Just earlier today, after catching a glimpse of Noem on the TV without audio, I looked—really looked—and described her panache to my partner as “ostentatious impracticality.” That totally tracks with your thesis here of her role in the maga universe/project.

I am in favor of telling them loudly and explicitly that the President—their governmental equal—is making them look *impotent.* While the henchmen want to destroy Gotham, they don’t want to be publicly neutered of all future influence while doing it. They acutely fear the loss of power and prestige.