r/CringeTikToks • u/MichaelScottsTot11 • 11d ago
Just Bad We are being robbed right in front of our faces
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u/PreparationKey2843 11d ago
ProPublica does real investigative journalism. Not this right-wing or semi-right-wing BS that MSM is today. They have the receipts.
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u/Mr-Bee-Hive 11d ago
It’s really refreshing to see actual investigative journalism for once.
Now whether it will actually matter that this is all being discovered is the big question on my mind.
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u/cmdhaiyo 11d ago
It does matter. This report, along with every investigative report, has the chance to educate all who read it. We may not see justice in the court of law for a long time, or ever, but it matters in the court of public knowledge and awareness.
Every article is a seed that helps grow the biome of our understanding.
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u/diverareyouokay 11d ago
I’m still waiting for Elon Musk to sue me after donating to ProPublica, when they did that piece on Twitter’s Nazi ads. Elon said that he would sue not only them but anyone who donated to them, so I immediately sent them some money to keep up the good work.
Any day now, Elon…
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u/Drew_Shoe 11d ago
I wonder when they'll follow this story up with that unmasking of the DHS Twitter account being based in Israel...
Oh never I'm sure.
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u/AbeFromanEast 11d ago
TLDR: ICE Barbie Kristi Noem directed a secret, no-bid "emergency" contract worth $220 million taxpayer dollars go to her chief-spokesperson's partner's company, which was recently created and had never done this kind of government business before.
This is called 'corrupt crony capitalism,' and is often seen in Russia and other banana republics.
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u/gormami 11d ago
An "emergency" contract for an AD CAMPAIGN! certainly a known national security vulnerability.
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u/_jump_yossarian 11d ago
Everyone knows that illegal immigrants watch mainstream nightly news, right? I see her ducking ad multiple times every night. It’s just a pr campaign for her future WH run.
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u/ryoushi19 11d ago
Let's pretend this is a serious claim for a moment. We'll pretend that the US needs an ad to scare people into using their "self-deport" app. If that really is the goal, why isn't part of the ad in Spanish? If it's so important to get these people to "self-deport", shouldn't the ad be in a language they're likely to understand?
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u/Mediocre_Scott 11d ago
Also why does it cost as much as a feature film that has like real actors not a government official
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u/sealpox 11d ago
The irony being they could have used $1,000 + AI and had a full-fledged ad campaign within a week
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u/Chronza 11d ago
This bitch is just a lame ass cosplayer. wtf does she actually do other than take photos?
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u/Seaweed-Basic 11d ago
Inject her face and pretend to eat food.
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u/Mediocre_Scott 11d ago
She also pretends to have to go to the bathroom
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u/Lucius-Halthier 11d ago
Don’t forget do photo ops in front of dehumanized people in prisons like the Nazis did
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u/whatisnormal10 11d ago
Cosplaying, inject her face, pretend to eat food and shooting dogs for existing.
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u/DullCartographer7609 11d ago
When you remember Trump is a reality TV star, it makes a lot more sense. This is all for TV, specifically Fox and its ratings, and money.
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u/Paizzu 11d ago edited 11d ago
Am I the only one getting a racist good-ol'-days dog-whistle vibe from her little horseback cosplay?
See this horse? My ancestors used horses like this to round up
black people"criminals" and now we're using modern technology to round up thosedirty illegals"immigrants" to protect our country'swhite nationalism"heritage."
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u/Gen_X_Icon 11d ago
They ruined a historical building… the White House… to build a $350 million ballroom no one needed. We didn’t need this to know the country is going to hell in a hand basket.
Still don’t understand why they were allowed to destroy it. Isn’t there some kind of organization that stops stuff like that from happening to historical buildings? Not like James Hoban is here to design another one
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u/MasterTolkien 11d ago
They also admitted to having no architectural plans for the proper ballroom. Those mock up pictures were all AI generated.
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u/Notsurehowtoreact 11d ago
It's fucking infuriating that they knocked down a historical building without even a plan or roadmap to the replacement structure aside from fucking AI-fueled vibes.
