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Yes. Republicans have been for years taking money and lavish gifts. Now it’s fully in the open. And our media has failed. It may report a gift; it may not. But what the media is not doing is repeating it over and over as it should for this level of public employee corruption. I was a public employee. We were limited to $50 in “gifts” yearly. And needed to fill out Department of Investigation reports. To consider that a judge can accept a gift worth thousands and not have this front and center is a dereliction of the media. And the watch agencies. But that’s where we are.

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Retired police officer here and we couldn’t accept anything from the public we served. Not a cup of coffee. Not nothing. And that’s exactly as it should be for those who are public servants.

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When we had a wildfire go through our community many of us offered dinner and such to the firefighters but were turned down. We all thanked them for their heroic efforts to save our homes but that was as far as we could go. I didn't think of the restriction of gifts at the time, but now it makes sense. Thanks for the reminder and for your service.

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Thank you. Truly appreciated.

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As it should be. I taught high school for 15 years, and kids still bring in presents for the teacher, especially at Christmas. Usually, it's like $5-$10 Starbucks gift cards, to be honest. I suppose it's a little different, as in, I never had a parent come back at the end of the year with, "My kid is really close to an A, and don't you remember that Christmas gift, by the way?". Never, but I suppose that scenario is a possibility.

I did have a situation where a student's parents owned a restaurant, and I received dinner for two for Christmas. When my wife and I went, dad was there (he's a "working" owner, and he was at the hostess stand working, actually). Neither then or at any point did I feel it was inappropriate or anything other than a kind gesture. Still, then and now, I question how proper this was on all fronts, down to the fact that none of it was illegal or questionable in any way, because at least where I am the honor code is sort of like it is for SCOTUS.

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I was a public employee in a previous life. I once won a Montblanc pen (not a super fancy one) at a conference and my boss allowed me to keep it as long as I didn’t bring it in to work. I think eventually the dog chewed it up.

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Did you take the dog to the gravel pit? 😬

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Easy come, easy go as far as the pen went. None of my possessions are worth more than my beloved pets. A time out in the kennel sufficed.

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I had a pair of clogs that were painted on by Dale Chihuly as part of a Museum of Glass event. My dog ate one and I cried, but it was in reality, just a shoe. That pup was one of the great joys of my life. Noem is a fiend.

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Oh dear, I misread that! I thought it said you had a pair of DOGS that were painted on. Then when I read the second sentence where you said your dog ate one, I thought "what, one of your dogs ate the other dog?" Then I reread it and realized you said a pair of CLOGS. I'm so relieved!

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Hahaha!

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Love Chihuly! I saw one of his exhibits years ago. What a talent. I’d use the leftover shoe as a decoration in my garden.

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I still have that one shoe. 🤣

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A wealthy woman here in the small NM town I live in built a fancy arts theater here. She was a huge fan of Chilhuly & it has numerous of his pieces displayed in it. The biggest one is a huge tree shape done in reds & oranges like fire 🔥

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Yes! Biden should sic Commander on Kristi Noam!

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It would be sweet if Biden invited her to the White House and had Commander sit in with them. It would be great to watch her face as Commander just sat there and stared at her. Maybe even growl once in a while.

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🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Careful doggo that’ll get you shot in some circles.

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Elena Kagan once turned down a dozen bagels because she was unsure how that would look ethically

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I remember that now!!!👍

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FDIC rules limit gifts to a bank employee to $100/year. God forbid a loan officer or bank president is influenced to make a bad loan. What are the limits for gifts from criminals and lawyers to judges/justices who have the power to send someone to prison for life (or not)?

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I was a state employee. When I was promoted to a Department Head, I was required to fill out a form detailing any businesses my family were involved in with the state, any property I owned in the state, and any gifts i received. Every year I had to do this. And every year, some AH would grill me because I owned no property in the state. Well, that was because I didn't live in the state. I owned property in a different state. Every year they harassed me because they KNEW I was lying and hiding my assets. How much money did I make when they were harassing me? 85 grand. Meanwhile, these jokers are getting millions. SMDH

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Of course I had to pull over in a parking lot to read this-the Judge Cannon stuff ?!?!? WTF? I’m so pissed I could fly to Missouri! These people are psychotic liars - every one. And they don’t even try to hide it. Or maybe they genuinely believe their bullshit. 🤦‍♀️.

