Anonymous
05/26/2020 21:55
Subject: GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“After weeks of discussions about his future, Zachary D. Fuentes, the 36-year-old deputy White House chief of staff, had a plan.
Mr. Fuentes told colleagues that after his mentor, John F. Kelly, left his job as chief of staff at the end of the year, he would “hide out” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House, for six months, remaining on the payroll in a nebulous role. Then, in July, when he had completed 15 years of service in the Coast Guard, Mr. Fuentes — an active-duty officer — would take advantage of an early retirement program.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/zachary-fuentes-coast-guard-retirement.html#click=https://t.co/nvafjqFQgx
He apparently advocated for this early retirement program
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422404-top-kelly-aide-devised-plan-to-quietly-exit-white-house-and-stay-on
Excerpt from above
"Several White House staffers told The New York Times that Fuentes discussed the retirement program with officials at the Department of Homeland Security, which then began pressing Congress in November to reinstate it after it ended at the end of fiscal year 2018.
A provision to reinstate it was pulled Wednesday from a House bill after questions from reporters."
Thank god for our free press
This Fuentes grifter just won a $3M federal contract to provide PPE to hospitals only the Navajo nation. He has zero experience manufacturing or sourcing masks and created his company 11 days before winning the contract. And the masks he provided, of course, are unsuitable for medical use.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-feds-gave-a-former-white-house-official-3-million-to-supply-masks-to-navajo-hospitals-some-may-not-work
Anonymous
05/23/2020 09:57
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Can’t make this up
“ A former White House aide received a $3 million contract from the federal government to supply respirator masks to Navajo Nation hospitals in New Mexico and Arizona, some of which now appear to be faulty.
Zach Fuentes, President Trump's former deputy chief of staff, won the contract just 11 days after he founded a company to sell personal protective equipment to help deal with the coronavirus. He secured the contract with the Indian Health Service (IHS) despite having no prior federal contracting experience.
However, the IHS told The Hill that 247,000 of the masks, worth about $800,000, might be unsuitable for surgeries, and another 130,400 were not the type specified in the procurement data.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/499265-former-white-house-aide-won-3-million-contract-to-supply-masks-amid%3famp
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-feds-gave-a-former-white-house-official-3-million-to-supply-masks-to-navajo-hospitals-some-may-not-work/amp?__twitter_impression=true
I hope Congress looks into this
Anonymous
05/23/2020 02:22
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Can’t make this up
“ A former White House aide received a $3 million contract from the federal government to supply respirator masks to Navajo Nation hospitals in New Mexico and Arizona, some of which now appear to be faulty.
Zach Fuentes, President Trump's former deputy chief of staff, won the contract just 11 days after he founded a company to sell personal protective equipment to help deal with the coronavirus. He secured the contract with the Indian Health Service (IHS) despite having no prior federal contracting experience.
However, the IHS told The Hill that 247,000 of the masks, worth about $800,000, might be unsuitable for surgeries, and another 130,400 were not the type specified in the procurement data.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/499265-former-white-house-aide-won-3-million-contract-to-supply-masks-amid%3famp
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-feds-gave-a-former-white-house-official-3-million-to-supply-masks-to-navajo-hospitals-some-may-not-work/amp?__twitter_impression=true
“ A former White House aide received a $3 million contract from the federal government to supply respirator masks to Navajo Nation hospitals in New Mexico and Arizona, some of which now appear to be faulty.
Zach Fuentes, President Trump's former deputy chief of staff, won the contract just 11 days after he founded a company to sell personal protective equipment to help deal with the coronavirus. He secured the contract with the Indian Health Service (IHS) despite having no prior federal contracting experience.
