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French authorities agreed to help the U.S. crack down on tax evaders. But in doing so, people who just happened to be born on American soil face massive penalties and reams of red tape. PARIS — In 1964, a happy young French couple moved to the United States. The husband had just taken a new job at IBM and his wife was expecting their first child. They spent two hectic years in this country they didn’t know, together with their little Renaud, who came into the world just a few months after they’d settled — in Poughkeepsie, New York. Then,...

YouTube content creator Nick Shirley, the independent journalist who shined a light on alleged child care fraud in Minnesota, has set his sights on another Democrat-controlled state: California. His new exposé suggests fraudsters in the Golden State are creating fake hospice businesses by using the Medicare beneficiary numbers of seniors who are actually healthy. California hospice enrollment has inexplicably risen by about 1,000% in recent years, Shirley says. He uncovered what he calls $170 million in suspect billings (he looks at some day care operations, too), and said operators appear to be living large by driving luxury vehicles. “California really...

They don’t call it censorship anymore. They call it protection. Protection for communities. Protection for organizations. Protection from “threats.” The language is softer now, more strategic, designed to pass scrutiny without triggering it. But behind California’s AB 2624, the intent is harder to ignore: if you document the wrong thing, in the wrong place, involving the wrong people, the state may decide you shouldn’t be allowed to show it at all. And this time, they’re not going after institutions. They’re going after the individuals who don’t need one. In Sacramento, that effort now has a bill number. AB 2624. According...

Exposing California's corrupt "Stop Nick Shirley Act", instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud. This bill AB 2624 will: Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown Let immigrant based NGOs' funding be confidential Take away freedom of the press from journalists Protect any "immigration support services" information from being public (healthcare, legal services, etc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leN6LYJlFUM Run time 25 m 39 sec

Journalists Nick Shirley and Jon Fetherston join 'Saturday in America' to discuss Democratic efforts to criminalize investigative journalism and allegations of fraud across the country.