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#Iran #war cost $38 billion through July, report says. The U.S. is expected to spend $2 billion to $3 billion per month as the war continues, according to the Congressional Budget Office. #economy #war #nationalsecurity #congress #conflict #trump #PeteHegseth #military #servicemembers #injuries #pentagon #munitions #missiles #bombs #drones #aircraft #radar #army #navy #airforce #straitOfHormuz #houthis https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2026-09/62756-Iran.pdf #taxpayers #politics #policy

@KimPerales Let us get this straight. It is not a sale. #Trump is stealing #money from the #American #taxpayers to #murder more #Palestinians with.

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative:

I would like you to strengthen legislation against Cabinet officials using taxpayer-paid transportation for personal and campaign trips. There must be real penalties for this waste of taxpayer money.

If there are no penalties associated with the behavior, Congress needs to amend the law and make the penalties severe.

In August, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Iowa GOP candidates on an Air Force-operated Gulfstream jet, according to Washington Post reporting. The visit to Iowa was strictly a campaign event; there was no business conducted. The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits the use of federal funds for campaign activities.

Throughout his term as FBI director, Kash Patel has used FBI aircraft on personal trips to see his girlfriend. Empty criticism followed and no one compensated the taxpayers for this waste of government funds.

The men involved should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for their improper use of government aircraft. In Kennedy’s case, the Hatch Act violation should lead to his removal from federal office.

Congress should be on top of this disregard for the people’s property. Call it out. Hold public hearings, total up the taxpayer dollars used, and reclaim it from the personal finances of these cabinet officials.
#Resist #ResistOFTheDay #TaxPayers #Greed #Corruption

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative:

I would like you to strengthen legislation against Cabinet officials using taxpayer-paid transportation for personal and campaign trips. There must be real penalties for this waste of taxpayer money.

If there are no penalties associated with the behavior, Congress needs to amend the law and make the penalties severe.

In August, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Iowa GOP candidates on an Air Force-operated Gulfstream jet, according to Washington Post reporting. The visit to Iowa was strictly a campaign event; there was no business conducted. The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits the use of federal funds for campaign activities.

Throughout his term as FBI director, Kash Patel has used FBI aircraft on personal trips to see his girlfriend. Empty criticism followed and no one compensated the taxpayers for this waste of government funds.

The men involved should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for their improper use of government aircraft. In Kennedy’s case, the Hatch Act violation should lead to his removal from federal office.

Congress should be on top of this disregard for the people’s property. Call it out. Hold public hearings, total up the taxpayer dollars used, and reclaim it from the personal finances of these cabinet officials.
#Resist #ResistOFTheDay #TaxPayers #Greed #Corruption

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative:

I would like you to strengthen legislation against Cabinet officials using taxpayer-paid transportation for personal and campaign trips. There must be real penalties for this waste of taxpayer money.

If there are no penalties associated with the behavior, Congress needs to amend the law and make the penalties severe.

In August, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Iowa GOP candidates on an Air Force-operated Gulfstream jet, according to Washington Post reporting. The visit to Iowa was strictly a campaign event; there was no business conducted. The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits the use of federal funds for campaign activities.

Throughout his term as FBI director, Kash Patel has used FBI aircraft on personal trips to see his girlfriend. Empty criticism followed and no one compensated the taxpayers for this waste of government funds.

The men involved should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for their improper use of government aircraft. In Kennedy’s case, the Hatch Act violation should lead to his removal from federal office.

Congress should be on top of this disregard for the people’s property. Call it out. Hold public hearings, total up the taxpayer dollars used, and reclaim it from the personal finances of these cabinet officials.
#Resist #ResistOFTheDay #TaxPayers #Greed #Corruption

Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us

Dear Senator / Representative:

I would like you to strengthen legislation against Cabinet officials using taxpayer-paid transportation for personal and campaign trips. There must be real penalties for this waste of taxpayer money.

If there are no penalties associated with the behavior, Congress needs to amend the law and make the penalties severe.

In August, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Iowa GOP candidates on an Air Force-operated Gulfstream jet, according to Washington Post reporting. The visit to Iowa was strictly a campaign event; there was no business conducted. The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits the use of federal funds for campaign activities.

Throughout his term as FBI director, Kash Patel has used FBI aircraft on personal trips to see his girlfriend. Empty criticism followed and no one compensated the taxpayers for this waste of government funds.

The men involved should be required to reimburse the taxpayers for their improper use of government aircraft. In Kennedy’s case, the Hatch Act violation should lead to his removal from federal office.

Congress should be on top of this disregard for the people’s property. Call it out. Hold public hearings, total up the taxpayer dollars used, and reclaim it from the personal finances of these cabinet officials.
#Resist #ResistOFTheDay #TaxPayers #Greed #Corruption

NYC taxpayers could pay twice under Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store plan https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/11412/ #AdamLehodey #FoxNewsDigital #GroceryStore #IndependentGrocers #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYCGroceryStore #taxpayers #ZohranMamdani

NYC might subsidize local grocers losing business to Mamdani’s city-owned stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/8556/ #EconomicDevelopment #GroceryStore #Metro #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYCGroceryStore #SmallBusiness #supermarkets #taxpayers #USNews #ZohranMamdani

NYC might subsidize local grocers losing business to Mamdani’s city-owned stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/8556/ #EconomicDevelopment #GroceryStore #Metro #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYCGroceryStore #SmallBusiness #supermarkets #taxpayers #USNews #ZohranMamdani

