General Accounting Office
| These are the most recent diaries filed under this tag: |
|---|
|
This is a major story in Europe; the Gotthard Base Tunnel has been closed by a derailment that happened on August 10, 2023. The tunnel is an incredible piece of infrastructure and a passenger as well as freight route. The accident is in the news now as...
by xaxnar
 19 comments
on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 09:14 AM PDT
with 44 Recommends
|
|
Border Patrol agents have not been counting the total number of migrants who’ve died attempting to cross the harsh southern borderlands, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report. Some immigrant rights advocates have...
by Gabe Ortiz
9 comments
on Thu May 05, 2022 at 09:32 AM PDT
with 32 Recommends
|
|
A new report from a nonpartisan government watchdog says that federal immigration officials may have deported as many as 70 U.S. citizens during the past five fiscal years. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in its report that nearly 800...
by Gabe Ortiz
34 comments
on Tue Aug 03, 2021 at 01:12 PM PDT
with 82 Recommends
|
|
A nonpartisan government watchdog has said that President Joe Biden did not break the law by pausing border wall construction and its funding after taking office. In a decision announced Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) called...
by Gabe Ortiz
44 comments
on Wed Jun 16, 2021 at 12:31 PM PDT
with 116 Recommends
|
|
When the twice impeached facsimile of an orange-haired person came into office, his proponents pointed to his daughter, Ivanka as a check on his overt misogyny. Very quickly, the Republican obsession with undoing any and all things connected to the...
by Walter Einenkel
116 comments
on Thu Apr 01, 2021 at 10:48 AM PDT
with 281 Recommends
|
|
It’s no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump did a horrible job in managing the COVID-19 crisis. From refusing to wear a mask, to promoting snake oil cures, to actively promoting state-level insurrections against governors who attempted to impose even...
by Mark Sumner
261 comments
on Wed Feb 03, 2021 at 11:14 AM PST
with 485 Recommends
|
|
Government assistance is something that millions of Americans rely on. This is not simply an issue of people who have gainful employment versus those who do not. This is an issue of income inequality,
by Walter Einenkel
144 comments
on Fri Nov 27, 2020 at 11:00 AM PST
with 175 Recommends
|
|
A federal judge this week blocked for now the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cruel attempt to make the United States one of the handful of nations in the world forcing asylum-seekers to pay a fee to ask for protections, as...
by Gabe Ortiz
5 comments
on Thu Oct 01, 2020 at 11:08 AM PDT
with 40 Recommends
|
|
After having him serve in an acting capacity in the time following former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation last year, Donald Trump has finally bothered to officially nominate Chad Wolf to the...
by Gabe Ortiz
44 comments
on Wed Aug 26, 2020 at 01:20 PM PDT
with 147 Recommends
|
|
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finally issued official guidance on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—but it’s not about fully reopening it to new applicants as ordered by the courts. Instead, the...
by Gabe Ortiz
40 comments
on Tue Aug 25, 2020 at 01:23 PM PDT
with 97 Recommends
|
|
Leading immigrant rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf and his acting deputy Ken Cuccinelli over their finalized rule that jacks up U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
by Gabe Ortiz
28 comments
on Fri Aug 21, 2020 at 11:56 AM PDT
with 106 Recommends
|
|
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) top attorney and Stephen Miller ally couldn’t really rebut a government watchdog’s official conclusion last week that both of the department’s top leaders were unlawfully appointed because they were...
by Gabe Ortiz
56 comments
on Tue Aug 18, 2020 at 09:01 AM PDT
with 179 Recommends
|
|
This is a BFD: The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded that both of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) unconfirmed and out-of-control leaders were unlawfully appointed to their positions. “GAO, which is an...
by Gabe Ortiz
120 comments
on Fri Aug 14, 2020 at 08:19 AM PDT
with 245 Recommends
|
|
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) failed to provide consistent medical care to detained people at its facilities after a number of children horrifically died under the...
by Gabe Ortiz
9 comments
on Thu Jul 16, 2020 at 08:45 AM PDT
with 67 Recommends
|
|
The Government Accountability Office has issued an important report on how America got into the pandemic predicament that we as a nation now find ourselves. Watchdog report finds delays, testing inaccuracies in government response to COVID BY NATHANIEL...
