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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,386 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 09:29 AM 8 hrs ago

Ted DiBiase Jr. Delivered One List in Exchange for $3.2 Million in Welfare, Witnesses Testify

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Don Moynihan
‪@donmoyn.bsky.social‬

All of this incredibly obvious and infuriating welfare fraud happened under the first Trump administration and I don't recall them ever threatening to block funding to the state of Mississippi as a result.

‪Ashton Pittman‬
‪@ashtonpittman.bsky.social‬
· 1d

When Christi Webb tried to cut off the flow of millions in welfare funds to ex-pro wrestler Teddy DiBiase, Mississippi welfare chief John Davis called her crying, she testified.

“‘The only way I can have friends is to give them money. He’s got to keep getting this money,’" she recalled him saying.

Ted DiBiase Jr. Delivered One List in Exchange for $3.2 Million in Welfare, Witnesses Testify
Former nonprofit operator Christi Webb testified she was ordered to pay millions of dollars in welfare funds to Ted DiBiase Jr.
www.mississippifreepress.org
9:09 AM · Mar 15, 2026

All of this incredibly obvious and infuriating welfare fraud happened under the first Trump administration and I don't recall them ever threatening to block funding to the state of Mississippi as a result.

Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) 2026-03-15T13:09:43.710Z


Ashton Pittman
‪@ashtonpittman.bsky.social‬

When Christi Webb tried to cut off the flow of millions in welfare funds to ex-pro wrestler Teddy DiBiase, Mississippi welfare chief John Davis called her crying, she testified.

“‘The only way I can have friends is to give them money. He’s got to keep getting this money,’" she recalled him saying.

Ted DiBiase Jr. Delivered One List in Exchange for $3.2 Million in Welfare, Witnesses Testify
Former nonprofit operator Christi Webb testified she was ordered to pay millions of dollars in welfare funds to Ted DiBiase Jr.
www.mississippifreepress.org
7:24 PM · Mar 13, 2026

When Christi Webb tried to cut off the flow of millions in welfare funds to ex-pro wrestler Teddy DiBiase, Mississippi welfare chief John Davis called her crying, she testified.

“‘The only way I can have friends is to give them money. He’s got to keep getting this money,’" she recalled him saying.

Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman.bsky.social) 2026-03-13T23:24:03.141Z
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Ted DiBiase Jr. Delivered One List in Exchange for $3.2 Million in Welfare, Witnesses Testify (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago OP
so much welfare money goes to the rich rampartd 8 hrs ago #1
Ted DiBiase the elder was billed a the Million Dollar Man The Wizard 2 hrs ago #2
'Bout time for W's solution? czarjak 1 hr ago #3

rampartd

(4,537 posts)
1. so much welfare money goes to the rich
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:02 AM
8 hrs ago

no wonder there is never enough left for those who need it.

“‘The only way I can have friends is to give them money. He’s got to keep getting this money,’" davis

im guessing this is part of the 88 million dollar welfare fraud including brett favre? that money might have kept a few mississippi families fed.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brett-favre-scandal-explained-ex-nfl-qb-is-accused-of-misusing-of-mississippi-state-welfare-funds/

The Wizard

(13,705 posts)
2. Ted DiBiase the elder was billed a the Million Dollar Man
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 03:37 PM
2 hrs ago

Today a Million will get you a presidential pardon. The founders never imagined any political leader could be this blatantly corrupt. Everything changes once the lying starts.

czarjak

(13,606 posts)
3. 'Bout time for W's solution?
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 04:17 PM
1 hr ago

"Faith-based organizations will step forward to fill the void."
And, he said "Promise, cross my heart and hope to die too."?
Heck-of-a-Job!

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