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   Sean Casten (seancasten@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 03:18:23 JST Sean Casten

   As Trump destroys our economy, wrecks your 401k and diminishes US global standing, his lackeys are... insisting on better cookies. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/burgum-cookies/682319/

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     That request was not the only move by his team that has alarmed some Interior officials. Four people familiar with Burgum's leadership, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, told The Atlantic that Burgum was focused on his status as the leader of a minor cabinet department and that those who ran his office repeatedly made unusual demands to his employees.

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     His office leadership once instructed political appointees to act as servers for a multi-course meal. They also dispatched a U.S. Park Police helicopter for his personal transportation. On at least one occasion, a political appointee was told to recook the cookies because the batch was subpar, according to three people.