The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
  • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    WHY does DHS need an ad campaign? It’s a government SERVICE.

    AND 220 MILLION??? I’ve got more questions.

    • School_Lunch@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 months ago

      An EMERGENCY ad campaign at that. Labeling it as an emergency allowed them to skip the bidding process and just give it straight to her friends.

      • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m the lowest bidder, THAT’s why I didn’t get this job? Nepotism?

        Where is DOGE when you need them???

    • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Tariffs baby. Trump’s admin placed tariffs to just gather more cash to hand over to his staff.