There Are a Couple of Good Reasons You Shouldn't Take a Job at the Department of Labor

Young people, take a job with the Department of Labor. It’s where all the fun is! From * The New York Times*:

The women said Ms. Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, had touched them inappropriately at the Labor Department’s building on Constitution Avenue. One of the incidents, during working hours on the morning of Dec. 18, was recorded on office security cameras, the people said. The video showed Dr. DeRemer giving one of the women an extended embrace, and was reviewed as part of a criminal investigation, one of the people said. In January, the women’s concerns about Dr. DeRemer, 57, were raised as part of an internal investigation by the department’s inspector general into alleged misconduct by Ms. Chavez-DeRemer and her senior staff, one of the people said.

Dr. McFeely is only one act in this circus. Also from NYT:

A member of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s security detail with whom she has been accused of having a romantic relationship has been placed on administrative leave during a misconduct investigation, two people familiar with the matter said, escalating an ethics scandal roiling the department. The Labor Department inspector general’s office has interviewed staff in connection with the investigation, which followed a complaint that Ms. Chavez-DeRemer was having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate and abusing her office.

Borrowing a trope from my old pal Keith Olbermann, if you’re scoring at home, or even if you’re not, the secretary of labor may have been pitching woo with one of her bodyguards while her husband was running around the department HQ treating the female staffers like someone buying melons at an outdoor market. Meanwhile, over the weekend, we all paid for FBI director Kash Blutarsky to party hearty with the victorious U.S. hockey men. Also, meanwhile, the saga of Kristi Noem and her blankie took another odd turn. From Reuters:

Top U.S. homeland security aide Corey Lewandowski entered the cockpit of a government jet uninvited during a flight last year, after which he fired a pilot over a misplaced blanket, two people familiar with the matter said. Lewandowski, a long-time ally of President Donald Trump, was traveling with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when they discovered her blanket was missing, the people said, requesting anonymity to discuss internal government operations.

Frankly, I thought Lewandowski long ago had been exiled to the Island of Misfit Hacks. Then he turned up at Noem’s side—and possibly on her front too—at DHS, which should be splintered into its component parts forthwith. Barging into the cockpit of a government airplane is serious business, or it used to be, anyway. In sum, I stand by what was bandied about in the shebeen during the first iteration of Hell. “All the best people” will never not be funny.