BREAKING: Princess Grifter continues to promote waste, fraud and abuse.

"Multimillion-dollar food bank delivery contracts go to firms with little experience". https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/13/usda-food-bank-contracts-256452 https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1261260456238501891

"Also on the list was a company that specializes in trade-related finance and one that sells health and wellness items for travelers."

"Most of the most well-known companies in the business, from large national names like FreshPoint, a division of Sysco, to more regional companies like Keany Produce, based in Maryland, were left off."

"The company’s social media include posts touting its services such as planning weddings and chartering private jets and yachts for C-suite executives for destination events."

I agree, Mr Erenwert.

“The wedding planner is the ultimate comedy of errors,” said Brent Erenwert, CEO of Brothers Produce

"Yegg was awarded $16.6 million to supply fluid milk and dairy boxes. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment."

She's even more incompetent than Jared.

The corona infested chicken plants will be doing food distribution to poor people. https://investigatemidwest.org/2020/05/12/millions-in-federal-aid-meant-to-help-farmers-feed-the-poor-given-to-event-planning-company-cargill-tyson/

"Many contracts were awarded to wholesalers and distributors outside of the region they were allocated for, the Midwest Center found."

In related news: https://www.salon.com/2020/05/14/as-hunger-soars-trump-usda-resumes-effort-to-take-nutrition-benefits-from-more-than-1-million_partner/

@propublica is now reporting on this https://twitter.com/iarnsdorf/status/1262730973436919808?s=21 https://twitter.com/iarnsdorf/status/1262730973436919808

Wedding Planner, Caterer, “Brand Builder”: Trump’s Food Aid Program Is Paying $100+ Million to Unlicensed Dealers https://www.propublica.org/article/wedding-planner-caterer-brand-builder-trumps-food-aid-program-is-paying-100-million-to-unlicensed-dealers

"Forty-nine out of the 159 contractors picked by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to deliver boxes containing produce don’t have a requisite license from the same agency, according to a search of the USDA’s database using the information released about the contractors."

"The awards to firms for which no licenses could be found amount to $105.3 million, about 15% of the total for produce boxes. The USDA also hired contractors for boxes containing meat and dairy, at a total cost of $1.2 billion for six weeks, with the possibility of extending."

Yes it is.

“To me, it’s a big joke,” he said.

"When the program was announced, the nonprofit organization Feeding America surveyed its nationwide network of 200 food banks about their needs and worked with seven national distributors on how to implement the program. But none of those distributors received contracts."

#ETTD

There is a trump $ making grift in here somewhere. You can count on it.

"Three companies that received a total of $6 million in contracts are licensed but are involved in business disputes that were reported to the USDA, according to the agency’s public data."

We need a coronavirus corruption thread. The grifting never ends. https://twitter.com/sarahburris/status/1263472494167699465?s=21 https://twitter.com/SarahBurris/status/1263472494167699465

https://twitter.com/paulsonne/status/1265649788428705798?s=21 https://twitter.com/PaulSonne/status/1265649788428705798

“Another New York food bank executive speaking on the condition of anonymity added: “It’s just chaos. They would have been better off to fill dump trucks with cash and just dump them off at farms. That would have been more productive.”