On TaxPayer Safe Houses For Junkies and Other Oddities

Ruh Ro. Looks like the Rocky road is still being followed… to Fairmount.

From https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/fairmount-homeless-drug-treatment-meeting-20240515.html?

Fairmount residents up in arms over Parker administration plan to house people in addiction

City officials stressed that the newly expanded shelter at 2100 W. Girard Ave. was not a rehab — but did not rule out a future expansion of services for drug users on site.

Probably not as stressed as the Fairmount folks in the picture as they got the word.

State Department and Democrats… Grifting Apart?

Came across this story accidentally

https://campaignlegal.org/update/ambassadors-misconduct-shows-consequences-appointing-donors-diplomats

The inspector general’s report on Kaplan’s conduct in office is scathing. “A review of his conduct and performance by the Department is needed,” it urges. “The Ambassador did not hold himself to the highest standards of conduct, performance, and ethics to model integrity…”

State Department inspector general reports, like the one reviewing Kaplan’s performance, are sporadic. That’s because the office is only required to review foreign posts once every five years — a longer period than a presidential term and thus longer than many ambassadors’ tenures.

Bingo. A perfectly designed operation for tin horn money laundering presidents and their war mongering supporters.

..The inspector general’s efficacy is also hampered by the fact that the post of State Department inspector general has been vacant for 1,396 days as of this writing. A series of acting heads have been filling the role since former President Donald Trump fired the last permanent inspector general.

Appointing a Senate-confirmed inspector general is a first, basic step toward ensuring accountability at this crucial agency…

Oy.

Biden Invited to Testify in Impeachment Investigation

From https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/28/house-oversight-chairman-invites-biden-to-testify-at-impeachment-hearing/

…House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced the invitation to Biden just before Easter weekend. Comer’s committee is conducting the impeachment investigation jointly with both the Judiciary and the Ways and Means committees.

“The committee has accounted for over $24 million that has flowed from foreign sources to you, your family, and their business associates,” Comer said in his letter to Biden.

“The committee has identified no legitimate services to merit such lucrative payments,” the Kentucky Republican wrote. “You have repeatedly denied playing any role in your family’s business activities, but the committee has amassed evidence—including bank records and witness testimony—that wholly contradicts your position on these matters.”

The president’s son, Hunter Biden, and the president’s brother, Jim Biden, both gave depositions to investigators as well as members of the committees…