However, the IHS told The Hill that 247,000 of the masks, worth about $800,000, might be unsuitable for surgeries, and another 130,400 were not the type specified in the procurement data.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/administration/499265-former-white-house-aide-won-3-million-contract-to-supply-masks-amid%3famp
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-feds-gave-a-former-white-house-official-3-million-to-supply-masks-to-navajo-hospitals-some-may-not-work/amp?__twitter_impression=true
Anonymous
Anonymous
05/20/2020 21:21
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
“Republican congressional candidate Ted Howze said earlier this month he had nothing to do with social media posts from his personal accounts that demeaned Muslims, accused prominent Democrats of murder and mocked a survivor of the Parkland school shooting.
The “negative and ugly ideas,” he asserted, were penned by others whom he’d given access to his accounts, but he declined to name them.
At least a dozen additional posts from Howze’s account over a two-year period espouse conspiracy theories, suggest Hillary Clinton and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) are responsible for murder, or denigrate Dreamers, Islam and the Black Lives Matter movement. As of Tuesday afternoon, they were accessible on his personal Facebook account.
Howze, his party's nominee in a competitive central California district, is endorsed by the National Republican Congressional Committee and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy. He explicitly signed his name to one of these posts and tags family members in others. They were interspersed throughout frequent life updates that included pictures of Howze and his family celebrating holidays and attending sporting events.”
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/05/20/howze-social-media-muslims-dreamers-270469?__twitter_impression=true
The “negative and ugly ideas,” he asserted, were penned by others whom he’d given access to his accounts, but he declined to name them.
At least a dozen additional posts from Howze’s account over a two-year period espouse conspiracy theories, suggest Hillary Clinton and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) are responsible for murder, or denigrate Dreamers, Islam and the Black Lives Matter movement. As of Tuesday afternoon, they were accessible on his personal Facebook account.
Howze, his party's nominee in a competitive central California district, is endorsed by the National Republican Congressional Committee and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy. He explicitly signed his name to one of these posts and tags family members in others. They were interspersed throughout frequent life updates that included pictures of Howze and his family celebrating holidays and attending sporting events.”
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/05/20/howze-social-media-muslims-dreamers-270469?__twitter_impression=true
Anonymous
05/20/2020 09:57
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Now a Federal judge requests an investigation of Mitch McConnell for allegedly pressuring judges to retire.
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3083144001?__twitter_impression=true
There was no "there" there.
Now why do I find that difficult to believe.
Maybe because, in your mind, all Republicans are bad? They are all part of the basket of deplorables?
[...]
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/npr-report-obliterates-demand-justices-smear-of-judge-griffith/
Another goober who didn’t actually listen to the entire quote, but yes, I think this thread proves that Republicans are uniformly corrupt. You can cite as many right wing blabberers as you want; I can SEE the corruption.
So can you, I’d wager. You just don’t care.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 09:55
Subject: GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Georgia canceled its election for the State Supreme Court and Republican Governor Brian Kemp will appoint a Republican member instead who will serve two years before the next election.
“The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.
But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.”
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/19/21262376/georgia-republicans-cancel-election-state-supreme-court-barrow-kemp-blackwell
He stole his seat and they let him get away with it. I suppose they figure they can just keep going.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 09:29
Subject: GOP Corruption at Every Level
Georgia canceled its election for the State Supreme Court and Republican Governor Brian Kemp will appoint a Republican member instead who will serve two years before the next election.
“The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.
But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.”
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/19/21262376/georgia-republicans-cancel-election-state-supreme-court-barrow-kemp-blackwell
“The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court. Justice Keith Blackwell, a Republican whose six-year term expires on the last day of this year, did not plan to run for reelection. The election, between former Democratic Rep. John Barrow and former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, would determine who would fill Blackwell’s seat.
But then something weird happened: Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, canceled Tuesday’s election. Instead, Kemp will appoint Blackwell’s successor, and that successor will serve for at least two years — ensuring the seat will remain in Republican hands.”
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/19/21262376/georgia-republicans-cancel-election-state-supreme-court-barrow-kemp-blackwell
Anonymous
05/15/2020 19:53
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Now a Federal judge requests an investigation of Mitch McConnell for allegedly pressuring judges to retire.