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To paraphrase the great George Costaza, “it’s not a lie if you call it an inadvertent omission.”

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It’s not a lie if you believe it!! lol.

Thanks for this mornings costanza

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That’s about right!! 👍🏻

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About that flying, I have reached pissed-off level to the degree I don't think I any longer need a plane to fly there.

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Good one Mary Virginia.

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My office manager once upon a time made a comment that indicated I might actually have this ability. It included a broom.

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You’re right. My rocket lifts off every morning when I open Jeff’s Substack 🧡.

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You had it right Susan, they are psychotic liars who enjoy pissing on our shoes and saying it's raining.

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Elmo might have a rocket booster you can borrow.😂😂

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Lol!! It’s the steroids-always blame it on roid rage! 😂

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Psychopathic? Not Much...........

Narcissistic? Not Much........

Self Delusional? Not Much.....

Shame? Down Right Impossible.

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It’s called buying the judicial system. Another step to fascism

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Kristi is not a specific fascist either. I don't think she buys wild bird seed..either.

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Noem is term-limited, so it's either get picked as Trump's VP or go straight to Sarah Palin Land. There's no university waiting to offer her a presidency, no corporation who wants her on the board. She'll shoot everybody's dog if that's what it takes.

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All these "interviews" prove she belongs in Palin Land.

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I had to look up Sarah Palin. What a complete cluster of a bullshit family first Christian she turned out to be:

21-FEB-2024 South China Morning Post Style section: "What is Sarah Palin up to now? The controversial ex-Alaska governor has since backed Donald Trump, run for congress and appeared on The Masked Singer, maintaining her millions with Cameo earnings. The former Republican VP candidate made US$211,500 from Cameo, found new love in NHL star Ron Duguay after her divorce from Todd Palin, and was twice defeated in her Alaska House seat bid."

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Cameo? People will pay??!!!?? Holy Fuck. But, as they say - a fool and their money....

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Now days, Sarah, who?

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Did you see that gob-stopping interview with Margaret Brennon 🤣🤣🤣? Made my day.

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🎯👏👏👏👏👏😁

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Kristi is ready to do sleazy infomercials for strip mall plastic surgery

Why do all MAGA women try to look the same? Approximating a “uniface” standard. The they all overdo the breast enhancements. They all have the long, flowy and carefully groomed “natural look” hair.

MTG is an exception: she seemed to have stopped after getting BrightWhite veneers.

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Lol, was wondering what's going on with the MAGA women and their lips. Is that a thing now

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It has been for awhile now, they all want that 'android face', the overpouffed lips is caused by overfilling the top lip, ruining the natural propportion of them. It even has a name: it is called "Trout-Pout.

I'm a retired surgical Assistant I did lots of plastic surgery back when.

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Wow - thanks for the info! From an n=1, it looks hideous.

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I guess they can do Only Fans after political non-career is over.

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It's honest work, why not? Unlike her political career.

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Empty G wanted to make sure that she didn’t wipe the snear off her face.

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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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MTG, she is sporting the Neanderthal look.

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That's from the 'roid abuse, they get caveman brow, (I lived with a bodybuilder for two years.)

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Pale-landia

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Palin Who?

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The book title, No Going Back, sure...straight back to Hicksville!

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1. Kristi will offer to shoot your dog in the face as a fundraiser

2. For $40,000 I don’t want a fucking picture, I want to give Trump a pie in the face. Better yet, a loaded diaper.

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I'm thinking 95mph fastball to the dome.😆😆

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Pitch-Till-U-Dump-Trump_in_The_Tank

I remember seeing those at county fairs when county fairs were county fairs. Some brash loudmouth would sit on a stool above a tank of water and hurl insults at the people throwing fastballs trying to dump him in the tank. Sometimes the guy was interrupted mid-sentence in his insults and drop 10 feet splash in the water.

Just what Trump should be doing for donations.

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Excellent.

