Here’s one that will make your nose bleed and your trigger-actuating digit twitch:
One of the more egregious abuses of power is the U.S. Department of Justice’s abuse of its power to harass citizens and companies through frivolous or dramatically expanded charges if that company/person pushes back against their legal threats.
An example of this is an October 21, 2024 lawsuit that the Biden administration brought against Rocket Mortgage because they followed the law.
That’s right, you read it correctly, Rocket Mortgage is having to spend millions of dollars in legal fees to defend itself against charges around actions they legally have no control over.
The DOJ lawsuit stems from a claim that a home was unfairly appraised and somehow that was Rocket Mortgages’ fault.
At this point, people who know anything at all about the business will be going “Huh? What about Dodds-Frank?” and rightfully so. Why?
It is important to note that while a mortgage company may contract with the appraiser, the law requires that the appraisal be completely independent of the mortgage company. In other words, it is illegal for the mortgage company to put their thumb on the scale in the determination of the value of a house under consideration for financing. In fact, to ensure appraisal independence is maintained, mortgage lenders contract through third-party appraisal management companies and have no authority over the independent appraisers.
Yet:
Yet, somehow, the Justice Department chose to splash Rocket Mortgage’s corporate name as the lead in their October 21, 2024 press release announcing a suit for racial discrimination in a clear attempt to grab headlines at the expense of the online mortgage innovator. Rocket Mortgage has received numerous customer service satisfaction awards from J.D. Power, and the decision by DOJ to very publicly seek to do harm to this company through their news release headline is a demonstration of the soft power to destroy which an out of control Justice Department possesses.
Even worse:
In an Orwellian twist, the Biden DOJ is seeking to harm a company’s reputation using the argument that they should have broken that law by putting pressure on the appraiser to come up with the right number in direct violation of the law.
In true socialist fashion, only the intentions are important. All that other inconvenient stuff — you know, existing law, the Constitution, actual right vs. wrong [stop sniggering] — none of that matters as long as DEI (All Hail DEI!!) is satisfied.
And if you dare to resist, say hello to lawyers’ fees, millions and millions of dollars’ worth.
The New DoJ — Trump’s — needs to end this shit, and have the charges dismissed, with Rocket’s costs reimbursed, said costs to be partially clawed back from the retirement accounts of all the individuals who initiated, authorized and executed this travesty.
And lest you think that it’s only a corporation involved here, and who cares about them? let me remind you of a certain individual named Randy Weaver, who refused to break the law at the behest of a federal agency (on this occasion, during the Dark Time Of Clinton). Things didn’t go well for him, did they?
The principle is precisely the same.
And if you think this one is bad, wait till you see the next post.
Wally World no longer sells firearms for many years and many stores near where I live recently stopped selling ammo too.
Yet, Walmart gets a lot of business from SNAP / Food stamps, WIC and freeloader welfare rat programs.
Take a look at Walmart plus. It’s a program like Amazon prime. If you are on some kind of govt Benefit (like food stamps and a few others) Walmart gives those customers half off of the annual Walmart plus membership.
So not only are the taxpayers paying for the freeloaders shit, but they get extra discounts.
No doubt that Walmart will likely do almost anything the govt wants.
Lots of business from welfare rats aka working American tax dollars being spent at Walmart. Walmart is not going to screw that desk up.
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Word Salad – liberal edition
LGBT – Lettuce Guacamole Bacon Tomato
DEI – Dumbasses Everywhere Included
“I was born a human being but identify as a cat and my pronouns are she/her or He/Him or They/them
What are your pronouns?
I identify as a toaster and my pronouns are toasted / Bread.
Watch the liberal morons scratch their heads.
In everything US gov’t there are plenty of individual people making bad decisions and are never held accountable for doing so. As long as this is the rule any of us might be targeted at anytime.
The best we can do is everything we can to stay out of the radar sweep, and be lucky. I keep digging my bolthole deeper and deeper.
“ In everything US gov’t there are plenty of individual people making bad decisions and are never held accountable for doing so.”
I see this everyday in state government – it’s an absolute fucking joke. Been here 6 years. Worked before that in the private industry. There is such pettiness and bullshit that goes on
The waste fraud and abuse of taxpayer funds is off the chain.
– firing people for not taking the jab (2021 to 2022). Now you don’t even have to get the jab anymore to get hired. The people fired for not getting it were not offered their jobs back.
– bosses who make bad decisions that cost money and nothing happens to them
– people who blatantly don’t do their jobs (unable to use email, unable to join zoom meetings and do basic office work) yet keep getting promoted
– people who work from home and you call or email them and they don’t respond and then the 2 out of 5 days they are on site they then say oh I was busy when I was remotely working when you ask why they didn’t get back to you
– whole entire departments working remote not a single person onsite many days in many departments
– people in the club who get big title changes and big raises and I don’t think they could tell you what they do for a living – but they can repeat their title non stop every time they get a chance.
– jobs poster and candidates selected from a rigged job search where someone’s buddy is hired and they don’t even meet the qualifications for the job
– bosses at the state don’t want people who can think. They want obedience
– if you work hard you are a target. You will be blamed for the fuckups of the in crowd.
– harassment and bullying of people not in the club is rampant. Take a look at what was done to trump. That kind of bullshit and stuff like it occurs daily.
– favoritism is the system the govt runs on. Policies aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. Rules are for the peasants. Rules for thee not for me.
“The best we can do is everything we can to stay out of the radar sweep”
True. That’s easier for some than others. People who put trump signs on their lawns during a hurricane found that out the hard way recently.
I hope big huge large gigantic cuts come to the budget by Trump and Elon and Vivek. I want to see lots of useless scumbags lose their jobs.
If rational decision making is forbidden, then un-rational actions will ultimately be undertaken to correct the problem.
Keep that powder dry, and close at hand.