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  • This is where the homeless money in California goes

    04/18/2026 5:58:24 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 24 replies
    X ^ | 04/18/2026 | Wall Street Apes
    This is where the homeless money in California goes Democrats gave a NGO $23 MILLION dollars The NGO used it to buy - A mansion in Los Angeles - $125,000 Land Rover - A second home in Greece US Attorney’s office says THEY FOUND 12 MORE CALIFORNIA NGOs doing the same thing “The U.S. Attorney's office in L.A. says they are actively investigating at least 12 other similar fraud cases here in California.”
  • Over $100 billion in taxpayer money was extorted and funneled to left-wing corporations to build bridges to nowhere during the last 76 days of the Biden–Harris terrorist administration > $40 million over the previous 15 years

    04/16/2026 3:48:10 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 16 replies
    X.com ^ | April 15, 2026 | Christopher Wright via RealRobert @Real_RobN
    RealRobert@Real_RobNHere it is:The United States government, under the single greatest criminal organization in American history:Over $100 billion in taxpayer money was extorted and funneled to left-wing corporations to build bridges to nowhere during the last 76 days of the Biden–Harris terrorist administration, while the same program allocated only $40 million over the previous 15 years.Every single member of Biden’s Cabinet, including his White House staff, should be placed on the FBI Most Wanted list and taken into custody to face charges of bribery, fraud, abuse of power, extortion, racketeering, money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the United States government and...
  • Victor Davis Hanson: NATO Free-Riders Should Expect Brutal Reality Check, US Will Put In Same Effort As Canada

    04/13/2026 12:53:32 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 56 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | April 12, 2026 | Tim Hains
    Summary of Video Transcript Victor Davis Hanson suggested letting NATO "die on the vine" by putting into it exactly the amount of effort that Canada does, while making bilateral deals with European countries that support the U.S., in this video for "The Daily Signal." "Even though they have a $22 trillion GDP, apparently they don’t want to invest that in their own defense," he said. "And they don’t want us to use it when we need it." "What’s the future? Do we get out of NATO? I don’t think we do. I think we just let it die on the...
  • How The Democratic Party Became One Giant "Learing Center" - A Massive Money Laundering Scheme Operating Behind a False Front

    04/08/2026 6:54:37 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 22 replies
    Jack’s Substack ^ | 6 Apr, 2026 | Jack Cashill
    When intrepid young journalist Nick Shirley made his way to Minneapolis’s now notorious “Quality Learing Center,” he found not just a local scam, but also a too perfect metaphor for today’s Democratic Party. Operating behind the false front of a legitimate political party, Democrats have fashioned nothing more than a money laundering operation that exploits the anxieties of its base to empower and enrich its friends and allies. Although the seeds were planted long ago, those seeds have borne their dark fruit thanks to at least three helpful federal interventions and a major shift in newsroom zeitgeist. Exploiting migrants,...
  • Acting AG Blanche announces creation of 'National Fraud Enforcement Division'

    04/11/2026 7:25:11 AM PDT · by Twotone · 35 replies
    Just the News ^ | April 7, 2026 | Ben Whedon
    Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday announced the creation of a National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Department of Justice, marking a significant step in the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on misuse of public funds. "There will be an additional 93 prosecutors in every district across the country devoted to the mission of combating fraud with the National Fraud Enforcement Division," he told reporters. "Because of this administration's leadership, fraudsters, scammers, tax cheats, or anyone who lies to get rich off the generosity of the American people should be on notice," Blanche said. Blanche, moreover, announced that...
  • Newsom's California rail project now expected to cost $126B, official admits, with still no tracks laid

    04/06/2026 1:53:54 PM PDT · by Seaplaner · 35 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/6/2026 | Fox News
    California's delayed, over-budget high-speed train from Los Angeles to San Francisco is running fast in only one direction: Rising costs to even get rolling, which are now estimated to be $126 billion. "Today, we estimate with the right optimization just over $125 billion," California High Speed Rail Authority board member Anthony Williams told CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday. "I think $126 billion is the current estimate for that." Snip "We’re now in 2026: There are no trains; there’s no track laid; it was a complete bait and switch," Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., told "60 Minutes," saying the project "needs to...
  • Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail humiliation deepens… as aide admits blunder and $126B line dubbed ‘Stonehenge’

