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  • Biden Muscles Out Chicago Prosecutor Hot on the Heels of Powerful Dems

    02/18/2021 5:07:04 PM PST · by MarvinStinson · 29 replies
    freebeacon ^ | FEBRUARY 18, 2021 | Kevin Daley
    Lawmakers from both parties have called for John Lausch to keep his job President Joe Biden is forcing Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign amid ongoing criminal probes of powerful Illinois Democrats and their associates. U.S. attorney John Lausch is prosecuting close confidants of Democrat boss Mike Madigan, an ally of former president Barack Obama who resigned from the state legislature Thursday after a decades-long reign in Springfield. Lausch's office will also prosecute Chicago alderman Edward Burke (D.), an influential figure accused of strong-arming businesses into retaining his law firm. Lausch's abrupt removal has drawn bipartisan criticism from Illinois lawmakers...
  • 31 NGOs behind 1,000+ protests this Saturday have been exposed by @DataRepublican —and the FBI is now investigating “any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots.”

    06/12/2025 7:49:48 PM PDT · by george76 · 59 replies
    X ^ | Jun 12, 2025 | The Vigilant Fox
    31 NGOs behind 1,000+ protests this Saturday have been exposed by @DataRepublican —and the FBI is now investigating “any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots.”.. This isn’t grassroots. It’s Color Revolution 2.0—a coordinated, funded insurrection backed by shadowy donors. According to @DataRepublican , the “No Kings” rally is tied to 31 left-wing NGOs, including the ACLU Foundation, Black Voters Matter Fund, and Color of Change. Follow the grant money and you’ll find the usual suspects: Open Society, Schwab Charitable, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Some groups openly push Marxist ideology. Others were caught handing out riot gear used in...
  • Illinois senate passes bill that would force universities to promote, dispense abortion pills

    06/03/2025 1:22:13 PM PDT · by Morgana · 6 replies
    Catholic Vote ^ | June 3, 2025 | Rachel Quackenbush
    A bill that would compel Illinois public universities to provide, prescribe, and even promote abortion drugs is now one signature away from becoming law. House Bill 3709 passed the state senate May 31 and is now awaiting action from Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. If signed, the bill would require schools to refer students to abortion providers and, where pharmacies are available on campus, directly distribute abortion drugs like mifepristone, according to a May 20 press release from Illinois Right to Life. The bill would also mandate that universities include information about chemical abortion on their websites, elevating the practice to...
  • Politico newsletter mentioned ActBlue investigation

    05/27/2025 12:20:26 PM PDT · by RandFan · 6 replies
    Inbox | May 27 | Politico
    Reality check: Trump has singled out ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform, for federal scrutiny of possible illegal foreign contributions. ActBlue has admitted to more than 200 such questionable donations. Democrats fear that they’re being targeted for political retaliation, and that a probe could force ActBlue to shut down. But AP’s Brian Slodysko and Steve Peoples sifted through Trump’s records and found that he got 1,600 similarly maybe-problematic contributions since 2020 — many through WinRed, Republicans’ answer to ActBlue. The response: The White House didn’t specifically address the AP’s findings, but said House Republicans had “uncovered specific evidence of potentially unlawful...
  • Trump throws America's $44billion education business into chaos by halting ALL student visas

    05/27/2025 9:25:37 AM PDT · by DFG · 123 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/27/2025 | Rachel Bowman
    The Trump Administration has ordered US embassies to halt all student visa applications as the president cracks down on America's higher education business. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has directed officials to stop scheduling appointments with student visa applicants as they prepare to implement a social media vetting process, according to a cable obtained by Politico. 'Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F, M, and J) visa appointment capacity until further guidance is issued septel, which we anticipate in the coming...
  • Trump Admin Launches Investigation Into Gavin Newsom, California

    05/12/2025 2:12:57 PM PDT · by Signalman · 25 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 5/12/2025 | Chris Powell
    Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom is under new federal scrutiny as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opens an investigation into whether the state improperly funneled taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens. The DHS probe, led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Los Angeles, focuses on the state’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) — a 100 percent state-funded program designed to provide monthly benefits to non-citizens ineligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) due to their immigration status. According to a Title 8 subpoena issued by HSI Los Angeles, federal officials are demanding records from the Los...
  • Trump Energy Sec Hints at Canceling Billions of Dollars of Biden’s Green Energy Loans

    05/12/2025 10:35:20 AM PDT · by DFG · 6 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | 05/12/2025 | Thomas Catenacci
    Energy Secretary Chris Wright hinted that he would soon take action canceling billions of dollars' worth of Biden-era green energy loans that he said do not promote American energy security and are too risky for taxpayers. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Free Beacon, Wright took aim at how the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office dished out billions of dollars in loans during the final months of the Biden administration. While Wright stopped short of naming particular projects he may cancel loans for, he said the Trump administration would only look to support projects that directly benefit Americans...
  • Gender-Affirming Care for Minors under Fire