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3083144001?__twitter_impression=true
There was no "there" there.
Now why do I find that difficult to believe.
Maybe because, in your mind, all Republicans are bad? They are all part of the basket of deplorables?
Ho, hum. A judge who is retiring in order to care for his very ill wife is instead baselessly accused of doing so in exchange for a bribe. That, alas, is par for the course for the left-wing group Demand Justice and its lead henchman Brian Fallon.
Yesterday NPR reported Griffith’s own account of his decision to retire: he made the decision a year ago, in June 2019; he informed his family and law clerks at the time; he faced no political pressure to step down; and his wife’s “debilitating chronic illness” was the “sole reason” for his retirement. None of this could have come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the D.C. Circuit. Among other things, Griffith hadn’t hired clerks for the coming year, and Griffith has worked extensively from home for years in order to care for his wife. That’s why it had long been widely expected that Griffith would step down.
There is nothing remotely suspicious about the timing of Griffith’s retirement. He will qualify for his pension (under the so-called Rule of 80) on June 29, 2020, 15 years from his appointment. By retiring on September 1, Griffith will complete the D.C. Circuit’s current term and thus do his best to ensure that all, or nearly all, of the cases on which he is sitting will have been resolved.
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/npr-report-obliterates-demand-justices-smear-of-judge-griffith/
Anonymous
05/15/2020 19:20
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Now a Federal judge requests an investigation of Mitch McConnell for allegedly pressuring judges to retire.
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3083144001?__twitter_impression=true
There was no "there" there.
Now why do I find that difficult to believe.
Anonymous
05/15/2020 17:30
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Now a Federal judge requests an investigation of Mitch McConnell for allegedly pressuring judges to retire.
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3083144001?__twitter_impression=true
There was no "there" there.
A major slap down.
Anonymous
05/15/2020 17:08
Subject: Re:GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:
Now a Federal judge requests an investigation of Mitch McConnell for allegedly pressuring judges to retire.
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/3083144001?__twitter_impression=true
There was no "there" there.
Anonymous
05/10/2020 15:40
Subject: GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:LOCK HER UP!!!
“North Korea had just tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska, and the Trump administration was scrambling to react. But it seems Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, had lost her password for classified communications.
That’s why on that fraught July 4, 2017, she was typing away on her BlackBerry 10 smartphone, sending “confidential” information over a system meant only for unclassified material.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-used-system-for-unclassified-material-to-send-confidential-information
Hello? Any gop who were obsessed with butteremails have anything to say?
Unbelievable.
Anonymous
05/10/2020 15:34
Subject: GOP Corruption at Every Level
Anonymous wrote:LOCK HER UP!!!
“North Korea had just tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska, and the Trump administration was scrambling to react. But it seems Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, had lost her password for classified communications.
That’s why on that fraught July 4, 2017, she was typing away on her BlackBerry 10 smartphone, sending “confidential” information over a system meant only for unclassified material.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-used-system-for-unclassified-material-to-send-confidential-information
Hello? Any gop who were obsessed with butteremails have anything to say?
Anonymous
05/10/2020 13:37
Subject: GOP Corruption at Every Level
LOCK HER UP!!!
“North Korea had just tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska, and the Trump administration was scrambling to react. But it seems Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, had lost her password for classified communications.
That’s why on that fraught July 4, 2017, she was typing away on her BlackBerry 10 smartphone, sending “confidential” information over a system meant only for unclassified material.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-used-system-for-unclassified-material-to-send-confidential-information
“North Korea had just tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska, and the Trump administration was scrambling to react. But it seems Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, had lost her password for classified communications.
That’s why on that fraught July 4, 2017, she was typing away on her BlackBerry 10 smartphone, sending “confidential” information over a system meant only for unclassified material.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-used-system-for-unclassified-material-to-send-confidential-information