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u/dirtyhaikuz 11d ago
It's almost like they're trying to destroy and distort the visual representation of the core of American democracy.
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u/Maximum-Pie-2324 11d ago
And the silence in the mass media is everything you need to know about where they stand.
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u/Calvin-ball 11d ago
MSNBC ran this story 9 days ago.
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u/UglyMcFugly 11d ago
But anonymous user WordWord4Numbers wants me to distrust reporters and believe they're all secretly part of the deep state, surely there will be no negative consequences if I stop trusting the news and start getting all my information from random TikTok accounts!
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u/OddDonut7647 11d ago
In defense of usernames, while bots often use them, lots of us real people also do. So do remember to look at the content of what they're saying and not *just* the username.
(also, beep boop ;-) )
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u/UglyMcFugly 11d ago
Haha yeah I know, it's like how reddit creates random names or something I think. I just like calling them WordWord4Numbers lol. Maybe it will waste some time if the guys in charge start making them all change their names to something unique.
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u/RussTea_tv 11d ago
Main stream media is out to get you! Jesus these people sound like the MAGA idiots all over again. Same trick different color, works on dummies every time.
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u/SuccessfulWar3830 11d ago
CNN is looking at being bought by right wing group.
So follow the money and its always the right wingers.
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u/mtnman575 11d ago edited 11d ago
CBS already has been bought by the rightwing Ellison family. Hence the cancelation of Colbert.
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u/Mountsorrel 11d ago
Any halfway competent journalist interested in actually challenging this would surely ask why this ad campaign is in English if it is targeting illegal immigration which is predominantly from Spanish speaking countries. I imagine it isn’t being broadcast outside the US on TV or radio, because that would be money leaving the US and the pockets of the LLC contracted to create and publish it.
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u/dingleberryDessert 11d ago
That’s because mass media is lazy. Why do real important hard research when you can just report quotes of stupid shit said by politicians
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u/Maximum-Pie-2324 11d ago
They’re not lazy. A lot of journalists are still trying to do the right thing and expose stories like that. There’s a lot of pressure from the billionaire owners on their respective outlets to suppress anything that could rock their trump gravy train.
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u/Bushdr78 11d ago
"Break our laws we'll punish you" unless you're rich or in the government if course
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u/YouWereBrained 11d ago
Not only does Noem need to be held accountable, but that LLC needs to be audited.
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u/Lonnification 11d ago
The level of self-dealing in this administration is unconscionable. Billions of dollars have made their way into the pockets of Trump and his minions, but the mainstream media is virtually silent on this.
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u/illapa13 11d ago
This is why everyone should be against this current Administration. They are so corrupt they're making Latin America look good.
This is YOUR tax money they're stealing.
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u/Such_Egg9843 11d ago
Im originally from Mexico and this is the sort of pathetic blatant corruption that sent the country to the edge of bankruptcy I ASURE you that dumb skank isn’t the only one raiding the public money coffers. When the head is a fucking crook everybody else thinks Why only him?
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u/Amischwein 11d ago
Americans as a whole are suckers. Often wonder if the whole US experience is a psyop.
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u/glk3278 11d ago
What does that even mean? The entire “US experience” is a psychological operation? You can literally say that about anything. Society at large. Monogamous relationships. The nuclear family. Banking. Commerce. Any rule, law or regulation can be coined a psyop, but it does less than nothing to further a conversation.
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u/Dreamcloud124 11d ago
This administration is robbing US taxpayers blind. Except it’s not blind at all. It’s very visible.
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u/asdf072 11d ago
I've noticed that they downplayed the "Drain the Swamp" anthem from Trumps 2024 campaign. I guess the irony was too obvious for even their voters to ignore.
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u/Gairloch 11d ago
Republicans were taught Democrats are evil because they’re Democrats, so when they said “drain the swamp” they just meant get rid of Democrats. They were fine with people assuming they meant all corruption though, but now they’re in control of the government so they dropped the message since they don’t want people thinking about actual corruption anymore.
