First, let's back up.

Noem has starred in a sprawling ad campaign she’s said is a crucial tool to stem illegal immigration—so crucial that DHS bypassed the normal competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Where that $220M ended up has been unknown. The main recipient listed on public docs was a Delaware LLC created days before the deal was signed.

We found there's been a secret beneficiary: a GOP consulting firm with a much longer — & more interesting — track record.

The consulting firm, the Ohio-based Strategy Group, has longstanding personal and business ties to Noem and her senior aides at DHS.

It played a central role in Noem’s 2022 reelection campaign.

And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS.

This is the latest ad in the campaign, made by the Strategy Group at Mount Rushmore.

Noem filmed it on the second day of the government shutdown. It’s aired in recent days on “Fox & Friends.”

When I see a Birkin bag I want to puke. Only “select people” are allowed to purchase one and most cost as much as a car. The bags are not special nor unique, as far as quality. It’s an ultra rich person vanity thing.