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mahatmakanejeeves

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

The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked

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

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

David Burbach (@dburbach.bsky.social) 2025-04-06T20:21:45.131Z


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

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

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) 2025-04-06T19:43:33.141Z
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The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 OP
Sickening behavior from a #Trump appointee. damn! riversedge Apr 2025 #1
I am so sick of their arrogance. N/t bronxiteforever Apr 2025 #2
Fossil Fuel F-wad Delarage Apr 2025 #3
I Would Love to Bake His Cookies! ScoutHikerDad Apr 2025 #4
Kick dalton99a Apr 2025 #5
This guy isn't treating Americans as people, he's treating us as servants. Disgusting. He can hire, if he wishes, SWBTATTReg Apr 2025 #6
Dougie the Diva! Dulcinea Apr 2025 #7
Gotta love how this obnoxious, privileged behavior has set people off. Paladin Apr 2025 #8
I'd swap out the chocolate chips for Ex-Lax PlanetBev Apr 2025 #9

Delarage

(2,451 posts)
3. Fossil Fuel F-wad
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:38 PM
Apr 2025

Did Debra Haaland ever make such obnoxious demands of her staff? Or was she focused on protecting the natural beauty and resources of this country? Hint: It's the latter.

ScoutHikerDad

(49 posts)
4. I Would Love to Bake His Cookies!
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:54 PM
Apr 2025

But only if I had a raging sinus infection and had just eaten a Snickers Bar. They would taste even better with a nice, gooey lunger in the dough.

SWBTATTReg

(25,494 posts)
6. This guy isn't treating Americans as people, he's treating us as servants. Disgusting. He can hire, if he wishes,
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 02:24 PM
Apr 2025

his own servants on his own dime and have them at his expense make him cookies if he wants them so bad. God, he's so pathetic.

Paladin

(31,094 posts)
8. Gotta love how this obnoxious, privileged behavior has set people off.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 07:40 AM
Apr 2025

I wish all of trump's appointees were acting in this snotty, well-publicized fashion---we'd be rid of them all a lot quicker.

PlanetBev

(4,359 posts)
9. I'd swap out the chocolate chips for Ex-Lax
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:43 PM
Apr 2025

He’d be too busy to help Trump fuck up this country.

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