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[–] SparroHawc@lemm.ee 3 points 23 hours ago

Oh no!

Anyways...

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know who carries large amounts of cash?

People who get paid in cash.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I had the same thought.

Can't even manage her own security, smh.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 242 points 2 days ago (6 children)

If a black guy was pulled over with that much cash, the cops would civil forfeiture it because it is obviously proceeds from drug dealing.

I trust they are now investigating her ties to the drug trade?

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 102 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Human trafficking is probably the more promising direction.

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 days ago

Don't forget to include animal executions...

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Silly goose, she's buying drugs.

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[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why does her face make me uncomfortable

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

It's called the uncanny valley. Some believe it's an instinctual response to keep you away from corpses. Others say it's more broadly an artifact from a time when humanity needed to be wary of things that looked human but weren't...

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Because she killed her dog in a gravel pit, and put that story in her book.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The head of Homeland SECURITY doesn't have good enough security to keep her bag from being stolen?

Probably stolen by a member of her own security detail.

Fucking hilarious.

[–] BobSentMe@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

"Hey guys, can we turn off all the cameras so nobody sees the drug deal I'm trying to do?"

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 132 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (15 children)

Everyone here focused on the cash for some reason.

The thief got away with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks, and about $3,000 in cash, the law enforcement source said.

The only saving grace is they can lock out that one badge. Hopefully she reported it quickly.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully she reported it quickly.

Why? Any rando wandering in can't be worse than the people who are already there.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm laughing at the idea of a hobo walking in smelling like piss and shit and wearing her badge, and staff going, "Morning Kristi!".

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Have you noticed Kristi seems more like an actual human being than usual?"

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She smells worse, but damned if she isn't so much nicer.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

"Not that much worse, mind you."

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Who the hell still carries around paper checks? I think I've written a total of 3 checks in the past 4-5 years, all for home service like plumbers.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm european, born in the 90's. I've never in my life seen a check in person... By the 00's everyone either had a credit card or just used cash.

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Who the hell still carries around paper checks?

Old people who wish to punish everyone else in line at the grocery store.

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 122 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So qualified, she couldn’t even secure her own purse.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 62 points 2 days ago (4 children)

How the fuck is she going out in public and not being shot in the face? Honest question.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I cannot think of someone more replaceable than her.

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[–] Retreaux@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Cope harder, Garden Noem.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago

More evidence that we are shifting from a Trickle Down Economy to a Robin Hood Economy (take from the rich, give to the poor).

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'd be willing to bet she just lost it and is blaming crime just as a deflection.

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

With all that's going on, my instinct is that she had secrets or something in there on a USB stick and passed it onto another country while blaming crime. (Or that is, crimes other than her own.)

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[–] Norgoroth@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Drug using dog killer obviously can't be trusted, she was clearly on the way to buy more drugs. Lost more state secrets than Donald's toilet library

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It's about the info IN the bag, not the money. Crewde tials, phone, maybe ID. This was a targeted hit 100% because the world's intelligence agencies now know how fucking stupid these people are.

Like, dumb enough to not notice a tail, then get your bag stolen from a restaurant with all kinds of goodies in it dumb.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (4 children)

But obviously it was stolen by a liberal, not a foreign agent, so you’re obviously wrong and stupid.

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Who goes out with $3k cash? Even if you are so wealthy that the quantity is like $20 for normal people, that's enough to make you a target if someone discovers you have it.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Someone who gets paid in cash

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Couldn't happen to a nicer Nazi bitch

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[–] oyo@lemm.ee 31 points 2 days ago

Department of Handbag Security Chief Fails to Secure Handbag.

[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 50 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Damn that’s a lot of cash. I like to carry some cash for emergencies, but shit, $3000??

That's the kind of cash that would get civil forfeiture'd for regular people.

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[–] RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean unless her phone was in it... although who just walks around DC with $3k lmao

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Hunter's Laptop people speaking up in 3...2....1.... wait where are they???

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

The 80s called. They want their shoulder pads back.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Do normal people routinely carry around $3,000 in cash? (Granted, that could just be the original Picasso that I swear was in the trunk of my Geo Metro when it was stolen).

That's an awful lot of cash to have. What do you need that for? Better "arrest" that money and take it down to the station.

(Not condoning civil asset forfeiture but def making fun of it).

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

So the completely unqualified, dog-killing, trump-butt-kissing, hateful, ignorant, worthless, lying, and corrupt piece of filth - who happens to be the secretary of homeland security got her bag stolen?

I think this reaction sums it up best:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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