department of housing and urban development
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Trump Administration Is Not Only Allowing Homeless Shelters to Turn Away Trans People, It's Telling Them How to Spot One
President Donald Trump is a bigot, and apparently, his administration is equally bigoted. The Department of Housing and Urban Development—which, for God knows what reason, is run by Ben “Falls Asleep in the Sunken Place” Carson—announced on July 1 that it will be doing away with the Equal Access Rule put in place by President…
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Maxine Waters Rips Ben Carson, HUD for 'Actively Causing Harm'
Ben Carson’s stint as secretary of Housing and Urban Development has been marred by questionable conduct, his piss poor work ethic and an unprecedented degree of incompetence, but Congresswoman Maxine Waters is about to make things a lot worse for him. After unveiling his dastardly plans to evict undocumented immigrants and reduce rental assistance, Auntie…
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Government Shutdown Threatens Housing Funds for Low-Income Senior Citizens
As the government shutdown started by a Donald Trump temper tantrum in response to the lack of support for his mythical border wall continues, those most vulnerable continue to suffer. NBC News reports that a handful of federal Housing and Urban Development employees who are still on the job are hard at work trying to…
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Ben ‘Mumbles’ Carson Needs to Ask the Wizard of Oz for a Brain, and Then He Needs to Operate on It
Ben “Mumbles” Carson didn’t want to be secretary of housing and urban development, and when he was offered the job, he should have turned it down. Instead, the highly decorated neurosurgeon is operating in full public view, and he’s a damn mess. He’s worse than a mess; he’s a mess wrapped inside an atrocity that…
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Ben Carson Ain’t Slick. Don’t Let His Backpedaling Fool You
So remember how it came out that Ben Carson’s wife, Candy, had bullied staff at the Department of Housing and Urban Development into purchasing a $31,000 dining set? And remember how, when he was asked about it, Carson said he didn’t see the problem and he wasn’t going to return it? Well, it turns out…
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Ben Carson Calls Slaves ‘Immigrants’ During Speech
Someone, please go get Uncle Ben; he’s out here making an ass of himself again. One of the most renowned surgeons in the history of America, who is now the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was giving a speech to staff when he referred to slaves as immigrants. “That’s what…
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Sean Spicer: President Trump Is Confirmed as New HUD Secretary … Psych, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
On Thursday, shortly after Ben Carson was confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development, White House press secretary Sean “Spicy Facts” Spicer tweeted out this: Which proves what we’ve all known for quite some time: He’s this administration’s Barney Fife trying to solve a How to Get Away With Murder case. I mean, seriously,…
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Steve Harvey Sits Down to Talk About Changing the Inner City With Donald Trump and Ben Carson
TV Host Steve Harvey met with President-elect Donald Trump for a meeting at Trump Tower in New York City on Friday and took to Twitter to explain why. The host of Family Feud and The Steve Harvey Show said in his Twitter statement that he was asked by President Barack Obama to meet with Trump…
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Trump Nominates Ben Carson for HUD Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Dr. Ben Carson, the former Republican presidential candidate, to be the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Trump’s transition team announced Monday. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,” Trump said in…