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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:13 PM Apr 6

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked [View all]

Reposted by Tom Nichols

David Burbach
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This sort of behavior took down a couple of Trump 1.0 cabinet secretaries.

April 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/dburbach.bsky.social/post/3lm6bj6t32k2v

Radley Balko
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The Secretary of the Interior requires his staff to make him cookies and serve him meals.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/burgum-cookies/682319/

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked
The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3lm67euz4kc2v
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