#47 Admin/Cabinet

mickeyrat · January 18

https://www.threads.net/@factpostnews/post/DE7rky1s7_j?xmt=AQGz8HCoPl0-5wJ5sL1s53ILSyV-gcTUaso9QO9oWlC1ew

mickeyrat · January 18

https://www.threads.net/@theartcandee/post/DE7qsBisuKF?xmt=AQGzX_OF3boZ8rHhFcnrCMTCgwktC4pYRdFHQuJ4_xd4IA

https://www.threads.net/@fredtimbo/post/DE7wp-VvNfe?xmt=AQGz0rx7B_7HAMwDqha90VABHx1J4fNRbHSCQKsFLFCJ0A

mickeyrat · January 18

https://www.threads.net/@griffinkyle/post/DE-ulBPyUr0?xmt=AQGzXQCHAee5o5BAMVV2_Aq34IT4jdpU-ejA5ko0W_81rg

mickeyrat · January 19

https://www.threads.net/@cassidy.breeze/post/DE-kmgMuZEW?xmt=AQGzopH-dW1a3NtNAxTjPvhYXkIYqRNiV25lxachADBgvw

mickeyrat · January 19

https://www.threads.net/@citizensforethics/post/DFBDWqxhAAr?xmt=AQGzJP7xpmrtegAzUNIroj37L_q43BGPE6S1cyLjEcXKmw

mickeyrat · January 20

https://www.threads.net/@griffinkyle/post/DFEIMBoOtr0?xmt=AQGza3cfCByPP4nVJe7GnrIseVmM_6LD_jkXB16ueom9mA

mickeyrat · January 20

josevolution · January 23

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/my-name-is-kash-patel-and-i-aint-going-anywhere-how-trump-fbi-pick-brought-the-house-down-at-capital-one-arena/amp_articleshow/117450273.cms

Uhmm another immigrant

DE4173 · January 23

That top picture probably isn't doing him any favors 😄

mickeyrat · January 23

https://www.threads.net/@factpostnews/post/DFLZfSnKnxp?xmt=AQGzA7_pw7VqdylYcv0VL0GjJC1jb6wNHl8p01jO0h3gAg

mickeyrat · January 23

https://www.threads.net/@paulrieckhoff/post/DFLxzGYxKkU?xmt=AQGzX8-n1QDcbWTvl7cKQ3lkWwIgUVOlpNX44u_IrPEKag

mickeyrat · January 24

https://www.threads.net/@factpostnews/post/DFLcw8diKP4?xmt=AQGzCBF5m40su78WkuiKj4i4WMg_UutdNHGqzsWMs8R5-g

Halifax2TheMax · January 24

But there’s no end to the American republic and happy days are here again, I get that right?

mickeyrat · January 24

https://www.threads.net/@jointheunionus/post/DFL9h9jJL8P?xmt=AQGzhlb8KlGW9lqpi3MU3SPhvJd35Gn1_qWMxCfzKYYh-A

mickeyrat · January 24

https://www.threads.net/@dr.andrealove/post/DFNcMX9PWPy?xmt=AQGzbm8ESZn0yonaft1ze3aC0V3piPqcY3WnGcRZQW__Yw

Gern Blansten · January 24

mrussel1 said:

mickeyrat said:

https://www.threads.net/@theartcandee/post/DE5eDQMM4lO?xmt=AQGzyMxZGxsnZ_dwiUWAShArKZ7zzGxLvp66S9Wt3A5LAw

It’s absurd to have to use a third party to file electronically. Just the data breach risk is reason enough to not box citizens into that.

It really is...and it was the compromise that the dems had to agree to in order to get free filing at all. Instead of just having direct file with the IRS they had to allow H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt, etc., to provide the free software. Total bullshit.

mickeyrat · January 25

https://www.threads.net/@the_casalmon/post/DFOfv2_SCLN?xmt=AQGz2ApNKjNo69Z8gF-856H8qEeyIguwCet_ojagueMS7A

mickeyrat · January 25

https://www.threads.net/@nbcnews/post/DFOu7xHOBJ5?xmt=AQGzJ1IQn8POGbcMjLjOA-45zbgr5i5B1ZaD_PD2Nv58PQ

mickeyrat · January 25

https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1737696679&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2c_B0-BHU2jHzn0ct1afm89qP9YjUUxUSV9ezWNnvPTjDmST-RATT27Dc_aem_TdWghG1tGU_J3CR_6XjPjw

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”

by Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll Dec. 23, 2024, 6 a.m. EST

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As Donald Trump’s nominee to run the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Scott Turner may soon oversee the nation’s efforts to build affordable apartments, protect poor tenants and aid the homeless. As a lawmaker in the Texas House of Representatives, Turner voted against those very initiatives.

Turner supported a bill ensuring landlords could refuse apartments to applicants because they received federal housing assistance. He opposed a bill to expand affordable rental housing. He voted against funding public-private partnerships to support the homeless and against two bills that called merely to study homelessness among young people and veterans.

Behind those votes lay a deep-seated skepticism about the value of government efforts to alleviate poverty, a skepticism that Turner has voiced again and again. He has called welfare “dangerous, harmful” and “one of the most destructive things for the family.” When one interviewer said receiving government assistance was keeping recipients in “bondage” of “a worse form to find oneself in than slavery,” Turner agreed.

Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled. With an annual discretionary budget of $72 billion, the department provides rental assistance to 2 million families, oversees the country’s 800,000 public housing units, fights housing discrimination and segregation and provides support to the nation’s 650,000 homeless. If Turner’s record indicates how he will direct the agency’s agenda, it is those clinging to the bottom of the housing market who have the most to lose, researchers and advocates said.

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mickeyrat · January 27

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#47 Admin/Cabinet

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Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”

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