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"I think the last guy used a dirty dipstick"
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Round 1
So how much fraud before we throw the whole government away
The audit into the Memphis Shelby County School system has been completed, and it's bad…real bad
Though it only covered fiscal years 2021-2024, found over $100,000,000 in red flags.
$54.2 million was flagged as showing "potential signs of waste fraud and abuse"
While Another 65 million were said to suggest non-compliance with District Policies
like a $48 million contract for janitorial services that all went to 1 vendor.
*I dont think that's what Taxpayers meant when they said CLEAN UP Memphis*
There was also another $291,000 in federal grant money mentioned
and though that may seem like a small amount compared to the others, it's very important to accountability
Ya see Republican leaders have expressed concern that local district attorney Mulroy wont prosecute anyone
but with federal funds on the table—the US Attorney could get involved—and there's a good chance he will.
MSCS say they only received a copy of the report when it went public, and once they have time to fully review the findings they will make a more detailed statement.
This won't be the last you hear of this story, I promise
Round 2
How frugal is too frugal for a doctor?
Dr Sanjeev Kumar was a practicing Gyno Oncologist who performed over 15,000 procedures fron 2019-2024, many paid for by Medicare or medicaid
But, Dr Kumar was cheap and got to thinking — why throw out perfectly good probes when you only used them once?
15,000 procedures, 5 years and $41 million dollars later, Kumar got caught— double dipping
Gross I know.
Now he was indicted for this a while back, but yesterday the US Attorney finally announced his sentence—20 years in the slammer.
40 total counts — 18 for adulterating medical devices
16 for misbranding them
And 6 for health care fraud
US Attorny Mike Dunavant said "No punishment is enough to achieve justice in this horrific case, but we hope that this 20-year sentence will send a strong message"
1 year longer than Chuck Carter got.
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Round 3
Do you know the difference between a grenade and a revolver? If ya do then you're smarter than the State of Tennessee's legal team
Over the last few years there's been a legal battle over the 2nd Amendment raging in TN
It's all surrounding the INTENT to Go armed law, which makes it unlawful to carry with the intent to… carry.
Since it's extremely difficult to ACCIDENTALLY carry, last year the courts struck down the statute in a case known as Hughes v Lee
The state appealed using absurd arguments like "without this law we cant stop people from carrying grenades"
Well, Oral arguments in the appeal were delivered at the end of last month, but just 2 days later the SCOTUS ruled on a similar case giving 2A advocates even more ammo.
The Plaintiff's in Hughes v Lee have now filed a Notice with the courts basically invoking federal 2nd Amendments supremacy.
The specifics are a bit nuanced, but
Long story short, you may soon be lawfully allowed to carry your piece in a park and on your person despite what those stiff old bags on the Hill say.
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