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Maybe somebody will mention this to Rudy G. He might be hard up enough for cash to do this for a living. The Travelling Rudy G Show.

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The pillow guy too. He's looking pretty rough around the edges these days.

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Yeah, due to impending lawsuits and bankruptcy in every sense of the word

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Except dropped into a tank of muriatic acid. We just need one good pitch.

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He will be. By the time the voters are through with that animal, he’ll be speaking at county fairs

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Methinks he will be in charge of diapering the pigs.

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I would give a lot to do that

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And Noem.

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I was thinking he should be sitting in the town square in wpb with a tin cup.

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We could even let him hold a bat in his hands for fairness.

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With what hands?

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WE NEED A FASTER PITCHER, DAMNIT! 😁

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Nolan Ryan? Aroldis Chapman?😂😂

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🤣 🤣 🤣

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😂🤣😂

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shoot your dog, wear a diaper, vote Republican

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If you really want to be completely repugnant.

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Yes, pie in the face. How delightful. I'd sign up for that.

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I’d even donate a dollar.

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Talk about getting down and dirty Kay-El.

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Big surprise that Cannon is a groomed grifter. Also I hear a mafia wifey? Rumor or fact, I dunno 🤷🏻‍♀️ but she stinks to the high heavens. And how many more judges are of the same ilk? Thanks and fuck you McConnell et al

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She’s in fucking Miami, corrupt, grifter capital of the USA.

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McConnell owns his share of this fucking judicial mess, but the lion’s share sits squarely on the shoulders of staunch Catholic & anti abortion Keonard Leo. And now he’s been gifted 2.6B to continue filling the pipeline with these radical conservative judges.

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Her Face the Nation interview was jaw dropping for one thing: She started digging deeper and faster in that hole she keeps digging, the one she's digging through the center of the earth and out the other side. She becomes more repugnant with each appearance and in case she wasn't listening, the Orange Turd was trashing her for the things she's bragging about. And that crap about the dog being untrainable. I grew up with hunters and we had a kennel of 10 short-haired pointers and they ARE puppies for a long time and it does take two to three years to train them to contain their exuberant enthusiasm into self discipline. If you want one for a pet, be ready for dealing with what feels like ADHD all the time. That was the worst interview on the planet coming from her and Margaret Brennan didn't cut her one millimeter of slack. She does great interviews because 95% of the time she continues to ask the next question that should be asked according to the answer. Kristi Noem isn't satisfied with showcasing her thinskinnedness. She is sending herself into political Siberia and I hope she doesn't come back.

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you are so right about the importance of the fearless followup question. so many interviewers do not even have a clue how it’s done

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Most don’t. They just let the Rethuglican lie over & over. Chuck Todd was great at that

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It's so awful when the interview is over and you're jumping up and down at home going why didn't you ask this?

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I seriously don't know what Noem and Lake are trying to prove. tfg will NEVER have a female VP or (regarding Lake) one of color. Tim Scott, butt sniffer supreme, has a better chance of getting a personality than becoming VP.

These people really are dumb as fuck.

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I hope Elise is bitterly disappointed after all the stretching she's done to be chosen.

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Elise Stefucknut. She is a POS.

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She has been absolutely horrible & hypocritical in her grilling of university presidents. You can just see the condescension in her face & hear it in her tone. But she doesn’t say shit to Empty Greene about Jewish space lasers starting forest fires or her constituents wearing Nazi symbols & loudly hating on Jews.

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I hope she's so disappointed she leaves politics.

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She's had just enough success and with this another shot in the arm even though she's losing to us, we're probably never going to get rid of her.

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😱She sounds like a disease!

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I'm surprised Noem hasn't struck oil by now.

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Whatever is wrong with our supposedly mainstream media? I’m canceling my NYT subscription when it is due for renewal for the unbelievable “both sides are old and inept” coverage of this frightening presidential race.

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I cancelled NYT by phone earlier this year. Probably wouldn’t have even said the reason, but the rep asked, so I said because it was doing the public a great disservice with its terrible prez election coverage

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Always make sure you tell them why. The execs do hear comments because the phone calls are recorded

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Do it now. I did it a few months ago and it was liberating. The Times is playing this game because its publisher is pissed that Biden wouldn't grant the paper an interview. A big hissy fit. The Times has always had problems but I don't even recognize it now.

