This is all part of a very long and complicated story, but I am trying to keep track of it all here.
TLDR: LA DOGE accidentally revealed they held a secret meeting with a current employee (Tera LeBlanc) of a private government/FBI contracted company who was formerly a Louisiana Department of Health state employee/executive director of Medicaid
Since then, LA DOGE has partnered with the Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA), and accused LDH of misspending Medicaid funds over a 5 year period. It turns out LeBlanc was in charge of that program for 4 of the 5 years, before leaving LDH to work in her current role for Guidehouse Consulting group.
Since LeBlanc is no longer in the role, LDH appears to be blaming others for the misspent funds Leblanc was in charge of for 4/5 years. Hospitals participating in the program have mysteriously fired several doctors at the same time, in my own city and all across the state while LDH (which is currently run by Governor appointees) seems to be arguing Louisiana proves why Medicaid is unsustainable since no doctors will accept patients on Medicaid (maybe bc they were all fired at once??).
Sure would be nice to have some kind of a public record to know what was discussed in those meetings between Guidehouse and paid state officials held on public property, that weren’t really meetings, and totally didn’t violate the meeting transparency laws.
If they had been meetings, the taskforce would have been required by law to: advertise when and where it will meet, allow the public a chance to speak at meeting, and record meeting minutes that will become publicly available. They of course didn’t do any of that. No one involved in LA DOGE is facing any legal repercussions for some odd reason 🤷♀️
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) would be the one to bring charges for violation of the meeting law, but they partnered with LA DOGE as questions about these meetings were starting to pop up and are now helping the governor with his own Robespierre-like reign of terror, except the cuts are all budget related instead of guillotine (at least for now).
That would be the same LLA that brought forth the accusations against LDH after the secret meetings that weren’t really meetings, saying an audit found Medicaid fraud.
So, now the LLA only cares about enforcing transparency laws for other people.
I’m not a journalist, but for some reason I’m the only one who is trying to bring attention to the fact that [Leblanc was in charge of this program that is being accused of fraud by the LLA for 4 of the 5 years, before leaving LDH and joining her former LDH supervisor to begin working for Guidehouse Consulting.
I think journalists are being intimidated and/or information is being suppressed all over the state. There is some really insane shit happening in Louisiana right now.
We also just had the DOJ help our AG (who also just happens to be a pal of Gov Landry) lift an ongoing lawsuit that had to be issued in 1966 to enforce desegregation in a Louisiana public school!
The whole trying to pretend the civil rights act didn’t happen at least got some attention, but everything else flooding the zone in Louisiana seems to be flying under the radar. Since the whole country is currently on fire, nobody seems to really have the time to notice or care, but it does seem like the Governor of Louisiana is allowing us to serve as a bit of a guinea pig for all of Trump’s authoritarian policies before he unleashes it on a larger scale to the rest of the country.
Also the Heritage Foundation is currently paying to run local tv ads promoting Gov Landry’s policies.
TLDR II: Even if nothing happens to these corrupt pieces of shit, they’re destroying my home and my country. I’m not going to just shut up and be quiet about it. If they didn’t care they wouldn’t be trying so hard to keep information suppressed while paying so much money to try and spread their own disinformation.
Why do they always have shitty furnishing and tech
its gaudy, much like trumps properties are decorated from ceiling to floor with gold.
nice ass mansions with 43 inch tcl tvs
Going to a super expensive high-end restaurant and getting a soda or cheap beer like budweiser is my equivalent to this.
Is this shitty?
Idk my kitchen doubles as my “dining room” and isn’t even fully seperated from my living room, so maybe I’m biased.
[VINCENT] But you know what the funniest thing about Europe is?
[JULES] What?
[VINCENT] It’s the little differences. I mean, they got the same shit over there they got here, but, it’s just, just, there it’s a little different.
[JULES] Example?
[VINCENT] Alright, you can walk into a movie theatre in Amsterdam and buy a beer. And I don’t mean just like in no paper cup. I’m talking about a glass of beer. And in Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald’s. And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
[JULES] They don’t call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese? [VINCENT] No, they got the metric system there, they wouldn’t know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.
[JULES] Then what do they call it?
[VINCENT] They call it Royale with Cheese.
[JULES] Royale with Cheese. What do they call a DOGE?
[VINCENT] DOGE’s a DOGE, but they call it LA DOGE.
[VINCENT] Goddamn, that’s pretty fucking funny.
[MIA] Told ya’.
[VINCENT] Don’t know if it’s worth five dollars, but it’s pretty fucking funny.
MAGA are just comically stupid.
And yet somehow running the country?
The power of propaganda and lies. Hell, look at Pam Bondi over the past couple of days. They seized 22 million fentanyl pills, and every week she adds a zero to the number of lives saved. It’s worth noting that there’s about 80,000 OD’s a year. But her first claim was that 22 million American lives were saved. Her second claim a week later was 119 million lives. Her latest claim a couple of days ago…are you ready? 258 million Ameican lives. Yes. Trump and Co. have single-handedly saved 2/3rds of the entire US population.
MAGA exists in a world of pure fiction. They don’t have the intelligence to take a step back a go, “That doesn’t make any sense.” Their entire worldview is whatever soundbite was the last one on the TV.
