Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, the secretary confirmed Monday.
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.
Italy here, I handled lots of those when I had a business dealing with other businesses. Never for personal stuff, for that I’d have a cashier’s check printed at the bank
I fix cars at a big retail chain and yep. There’s instant verification now where in order to accept it we have to punch all the info into some service on the POS computer to make sure the check clears, but if it does, yeah we take those. Money is money. Checks are still issued and cashed by banks so we still take em.
For me, I hand write checks weekly. That 3 percent credit card fee can add up quickly. Invoice me, and get the total payed at the end of the month.
Also handy for person to person transactions, where cash is impractical.
The fuck!!! In canada I debit rent to my landlords email thru my bank, 0 fees… outside of the banks normal monthly ones of course. And all the cash apps in the US are so bizarre… like you can’t do any of that through your banks? Why even deal with one then?
My electric bill goes through a payment processor which charges 3% for an ACH transaction. I have tried on at least three occasions to set up direct debit; each time the next day for some reason all of my information mysteriously disappears (and you have to wait five days to pay that way?)
I do, they’re useful for tipping my hairdresser & the shampoo girl and I don’t want to remember to put one in my wallet each time, so I just keep a bunch in my wallet
There was a Twitter story where Elon fired so many Twitter folks that for a large window of time, a lot of things was available to the public because the person in charge was fired.
Don’t forget Trump is on tape giving away confidential information to reporters for free to make his dick seem bigger
And here in Australia, one of our billionaires confirmed he also showed them confidential information about the submarines.
And these are the cases we know about… There’s no chance the confidential docs at Mar a lago were safe… In fact, the only guarantee there was that there was no cameras installed in the bathrooms (which is likely why he did it)
Joke aside, the access badge can be revoked immediately (unless Elon somehow fucked that up too). Locks can be changed (and she can probably have that done quickly by a security detail as well as a sweep of the apartment). Blank checks can be canceled at the bank (basically a bulk stop payment on the range of check numbers).
Passport may be a bigger concern, but for someone in a cabinet-level position, anyone attempting to use it would probably be questioned pretty thoroughly.
Everyone here focused on the cash for some reason.
The only saving grace is they can lock out that one badge. Hopefully she reported it quickly.
Why? Any rando wandering in can’t be worse than the people who are already there.
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!”.
“Have you noticed Kristi seems more like an actual human being than usual?”
She smells worse, but damned if she isn’t so much nicer.
“Not that much worse, mind you.”
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.
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.
Italy here, I handled lots of those when I had a business dealing with other businesses. Never for personal stuff, for that I’d have a cashier’s check printed at the bank
Old people who wish to punish everyone else in line at the grocery store.
Big chains accept checks? 😳
I fix cars at a big retail chain and yep. There’s instant verification now where in order to accept it we have to punch all the info into some service on the POS computer to make sure the check clears, but if it does, yeah we take those. Money is money. Checks are still issued and cashed by banks so we still take em.
For me, I hand write checks weekly. That 3 percent credit card fee can add up quickly. Invoice me, and get the total payed at the end of the month. Also handy for person to person transactions, where cash is impractical.
That’s why I pay my rent with check, hand delivered to their office. That 3% is a significant chunk of money.
Do standing orders and Direct Debit not exist in the good ol’ USA?
Landlords/management companies sometimes will try to make you go through a payment portal with a fee if you try to do direct debit.
The fuck!!! In canada I debit rent to my landlords email thru my bank, 0 fees… outside of the banks normal monthly ones of course. And all the cash apps in the US are so bizarre… like you can’t do any of that through your banks? Why even deal with one then?
My electric bill goes through a payment processor which charges 3% for an ACH transaction. I have tried on at least three occasions to set up direct debit; each time the next day for some reason all of my information mysteriously disappears (and you have to wait five days to pay that way?)
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My therapist only takes cash or checks.
I write one check every month for my rent.
It’s so she can write bad checks.
My hairdresser takes check or cash. No cards.
I do, they’re useful for tipping my hairdresser & the shampoo girl and I don’t want to remember to put one in my wallet each time, so I just keep a bunch in my wallet
The person who was responsible for locking out badges was let go last month.
There was a Twitter story where Elon fired so many Twitter folks that for a large window of time, a lot of things was available to the public because the person in charge was fired.
That’s assuming she’s honest. There could just as easily have a USB stick with confidential docs in it
No, selling the USB stick was where she got the $3000 cash.
Sadly, you’re giving them too much credit.
Don’t forget Trump is on tape giving away confidential information to reporters for free to make his dick seem bigger
And here in Australia, one of our billionaires confirmed he also showed them confidential information about the submarines.
And these are the cases we know about… There’s no chance the confidential docs at Mar a lago were safe… In fact, the only guarantee there was that there was no cameras installed in the bathrooms (which is likely why he did it)
Implying it wasn’t staged
How could we forget about the makeup bag?
Joke aside, the access badge can be revoked immediately (unless Elon somehow fucked that up too). Locks can be changed (and she can probably have that done quickly by a security detail as well as a sweep of the apartment). Blank checks can be canceled at the bank (basically a bulk stop payment on the range of check numbers).
Passport may be a bigger concern, but for someone in a cabinet-level position, anyone attempting to use it would probably be questioned pretty thoroughly.
Elon Musky definitely fucked it up.
Checks?! She have some clipped coupons in there too? Damn grandma.
She had a copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh on stone tablets she was reading.
Oh no, not my prescription crack pipe!
Shouldn’t have to remind them, it’s literally DHS, but hope they shut down that badge’s access.
Most people would not have “quick” context for an “access badge”. But they do instantly understand “cash”.