NYC might subsidize local grocers losing business to Mamdani’s city-owned stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/8556/ #EconomicDevelopment #GroceryStore #Metro #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYCGroceryStore #SmallBusiness #supermarkets #taxpayers #USNews #ZohranMamdani

NYC might subsidize local grocers losing business to Mamdani’s city-owned stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/8556/ #EconomicDevelopment #GroceryStore #Metro #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYCGroceryStore #SmallBusiness #supermarkets #taxpayers #USNews #ZohranMamdani

Royals didn’t meet stadium proposal deadline https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/542618/ #18th #AprilBallot #ballot #Baseball #Clay #ClayCounty #commission #commissioner #commissioners #CompetitiveProposal #deadline #FormalVote #January8th #Kansas #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #measure #MLB #negotiate #negotiations #options #proposal #PublicInput #royals #stadium #StadiumProposalDeadline #statement #taxpayers #team #timeline #update

Royals didn’t meet stadium proposal deadline https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/542618/ #18th #AprilBallot #ballot #Baseball #Clay #ClayCounty #commission #commissioner #commissioners #CompetitiveProposal #deadline #FormalVote #January8th #Kansas #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #KansasCity #KansasCityRoyals #measure #MLB #negotiate #negotiations #options #proposal #PublicInput #royals #stadium #StadiumProposalDeadline #statement #taxpayers #team #timeline #update

**I've told you all, several times, that you shouldn't trust #BCNDP & that they're #sellout #neoliberals. They pander to #CorporateLobbyists invested in #Ecocide & exploitation of unceded #IndigenousLands. #RCMPCIRG = #CorporateMercenaries funded by #PublicMonies - our #Taxpayers funds. I told you that #DavidEby was groomed by #JohnHorgan too. I wasn't lying. They both lied to public though.**

Controversial B.C. RCMP unit to police opposition to fast-tracked resource projects.

A widely-criticized police unit is participating in provincial committees coordinating surveillance and policing of protest against major resource projects—including those fast-tracked under new legislation.

https://breachmedia.ca/rcmp-unit-controversial-police-opposition-fast-tracked-resource-projects

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #DoYourJob #Neoliberalism #Corruption #MilitarizedForce #PublicInterest #PublicTransparency #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #BCNewDeathParty #FossilFuels #BoughtByIndustry

🧐"galling is #government's refusal to use PaoTang app, dev'ed by #Krungthai Bk under prev admin of Prayut. Te app is a proven platform tt has handled numerous govt schemes, incl'g te "We #TravelTogether" campaign.. Tis backward, #partisan decision-making is both #wasteful & #counterproductive. Why shld #taxpayers foot te bill to build new #ineffective apps? #Thailand #Travel Co-pay #fiasco .. reflects a broader #dysfunction tt places #politicalimage above #publicinterest"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3064278/travel-scheme-farce

The #Rwanda plan is failing – so watch as our cowardly government blames the #CivilService

Ministers are spending £290m of #taxpayers’ money on a scheme that is yet to deliver. It’s our job as #PublicServants to point out flaws in their plans
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/10/rwanda-plan-failing-civil-service-blame
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryHypocrisy #MinisterialDirection

TY to @NoelWauchope for posting this on the nuclear-news.net web page! "#TheGlobalNetwork and #MaineNaturalGuard are organizing the No Toxic Rockets for ME campaign that will hold a #PeacefulProtest."

#Protest #Maine #SpaceIndustry Conference in Portland

Monday, November 6, 2023 at 11:30 am

Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St, Portland, #Maine

TALKING POINTS (via #NoToxicRocketsForMaine)

- All rocket launches cause harm to our #Climate no matter what they claim and no matter what kind of fuel they use. #ClimateCrisis is hastened by rocket launches, and this is a rapidly growing concern. #AluminumOxide produced when launches fail and burn up re-entering Earth's airspace cause significant damage to the #OzoneLayer.

- Environmental toxins such as #PFAS from fire-suppression systems at rocket launch sites pose a deadly threat to our water and soil. Aluminum fallout from rockets and payloads that fail falls to Earth, along with other chemicals from the incineration of plastics and other components of rockets.

- All rocket launch sites previously built on the promise that there would be no military use failed to keep that promise. In Kodiak, Alaska their "civilian-use only" site has both the Pentagon and Israel's military using it for rocket launches of weapons and surveillance systems.

- #Birds in particular are harmed by rocket launches, often with mass death events following a launch. Jonesport's commercial fishing community imposed a moratorium on rocket launch sites due to concerns about disruption to their livelihood.

- Publicly supported development of facilities intended for private profit is a bad deal for #taxpayers. Why socialize research and development costs while privatizing the eventual profits?

Read more: https://sites.google.com/view/notoxicrocketsforme/take-action?authuser=0

#LD1923 #PortlandMaine #Protest #NoWar #MilitarisationOfSpace #KeepSpaceForPeace

@thetyee @afh Predicted this would happen, early last year. This is irresponsible as hell. #RCMPCIRG should be #disbanded because they're NOT real #LawEnforcement - they're #CorporateMercenaries & they break laws with no #accountability !

Please dig in further & expose every politician who supported giving #incompetent & #violent #BadgedCriminals millions more of our #public #taxpayers monies.

#NewDeathParty #NoIntegrity #NoHonour #unethical #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BCNDP #VoteOutBCNDP