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HUD Says Racist Movie Reference Worse Than Being Bankrupted, In Wheelchair

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Immediately after it accepted without question a black employee’s claim that hearing a single racist movie reference entitled her to $900,000 in damages, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) refused to pay a white employee who was left bankrupt and in a wheelchair after her own mistreatment…

After ‘Buckwheat’ Comment Cost HUD $1M Racism Settlement, Offender Cashed In With Minority Firm
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After ‘Buckwheat’ Comment Cost HUD $1M Racism Settlement, Offender Cashed In With Minority Firm

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Mary Kinney quietly retired last year as Ginnie Mae’s chief operating officer after officials there paid $900,000 to settle a subordinate’s racism complaint against her, then cashed in on her public service experience to land a position in a firm that uses minority status to win non-competitive…

HUD Paid Nearly $1M For Top Exec’s Single ‘Buckwheat’ Reference
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HUD Paid Nearly $1M For Top Exec’s Single ‘Buckwheat’ Reference

By Luke Rosiak Taxpayers wrote a $900,000 settlement check to a federal employee to compensate her for once being likened to a “Little Rascals” character by her boss, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group (TheDCNF)  has learned. The settlement appears to be the largest-ever such payment to an individual federal employee. The payment came after…

Two-Parent Families Get Subsidized Housing By Posing As Single Mothers

By Luke Rosiak Adult men are almost as common a sight in housing projects as women, even though data show that virtually every subsidized apartment is occupied by low-income women whose “poverty” status is based on being single mothers with no man. They can be seen exiting apartments in the morning, parking their cars there overnight,…

Obama Appointees Must Repay Salaries After Enabling Fraud On Congress

Obama Appointees Must Repay Salaries After Enabling Fraud On Congress

Luke Rosiak  A federal agency will be breaking the law unless two of its top Obama administration appointees repay many months of their salaries to taxpayers after barring another federal employee from telling Congress how higher-ups were allowing multi-million dollar frauds as part of a political deal. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined Tuesday that the two…