Month: July 2017

Phones for Dead People: GAO Report Uncovers Massive Fraud in ‘Obamaphone’ Program

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the infamous “Obamaphone” program, meant to provide low-income Americans phone and internet service, is riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse.

A three-year investigation into the controversial Lifeline Program, requested by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), says some 10.6 million Americans have an Obamaphone and more than 3.8 million or 36 percent of them may not be eligible.

GAO investigators sampled the program’s population and found that it had been paying for nearly 6,400 phones for people whom the government has listed as deceased; another 5,500 people were enrolled for two phones, and another group of people couldn’t prove they were eligible to receive their free phone.

“A complete lack of oversight is causing this program to fail the American taxpayer — everything that could go wrong is going wrong,” McCaskill said in a statement. “We’re currently letting phone companies cash a government check every month with little more than the honor system to hold them accountable, and that simply can’t continue.”

Originally conceived during the Reagan administration, Lifeline was initially meant to provide poor people with a phone in case of an emergency or, as time went on, to apply for a job.
Administered by the Federal Communications Commission, Lifeline requires telecommunication companies (At&t, Verizon, Sprint) to pay a percentage of their voice service revenues into a pool called the Universal Service Fund that is administered by an independent nonprofit company called the Universal Service Administrative Company. Telecom companies pass on the cost of their contributions to consumers, whose monthly bill includes a “universal service fee” charge.

The three-year GAO investigation found that the program has put away more than “$9 billion, as of September 2016 outside the Department of the Treasury in a private bank account.”

A spokesman for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who had already put the dubious program under review, said the “GAO report confirms that waste, fraud, and abuse are all too prevalent in the program.”

“Chairman Pai looks forward to working with his colleagues to crack down on the unscrupulous providers that abuse the program because every dollar that is spent on subsidizing somebody who doesn’t need the help by definition does not go to someone who does,” Pai’s spokesman added.

In an April interview on Fox Business Network’s Varney & Company, Commissioner Pai said he was told to keep quiet about potential fraud in the Obamaphones program.
Commissioner Pai and a group Congressional Republicans’ reforms plans for the program include setting a limited budget of $1.5 billion to the Universal Service Fund to cut waste and abuse within the program.

Cocky Cubs Star FLIPS OFF Trump In Oval Office – Quickly Learns He Made A BIG MISTAKE

A Chicago Cubs outfielder disrespected Donald Trump in a truly vile way on Wednesday during an Oval Office meet-and-greet with the World Series champions. Unfortunately for him, however, he quickly learned there are big consequences to making such a disgusting move towards the president of the United States inside the Oval Office.

Daily Mail reported that Albert Almora, Jr, the Cubs center fielder, blatantly extended his middle finger while standing just feet away from Trump as he sat at his desk. Almora’s hands were in his pocket, but his left middle finger was clearly and purposely extended.

This was in stark contrast to how Almora behaved when visiting Barack Obama’s White House back in January. When visiting Obama, Almora displayed a positive and dressed in appropriate business attire for the event, rather than the casual clothing he wore to meet Trump.
Twitter users immediately let Almora know that disrespecting the president of the United States in the Oval Office is an act of aggression that cannot be tolerated:

Russia Goes Public on Obama’s BIG Secret – The Truth Is Out

Moscow’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova was recently asked about the current state of U.S.-Russia relations. Though her answer was definitely long-winded, it’s well-worth the read because it contains information about “secrets” the Obama administration had asked the Russian government to keep private.
Since Barack Obama wanted this kept private, the liberal media of course followed suit and hid it as well.
“How do you see the future of Russian-US diplomatic relations in the context of the current atmosphere in Washington? Can you confirm that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will come to Moscow in April?” Zakharova was asked.

Here’s how she responded, courtesy of Cons Journal:

“Apparently, many volumes have been written about the development of Russian-US relations. I announced the release of the Foreign Ministry’s yearend Diplomatic Bulletin and even showed it at the previous briefing. I believe that about 20 per cent of that bulletin was devoted to Russian-US relations, the way we see them, how we want them to develop, what we expect from Washington, what we are willing to do with the United States, the priority areas of cooperation, areas where our cooperation should be revived without delay and the areas where this can wait, at least for a limited time.