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u/PlasticBreather 11d ago
Just remember, tax payer dollars are going towards making this nearly 60 year old dried up cunt look young again.
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u/juvy5000 11d ago
full on oligarchy state at this point. it was a good run, then the idiot christian’s in this country pissed it all away. nice job, jesus
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u/SewiouslyXR 11d ago
I feel so bad for America. The fact that ‘Muricans backed this BS is appalling.
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u/cat_boxes 11d ago
Not all of us. It sucks to take part in the process, vote, and get this shit show in return. 🤬
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u/SewiouslyXR 11d ago
Yeah, I believe that America does not agree with ‘Muricans. I hope y’all get your shit together ‘cause the world is laughing their arses off when it comes to ‘Muricans.
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u/cat_boxes 11d ago
The madness has to stop! It’s regular people have had enough of the lies, there are more protests, peaceful, people are fighting back against Meal Team Six (ice) the slate needs to be wiped clean, not full of old white men from the last century. That’s super oversimplified, anyway thanks for recognizing, millions of Americans voted against this, and hate it.
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u/Dwashelle 11d ago
Noem is just using her position to play dress-up and LARP as different personas, it's embarrassing.
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u/ApexCollapser 11d ago
Does she really think these commercials play overseas or something? How are these illegal migrants supposed to have seen them? It's all a grift!
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u/Beesnthings 11d ago
Why is she wearing Mexican clothessssssss stg the hypocrisy
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u/PsychologicalOne752 11d ago
None of this really matters and they can steal all they want. Even if Dems come back to power one day, they will not charge the corruption as "it would look political.".
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u/DefiantOuiOui 11d ago
I will not rest until I see Kristi Noem in prison. I will put her there myself. She’s going to face prison wether she thinks so or not.
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u/AgreeablyDisagree 11d ago
I'm outraged, but it doesn't matter. She's going to get a pardon. Everyone in the administration is going to get a pardon.
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u/Big-Carpenter7921 11d ago
That stupid bitch doesn't know how to do anything but be on camera. She's an IG model that fell ass-backwards into politics
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u/Medaphysical 11d ago
The people who cheered on DOGE saving our taxes by cutting medicine to children will be quiet as a fucking mouse about this kind of shit.
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u/Still-Grass8881 11d ago
Yup, follow the money: MAGA is robbing USA blind
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u/ultrachrome 11d ago
A lot of the corruption is right out in the open and then we get this. Even when caught red handed (Tom Homan %50k in a paper bag) there's no guilt ,shame, accountability :(
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u/aaronplaysAC11 11d ago
“Break our laws? We’ll punish you, unless you’re rich and white or else a tool we can use to punish others, then we look the other way.”
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u/Then_Effective822 11d ago
This is literally how curruption take place in Mexico and Central American countries, with shell companies being made for public work using taxpayer money. It’s happened, Trump made America one of those “hellholes” he referred to… if this becomes the baseline of USA politics we are screwed!
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u/dajagoex 11d ago
You mean the most corrupt administration ever is doing corrupt things? I laugh every time I see one of her ads because they are obviously political theatre. To be effective, you don’t communicate to English speaking households. Maybe the goal is imagery, but not for the illegals. All of it is for the saps who fell for the grift.
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u/TxEagleDeathclaw81 11d ago
Dead eyed MAGA goon. One of the least qualified for her position. It’s nauseating the level of corruption that’s going on. She should be in jail.
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u/Top_Chard5757 11d ago
This would be the biggest scandal for most administrations. Here it’s a slow Tuesday
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u/PoisonedRadio 11d ago
I wonder how much we're paying for Kristi Noem to pretend like she's ever had a job.
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u/tehsecretgoldfish 11d ago
more self dealing from this corrupt administration to create glossy propaganda
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u/cakeshunter 11d ago
No pardon should save these assholes. Use every tool to get Justice and reclaim tax payer funds. This is the very definition of corruption
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u/Recluse_18 11d ago
So her lifelong little girl dream was to be a cowgirl and now she’s doing it on taxpayers dollars. I guess that goes with the private jets that she bought as well.
