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Trump used Pentagon budget for personal gain, Amazon alleges

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

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Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

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Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
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Your post makes me want to share whatever it is that you're having.

I'll have what she's having - - Video Search Results
 
They lost the contract and now they are pissed!

From the DOD:

“There were no external influences on the source selection decision,” department spokeswoman Elissa Smith said in an email. “The department is confident in the JEDI award and remains focused on getting this critical capability into the hands of our warfighters as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The surprise award to Microsoft followed more than a year of fierce lobbying by Amazon’s competitors.

Amazon’s complaint is the fourth legal challenge to the Pentagon’s JEDI approach since the project was announced early last year. Through it all, the Defense Department has refused to back off its decision to award JEDI to a single company.

Oracle and IBM separately challenged the Defense Department’s single-provider approach with the Government Accountability Office last year, before bids were even submitted. After both of those protests failed to block the procurement, Oracle, assuming the award would go to Amazon, brought new allegations that Amazon had fixed the process for itself through inappropriate relationships with Defense Department officials. Those conflicts are now the subject of an investigation by the Defense Department’s inspector general.
 
Now everything that the president does is impeachable..... according to the democrats!
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

—————————————————-

Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
Click to expand...

Didn't A-oc rail on Amazon so bad that she cost her constituents thousands of high paying jobs and billions in tax revenue? But that didn't manage to get your concern on this issue?
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Now everything that the president does is impeachable..... according to the democrats!
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No just this president and only because he keeps doing illegal ****...

Unfortunately once a criminal always a criminal in this idiots case...
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

—————————————————-

Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
Click to expand...

Common Sense 1 said:
They lost the contract and now they are pissed!

From the DOD:

“There were no external influences on the source selection decision,” department spokeswoman Elissa Smith said in an email. “The department is confident in the JEDI award and remains focused on getting this critical capability into the hands of our warfighters as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The surprise award to Microsoft followed more than a year of fierce lobbying by Amazon’s competitors.

Amazon’s complaint is the fourth legal challenge to the Pentagon’s JEDI approach since the project was announced early last year. Through it all, the Defense Department has refused to back off its decision to award JEDI to a single company.

Oracle and IBM separately challenged the Defense Department’s single-provider approach with the Government Accountability Office last year, before bids were even submitted. After both of those protests failed to block the procurement, Oracle, assuming the award would go to Amazon, brought new allegations that Amazon had fixed the process for itself through inappropriate relationships with Defense Department officials. Those conflicts are now the subject of an investigation by the Defense Department’s inspector general.
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So Maui, when can we expect your Trump apology letter? Dude you don't know **** about government acquisition. You should stick to what you know.
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

—————————————————-

Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
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Unless the Pentagon did this at Donald Trump's direct behest, I do not see how this could possibly be considered an abuse of power, because what "power" did Donald Trump improperly exercise?
 
Common Sense 1 said:
They lost the contract and now they are pissed!

From the DOD:

“There were no external influences on the source selection decision,” department spokeswoman Elissa Smith said in an email. “The department is confident in the JEDI award and remains focused on getting this critical capability into the hands of our warfighters as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The surprise award to Microsoft followed more than a year of fierce lobbying by Amazon’s competitors.

Amazon’s complaint is the fourth legal challenge to the Pentagon’s JEDI approach since the project was announced early last year. Through it all, the Defense Department has refused to back off its decision to award JEDI to a single company.

Oracle and IBM separately challenged the Defense Department’s single-provider approach with the Government Accountability Office last year, before bids were even submitted. After both of those protests failed to block the procurement, Oracle, assuming the award would go to Amazon, brought new allegations that Amazon had fixed the process for itself through inappropriate relationships with Defense Department officials. Those conflicts are now the subject of an investigation by the Defense Department’s inspector general.
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Isn't there a connection between Wapo and Amazon?
 