by Lefty Coaster
13 comments
on Thu Jun 25, 2020 at 10:46 AM PDT
with 27 Recommends
|
|
Yesterday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a consumer protection/fraud and false advertising lawsuit against API, ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and Koch’s Minnesota subsidiary Flint Hills Resources for “deliberately undermining the science...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
3 comments
on Thu Jun 25, 2020 at 06:46 AM PDT
with 13 Recommends
|
|
So, the Regime gives away $500 billion in the pandemic Paycheck Protection Program, but who we paid the money to is "confidential." Can't even be told to the Government Accounting Office, you know, the guys who keep our books? And definitely not to...
by GregoriusU
6 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2020 at 09:54 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
|
|
Government report says CBP violated law by spending humanitarian funds on dog program and dirt bikes In a blockbuster report, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) states that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) illegally spent emergency humanitarian funds meant for food and medical care for detained migrants on a canine program, dirt...
by Gabe Ortiz
33 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2020 at 08:40 AM PDT
with 155 Recommends
|
|
Pretty sad I first found this via a foreign news source. I guess this isn’t surprising here any more. Not front page news. Donald Trump sacks State Department watchdog investigating Pompeo US President Donald Trump fired State Department Inspector...
by Sharon in MD
5 comments
on Sat May 16, 2020 at 06:55 AM PDT
with 5 Recommends
|
|
Anthony McAuliffe (2 July 1898 – 11 August 1975) was the United States Army general who was the acting division commander of the 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne, Belgium, during World War II's Battle of the Bulge, famous for his...
by HalBrown
163 comments
on Mon Apr 20, 2020 at 07:17 AM PDT
with 389 Recommends
|
Recommended
- Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal on Saturday issued an eyebrow-raising reference to Donald Trump, with whom she has claimed to have had an affair, as the former president's criminal hush money cover-up case heats up. McDougal, who has had her...19 comments 143 Recs
- There is a certain schadenfreude in watching a MAGA humper destroy their own political career, and every person with a shred of compassion is rightfully outraged at Governor Noem’s story about killing her dog, Cricket. It was an act of wanton cruelty...216 comments 519 Recs
- The legal quagmire that is engulfing Donald Trump has been a source of debilitating anxiety for him as he spends his days in court scowling and sobbing that he is a victim of meanies in the justice system who are out to get him because he is so...90 comments 307 Recs
- “At least when I’m dead, I’ll never see Trump’s smirking face again.” Jim, a hospice patient, seems to be having a physical response just talking about Donald Trump. He’s fidgeting, appears agitated, and, though typically soft-spoken, has raised his...189 comments 309 Recs
- What’s the worst place for a Russian soldier to be assigned? No doubt it’s Krynky or anywhere else on the left bank of the Dnipro River. WARNING: Video shows a lot of Russians getting droned. This video shows an intense firefight near Krynky. The video...35 comments 231 Recs
- Conservatives accuse Hollywood of being an atheist, bleeding heart, liberal hellhole with anti-Christian impulses. Yet Hollywood has also distributed pro-Christian blockbusters (The Passion of the Christ). It has produced some Christian epics (The Ten...34 comments 95 Recs
- My first post on Daily Kos! I’ve been creating comics and other graphic art just as a form of therapy during the last several years. A friend recommended Daily Kos as a potentially good place to start sharing them with others. So I’m new to cartooning...78 comments 503 Recs
- news.sky.com/… In response, Trump supporters start to wear diapers He added, a couple of days later: "Oh… Von ShitzInPantz. Keep whining, crying and violating the gag order you petulant defendant!"99 comments 132 Recs
- The last Jedi turned up at the White House to visit President Joe Biden and then surprise the White House press corps at Friday’s daily briefing. An excited White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre introduced her special guest Mark Hamill, who...39 comments 222 Recs
- “Aren’t you going to lie down with me?” I asked my cat, who was sitting on the footrest of my seat, staring at me. Patting the couch next to me I added, “come sit with me.” He stared, ...160 comments 215 Recs
