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Some information from the linked document about the non-profits that are being targeted. > 2. Conflicts of Interest and Political Favoritism > A $2 billion gr
by 9283409232 2y ago
Some information from the linked document about the non-profits that are being targeted.
> 2. Conflicts of Interest and Political Favoritism
> A $2 billion grant was awarded to Power Forward Communities, a new nonprofit with ties to Stacey Abrams, despite reporting only $100 in total revenue in 2023
> Young, Gifted & Green was awarded $20 million, even though its CEO applied for funding while serving on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
The balls for this administration to attempt to call out other people on conflicts of interest and political favoritism is crazy.
- crypto_is_king 2y ago[flagged]
- epgui 2y agoWhat do you think the word “scam” means?
- londons_explore 2y agoBoth sides of the political divide attempt to funnel taxpayers money into their own interests, which are often thinly veiled ways to get taxpayer money into their own pockets. This is nothing new. Whenever there is a change of admin, the new admin attempts to claw back or redirect money the old admin directed to their own pockets. This is also nothing new. What's new this year is people are talking about it.
- llamaimperative 2y agoIf both sides do it, then they should be able to publish better evidence than Stacey Abrams’ “ties” to Power Forward Communities. The fact that all the DOGE and DOGE-adjacent claims of fraud have been so shamefully weak has actually reduced my confidence that the alleged behavior is actually widespread at all.
- londons_explore 2y agoMy guess is because it isn't textbook fraud. Everything is being done legally and by the book. But the money is still ending up in the pockets of friends by making sure it's friends NGO's that know and meet the exact requirements. Afterwards, any investigation will find that a fair dispersement process was done, and this NGO just happened to hit every requirement perfectly whilst all others didn't meet some requirement.
- 9283409232 2y agoYou have no evidence but have already made your mind up and are parallel constructing.
- llamaimperative 2y agoShare evidence of the non-textbook fraud then. Or is this belief just formed form whole cloth with literally no evidence, just vibes?
- 9283409232 2y agoWhat evidence do you have of Biden clawing taxpayer money back from Trump's friends?
- tokioyoyo 2y agoMy take is, either everyone should be allowed to scam, or nobody. It sounds very stupid, but I don’t like it when people in power give preference to their own scams. Obviously I want no scams, but the US has chosen administration that is ok with insider scams. So as an outsider, I’d rather see equality instead.
- koolba 2y ago[flagged]
- kelnos 2y agoI don't think GP said that. Please don't put words in people's mouths.
- fabian2k 2y agoI don't think you can reasonably expect the claims by this administration to be true. There are far too many examples where they claimed fraud without any evidence.
- llamaimperative 2y ago“Ties to Stacey Abrams”, by the way, is that she is an advisor to one of the five organizations that founded Power Forward Communities… I.e. that a community organizer was involved in a community organization…
- narutosasuke 2y agoPower Forward Communities: A coalition of five nonprofit organizations — Enterprise Community Partners, Habitat for Humanity International, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Rewiring America and United Way Worldwide. Abrams' connection to Power Forward Communities, is through Rewiring America, one of the five organizations that leads the program. That seems pretty weak. No idea what the other group is but I mean if the above is what's being lead with, I don't find myself concerned. Looks more like working your way backwards from "I don't want this money spent so I will find whatever connection I can to corruption"
- 9283409232 2y agoThat is McCarthyism[1] in a nutshell. You find someone or something you don't like then work backwards. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
- alwa 2y agoAnd it takes some kind of chutzpah to claim that Habitat for Humanity has no track record or competency building affordable housing, just because this collaboration is new…
- kristjansson 2y agoLISC and ECP too. Like 1.5m affordable units developed between them
- kristjansson 2y agoThe gall to describe a group counting habitat for humanity and united way as members as “a new nonprofit”… It’d be funny if it wasn’t so serious