Kristi Noem’s bag

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think most people walk around with 3k in cash. But, I can think of 2 occasions that I've had that or more just this year. Also, there are reasons why I may carry over a thousand. For example, if I dont want to leave it in a hotel room.

What actual reasons? I find this so odd. Are you a boomer who cannot figure out Venmo or Zelle?

No, I just sometimes do business with people who prefer cash. They are legitimate businesses (think landscaping, hiring party bus, cleaning services, etc). I don't know if they are legitimate tax filers, but they are legitimate businesses. Also, if I'm going to an estate sale or something similar, I will bring several thousand dollars because cash is king if you have to compete with another buyer. I'm a millennial.

I pay my landscaper and housekeeper in cash as well, but I don’t go out to dinner with my passport and $3k in cash and leave it unattended. I withdraw the cash from the bank, keep it in a safe place at home, and then give it to the landscaper in person. I also pay certain people with checks - contractors, designers, etc. I keep my checkbook in a safe place and write checks one at a time and mail/deliver them. The average person these days carries less than $100 in cash. When I traveled in Japan, I did carry cash around because it’s more of a cash based society than the U.S. Sure, some people carry cash around, but most reasonable people recognize that carrying $3k in cash, a passport, and a bunch of blank checks is not common.

Its not common, but there are legitimate reasons a person may do it.

Yeah, that is what most people are saying. It’s not common, so it’s a point of interest.

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Even my house cleaning person has venmo and zelle. Or take a check. I pay service workers who landscape, plumbers, electricians, etc but have yet to come across one who only takes cash. I do not even know the pin number to my debit card since the bank sent me a new one last year. I still find this so odd.

Do you really think a landscaper or housecleaner in this area is going to work for Noem AND ask for cash only? That’s just asking for deportation, legal or not!

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Anonymous wrote:Who goes to Easter dinner with passport, $3000 cash, government badge, and blank checks?

I keep my badge in my purse, and I used to carry a checkbook around (but I haven’t for 5 years or so), but I would never carry that much cash unless I planned to get rid of it right away.

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Anonymous wrote:Who goes to Easter dinner with passport, $3000 cash, government badge, and blank checks?

I assumed "blank checks" meant a checkbook, but the cash and passport feel very off. Maybe she is prepared to flee at a moment's notice if she accidentally displeases the Dear Leader?

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She probably wanted to show off her special black passport to her family. The $3k is strange, but a person who just shoves her passport and dhs badge under her seat is careless.

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Anonymous wrote:It's very strange. Anyone carrying $3000 in their purse in 2025 is very odd. I can only think of - it's a bribe; she has a drug problem; she's a prostitute; or she's paranoid and has a mental illness.

I’m none of those things and have $3k or so in cash on me regularly. There’s $700 in the center console of my car at the moment. Some people just have cash around.

That is bizarre and frankly, not smart? People try door handles to rummage through cars. You must be rich to be so cavalier with large amounts of money.

I’ve had cash there for years, never had it stolen. Lock your car and the door handles don’t work.

Do people not break car windows where you live?! In my (nice, upscale, but in-city) neighborhood, we get random broken windows even on cars that are unlocked and empty.

No. I haven’t locked my house in 20 years, I don’t even know where the house keys are.

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Anonymous wrote:It's very strange. Anyone carrying $3000 in their purse in 2025 is very odd. I can only think of - it's a bribe; she has a drug problem; she's a prostitute; or she's paranoid and has a mental illness.

I’m none of those things and have $3k or so in cash on me regularly. There’s $700 in the center console of my car at the moment. Some people just have cash around.

That is bizarre and frankly, not smart? People try door handles to rummage through cars. You must be rich to be so cavalier with large amounts of money.

I’ve had cash there for years, never had it stolen. Lock your car and the door handles don’t work.

Do people not break car windows where you live?! In my (nice, upscale, but in-city) neighborhood, we get random broken windows even on cars that are unlocked and empty.

No. I haven’t locked my house in 20 years, I don’t even know where the house keys are.

DP. Can you write your address here so we can swing by?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a staged theft. Think about it:

- she knows there will be negative press and jokes about the head of homeland security who can't secure her own purse
- other politicians have lost their wallet before, yet none felt the need to tell every news outlet. it was so quick and so deliberate
- she had gov security with her; who would be dumb enough to take a purse from a team of security in an enclosed space with no alternate exits, when for all they know, it could be 20 bucks and a pack of gum in there

It doesn't add up.

it makes more sense that there's something bad from her phone that's about to come to light. She needs to find a way to get rid of it or claim it's been tainted.