    04/06/2026 8:47:00 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 39 replies
    ny post ^ | 04/05/2026 | Pierce Sharpe
    Gavin Newsom’s transport secretary has admitted criticism of California’s high-speed rail is justified — as estimates of the project show it will be a struggle to be completed. Officials now say it will cost an eye-watering $126 billion to finish the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco — which is more money than Amtrak has ever received from the federal government since it was established in 1971, a damning 60 Minutes report revealed. That’s and a huge uptick when compared to the $33 billion voters were told the rail would cost when it was announced way back in 2008....
  • Town workers in posh East Hampton pocketed thousands in cash bribes to fast-track permits: DA

    04/05/2026 4:04:10 PM PDT · by Libloather · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/05/26 | Brandon Cruz
    Two corrupt town workers in posh East Hampton accepted thousands of dollars in cash bribes from contractors in exchange for near-instant under-the-table building permits, according to prosecutors. Town Building Inspector Ryan Benitez, 37, and his senior office assistant, Evelyn Calderon, 46, pocketed more than $16,000 from four unnamed contractors so that the builders could sidestep the months-long approval process and have their permits and certificates of occupancy secretly fast-tracked, Suffolk County prosecutors claimed. The pair of government employees would sometimes jump into action within minutes of getting a request — and cut down the typical months-long process to mere hours...
  • California’s fraud problem is so bad the DOJ will ‘never have enough’ prosecutors to fight it

    04/04/2026 5:00:05 AM PDT · by Libloather · 32 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/03/26 | Ross O'Keefe
    There’s so much fraud happening in California that Los Angeles’ top federal prosecutor believes he could “never have enough” prosecutors to tackle it all. First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli spoke to The Post Friday about fraud in California — and how, despite his “unlimited hiring authority,” the Department of Justice is starving for new prosecutors aimed at the “almost unimaginable” amount of fraud in the state. “We’re in a very target rich environment, and there is no shortage of leads for fraud investigations,” he said. “I would say we are doing a lot...
  • Dr Oz reveals -- Bret, we have shut down just in the last ten weeks 221 California hospices.”

    04/04/2026 3:50:02 AM PDT · by dennisw · 28 replies
    @TVNewsNow ^ | 4-3 | Dr Oz
    TV News Now 🚨 NEW: Dr Oz reveals huge scale of California fraud crackdown: “I got news for you today, Bret, we have shut down just in the last ten weeks 221 hospices.” Bret: “Wait, over 220 in the state of California?!” Oz: “Yes, in Los Angeles alone.” How about Texas Hospice fraud, it's there too another problem state..Due to the prevalence of these cases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has placed new hospice providers in Texas under a Period of Enhanced Oversight (PPEO). This involves stricter scrutiny of Show more
  • John Solomon Name Drops Samantha Power, (Obama, Hillary, and Biden Ally) as a Person of Interest who was running USAID when they discussed funneling hundreds of millions back into Democrat coffers.

    03/31/2026 11:41:43 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 19 replies
    X.com ^ | 3/30/2026 | MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra
    MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra John Solomon Name Drops Samantha Power, (Obama, Hillary, and Biden Ally) as a Person of Interest who was running USAID when they discussed funneling hundreds of millions back into Democrat coffers. Don Jr. Who on the American side was coordinating this scheme? Solomon: We don’t know that yet.. the NSA intercepted only high level Ukrainian Officials discussing it with USAID people working in Kyiv. https://rumble.com/v77uk1s-john-solomon-name-drops-samantha-power.html 3/30/2026 ransomnote: Samantha Power was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017,[1] and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2021 to 2025....
  • FBI & DHS CRUSH Antifa As Network Leaders ARRESTED Under RICO & Terror Charges | MASSIVE PANIC

    03/10/2026 8:32:39 AM PDT · by SaxxonWoods · 62 replies
    Cipher Directorate ^ | Not Attributed
    FBI & DHS CRUSH Antifa As Network Leaders ARRESTED Under RICO & Terror Charges | MASSIVE PANIC Federal authorities have initiated a series of coordinated enforcement actions targeting individuals described as part of a loosely organized extremist network commonly associated with “Antifa.” According to officials, the investigation involves potential conspiracy, organized criminal activity, and other federal charges under statutes that can include racketeering provisions. Operations led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and supported by the Department of Homeland Security have resulted in arrests, asset seizures, and the execution of digital search warrants. Authorities say the actions are part of...
  • Blue Cities Are Out of Control

    02/23/2026 7:19:50 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Hotair ^ | 02/23/2026 | John Sexton
    The Boston Globe ran a poll last December which found that a full third of respondents were thinking about leaving the state because of the high cost of living.The Globe/Suffolk survey found that about one-third of Massachusetts voters have seriously considered leaving the state in the past year because of affordability pressures, even as a majority still believe the state is generally moving in the right direction. Inflation, health care costs, housing, taxes, and soaring utility bills topped the list of financial stressors.Boston.com asked their readers how they felt and and even higher percentage said they were looking to move....
  • Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scandal in History?

    02/21/2026 8:22:02 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 44 replies
    Hotair ^ | 02/21/2026 | Stephen Moore
    Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex. And for what? Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of human resources. The war on safe and abundant fossil fuels has cost countless lives in poor countries and made those countries poorer by blocking affordable energy. Since the global warming crusade started some 30 years ago, the temperature of the planet has not been altered by one-tenth of a degree -- as even the alarmists will...
  • Bill aims to shield certain information about California High-Speed Rail project

    02/17/2026 7:32:54 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 56 replies
    ktla ^ | 02/17/2026 | Eytan Wallace, Jocelyn Fiset
    A new state bill aims to shield certain information about California’s High-Speed Rail project from the public. Supporters say it’s about protecting sensitive records, but critics think it puts the brakes on transparency. ... [O]pponents...say the project is too costly. They note the state has already spent about $15 billion on it over the last decade and a half, while the total cost projections for the full project have ballooned from the original $45 billion estimate presented to voters in 2008 to anywhere between $88 billion-$128 billion today. Inside California Politics Correspondent Eytan Wallace reports a new state bill would...
  • Fraud as a feature, not a bug, in California

    02/13/2026 10:39:32 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 9 replies
    It refers to the circle of self-enrichment through which political donors and special interests bag cash from government spending — then kick some of that cash back to politicians’ campaigns. That’s the only way to explain why the high-speed rail project persists in the Central Valley, even though almost nobody wants it and nobody is even pretending the state can afford it. Fraud is also the only way to explain how California spends nearly half a billion dollars on an overhaul of the 911 emergency system, only to find that the project doesn’t work. And when you double state spending...
  • Fulton County expected to make new court filing challenging legality of FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records

    02/02/2026 3:20:55 PM PST · by The_Media_never_lie · 26 replies
    CNN ^ | 2-2-26 | Jason Morris
    An official in Fulton County, Georgia, has announced the county will challenge the legality of the FBI’s search and seizure of 2020 election records. Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said the effort will seek to “force the government to return the ballots taken.” Arrington said that the county’s attorneys are expected to file a motion in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia to fight the action of Trump’s Justice Department and the FBI. The FBI served a warrant last Wednesday at the Fulton County election office, near Atlanta, Georgia, taking 700 boxes of election materials as it probes alleged...
  • Taxpayer Money Should Never Go to Planned Parenthood For Any Reason Ever

    01/16/2026 7:43:42 AM PST · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Daily Citizen ^ | January 15, 2026 | Paul Batura
    It might surprise you to learn that the Trump administration has restored millions of dollars in funding to pro-abortion groups, including Planned Parenthood. Last spring, federal monies designated for the “Title X Family Planning Program” had been frozen — a move widely celebrated by pro-life advocates. The federal program, which dates to 1970, is a welfare subsidy that ostensibly offers “family planning services” to low-income individuals. Groups who facilitate these offerings include the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Advocates for the program claim that the federal funds provide critical services for the poor — birth control, sexually transmitted disease testing, cancer...
  • Live updates: Noem says officer was hit by car in deadly Minneapolis shooting, bashes Walz and Frey

    01/07/2026 5:43:44 PM PST · by xxqqzz · 124 replies
    The Hill ^ | January 7, 2026 | Staff
    Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot and killed a Minneapolis woman was hit by her car in the episode. “The officer was hit by the vehicle. She hit him,” Noem said. “He went to the hospital. A doctor did treat him. He has been released, but he’s going to spend some time with his family.” She said there would be no pause in the Trump administration’s immigration actions in the city. Earlier in the day, outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) railed against the Trump administration after an Immigration and...
  • On Christmas Eve, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Spends $22 Million Funding Abortions

    12/28/2025 8:44:35 AM PST · by Morgana · 38 replies
    Life News ^ | December 28, 2025 | Marie Tasy
    As he enters the final chapter of his time in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy chose to mark Christmas Eve, one of the holiest and most sacred nights in the Christian faith, commemorating the anticipation of the birth of Christ, by publicly advancing his administration’s abortion agenda. Rather than acknowledging the profound spiritual significance of the evening for millions of Christians, Governor Murphy instead announced a $22 million funding commitment to “protect and grow” access to abortion through what his administration calls the Reproductive Health Access Fund, an abortion slush fund designed to funnel taxpayer dollars to abortion providers....