Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO): Where is this company headquartered?

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: I don’t know.

Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out.

You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that $143 million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't have a headquarters, doesn't have a website, has never done work for the federal government before and is registered apparently or attached to a residence from a political operative, and of course one of the subcontractors of that contract, as you know, is a political firm that's tied to, to you back when you were governor of South Dakota?

WTAF the pardon wasn’t enough?

Ah ha, I for some reason Jeff is blocking a bathroom appliance.???

Kristi Noem's plane is outfitted for a fun time with Cory:
wine bar
queen bed
2 b i d e t's.

Anonymous wrote:Kristi Noem's plane:
wine bar
queen bed

plus 2 b i d e t's. For a fun time with Cory

Kristi Noem's plane:
wine bar
queen bed

Anonymous wrote:$15 million for OMB Director's security. $15 million for one year!

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-...nts-show-2026-02-13/

The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters.
The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026, the documents showed.

It’s all about the fringe benefits: protection details, airplanes, travel all the time, base housing (Noem), endless trips to MAL ag govt expense, fancy offices…. That’s all they care about. None of them actually want to work.

$15 million for OMB Director's security. $15 million for one year!

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-...nts-show-2026-02-13/

The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters.
The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026, the documents showed.

Anonymous wrote:Linda McMahon said cutting nearly 50% of the Education Department staff would improve efficiency and accountability. Instead, the department wasted an estimated $28 to $38 million, and thousands of education discrimination complaints were tossed.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/education-department-ocr-layoffs-doge-report/?utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120238905753790528&utm_content=120242559353120528&utm_term=120238905753800528&utm_campaign=120238905753790528&fbclid=IwY2xjawP_HthleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqy_4g8uOUHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR67lT5_EG_bFS2LdKIS_k_7EROueellSqv10_6LdRta4gzJVLeLs5Nr3VpAKw_aem_v37B8rpTT2rEBs_gEskFFQ

Just flatly dismissing complaints now. These are real kids who have been discriminated against. Disability is the largest source of complaints because schools are so bad at providing FAPE. Dept of Ed "resolved" 7000 complaints but it's because they tossed 90% of them after spending 10s of millions firing people. Are we great again yet?

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5690188/cost-trump-layoffs-civil-rights-complaints-department-education-gao

Anonymous wrote:

$100 mn over the prior selling price two years ago?!?! Sounds like Trump admin is now helping the Russians to launder money.

Linda McMahon said cutting nearly 50% of the Education Department staff would improve efficiency and accountability. Instead, the department wasted an estimated $28 to $38 million, and thousands of education discrimination complaints were tossed.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/education-department-ocr-layoffs-doge-report/?utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120238905753790528&utm_content=120242559353120528&utm_term=120238905753800528&utm_campaign=120238905753790528&fbclid=IwY2xjawP_HthleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqy_4g8uOUHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR67lT5_EG_bFS2LdKIS_k_7EROueellSqv10_6LdRta4gzJVLeLs5Nr3VpAKw_aem_v37B8rpTT2rEBs_gEskFFQ

Anonymous wrote:

The amount spent on these Hegseth vanity projects is pretty terrible...unless you compare it to the amount spent on Trump vanity projects.