Hm, this is an interesting theory. Anyone want to predict what the scandal will be? We have one vote for “something on phone.”

My first thought was “wrote a check to someone damning,” because the “blank checks” inclusion seems weird, but the date would be a problem. Lost her passport or ID and didn’t want to admit it and face ridicule?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a staged theft. Think about it:

- she knows there will be negative press and jokes about the head of homeland security who can't secure her own purse
- other politicians have lost their wallet before, yet none felt the need to tell every news outlet. it was so quick and so deliberate
- she had gov security with her; who would be dumb enough to take a purse from a team of security in an enclosed space with no alternate exits, when for all they know, it could be 20 bucks and a pack of gum in there

It doesn't add up.

it makes more sense that there's something bad from her phone that's about to come to light. She needs to find a way to get rid of it or claim it's been tainted.

Hm, this is an interesting theory. Anyone want to predict what the scandal will be? We have one vote for “something on phone.”

My first thought was “wrote a check to someone damning,” because the “blank checks” inclusion seems weird, but the date would be a problem. Lost her passport or ID and didn’t want to admit it and face ridicule?

They have the guy on video stealing her purse. They presumably could track her phone. I don’t think it’s fake. Where would you even hire a guy to do this?!

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It's a staged theft. Think about it:

- she knows there will be negative press and jokes about the head of homeland security who can't secure her own purse
- other politicians have lost their wallet before, yet none felt the need to tell every news outlet. it was so quick and so deliberate
- she had gov security with her; who would be dumb enough to take a purse from a team of security in an enclosed space with no alternate exits, when for all they know, it could be 20 bucks and a pack of gum in there

It doesn't add up.

it makes more sense that there's something bad from her phone that's about to come to light. She needs to find a way to get rid of it or claim it's been tainted.

Hm, this is an interesting theory. Anyone want to predict what the scandal will be? We have one vote for “something on phone.”

My first thought was “wrote a check to someone damning,” because the “blank checks” inclusion seems weird, but the date would be a problem. Lost her passport or ID and didn’t want to admit it and face ridicule?

They have the guy on video stealing her purse. They presumably could track her phone. I don’t think it’s fake. Where would you even hire a guy to do this?!

Really? You guys have “fixers” in DC. I agree, it’s fake. Why so much detail with what was in the purse? Also, why wasn’t she securing her important items. Intelligence officers have been fired for leaving their laptops etc in cars to be stolen etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think most people walk around with 3k in cash. But, I can think of 2 occasions that I've had that or more just this year. Also, there are reasons why I may carry over a thousand. For example, if I dont want to leave it in a hotel room.

What actual reasons? I find this so odd. Are you a boomer who cannot figure out Venmo or Zelle?

No, I just sometimes do business with people who prefer cash. They are legitimate businesses (think landscaping, hiring party bus, cleaning services, etc). I don't know if they are legitimate tax filers, but they are legitimate businesses. Also, if I'm going to an estate sale or something similar, I will bring several thousand dollars because cash is king if you have to compete with another buyer. I'm a millennial.

I pay my landscaper and housekeeper in cash as well, but I don’t go out to dinner with my passport and $3k in cash and leave it unattended. I withdraw the cash from the bank, keep it in a safe place at home, and then give it to the landscaper in person. I also pay certain people with checks - contractors, designers, etc. I keep my checkbook in a safe place and write checks one at a time and mail/deliver them. The average person these days carries less than $100 in cash. When I traveled in Japan, I did carry cash around because it’s more of a cash based society than the U.S. Sure, some people carry cash around, but most reasonable people recognize that carrying $3k in cash, a passport, and a bunch of blank checks is not common.

Its not common, but there are legitimate reasons a person may do it.

Ok but who carries that much cash and then doesn’t pay close attention to where their bag is at all times?!

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Anonymous wrote:Who goes to Easter dinner with passport, $3000 cash, government badge, and blank checks?

I assumed "blank checks" meant a checkbook, but the cash and passport feel very off. Maybe she is prepared to flee at a moment's notice if she accidentally displeases the Dear Leader?

I mean, that's what I would have in my purse if I needed to flee the country at any minute.

It's very suspicious that someone just happened to pick this up at a restaurant while her security detail was there. Almost like it was a planned drop of something.