- Recent polls suggest half the country may vote against their own self-interests in November. The self sabotage is head-turning: Christians who defend debauchery; poor people who give their money to a billionaire’s Ponzi schemes; pensioners who don’t...259 comments 280 Recs
- — — Let us count all the ways ... The SIX Reasons Trump Will Never Return to the White House Bulwark Podcast Clip: April 30, 2024 Tim Miller and Simon Rosenberg provide the six biggest reasons Donald Trump is unlikely to win the presidency in November....45 comments 121 Recs
Recent Diaries
- Kyiv Post has some interesting analysis of the ongoing massive demonstrations in Tbilisi against the government’s efforts to force through essentially the same controversial “foreign agents” law they ended up withdrawing last year in the face of...1 comments 4 Recs
- It probably wasn’t, actually. But that is what it felt like. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and ...1 comments 3 Recs
- Russian forces conducted a limited series of drone and missile strikes against targets in Ukraine on May 4. Ukrainian military officials reported on May 4 that Russian forces launched 13 Shahed-136/131 drones and four S-300 air defense missiles from...6 comments 22 Recs
- Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Rise above the swamp, Besame,16 comments 23 Recs
- This is the 2nd cartoon I liked enough to share. Inspired by Kubrick.2 comments 18 Recs
- [Satire — the headlines are satire. See body for factual statements.] “New York and Miami Are No Longer Recognizable. They opened their doors to [Jews]. They are no longer recognizable and we can’t let that happen.” GOP Politicos React with Horror —...2 comments 3 Recs
- 37 comments 41 Recs
- Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal on Saturday issued an eyebrow-raising reference to Donald Trump, with whom she has claimed to have had an affair, as the former president's criminal hush money cover-up case heats up. McDougal, who has had her...19 comments 143 Recs
- Conservatives accuse Hollywood of being an atheist, bleeding heart, liberal hellhole with anti-Christian impulses. Yet Hollywood has also distributed pro-Christian blockbusters (The Passion of the Christ). It has produced some Christian epics (The Ten...34 comments 95 Recs
- NN 2024 is scheduled for Baltimore this year, July 11-13. �Haven’t been to one of these in a while, but since it’s close I’ll probably drive down. I’m curious whether it’s going to serve ...86 comments 31 Recs
- NOTE: Video is at bottom, skip there if you wish * * * Today, May 4, 2024, marks several notable dates for me. Today is, of course, Star Wars Day, “May the Fourth be with you”. Read that out loud. Now recall the Star Wars trope quote “May the Force Be...20 comments 9 Recs
- For those of you who don’t know, I live in Arizona, where reproductive rights got a boost this week, but where a state of confusion about abortion rights continues. If ever I needed a reason to be glad I’m post-menopausal (and post-hysterectomy, just...60 comments 12 Recs
- So I mentioned last time I was up that I was looking at a job in a museum? Well I got it, and hoo boy, it’s a doozy. It’s only part time, but that’s what I need to get my foot back in the door ...13 comments 16 Recs
- Kristi Noems shoots puppies! Enough said... Have a super Sunday! Noodle and crew5 comments 3 Recs
- WELCOME TO THE SHADE YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS AND EVEN MORE CRITTERS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CRITTER RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY...234 comments 34 Recs
- What's For Dinner? v18.44: Olivier, Classic Russian Salad, Created By A French Chef In 1860's MoscowIn Eastern Europe, this salad is popular as an everyday meal, and is a favorite in very large batches for holidays and special occasions.� Olivier salad was invented in 1860s by a Frenchman Lucien ...107 comments 26 Recs
- I hate him. And I try not to hate too many people, but god DAMN do I hate this asshole. I hate him more than I’ve ever hated anyone, and that includes people that have done grievous harm to either me or my family. I hate the way he’s brought out the...6 comments 31 Recs
- Evening, all! I’ve been thinking about this one for a while. Music and movies go hand in hand, and have for 97 years, ever since Al Jolson burst into song in The Jazz Singer (yeah, I know—on the ...147 comments 26 Recs
- In his interview with Time magazine, Trump said (along with other bullshit) this about Biden, “You take a look at not only his criminal acts of taking a lot of money and being a Manchurian Candidate.” I had to laugh out loud.3 comments 22 Recs
- What’s the worst place for a Russian soldier to be assigned? No doubt it’s Krynky or anywhere else on the left bank of the Dnipro River. WARNING: Video shows a lot of Russians getting droned. This video shows an intense firefight near Krynky. The video...35 comments 231 Recs
