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Jimvanhise

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6. KICKBACKS

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 10:24 AM

9 hrs ago

It happens all the time. In Texas a building which had a 30 year old hand painted mural of whales on it has suddenly been painted over to have some kind of World Cup tribute put on it. No one will admit to making the deal but someone made the deal and I bet they were well paid for making the deal.

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Outrage as Trump cronies buy ICE warehouses for 10x markup: 'A new level of corruption' [View all] BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP

And, the response? OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #1

No competitive bidding? The art of the self-dealing. Norrrm 10 hrs ago #2

That means someone else bought (or optioned) them first for cheap then resold them at massive profit ToxMarz 10 hrs ago #3

Any bought & sold by the trumpie clan? KS Toronado 9 hrs ago #4

The "Party of Fiscal Responsibility" RainCaster 9 hrs ago #5

KICKBACKS Jimvanhise 9 hrs ago #6

You can be damned sure ICE Barbie got a cut. flashman13 7 hrs ago #11

Buying up empty warehouses at 10x market value....Americans tax dollars at work. OGBuzz 8 hrs ago #7

No only destroying everything important to America randr 8 hrs ago #8

The Party of Fiscal Responsibility is now the Party of Looters and Drunken Whores dalton99a 8 hrs ago #9

They tried to buy one in eastern Pennsylvania this past winter FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #10