There are a couple of news items out of the District that will make you say: Excuse me?
First up is a story that should be headlining every “news network”, yet it isn’t. As you know, Nancy Pelosi’s personal Stasi, the Capitol police, seem to think they’re above the law. They refuse to respond to FOIA requests, lie under oath during Congressional oversight hearings, claim sovereign immunity and other such nonsense. The latest outrage is one that should put those involved in jail. The USCP intelligence division got caught running an op against representative Troy Nehls, R; TX. I’ll let the congressman tell the story himself.
The stated reason for the op is that a USCP officer found a door to Nehls office unsecured and checked inside to make sure nothing was amiss. While inside, that officer took photos of a whiteboard that was used for legislative planning. On that whiteboard was a reference to “body armor”, and that was supposedly the reason the officer took the photos and forwarded them to the intelligence division. What the officer and the intelligence division failed to note was that the reference was related to specific legislation banning the procurement of chinese made body armor.
If you wonder why this story is just coming out now, two and a half months after the incident, it came out in congressional testimony a few weeks ago that the chief of the USCP, J. Thomas Manger, asked the USCP Inspector General to look into the matter.
This comes on the heels of another USCP intelligence division scandal, where they were caught running background checks and social media checks on congressional staffers and visitors.
The second WTF story out of DC will just make you shake your head. The Hologram’s Health department is rolling out a new grant program. This one is designed to “support community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction services.” According to the grant rules, the funds can be used to purchase the following:
Harm reduction vending machine(s), including stock for machines;
Infectious diseases testing kits (HIV, HBV, HCV, etc.);
Medication lock boxes;
FDA-approved overdose reversal medication (as well as higher dosages now approved by FDA);
Safe sex kits, including PrEP resources and condoms;
Safe smoking kits/supplies;
Screening for infectious diseases (HIV, sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis);
Sharps disposal and medication disposal kits;
Substance test kits, including test strips for fentanyl and other synthetic drugs;
Syringes to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases;
Vaccination services (hepatitis A, hepatitis B vaccination); and
Wound care management supplies.
Most of what is on that list seems pretty OK to me. Addicts are gonna addict, and if we can mitigate some of the harm, well that’s alright by me. However I have issues with a few of the items on that list. Beginning with harm reduction vending machines. I mean what the actual F are they? And why should we be paying for them? I also have issues with syringe replacement. I understand they help prevent the spread of disease, but again, why are we paying for them. The thing that bothers me most though are safe smoking kits. Let’s call them what they really are: Crack and meth pipes.
My favorite Louisiana Senator, John Kennedy, just about captures my thoughts on this.
And finally, there’s this, it seems that every one of the free covid tests the Hologram has sent out was made in China.
If that doesn’t sum up the effectiveness of this administration. . .
