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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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@KimPerales Let us get this straight. It is not a sale. #Trump is stealing #money from the #American #taxpayers to #murder more #Palestinians with.
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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
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail