Follow up news

Following up this story about Florida’s 2 bit grifters, the Desantis’s:

That’s the exact amount DeSantis officials settled on with Centene last year. But instead of returning all $67 million to state and federal coffers, they sent $10 million of it to the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity overseen by first lady Casey DeSantis.

The money was then sent to two nonprofit organizations that aren’t required to report how they spend their funds. Those “dark money” groups later gave $8.5 million to a political committee overseen by DeSantis’ chief of staff in a series of transactions that some Republican lawmakers believe were illegal. How Medicaid is allocated, which pays for health care services for the poor, is highly regulated.

It used to be highly regulated. Kudos to the Tampa Bay News for sticking on this story.

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There’s also a sell-off from snowbirds who no longer want to vacation in the US. This article focuses on Florida and Arizona:

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And queer people who moved out and changed their plans to move to Florida.

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archive.today link

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Wonkette dishes the dirt on Hegseth’s makeup sutdio. :rofl:

Original from The goddamn Trump Administration - #8941 by FSogol

What, did you not think that was the Defense secretary’s job, to go on TV constantly and say sweet nothings through the screen to your Daddy who hired you? Ha ha, you have never been a part of Donald Trump’s harem of subservient sluts, obviously!

So the thing cost taxpayers a few thousand bucks, because we guess there’s no room for rooting out WASTE! and FRAUD! when what really makes America great again is LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

Take heart, though: The pretty lady Kaboodle Barbie makeup facility that was originally planned was in the neighborhood of $40K, but it got “scaled back,” says CBS.

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The article doesn’t say why the cars were trapped. Why?

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The mysterious “mechanical malfunction” is mentioned in an earlier article.

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Well now is there actually anything in the bylaws of the organization that says the Pope has to be Catholic? Could an atheistic Pagan like myself take the position? I mean, I have a few ideas that I certainly think would improve the church. (And I’m ordained – I’ve performed a few weddings and commitment ceremonies. That should count for something, right?)

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Angry Flower Pope Cap

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how wonderful, indeed!
Pope AWEfulous, First of Their Name, Exaulted Pontiff of the (totally) Reformed Catholic Church!

i am blowing puffs of white smoke in favor, right now!

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By convention, the answer to the question “Is the Pope Catholic?” is assumed to be “Yes”, but I don’t know if it’s actually a law or more of a guideline.

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You have to be baptized Roman Catholic and be a man.

And get the Cardinals to vote for you.

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Hmm. Well, I could possibly convince at least one Cardinal to vote for me. I mean, we do put out a lot of of birdseed and keep our cats indoors. How solid are those other line items because they’re really non-starters for me. I mean, I did say I was thinking of taking the whole thing in a different direction, right?

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I was listening to 1A on NPR and they were talking to Chef Jose Andres. He’d make a kick ass Pope.

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Ooh, I got one out of three! There’s hope!

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love that guy!

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https://archive.ph/08Iqd

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