This issue has been covered in interviews by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, comments by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and in numerous statements made at all levels by representatives from various Russian agencies, political analysts and politicians, as well as officials from the legislative and executive authorities. We can talk about bilateral relations with a different degree of mastery, but we would like to start implementing our relationship at long last.

We provided our views on bilateral relations and the reasons for blocking them under President Obama. We said that we were willing to work with the new US administration, under President Trump. I don’t think we need to invent anything in this respect, because so much has been said before. Simply, we should start concrete practical work. We are ready for this.

You know that we always invite our American colleagues and diplomats to join bilateral or multilateral dialogues on issues in which the United States has traditionally played a big and active role, such as Syria, the consultations in Astana and many others. We expect Washington to formulate its foreign policy approaches in the form of a concept. We are ready for pragmatic and specific work on the principles that we have described many times.

As for the visit by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the information about it, this is what I can say. It’s not a secret that preparations for any visit include the coordination of the time when it can be announced. Visits by foreign ministers are public events that are never kept secret. At least, I don’t know about any secret visits by foreign ministers in Russia or the United States. Preparations for such a visit also include the coordination of the format, agenda and the date it can be announced to the public. It is a matter of propriety and respect for each other’s interests.
One side proposes a date, and the other side is expected to accept it. This date should be acceptable to both sides, because the foreign ministers have packed schedules. The issue also concerns the coordination of the agenda by experts. One side informs the other side of the issues it plans to discuss, and the other side needs to respond that the agenda is acceptable. In other words, the sides need to reach agreements on many issues, after which they can announce an upcoming visit. This is how we work with our colleagues.

To tell the truth, over the past few years we’ve seen many strange things happen in Washington in connection with preparations for visits or talks by our foreign ministers. The US Department of State has more than once asked us not to announce planned visits until the last minute. This is not our tradition. We have been operating openly for years, but we have respected the requests we have received from our colleagues in Washington in the past few years. But what happened after that? First, the US Department of State asked us to keep the planned visit quiet and not to announce it until the last possible minute, until we coordinated the date. We did as they asked. But a day or two later the information was leaked by the US State Department and sometimes by the US administration. Frankly, this put Russia and the media in a strange situation, because they didn’t know who to believe – the official agencies or the many leaks.

Melania Isn’t Taking It Anymore And Just Issued PERFECT 4-Word Threat To Her Husband’s Haters

It has been a controversial week in Washington D.C. after the President went after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC. The journalistic television show has attacked the President on a consistent basis and the President hit back on social media. The President tweeted how terrible both journalists were and attacked Mika for an alleged bloody facelift. Brzezinsk attacked back referencing the Presidents tiny hands.
Shortly thereafter Brzezinski attacked First Lady Melania Trump. The journalist suggested that Trump wants out of her marriage with the President and is only staying in it for the sake of her son. She made those comments to a reporter with InStyle.

Brzezinski said,

“I know Melania. I haven’t talked to her in months, but if my gut is right, I don’t think she’s going to put up with it much longer. I know nothing. That’s just my instinct and I go with my gut and my gut’s always right. I’m just telling you, Melania’s got the worst job in the country and I don’t think she wants do it a lot longer. I think she will do it for as long as she has to for her son, and that’s it.”

In response the First Lady responded,

“It is sad when people try to further their own agenda by commenting on me and my family, especially when they don’t know me.”
Via Daily Mail:

“The short statement directly contradicted Mika’s claim to know the first lady – and came despite Melania’s first interview after her husband announced he was running for office being with Brzezinski.

Ironically she said then: ‘We have thick skin, and we know that people will judge him and people will call names.
She gave the interview inside her lavish and very golden New York City penthouse.

Brzezinski had commented during her television show with Scarborough that she’s fond of Melania as she gave her version of events on the night that’s at the center of their dispute with the president.

On New Year’s Eve she said that she and Scarborough stopped by Trump’s Palm Beach club at the president-elect’s request.”

