Correction: The $640,000 was the total travel cost. $150,000 of that was related to her personal and political activity.
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That just makes it worse. Why are taxpayers paying even a nickel for her personal and political activity?!
mar 29, 2025, 10:26 pm • 2 0 • view
The watch likely keeps her on time so was billed to the state.
mar 29, 2025, 6:35 pm • 3 0 • view
"Personal" & political activity. What does that mean?
mar 29, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
Still WAY too much.
mar 29, 2025, 8:35 pm • 0 0 • view
These men behind bars are not in prison after being charged with crimes. They are "enemy combatants" being detained in a concentration camp. As such, Kristi Noem's crass photo-op using them as props violates the Geneva Convention's prohibition of ‘exposure to public curiosity’ of those captured.
mar 29, 2025, 6:03 pm • 14 3 • view
Dang.....she is lucky she trust her security....
mar 29, 2025, 6:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Which is still more than what 75% of Mericans make in a year. If we are to believe the answer that AI produces at the moment.
mar 29, 2025, 4:29 pm • 2 0 • view
But why is the governor of South Dakota going to Paris anyway? What possible official business could there be?
mar 29, 2025, 4:12 pm • 241 14 • view
100% Fix your state problems which are likely not replicated in Paris. Did she go during Olympics? 😡
mar 29, 2025, 6:06 pm • 0 0 • view
She can go to Paris (& stay preferably-apologies to France) but she can’t charge taxpayers for the privilege
mar 29, 2025, 10:47 pm • 8 0 • view
What's next a special lectern?
mar 29, 2025, 6:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Assumption travel experience expenses. It’s allowable as long as your income bracket is allowed to gain future notoriety & you can pay it back if called on Did you know she wanted a jet plane instead had to Only get a dual turbo prop plane legislatures said no due to costs & maintenance
mar 29, 2025, 5:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Did her boyfriend go with her.?
mar 29, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view
She had informal night meetings in the Bois de Boulogne
mar 29, 2025, 4:23 pm • 2 0 • view
Is this what they call "backdoor diplomacy"?
mar 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 0 0 • view
It's a shaddy place at night with lots of hookers.
mar 29, 2025, 5:30 pm • 0 0 • view
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Noem is planning to run for President.
mar 29, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Pritzker just announced a trip to Mexico for trade talks & business investment in Illinois. It happens.
mar 29, 2025, 4:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Why the bear hunt?
mar 29, 2025, 4:57 pm • 3 0 • view
Red meat for the rednecks
mar 29, 2025, 6:29 pm • 2 0 • view
Ran out of puppies to shoot.
mar 29, 2025, 6:54 pm • 4 1 • view
with many serial killers this escalation would quickly lead to humans
mar 30, 2025, 4:14 am • 1 0 • view
They think it's good for the image. Gun in hand, looking tough, shooting innocent animals for fun. I suppose it works on the rednecks? Dunno.
mar 29, 2025, 6:36 pm • 0 0 • view
f***ing shopping & cafes, Dakotas impress in other ways, ne'er in between shall the 2 meet
mar 29, 2025, 5:44 pm • 0 0 • view
She likes to go and knows that no one of significance will challenge her.
mar 29, 2025, 11:56 pm • 0 0 • view
No one knows or cares about her in Europe that's for sure. South Dakota is barely relevant within the US.
mar 30, 2025, 3:48 am • 0 0 • view
I can't say for sure but given the information we have I'm gonna assume some kind of wild hunt.
mar 29, 2025, 7:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Probably to inject pig vomit into her lips and face to keep her MAGA pretty.
mar 29, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
That's where she met with N Koreas' leader....😂😂😂
mar 29, 2025, 9:06 pm • 1 0 • view
States establish trade relations and deals with foreign businesses all the time. She didn't do any official business of course, so this is misappropriation and fraud.
mar 29, 2025, 4:24 pm • 6 0 • view
Well she had to buy that Rolex from somewhere and not even a thank you to the taxpayers ( Genius)
mar 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 2 0 • view
South Dakota though that's my point. They export very little to Europe. If she was ever concerned with international trade she would say something about the tariffs don't you think? That are going to ruin her state.
mar 29, 2025, 4:42 pm • 1 0 • view
“GRIFTING” is an Official Act of THIS Crooked, Administration..!! ANYTIME. ANY PLACE. ANY AMOUNT. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
mar 29, 2025, 5:22 pm • 1 0 • view
November 10, 2023 The group Republicans Overseas will host the World Freedom Initiative on Friday and Saturday in Paris, France, where Johnson will join 22 speakers, including South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem
mar 29, 2025, 5:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Forging strong rightwing ties for their global takeover.
mar 29, 2025, 5:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Tim Pawlenty traveled allover the world while governor of MN. He needed to build a resume on foreign policy while preening to become McCain’s VP. Then Sarah Palin happened and Pawlenty was toast.
mar 29, 2025, 4:15 pm • 86 8 • view
👆💯. He was dumped for Palin! Good ole Tim Pawlenty who borrowed money from the state education budget and never paid it back. AKA Mr. Fee cause a "fee" isn't a tax!
mar 29, 2025, 4:28 pm • 73 6 • view
He thought he could be president. Remember that? The blandest of all bland politicians. No one even noticed when he stopped running. He never would have won his second term had there not been a third party candidate.
mar 29, 2025, 4:35 pm • 32 4 • view
Scott Walker: "Did someone say bland? Hold my light beer."
mar 29, 2025, 4:36 pm • 48 3 • view
Hold my ham sandwich on white bread lol
mar 29, 2025, 4:59 pm • 1 0 • view
I'd forgotten about that nugget! Boy, he sure disappeared once his ambitions were destroyed. I can't think of a single appearance he's made since getting thumped by Evers. Last I heard he was working for a second rate PAC based in Santa Barbara, circle jerking at Reagan's ranch.
mar 29, 2025, 5:03 pm • 1 0 • view
He was a living example of the Peter Principle.
mar 29, 2025, 5:06 pm • 2 0 • view
A "C" student (at best) at a private university, plucked out of school prior to graduation because he checked all of the boxes for the Koch Brothers. His only job as an adult was working for the Republican party in Milwaukee.
mar 29, 2025, 5:18 pm • 3 0 • view
Walker was an awful governor. He set WI back decades. But he TRIED to stop Trump. In 2015 Walker was one of the first republican contenders to drop out so voters could consolidate behind a republican other than Trump.
mar 29, 2025, 4:39 pm • 28 2 • view
I think the ongoing object lesson here is: when scum bags occasionally do something that seems less heinous, we don't always know why they did it or where their interest lay at the time...but we should not lose sight of the fact they are still a scum bag & will be again when they have reason to be.
mar 29, 2025, 5:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Spot on. It's like these never-Trumpers, working their entire careers fighting for blatantly racist and misogynist policies and massive voter suppression. Now, they're shocked that their dreams aren't what they thought they were. Kinzinger, Cheney, Conway, Wilson, Schmidt, etc... They built this!
mar 29, 2025, 5:07 pm • 3 0 • view
I think we are not safe from them until they retire from public life. Which some of them do when they discover they can't play their preferred version of the corruption racket. I don't think they can imagine doing it for any other (ie non self-enriching) reason.
mar 29, 2025, 5:28 pm • 2 0 • view
Chris Christie evaporated. His loud mouth bullying schtick was not working with Trump around.
mar 29, 2025, 5:30 pm • 2 0 • view
Walker did real damage to WI which they're still dealing with. I think most Repubs knew Trump was awful but didn't take him seriously until it was too late.
mar 29, 2025, 4:42 pm • 27 5 • view
what was the essence of his underperformances? midwest long since peak era, sometimes poor management masks greater murkiness or problems doing the driving WI enjoys high costs & markets competitions favor none, lots of budgets chasing finite resources, neighboring states fare similar i bet/guess
mar 29, 2025, 5:51 pm • 0 0 • view
True. He was the Koch Bros’s bitch behind the Right to Work movement. 🤬
mar 29, 2025, 5:42 pm • 1 0 • view
They got their wish and then some, and they saved themselves $100 million by not giving Trump a dime.
mar 29, 2025, 6:06 pm • 1 0 • view
"And Russia if you're listening..." - DJT, July, 2016. Nobody was taking him seriously even then. The media shrugged, as did the Dems. They failed us right then and there. Trump shouldn't have ever been allowed to run following this seditious and illegal plea. Not ever.
mar 29, 2025, 4:52 pm • 46 4 • view
Everyone EXPECTED Hillary Clinton to win. Even Comey did. It’s why he wrote his ludicrous letter about not investigating. He was covering his ass for WHEN she won. Then Cambridge Analytica, FB, Kremlin troll farms and Conway/Kushner depressed turnout. It was Putin’s spite to bury Clinton.