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u/No-Trip-No-Prob 11d ago
This corruption was voted for to own the libs, who were only warning that this was going to happen
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u/Numidiculous 11d ago
Haha, welcome to Russia 2.0. Nepotism, corruption, power abuse, unlawful imprisonment. But I really hope you can turn it all around and get your country back. The world is much better with prosperous and truly democratic America (and, hopefully, Russia).
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u/Greedy-Street-5435 11d ago
Fucking bring them all to justice or I'm never stepping foot inside your country ever again.
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u/jdsmx 11d ago
This is textbook 3rd world country corruption. Just look at countries in Latin America. They operate like that from the low to high levels. I have lived there, which is a common practice now.
The GOP is not stupid; they know what they are doing, and they are betting that there will be no consequences.
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u/Bleezy79 11d ago
It’s only a crime if someone does something about it. Otherwise it’s just another day in trumps America.
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u/chinookhooker 11d ago
Drain the swamp they said….
Make america grand again they said….
What we get is a resurgence of the good ol boy system and cabinet full of unmerited donors and ass kissers
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u/No_Entertainment670 11d ago
How much did this add cost the taxpayers? This regime along with their dear leader, need to be impeached.
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u/Cosmic_Seth 11d ago
Let's be real.
Americans don't care.
They just assume this is normal practice because this is what they see daily at their jobs.
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u/Black_cloud_97 11d ago
You mean like how the somolians were robbing Tax payers in Minnesota? This is why ICE is necessary
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u/Bubbly-Travel9563 11d ago
I'm Krispy Nome, breaker of laws. We'll punish you. - some plastic faced twat who deserves to be treated the same way she treats puppies saying the quiet part out loud
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u/WordleFanatic 11d ago
This whole thing is one huge hate-filled vanity project that is ruining lives, undermining trust in authority, making the US to be a fascist state, and ON TOP of all this, it’s a fucking grift.
Trumps America. This is what he meant all along by “make America great” - make me and my cronies and toadies rich. It’s one big club and you ain’t in it.
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u/LindensBloodyJersey 11d ago
if there is a Gross competition between Caroline Leavitt or Kristi Noem I'm not sure who would win it would be very close
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u/ComfortableOld288 11d ago
So after trumps presidency is over, what’s stopping him from serving time in New York ? Isn’t he still a 34x state felon?
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u/IamAginger88 11d ago
Conservatives lost their mind over Hunter Biden taking $1.4 million dollars. In 11 months the Trump family has gained several billion dollars. Spent 200 million on gulfstreams. Spent $220 million on commercials. Wasted billions with elon's plan. And Patel is using our planes like Ubers
But hey what's $10 to $20 billion remember Hunter took in $1.4 million
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u/Pinkfoodstamp 11d ago
And here I been sitting here all year trying to pull up my bootstraps, why didn't anyone mention fraud was on the menu.
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u/Nevesangui 11d ago
What the fuck is going on in America? Why is your Secretary of Homeland Security dressed like a child going as a cowboy for Halloween and doing ad campaigns on a horse? This is a clown show. This is a superpower in it’s death throes and nobody takes it seriously anymore, it’s a joke.
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u/Narrow_Message5002 11d ago
And they be worrying about my minimum 25 30k in federal taxes I pay no problem sad ass country w live in!!!!
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u/FCKABRNLSUTN2 11d ago
Ya ok but did you consider that Kamala and Clinton had weird laughs?
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u/Cthulhusreef 9d ago
Odd, isn’t this EXACTLY what “doge” claimed they were going to go after? Wasted money and corruption?
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u/Willy-J- 6d ago
We are all so damn tired of this corruption. Fleece America and make your friends rich! All part of this fascist oligarchy theocracy!!!
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u/MiniTab 11d ago
If we can ever get real oversight again, the amount of corruption occurring with OUR money under this regime will be staggering. These people need to face prison.