RonSupportsYouMar 20
Adam Jentleson: "As Congress prepares to consider a supplemental funding request for Trump’s Iran war, Americans are strongly opposed — by a margin of 56% to 30%."
#IranWar #OperationEpicFailure #FraudWasteAndAbuse #politics
RonSupportsYouMar 19
"The US Department of Defense has asked the White House to approve a request exceeding $200 billion that would be sent to Congress to finance the ongoing war in Iran":
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/pentagon-seeks-over-usd-200-billion-to-fund-iran-us-war-congress-likely-to-oppose-ws-l-19871312.htm
#ABillionHereABillionThereAndPrettySoonYouAreTalkingAboutRealMoney
#FraudWasteAndAbuse #UnnecessaryWar copy: @renewedresistance
Pentagon seeks over $200 billion for Iran war, says report - CNBC TV18

The US Department of Defense seeks over $200 billion from the White House for the war in Iran, facing strong resistance from lawmakers, potentially sparking a major political clash in Congress.

CNBCTV18
RonSupportsYouMar 12
"Pentagon officials told lawmakers ... that the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days alone":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/world/middleeast/iran-war-costs-pentagon.html
#FraudWasteAndAbuse #OperationEpsteinFury #military #politics
First Week of Iran War Cost More Than $11 Billion, Pentagon Tells Congress

In a Capitol Hill briefing, officials gave their most comprehensive assessment of the cost of the first six days of the war, but the number omitted several aspects of the operation.

The New York Times
RonSupportsYouMar 8

"With the ouster of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling on the emergency officials to release aid for Los Angeles wildfire recovery ...

Newsom poked the outgoing DHS secretary, calling Noem 'Kosplay Kristi' and including with the statement a photo of her riding a horse from what the governor said was a 'taxpayer-funded vanity campaign'.”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/06/newsom-calls-outgoing-homeland-security-secretary-kosplay-kristi-demands-agency-release-500m-in-stalled-wildfire-funding-00817859
#mismanagement #FraudWasteAndAbuse #ICEBarbie #KristiNoem #TooClownishForTrump

Newsom calls outgoing Homeland Security secretary ‘Kosplay Kristi,’ demands agency release $500M in ‘stalled’ wildfire funding

With Noem’s departure, Newsom said the Department of Homeland Security should release funding he claims is awaiting final approval.

Politico
RonSupportsYouMar 5
Gov. Gavin "Newsom says Trump pardons have cost taxpayers $2 billion as war over ‘fraud’ escalates":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-trump-pardons-21953737.php
#Trump #TheBestPresidentMoneyCanBuy #FraudWasteAndAbuse copy: @renewedresistance
RonSupportsYouMar 5
"Donald Trump once won the loyalty of his base by promising no new wars. That promise now rings hollow for many, especially after his decision to strike Iran last week. The perception that Israel dragged Trump into war hasn’t played well. I don’t sense a lot of patience (from American voters) for a long war launched by a president who campaigned on 'no new wars'.”:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/04/iran-fallout-reporter-roundtable-00812016 pardons-21953737.php
#TheBestPresidentMoneyCanBuy #FraudWasteAndAbuse #politics copy: @renewedresistance
‘A Major Shock to the System’: POLITICO Reporters Dissect the Iran War Fallout

Our reporters unpack the strategy, risks and politics behind the Iran strikes.

Politico
RonSupportsYouFeb 24

Peter Baker: "Trump said on July 19: 'All three nuclear sites in #Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service.'

Witkoff said on February 22: 'They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material'."
#SomeoneIsLying #military #UnnecessaryWar #FraudWasteAndAbuse #politics copy: @renewedresistance

RonSupportsYouFeb 22

John Aravosis: "You and I paid tens of thousands of dollars for Kash Patel to go to the Olympics as a spectator. This has to be the most corrupt presidential administration in memory."

Ken Dilanian: "It must have been really fun to be there. Current and former FBI officials we speak to cannot imagine any previous FBI director thinking it would be appropriate to stick taxpayers with the bill for a Walter Mitty moment."
#FraudWasteAndAbuse #politics #ethics

RonSupportsYouJan 30
Trump has no money for lifesaving assistance the USAID provided in the past or for adequate #healthcare in the United States, but he has money for random military adventures in Venezuela, Iran, and possibly Greenland, and now Donald Trump wants to build a stadium on the White House lawn:
https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/01/a-stadium-at-the-white-house-trump-teases-new-plan-ahead-of-americas-250th-anniversary.html
#FraudWasteAndAbuse #mismanagement #corruption #politics
A stadium at the White House? Trump teases new plan ahead of America’s 250th anniversary

The president said the venue could accommodate 100,000 attendees.

nj
RonSupportsYouJan 29
How Kash Patel mismanaged the F.B.I.:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.xB6O.QuNLxwGD_8go&smid=nytcore-ios-share
"More than 20 percent of the F.B.I.’s work force has been assigned to immigration enforcement, pulling agents and analysts away from investigating public corruption, cybercrime, white-collar crime, drug trafficking, and terrorism."
#FraudWasteAndAbuse #values #politics
Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say

Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.

The New York Times