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This was an amazing tribute to 9/11 in NYC.
https://abc7.com/post/drone-show-recreates-twin-towers-honors-2977-victims-ahead-25th-anniversary-911-attacks-new-york/19813777/?
“Boatlift”, the story of the largest maritime civilian rescue in history, from NYC on 9-11.
(have tissues on standby.)
TreasuryDirect provides more guidance on ID.me transition
https://tipswatch.com/2026/09/09/treasurydirect-provides-more-guidance-on-id-me-transition/
Congressional Investigation Findings: In November 2022, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis published official findings from their joint inquiry into ID.me. The investigation revealed that ID.me inflated pandemic fraud estimates, mischaracterized its technical verification capacity to federal agencies, downplayed facial recognition failures, and subjected applicants to video-chat wait times exceeding four to ten hours. You can review the official congressional findings online via the House Oversight Committee Release:
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairs-maloney-clyburn-release-evidence-facial-recognition-company-idme
Uncompeted Sole-Source Procurement: Shortly after obtaining a GSA Schedule vehicle, ID.me secured a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the Treasury Department (Chief Information Officer Office) valued at up to $1,027,709,739.11 under Award ID 2032L226A00006 (Referenced IDV ID: 47QTCA26D002K). This uncompeted contract listed only one bidder, handing a private company exclusive gatekeeping authority over public Treasury systems without open competition or a government-operated fallback. The official federal record can be reviewed via USAspending.gov:
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_47QTCA26D002K_4732.
Listening to the media this morning they were all hot for last months inflation numbers.
What a bunch of scumbags.