re not supposed to think—just react.

Act II: Who’s Really in Charge Now?

So what “comforts” Tom Homan? That men like FBI Director Christopher Wray (a Trump appointee, by the way) and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are, in his mind, sidelined.

And in their place?
Kash Patel — the ultimate MAGA loyalist, known for undermining the U.S. intelligence community and buddying up to every election denial conspiracy he could find.
Kristi Noem — whose résumé includes banning books, praising vigilantes, and, famously, killing her own dog with a shotgun. (You can’t make this shit up.)

These are not qualifications.
These are loyalty oaths in human form.
This isn’t a governing vision. It’s a loyalty cult with a Homeland Security kink.

The Hidden Curriculum: Fear as Governance

Let’s call this what it is: statecraft by adrenaline.

If you keep people afraid—of immigrants, of Muslims, of trans kids, of Black voters, of vaccines, of drag queens—you never have to offer policy.
You just offer protection.

This is the authoritarian ouroboros:

“There’s a threat coming. Lucky for you, we already picked your savior.”

It’s not about sleeper cells.
It’s about grooming the population to surrender to an elite cabal of patriotic cosplayers who want to tear down civil institutions and replace them with fanaticism, guns, and God-Brand™ merch.

Closing Spell: Break the Hypnosis

Remember: Every time someone screams “sleeper cell,” ask yourself—who benefits?

Because here’s the twist no one sees coming:
The real sleeper cell is already active.
It’s not in a mosque.
It’s in Congress.
It’s broadcasting live on Fox.
It’s wearing a flag pin and whispering about “real Americans.”
It’s sabotaging trust from the inside, while accusing the rest of us of betrayal.

If you want a counter-spell, it’s this: