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BumRushDaShow

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56. My first thought as well
Tue May 5, 2026, 07:44 AM
3 hrs ago

Even if she wasn't, I'm sure she gas plenty of contacts to feed info to.

From my time working for the DoD (Bush II and Obama) I remember our annual required Ethics training talking about how important it was to avoid even the "appearance of impropriety."

I am assuming that is no longer a thing.


It's a thing for the lowly civil servants but not so much for the GS-1000s.

I was a fed from the start of Raygun's 2nd term through to the first couple weeks of 45's first term and every damn year, we ran the flaming gauntlet of annual "Ethics" training and that included 3 major revisions to the Hatch Act (under Poppy, Clinton, and Obama). I remember at one point when there was confusion about whether feds could even display lawn signs at their residence or a bumper sticker on their car.

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clown show Whip-poor-will Yesterday #1
Might be based on issues of control. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #2
Yep, look at the way he holds onto her Walleye Yesterday #6
Yeah lonely bird 3 hrs ago #57
Many years ago, I had a professor bring his wife livetohike Yesterday #3
Well Thank God JBTaurus83 Yesterday #4
Maybe she sneaks in the vodka nips in her pocket book. dem4decades Yesterday #5
I got a little chuckle... llmart Yesterday #13
I still call it a "pocketbook" BumRushDaShow Yesterday #16
Me too. llmart Yesterday #20
The voice of my mom saying - BumRushDaShow Yesterday #21
pocketbook and billfold jmbar2 19 hrs ago #38
We never used "billfold" that much it at all BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #42
Not sure why we called it a billfold - it was usually pretty empty of bills. jmbar2 17 hrs ago #46
I did have a bunch of coin purses BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #48
One of those mom-isms? We 50's born boomers got loads of those! Bengus81 17 hrs ago #43
Ditto... yorkster 23 hrs ago #25
Maybe she's there because he can't remember details when he's blackout drunk johnnyplankton Yesterday #7
She's there for "moral support" nuxvomica Yesterday #8
Probably to make sure he stays sober. dflprincess 22 hrs ago #28
Does she even have a security clearance. Ray Bruns Yesterday #9
From her bio, she has never held a position requiring a security clearance. TomSlick 15 hrs ago #52
"Hegseth has now grown increasingly isolated within the Pentagon" Dulcinea Yesterday #10
;-{) CROSSING THRESHOLDS Goonch Yesterday #11
Does she have security clearance? mgardener Yesterday #12
Does she have a security clearance? AverageOldGuy Yesterday #14
Putin's agenda... dlk Yesterday #15
His chief enabler. travelingthrulife Yesterday #17
How quaint.........next up give her the code book for the missiles going thru Cheyenne Mountain.......... turbinetree Yesterday #18
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Apparently,she has been misogyny proofed. BattleRow Yesterday #22
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Hey, Kid Rock flew in a helicopter.. Permanut 22 hrs ago #27
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Talk about insecure. BradBo 23 hrs ago #24
who's more likely to lie - the media or this administration? samsingh 22 hrs ago #26
She's there to keep him on the straight and narrow GenThePerservering 22 hrs ago #29
Gee, when John Lennon started doing that, the Beatles broke up. n/t malthaussen 22 hrs ago #30
oSNL needs to parody this. Blonde with pink coat is a Ilsa 21 hrs ago #32
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He Rebl2 18 hrs ago #40
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A lovely dinner date over bombs and booze. Efilroft Sul 20 hrs ago #35
Who will play her on SNL? twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #36
MTG...if she's so em "pissed" at Republicants then show us Bengus81 17 hrs ago #45
I thought he hated women in the military. Guess it's OK for military meetings when your wife Marie Marie 19 hrs ago #37
How in Rebl2 18 hrs ago #39
We sometimes have a spouse show up with a new AA member RainCaster 18 hrs ago #41
Was his mommy unavailable? struggle4progress 17 hrs ago #44
I was wondering if he was longing for BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #47
How does she have that level of security clearance? JT45242 16 hrs ago #49
Designated driver Katcat 15 hrs ago #50
"Check out my wife! Now stop looking at her, she's mine!" Grokenstein 15 hrs ago #51
His emotional support person? Aussie105 15 hrs ago #53
OPSEC! Has he even heard of it? HappyLarge 9 hrs ago #54
Is she still working in television "news"? SomewhereInTheMiddle 8 hrs ago #55
My first thought as well BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #56
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