We are ruled by a nation of absolute morons… it’s embarrassing.
She said that shit for real? 250 million lives saved in 3 months?
Yep, for real.
Bondi’s the perfect weaponized DOJ attack dog. Aggressive beyond reason, loyal only to the orange dotard, and nothing but hot air between her ears.
Roe Jogan said “that guy [Elon Musk] saved us.” Before the election.
We are ruled by a nation of absolute morons… it’s embarrassing.
Only because absolute morons make up the majority of our citizen’s demographic.
It’s the power of propaganda, lies, and the dismantling of education.
I’m fairly convinced that number isnt pulled out of thin air.
I firmly believe that is a number of the population they intend to reduce in the US.
Very Francoist. “If I must kill one half of the country to save the other half” and such.
It would appear a significant portion of the American public are also comically stupid
They act with impunity because there’s no consequences.
If Dems ever retake office, you know they’re going to sweep all this under the rug and tell Republicans they want bipartisanship again. Nobody (on the GOP side) is actually going to be held to the law. Only “leftist” leaders get held to any kind of legal standard, and only as a means of clearing a path for reactionaries to regain power.
Then have a nap.
Zen fire ze missiles?
You my friends have revived a classic in my mind.
Bout that time ey chaps?..…… righto
AHHHHH MOTHERLAND!!!
Instructions unclear, gave fascist oppressors a dirt nap
Gov Landry issued an executive order in December of 2024, creating his DOGE inspired taskforce. The taskforce was modeled after federal DOGE to investigate fraud/wasteful government spending and hold the government accountable.
The group met in secret at least twice, violating public meeting transparency laws.
Louisiana Senator Blake Miguez posted this photo to his Facebook, with the caption “It’s time to cut wasteful spending.” The photo shows one meeting took place in the dining room of the governor’s mansion.
The taskforce is required by law to: advertise when and where it will meet, allow the public a chance to speak at meeting, and record meeting minutes that will become publicly available. They of course didn’t do any of that.
It’s ok though, because as some members have explained, the meetings “weren’t really meetings.” They were just “talking about what they were going to do.” The other meeting took place in the Governor’s suite of offices, where the taskforce heard a sales pitch from federal government contractor, Guidehouse Consulting. They discussed doing a “deep dive,” into Louisiana government spending.
It is a very long and complicated story, but I am trying to keep track of it all here.
TLDR: Turns out the FBI/government contractor LA DOGE met with at one secret meeting was the former executive director of Medicaid for Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Tera LeBlanc.
Since then, LA DOGE has partnered with the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, and an audit of LDH has accused LDH of misspending Medicaid funds over a 5 year period. It turns out LeBlanc was in charge of that program for 4 of the 5 years, before leaving LDH to work for Guidehouse Consulting group.
Sure would be nice to have a public record/meeting minutes to know what was discussed in those meetings that weren’t really meetings.
So they lifted the mask of one of their own and found that one of them actually mispent funds 4/5 years?
No they are blaming other people for the misspent funds she was in charge of for 4/5 years. Firing doctors and trying to say Louisiana proves why Medicaid is unsustainable since no doctors will accept it (bc they fired them all).
They accidentally revealed they held a secret meeting with a current employee of a private government contract company who was formerly a Louisiana state employee/executive director of Medicaid
No one involved in LA DOGE is facing any legal repercussions for some odd reason 🤷♀️
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor (LLA) would be the one to bring charges for violation of the meeting law, but they’re now partnered with LA DOGE and helping the governor with his own Robespierre-like reign of terror, except the cuts are all budget related instead of guillotine (at least for now).
So, now the LLA only cares about enforcing transparency laws for other people.
I’m not a journalist, but for some reason I’m the only one who is trying to bring attention to the fact that this person worked for LDH in charge of this program that is being accused of fraud by the LLA for 4 of the 5 years..
I think journalists are being intimidated and/or information is being suppressed all over the state. There is some really insane shit happening here.
Since the whole country is on fire though, nobody seems to really have the time to notice or care, but it does seem like the Governor of Louisiana is allowing us to serve as a bit of a guinea pig for all of Trump’s authoritarian policy before he unleashes it on a larger scale to the rest of the country.
Also the Heritage Foundation is paying to run local tv ads promoting Gov Landry’s policies.
TLDR II: Even if nothing happens to these corrupt pieces of shit, they’re destroying my home and my country and I’m not going to just shut up and be quiet about it. If they didn’t care they wouldn’t be trying so hard to keep information suppressed while paying so much money to try and spread their own disinformation.
Yikes. Idk what else to say cause I’m so sick of everything
I know what you mean. Just try to embrace the anger when you can, and keep people informed about what is actually going on. It’s a war of WASPY Passive Aggression. It’s ok to get exhausted and take a break, but don’t get complacent and accept it as normal.
That’s just a good rule of thumb for life in general, even outside of the context of an authoritarian government trying to use double speak to maintain and gain control instead of just saying the quiet part out loud.
Le Doge du fromage.
Does double hashtagging trick the algorithm or something?
trump admitted to insider trading. he bragged about it publicly.
nothing is gonna happen until you do it.
