For the first time, the NFL plans to form a practice squad of up to 12 game officials.
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From the You Can’t Make It Up File: Trump awarded a no-bid contract for some of the apparently deficient Reflecting Pool work to a company owned by a big GOP donor. The name of the company? GREENWATER SERVICES. (1/2)
Greenwater Services? Now it all makes sense. The company that turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool GREEN is literally called Greenwater Services. You can't make this up.
Here's what your tax dollars paid for:
A no-bid contract, bypassing competitive bidding entirely
The owner? A Trump donor who gave $300,000+ to Trump-connected committees and is a Mar-a-Lago neighbor
He also has a bribery conviction on his record
The pool turned green with algae because they refilled it BEFORE installing the purification system
The total bill? $13+ million, Trump publicly promised $1.8 million
And the Interior Department says they had "no idea" about Cafaro's political ties when they picked him. Yea, sure!🙄
There's ALSO a separate no-bid contract, $6.9 million, to paint the pool blue that went to a firm tied to Trump's golf course. That coating is now peeling and floating on the surface.
Two no-bid contracts. Two failures. One green, algae-filled pool at America's most iconic memorial, just in time for the country's 250th anniversary.
The Greenwater Services expertise to turn the Reflecting Pool into a swamp just as Trump's done with the White House.
Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool https://t.co/c58hweJHhV
Mediaite: As part of the Reflection Pool renovation, Trump awarded a $1.7 million no-bid contract to an Ohio company to install a water purification system. The name of the company is – and this is true – Greenwater Services.
I love karma! 😅
#VoteBlue26#VoteOutEveryRepublican
A business tied to a longtime Trump supporter was given the no-bid contract to install a water-purification system in the Reflecting Pool.
The National Park Service bypassed the competitive-bidding process typically required and gave a $1.7 million contract to the firm, Greenwater Services (no pun intended). https://t.co/IrF4r6zEND
NEWS: The company that received the government contract to help renovate the Reflecting Pool is called Greenwater Services, according to the New York Times.
The pool turned green within days, algae spread across the water, and crews were brought back for cleanup.
Sometimes the jokes write themselves. 😂
This is not The Onion. This is not AI. This is not even Idiocracy.
This...is John Cafaro, the guy who got the no-bid contract to re-do the defecting pool's circulation and filtering system.
He's Trump's Florida neighbor, he's a Trump donor, and he's been linked to bribery scandals.
The name of his company? Greenwater Services.
You cannot make this stuff up
Greenwater Services - tak nazywała się firma która wygrała przetarg na malowanie basenu na Lincoln Memorial dla Trumpa na niebiesko.
Nikt nie wymyśliłby tego lepiej.
Ps. A jednak - właściciel to darczyńsca Trumpa który miał problemy z przekrętami w przeszłości...
Here's the guy who got the no bid contact to 'repair' the Reflecting Pool for $14 million.
His company is ironically called Greenwater. And he's corrupt, which won't surprise anyone.
BREAKING: The MAGA bozo responsible for Trump's disastrous Reflecting Pool "renovations" is exposed — and his company is literally named "Greenwater Services."
Meet John Cafaro.
Despite looking like a 1950s cartoon mobster, this is a real, flesh-and-blood human being from Trump's inner circle. He's also a convicted felon who previously pleaded guilty to bribing a member of Congress.
Cafaro received a $1.7 million no-bid contract to install a water-purification system in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Normally, the National Park Service would have a robust open bidding process to find the most reasonably priced, most competent contractor. Instead, the job was entrusted into Cafaro's sweaty mitts without much scrutiny.
The details of that contract are murky, like everything else involving this administration, so it's safe to presume that there was a healthy dose of corruption and graft involved. It's no coincidence that Cafaro just happens to be a big Trump donor and a Mar-a-Lago neighbor. He's given at least $300,000 to PACs tied to the President.
Like everyone else in Trump's circle, Cafaro has proven to be exceptionally incompetent. The Reflecting Pool is now a cesspit of algae and looks greener than ever before. Another company unrelated to Cafaro received the $14.7 million no-bid contract to install blue waterproofing material in the pool. That firm likewise did an incredibly poor job, as chunks of the material are now peeling away and floating to the surface.
This is how things work in third world dictatorships. Cronies and political allies are awarded contracts to reward them for their loyalty to the regime and there's no expectation that they'll ever fulfill the work to proper specifications.
The administration, rather than admit their failure, has taken to posting fake pictures on social media while insisting that the water is crystal clear.
We have eyes. We can see how bad it's gotten.
Please ❤️ and share to demand a full investigation into the Reflecting Pool contracts!
The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.
This MOU says:
—The US is responsible for the financing of $300 Billion fund for Iran
—The US agrees to lift all sanctions
—The US agrees that Iran nuke program maintains “status quo”
—The US agrees to free up billions of frozen Iranian funds
🚨Senate Republicans just blocked my bills to make sure Trump can never pay out his political allies and January 6 rioters with your tax dollars. I gave them a chance to redirect this funding to programs that actually help Americans, but they sided with Trump’s corruption. Watch what happened:
Senate Republicans just blocked an effort to permanently ban Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund and undo a tax settlement that could save him millions in back taxes.
If Republicans insist the fund is dead, why refuse to ban it by law? https://t.co/UELpyW06to
Senate Republicans are blocking Senate Democrats’ efforts to permanently ban Donald Trump’s corrupt $2 billion slush fund and IRS sweetheart deal.
@SenAlexPadilla: “If our Republican colleagues will not join Democrats to address this, I guarantee you the American people will.”
🚨Congressman Thomas Massie dropped the bombshell everyone was waiting for: He revealed Epstein's hidden list and exposed Kash Patel for lying to the American people. Massie says: 'The FBI has files with the names of 20 other men involved with Epstein in the sex trafficking network, including a high-ranking government official.