Wasn't bought with Green Stamps. How was it paid for? Where did the money come from after leading and severing connections with two veterans promotional adventures.

 The Mansion.

FOX paid for the Mansion, or may have, regardless of the vet booster businesses.

So, a motivation to seek the DoD boss status beyond paycheck?

A nomination now, not yet a confirmation. Where will it lead, where will things go if we end up having a Hegseth military? It is a worthwhile question, now, not later when tears may flow amid told-you-so's. Here, linking to the net since I never met the man, nor watched him on TV. Nor having read any of his published work. Only second hand analysis, via links. From what I see, I don't like him, but our so-capable Senators do hold a hand in the process. 

In Senators We Trust. Wave a flag for them Senatorial special people. And the bigger question beyond where will it lead - Do we want to go there?

Don't californicate California. It pays for respect.

DWT - 

[...] In 2023, California contributed approximately $500 billion to the federal treasury while receiving only $350 billion in return. That’s a net contribution of $150 billion, making California a donor state keeping the federal budget afloat. Contrast this with Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia— states whose representatives love to rail against “coastal elites” while taking far more than they give. Combined, these states contributed only $95 billion but received $235 billion in federal aid—a net deficit of $140 billion. In other words, California’s taxes bankroll the very systems these states rely on for survival.

You can figure out the rest of the justified indignation, wildfire aid being in some minds conditioned on extracting symbolic pay as well as tons of money pay.

Possibly Louisiana pays a fairer chunk of its returned federal largess, given its oil and having Gulf port worth and river trade. But the implication is Mike Johnson cares not about the above quoted fact, when he can score points. Or it seems implied in the starting image of the post - bowing being a common thread in this and the prior post.

sneaker sniffer? or a bow to authority>?