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Anonymous wrote:So summarizing the possible explanations for the $3K cash in a Gucci bag she left on a burger place floor:

*she's a drug dealer
*she's having multiple affairs and pays for hotels in cash
*her purse is a go-bag to leave the country at a moment's notice
*she needs cash to cover a glass of wine at dinner because she is so thoroughly honest about business expenses
*she pays the cleaning lady for numerous visits on Easter Sunday
*her family goes to Estate sales on Easter
*she thinks like a blue collar business owner
and last, the one we would not have thought if it it wasn't for the wisdom of the Trump administration,
*she is in a gang

All of these are very possible. I think we need more info to know for sure. But I believe we can safely rule out that she was going to stuff the grandtoddler's Easter ostrich eggs with cash.

Summarized from people living in very small worlds who watch too many movies.

so you're saying we're just too poor and unworldly to understand why a big strong woman of the world might have $3k in cash in her bag on Easter - and not keep enough of an eye on that bag to keep it from being stolen?

You’re proving my point. It’s not just the rich who carry a lot of cash around. And the dumb reasons someone gave on why someone might carry so much cash, people who don’t know anybody who carries cash might live in a world of clones.

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Anonymous wrote:It's very strange. Anyone carrying $3000 in their purse in 2025 is very odd. I can only think of - it's a bribe; she has a drug problem; she's a prostitute; or she's paranoid and has a mental illness.

I’m none of those things and have $3k or so in cash on me regularly. There’s $700 in the center console of my car at the moment. Some people just have cash around.

That is bizarre and frankly, not smart? People try door handles to rummage through cars. You must be rich to be so cavalier with large amounts of money.

I’ve had cash there for years, never had it stolen. Lock your car and the door handles don’t work.

Do people not break car windows where you live?! In my (nice, upscale, but in-city) neighborhood, we get random broken windows even on cars that are unlocked and empty.

No. I haven’t locked my house in 20 years, I don’t even know where the house keys are.

I’m at least 3rd generation of people who don’t lock their doors except when going to bed. No one has ever owned a gun in my family and there have been no break ins. I do lock my car door because it’s easy.

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Anonymous wrote:So summarizing the possible explanations for the $3K cash in a Gucci bag she left on a burger place floor:

*she's a drug dealer
*she's having multiple affairs and pays for hotels in cash
*her purse is a go-bag to leave the country at a moment's notice
*she needs cash to cover a glass of wine at dinner because she is so thoroughly honest about business expenses
*she pays the cleaning lady for numerous visits on Easter Sunday
*her family goes to Estate sales on Easter
*she thinks like a blue collar business owner
and last, the one we would not have thought if it it wasn't for the wisdom of the Trump administration,
*she is in a gang

All of these are very possible. I think we need more info to know for sure. But I believe we can safely rule out that she was going to stuff the grandtoddler's Easter ostrich eggs with cash.

Summarized from people living in very small worlds who watch too many movies.

so you're saying we're just too poor and unworldly to understand why a big strong woman of the world might have $3k in cash in her bag on Easter - and not keep enough of an eye on that bag to keep it from being stolen?

You’re proving my point. It’s not just the rich who carry a lot of cash around. And the dumb reasons someone gave on why someone might carry so much cash, people who don’t know anybody who carries cash might live in a world of clones.

Fine, it's totally normal to carry around 3K in cash because you are giving your grandkids Easter cash. You win. I won't accuse her of being a gang member or a drug dealer. Absolutely right that it's absurd/

Now, let's lend the same grace to all the Hispanic day laborers who have cash in their pockets.

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Anonymous wrote:It's very strange. Anyone carrying $3000 in their purse in 2025 is very odd. I can only think of - it's a bribe; she has a drug problem; she's a prostitute; or she's paranoid and has a mental illness.

I’m none of those things and have $3k or so in cash on me regularly. There’s $700 in the center console of my car at the moment. Some people just have cash around.

That is bizarre and frankly, not smart? People try door handles to rummage through cars. You must be rich to be so cavalier with large amounts of money.

I’ve had cash there for years, never had it stolen. Lock your car and the door handles don’t work.

Do people not break car windows where you live?! In my (nice, upscale, but in-city) neighborhood, we get random broken windows even on cars that are unlocked and empty.

No. I haven’t locked my house in 20 years, I don’t even know where the house keys are.

I’m at least 3rd generation of people who don’t lock their doors except when going to bed. No one has ever owned a gun in my family and there have been no break ins. I do lock my car door because it’s easy.

And where do you live? Not in SE DC.