Nothing quite says „cut government waste!“ like a $200 million dollar campaign to praise the (fake) waste cutters.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-kristi-noem-200-million-dhs-ad-campaign-thanks-president-1235276324/

Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea

Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border.”

Rolling Stone

For the #cannotmakethisshitup folder, this headline and its backstory

> Qatar Airways executive says invasive gynecological examinations of passengers won't be repeated https://apnews.com/article/australia-qatar-airways-gynecological-exam-senate-c99496aa6691bc5be8ebe27545d152db

Qatar Airways executive says invasive gynecological examinations of passengers won't be repeated

A senior Qatar Airways executive has told an Australian Senate inquiry that there would be no repeat of an incident at Doha’s international airport in 2020 in which female passengers were subjected to invasive gynecological examinations. Australian Transport Minister Catherine King said three weeks ago that the examinations of 13 Australian women who had boarded a Qatar Airways plane to Sydney were a factor in her decision to refuse the Qatar government-owned airline additional flights to Australia. A Qatar Airways senior vice president described the incident, which occurred when authorities were looking for the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned in an airport trash can, as “a one-off."

AP News
Recruiter who has been writing me mails over the last week (without me responding to them) is now basically asking me to do his job by directing people to him who could be interested. #CannotMakeThisShitUp