mar 29, 2025, 4:56 pm • 25 3 • view
2 this day Comey doesn’t take ANY RESPONSIBILITY 4 his actions.
mar 29, 2025, 7:43 pm • 2 0 • view
That whole last minute investigation/ no investigation was a setup! Just like trump’s “ yuuge tariffs tomorrow” then “oh no tariffs now” scam to make a killing in the market‼️😡
mar 29, 2025, 5:26 pm • 4 0 • view
And then…. The election was stolen!!!
mar 29, 2025, 10:25 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't want to argue with you about that scumbag piece of shit. Do remember this: Walker was Pence's close advisor and worked extensively helping him prepare for his debate with Kaine. He went all in on Trump, even working out that bullshit Foxconn deal so Trump could brag about bringing jobs back.
mar 29, 2025, 4:46 pm • 1 0 • view
You're more knowledgable about this than I. I'll give Walker credit for trying to stop the 🍊 toddler! I remember what Walker did to destroy teacher's unions in WI.
mar 29, 2025, 4:52 pm • 3 0 • view
Walker and the WI GOP rigged the laws, requiring different documents for voter registration and those needed for actually voting, meaning one could officially register at a state building, only to be turned away at the polls. An action specifically taken to prevent students from casting ballots.
mar 29, 2025, 4:58 pm • 1 0 • view
100% Remember when he fired the DMV staffer for offering the FREE voter ID cards?
mar 29, 2025, 5:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Believe me, I despised Walker 100%. He’s a politician to his core. He can believe anything for a price.
mar 29, 2025, 4:51 pm • 3 0 • view
And yet they still voted for GOP, again, another smart batch of Russians....
mar 29, 2025, 5:54 pm • 1 0 • view
I moved away from Wisconsin my home state because of Walker and the shit he did to Wisconsin. He was bad for Milwaukee and bad for Wisconsin. I hope he gets what he deserves one day 😡
mar 29, 2025, 5:00 pm • 1 0 • view
We finally got Evers and a level Supreme Court, only to have Musk swoop in offering literal millions of dollars to Republicans... While the GOP cheers him on. 46 more months of this... I can't wait to have my voting rights completely neutered by 2028.
mar 29, 2025, 5:15 pm • 3 0 • view
I keep hoping Wisconsin will go back to before Walker destroyed everything 🙏 😪
mar 30, 2025, 5:03 pm • 0 0 • view
WI was ground zero for progressive politics. We have to hope you can get back there again. Russ Feingold was one of my favorites, ever. Ron Johnson taking his seat is just a cruel joke. Johnson is just soulless.
mar 30, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I think Johnson stole that seat from Feingold. I think that's why he was in Russia on the 4th of July. He owes them, that's why he became even crazier after.
mar 31, 2025, 5:03 pm • 1 0 • view
And yet they kept on voting for the fucking from the GOP, smart bunch there
mar 29, 2025, 5:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Actually have no problem with elected officials of either party meeting officials from abroad. It helps them form relationships and also to learn (on the ground) what is going on in other countries, first hand rather than the media spin.
mar 29, 2025, 6:10 pm • 0 0 • view
I totally forgot about that guy lol
mar 29, 2025, 5:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Noem was out of state almost every weekend on the state plane. These were frequently trips to Texas to see one of her donors. Plus plenty of others that had nothing to do with state business. That cost isn't on the credit card.
mar 29, 2025, 4:41 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s a small thing, but I appreciate that you fact checked yourself. I wouldn’t have known the difference, but had I cared to fact check, it would have been disappointing to learn the numbers appeared to by “hyped”. Good for you 👏👏👏👏
mar 30, 2025, 12:08 am • 17 1 • view
Ok still I don’t have any free travel expenses from the government? Why should she? Elon needs to get DOGE on this! PRONTO
mar 29, 2025, 7:38 pm • 4 0 • view
I can't even get trave for official business approved. Impeach this cunt and claw back the feivolous expenses
mar 29, 2025, 7:57 pm • 1 0 • view
Why are we paying for her personal travel?
mar 29, 2025, 5:21 pm • 5 0 • view
So she can afford a Rolex, duh😆
mar 29, 2025, 5:39 pm • 3 0 • view
mar 30, 2025, 6:49 am • 1 1 • view