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Cancel it NOW and tell them exactly why!

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They really are disingenuous.

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I cancelled mine last week, it expires next month

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The NYT is deliberately publishing negative Biden stories at the request of the publisher, who is pissed because Biden won't give them an interview, with all the republican lies they regurgitated about his son Hunter, I would not either, were I him.

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/the-new-york-times-can-piss-up-a

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I canceled my second go their really cheap one because why subscribe to a MAGA rag

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“houndicide advocate” (Noem) - headed directly to the Tiedrich permanent archives.

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It was brilliant. It will be added to the common lexicon for future use.

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Let’s hope no one has need for that word ever again after Noem fades into oblivion.

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Hate to break it to you, but this is just Noem’s zoonotic audition to soften the transition from dogs in the gravel pit to “dogs” at the border.

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Astute.

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That sounds about right, FG. Although if she hadn’t confessed to the puppy murder she could have been a contender for Trump’s “Can’t we just shoot em in the legs” person, should there be another peaceful protest down the road.

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The responsibility for reporting was Cannon's, not her staff's; even if the failure to disclose was inadvertent, that still doesn't let Cannon off the hook for failing to make sure it was reported. But, given the number of judges failing to report on the same seminars, I strongly suspect that they were encouraged to do so.

It's not really failing to report the gifts that bother me. These seminars were almost certainly an opportunity to train right-wing judges to ignore their oaths to be impartial and help advance a far-right agenda. I would love to see transcripts of what occurred. I'm guessing it would show that every judge in attendance deserves to be thrown off the bench.

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I looked at the web sites for the seminars she attended and there was nothing blatantly extremist about them. I'm wondering if they were deliberately written to appear bland to the casual observer

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Montana resorts. I would be highly suspicious.

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Doesn’t Rupert Murdoch own a big ranch in Montana now ?

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I believe the Koch machine does as well.

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Why spoil a free junket to the mountains with conservative dogma?

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Did she say she’d had experience staring down little tyrants because she had been a youth pastor? How lovely that mama puppycide is so good with other people’s children, too.

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Abbi… I also got stuck on that thorny phrase as well. She cites her experience as a “children’s pastor” as qualification for facing “little tyrants.”

Her perception of children as “little tyrants” oozes with Christian Love. Like Kim Jong Un is comparable to a room of school children?

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I know. My first thought was, why is she no longer a children’s pastor? What did she do to those children she viewed as “little tyrants”? Hopefully she didn’t shoot their dogs!

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She whopped them with a Bible.

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Although, I'd say that she was the tyrant. 🙄

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Mama puppycide…PRICELESS!

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Why those corrupt maga judges are not being investigates? That is the question.

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Have Gun will Travel.. perfect description of Noem.. perfect.

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Have gun, kill in gravel.

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This is the rep she actually wants.

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There is really no other explanation other than the ghosts of her dog and goat have infested Kristi Noem’s book. They are taking revenge by making her look bad!

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Noem's goat wouldn't have even eaten that piece of shit book. Go figure that this critter murdering MAGAt was also a children's pastor. You would hope that those poor kids being exposed to that level of horseshit toxicity would be enough to scare the hell out of most of their parents.

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She equates “taking on tough guys” because she was a children’s pastor??? Was that really in the same sentence?

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She (and her ghost writer) think being ignored by boisterous kids in a Sunday school class is the same as dealing with homocidal dicatators? It seems that she was the one doing the underestimating in her fantasy meeting with Kim Jong Un

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It was in regards to Kim Jong Un and her experience with staring down little tyrants as a children's pastor.

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Kim Jung Un would use Kristi for target practice…..

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She has no clue. A guy that murdered his uncle, would not be afraid of her.

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Good to know that Diaper Don screwed people who paid $40 grand a plate for his fundraiser. They deserve it.

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So Loose Cannon thinks she’s a SCt justice? I thought only they were allowed to be on the take. 🤔

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Cannon’s in ‘training’ to be on SC

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True that. Hopefully, it’s just a pipe dream on her part.

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