I just thought I would add this story to the mix. With my since passed Grandma getting a stimulus check and that being a big part of the news cycle today we are getting a lot of sun down here in Texas.
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When the Democrats return to power in the POTUS and the Senate, we need investigation after investigation to recover money and grift from all the fraudsters that this admin attracted because of their bravado, competency and idiocy. The GOP wants to talk about tax cuts, how about Americans get what their taxpayer dollars paid for instead of all the grift, fraud, and endless campaign complex in DC and throughout the federal reach?
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How many special prosecutors can a AG name at one time? And since this is all connected to, and through Trump, wonāt we need one person to rule them all?
We need a WPA of prosecutors!
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so he just needs someone to tell him where to stick it? Iāve got some suggestions.
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Iāve been waiting for someone to finish what I set up, thanks.
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I want to follow the money. There has to be a payment to Jared somewhere.
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Chiselinā Trump: āIndian giver!ā
Good thing heās wearing safety glasses, in case it tries to poke his eye out.
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damn, my heart skipped a beat thereā¦
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Oops. Sorry. Wishful thinking, I guess.
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āThe Indian Health Services is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for Indian people, and provides a comprehensive health services delivery system for American Indians and Alaska Natives. The IHS mission is to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level.ā ihs.gov
Is āIndiansā really the best we can do?
Defective protective gear, the modern equivalent of smallpox infected blankets?
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A lawyer for Fuentesā firm, Benjamin Keime, said in an email to ProPublica that the company is insisting on payment because it āfulfilled all of its obligations to IHS under the contract.ā
Government agencies have been under intense pressure to buy protective equipment to guard employees against the coronavirus. In their haste, several agencies have spent millions of dollars on Chinese-made masks without knowing who made them. Without those details, it can be hard to assess whether the masks filter as many dangerous particles as advertised.
How hard is it to stick some performance clauses into a contract?
They must meet certain quality standards, come from FDA approved vendor list, etc. If found to not be in compliance contract is null & void, etc.
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There is something very fishy here.
I used to make my living doing federal contracting and had to be familiar with the FARās, Federal Acquisition Regulations, created mostly for the GOVERNMENTāS buyers, but tools for both parties.
One of the requirements: That the bidder be in good standing, been in the business for some time, has a provable and good track record, has the ability and wherewithal to perform, etc.
The contracting officer has the OBLIGATION by the FAR to verify that before an award is made!
NO COMPANY in business all of 11-days would get a contract like this from the federal government!!!
And if I was a competing vendor and saw such a company on the bidders list, I could point that out to the CO and maybe get them disqualified from even bidding.
If an unqualified bidder got the award, I could protest and stop it.
Since none of this happened - I smell a rat.
Someone got to the CO and told them to cut that order. The CO, a SWORN officer who can be held liable, may well place that order if ordered to do so, but usually there is a letter-to-file by that CO that it was done under protest. As a CYA. Let that other bastard hang for it.
Someone should call the CO and ask why they gave an unqualified company that order.
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biden could thrown in an infrastructure proposal and the country would shift to high gear in the right direction big-time. interest rates are so low he better jump on the opportunity.
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Well the Irish have sent them a donation. It was to repay the kindness that Chocktaw did during the potato famine back in 1847. The Choctaw sent the Irish $170 dollars for relief. In todayās dollars that would be tens of thousands of dollars.
And yet here we have a former WH aide bilking the US and the tribes.
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Having worked with both the IHS and native American tribes I can tell you the tribes are smarter with their money than IHS. Fuentes wouldnāt have been able to sell the tribes.
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I was a snivel servant, and while not a C.O. myself, I worked hand-in-glove with C.O.'s all the time. Youāre right - this has a bad smell you canāt miss at 1000 yards.
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Possible. But from my quick read, IHS is refusing payment, which is why Fuentes is pushing a demand invoice. Hopefully that is the case and IHS continues to refuse payment.
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