Not LBN, but deserves a post anyway ... who was paid for DHS commercials praising Turnip ? (Spoiler Alert!)

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How the White House hired Republican political firms {warned you!} to launch an anti-migrant ad campaign (AP)

by ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Updated 6:41 AM CDT, March 11, 2025

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million television ad campaign that lauds President Donald Trump for his crackdown on illegal immigration.

DHS told news outlets last month that it had undergone a “competitive procurement process” for the campaign. But in a document posted Friday on a federal database, the department said Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border constitutes “an unusual and compelling urgency,” a circumstance that allows federal agencies to bypass the usual competitive process.
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One of the winning firms is People Who Think,{OMFG who are they kidding!!} LLC, which is owned by Jay Connaughton, a Louisiana-based political consultant who served as media adviser for Trump’s 2016 campaign. Connaughton appeared to have worked as recently as October 2023 with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in the campaign of Jeff Landry, for governor of Louisiana. Lewandowski, a longtime Noem adviser going back to her tenure as South Dakota governor, mentioned him in a post on X as part of the team that helped elect Landry.

The other firm selected for the contract was Safe America Media, LLC, which was incorporated in Delaware a few days before the solicitation with an address to a property owned by Republican consultant Mike McElwain. Safe America Media has already been awarded $16 million for the ad buy.
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more: https://apnews.com/article/dhs-immigration-award-republican-ad-campaign-e7939619195791493e828dfd20604d65

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1. Why am I not surprised

The grift never ends. That’s okay DHS Barbie was reamed in a committee hearing yesterday. Seems this $100 million ad buy means DHS runs out of funding in July!

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Can’t make this shite up! 😉

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2. K&R