Anthony60 said:
Didn't A-oc rail on Amazon so bad that she cost her constituents thousands of high paying jobs and billions in tax revenue? But that didn't manage to get your concern on this issue?
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From what I read, that one worked out after all.
 
Lovebug said:
Isn't there a connection between Wapo and Amazon?
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YES! Owned by the same guy! Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American internet and aerospace entrepreneur, media proprietor, and investor. He is best known as the founder, Chief executive officer, and president of Amazon.com
 
Lovebug said:
From what I read, that one worked out after all.
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Not really.

She lost a major Amazon hub projected to bring in 20,000 - 25,000 jobs to the NYC area.

Amazon did not move that hub to the Manhattan location, they are building an advertising facility there worth about 1,500 jobs. And they are also reportedly getting all sorts of incentives to do so.

AOC blasted for '''misleading''' tweet taking '''victory lap''' over new Amazon jobs in New York City | Fox News

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Captain Adverse said:
Not really.

She lost a major Amazon hub projected to bring in 20,000 - 25,000 jobs to the NYC area.

Amazon did not move that hub to the Manhattan location, they are building an advertising facility there worth about 1,500 jobs. And they are also reportedly getting all sorts of incentives to do so.

AOC blasted for '''misleading''' tweet taking '''victory lap''' over new Amazon jobs in New York City | Fox News

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I better read more than some people's title. My bad
AOC was Right About Amazon
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

—————————————————-

Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
Click to expand...

 
Great, pretty soon Trump will change the brand of toilet paper the government buys and all of a sudden we'll have a new round of impeachment hearings.

"Charmin is suffering irreparable harm due to the President's actions to go with Quilted Northern, we demand the facts in this obvious attempt by Russia to meddle in how the US government wipes!!!"
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

—————————————————-

Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
Click to expand...

This is just another bull**** accusation...lol.

Not nearly as bad as this,

Solyndra misled the feds out of over $500 million. Why you should care | Fortune
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Now everything that the president does is impeachable..... according to the democrats!
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The question of whether many people on the left have lost their minds was proven long ago.

That they continue to provide evidence of their personal challenges should not come as a surprise.
 
MauiMan said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e-scenes-attacks-over-massive-cloud-contract/

"President Trump’s “repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against Amazon led the Pentagon to choose a lesser bid from Microsoft for a massive cloud computing contract that officials have labeled a crucial national security priority, Amazon alleged in a complaint made public Monday."

"The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends."

—————————————————-

Remember "Pecker Gate"? Trump exacts his revenge!!

If Amazon is correct, this is another abuse of power, and another, separate, impeachable offense! Trump just can’t stop himself from being a f***up.
Click to expand...

I think the only words that matter are “lesser bid.” If Microsoft said they’d do it cheaper then why is this an issue at all?
 
Napoleon said:
I think the only words that matter are “lesser bid.” If Microsoft said they’d do it cheaper then why is this an issue at all?
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Even a healthy competition is something negative these days.
 
Common Sense 1 said:
They lost the contract and now they are pissed!

From the DOD:

“There were no external influences on the source selection decision,” department spokeswoman Elissa Smith said in an email. “The department is confident in the JEDI award and remains focused on getting this critical capability into the hands of our warfighters as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The surprise award to Microsoft followed more than a year of fierce lobbying by Amazon’s competitors.

Amazon’s complaint is the fourth legal challenge to the Pentagon’s JEDI approach since the project was announced early last year. Through it all, the Defense Department has refused to back off its decision to award JEDI to a single company.

Oracle and IBM separately challenged the Defense Department’s single-provider approach with the Government Accountability Office last year, before bids were even submitted. After both of those protests failed to block the procurement, Oracle, assuming the award would go to Amazon, brought new allegations that Amazon had fixed the process for itself through inappropriate relationships with Defense Department officials. Those conflicts are now the subject of an investigation by the Defense Department’s inspector general.
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Your getting I then way of their tds rant with facts.
 
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