Melania’s comments were interesting considering her first interview on the campaign trail was with the very reporter she just hit back at. Her account also directly contradicts Mika’s. Clearly she indicates they don’t nor did they know each other. This change in events is sadly unfortunate.

The President had previously offered to host their wedding at Mar-a-Lago and even offered to officiate. They had a very long conversation when Trump’s son in law inserted himself into the conversation. Scarborough even confirmed this after the inauguration when they had visited the White House.

Mika had reportedly said the following about the option of his officiating the wedding and even hosting it,

“The White House that I grew up in was an amazing place. If it weren’t Trump, it might be something to think about. The mental picture is just fascinating, but the reality is just . . . no. No, no, no, no, no.’”

After the President sent out the tweets the news anchors said the following about the President,

“We are both certain that the man is not mentally equipped to continue watching our show, ‘Morning Joe.”

While they denied that Mika had a facelift they admitted she tweaked her chin and that she had done something to her chin skin. But she insisted she never kept it a secret and was very public about it. They insist the President sent out his recent tweets after they refused to stop negative coverage of him. Despite alleged allegations that Trump said they would allow a tabloid to post a negative article about them if they didn’t stop. However, this was never proven.

Scarborough reportedly tweeted,

“Yet another lie. I have texts from your top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I haven’t spoken with you in many months. Why do you keep lying about things that are so easily disproven? What is wrong with you?”

White House advisor Kellyanne Conway told George Stephanopoulos of ABC the following about the controversy,

“I endorse the president’s right to fight back when he is being mercilessly attacked. I didn’t say I endorsed his attacks; I never said that. Bottom line: I endorse his ability to connect on social media with Americans.”

The First Lady proved that she is willing and able to defend herself and her family when they come under attack. Most importantly, she defends her husbands right to fight back and defend himself. She is a woman of few words but when she does speak people listen and they listen carefully.

While the mainstream liberal media has no problem attacking the White House administration, Melania shut them down in just one sentence with grace, class, and dignity. Proving she does not need to succumb to their level in order to engage with people who are beneath her. Good for her for defending herself and her husband.

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Marine Force One Was Seconds From Taking Off With The Trumps And Everyone Quickly Noticed One Thing

As the Fourth of July weekend kicked off the First Family jetted off for a family weekend. All three, President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and First Son Barron Trump. The family appeared to be happy and carefree as they boarded and prepared to leave on Marine One. All were wearing various clothing pieces that were red, white and blue in honor of the weekend celebrations. One thing the couple almost forgot was there son! Barron was lagging behind him and they almost forgot him until he came running up from behind.

Their withdrawal from Washington D.C. come right on the heels of the President’s controversy with MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. The President tweeted comments about Mika’s alleged facelift and Mika tweeted a picture of a Cheerio’s box referencing the President’s “tiny hands.”
The family is set to spend the weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey where they have property. They are expected to stay until Monday and to come back to the Capitol for the events of the Fourth of July. The family was joined by the First Ladies parents Victor and Amalija Knavs.

Before walking onto Marine One the President placed his hand on his wife’s back in a likely show of support in light of gossip that their marriage is crumbling. Their have been rumors that she is only staying in the marriage for the sake of her child. MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said the following about the Trumps marriage,

“I know Melania. I haven’t talked to her in months, but if my gut is right, I don’t think she’s going to put up with it much longer. I know nothing. That’s just my instinct and I go with my gut and my gut’s always right. I’m just telling you, Melania’s got the worst job in the country and I don’t think she wants do it a lot longer. I think she will do it for as long as she has to for her son, and that’s it.”

Via Daily Mail:
“Melania then issued a furious condemnation of Mika on Friday afternoon after the Morning Joe co-host suggested she wanted out of her marriage to the president.

The First Lady issued a statement to DailyMail.com, claiming Brzezinski does not know her, hours after an explosive interview with the MSNBC broadcaster appeared online.

‘It is sad when people try to further their own agenda by commenting on me and my family, especially when they don’t know me,’ she said.

The short statement directly contradicted Mika’s claim to know the First Lady – and came despite Melania’s first interview after her husband announced he was running for office being with Brzezinski.