    05/10/2025 7:07:23 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | May 10, 2025 | Maryanne Demasi
    Paediatric gender dysphoria has rapidly emerged as one of the most divisive and urgent issues in medicine today. In the past decade, the number of children and adolescents identifying as transgender or nonbinary has soared. In the US alone, diagnoses among youth aged 6 to 17 nearly tripled—from around 15,000 in 2017 to over 42,000 by 2021—signalling a seismic shift not only in culture but in clinical practice. Children diagnosed with gender dysphoria—a condition defined by distress related to one’s biological sex or associated gender roles—are increasingly being offered powerful medical interventions. These include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and, in...
  • Biden’s Energy-Loan Free-For-All. Trump Energy Department officials discover a dubious spending spree.

    05/08/2025 5:54:47 AM PDT · by karpov · 4 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | May 7, 2025 | Kimberley A. Strassel
    It’s no secret Joe Biden’s team spent its final days shoveling money out the door, and in ways designed to limit Donald Trump’s ability to claw it back. Officials working under Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright have now completed a review of the Loan Programs Office (LPO)—the government entity that brought you Solyndra— and the extent of the shenanigans is remarkable. Figures and documents provided to me show a loan free-for-all: More than $90 billion showered on entities in a matter of months, a lot of it to companies of questionable taxpayer value. The highlights of DOE’s review: Unprecedented...
  • ‘Millions out on the street virtually overnight’: How Trump’s budget proposal could affect California

    05/06/2025 6:03:12 PM PDT · by Angelino97 · 90 replies
    Cal Matters ^ | May 5, 2025 | Ben Christopher, Marisa Kendall
    On Friday President Trump released a budget blueprint for the next fiscal year that would take a chainsaw to social, environmental and education programs. Some of the sharpest cuts are directed at housing programs that are meant to serve the poor, housing insecure and unhoused. In California, millions are served by these funds and state and local governments depend on them to operate affordable housing, rental assistance, homeless service, planning and legal programs. In a letter to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, the president’s budget director, Russel Vought, laid out $163 billion in annual spending cuts coupled with “unprecedented increases”...
  • Dems brace for Trump’s assault on ActBlue: ‘We’re not going to allow it.’

    04/26/2025 6:00:42 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 33 replies
    Politico (Yeah, I know) ^ | April 24, 2025 | Calder McHugh, Holly Otterbein, Megan Messerly and Elena Schneider
    Democrats on Thursday were bracing for a sustained attack on their fundraising operation by Republicans, as President Donald Trump targets ActBlue. Trump plans to direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the major online donation platform for what the administration cast as “unlawful ‘straw donor’ and foreign contributions to American elections” in a presidential memorandum on Thursday. “President Trump is taking action to address malign actors and foreign nationals who seek to illegally influence American elections, undermining the integrity of our electoral process,” a fact sheet detailing the memo obtained by POLITICO states. “ActBlue has become notorious for its lax...
  • Trump admin files first racketeering charges against massive migrant terrorist group present in U.S.

    04/23/2025 1:15:43 AM PDT · by Libloather · 16 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/22/25 | Peter Pinedo
    The first RICO racketeering charges against members and associates of the migrant terrorist group Tren de Aragua were filed this week in New York. A statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said that the case is part of "Operation Take Back America," which it said is a "nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Justice Department to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime." According to the statement, the charges filed...
  • Today In Republicans Being Useless: A Group of GOP Senators Salvage Democrats’ ‘Green’ Energy Bailouts

    04/10/2025 9:05:45 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 20 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 04/10/2025 | Shawn Fleetwood
    Fighting against the wishes of their voters is a classic Republican pastime — and this week is no different.When they apparently thought nobody was looking, a cabal of GOP senators comprised of Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Utah’s John Curtis, Kansas’ Jerry Moran, and North Carolina’s Thom Tillis — who’s up for reelection next year — quietly sent a letter on Wednesday to Senate Majority Leader John Thune regarding ongoing negotiations over the party’s reconciliation package.Their concern? That the final version of the legislation containing priorities backed by President Trump (tax cuts and border security) will also include provisions fully repealing President...
  • Elon Musk just exposed a horrifying Social Security scandal that proves Trump was right all along

    04/04/2025 12:50:29 PM PDT · by george76 · 55 replies
    Three Key Takeaways: Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncovered a disturbing 800% increase in Social Security numbers issued to noncitizens under the Biden administration, raising concerns about voter fraud and government benefits being accessed by illegal aliens. The investigation revealed a system where illegal aliens could easily receive work authorization and Social Security numbers without interviews or identification, allowing them to access taxpayer-funded programs like Medicaid and potentially vote in U.S. elections. Musk emphasized that the Biden administration’s border policies have fueled human trafficking networks, with cartels profiting from transporting migrants into the U.S. under dangerous...
  • “Known Instances of Fraud”: Democrat Donor Network Caught In Hundreds of Instances of Fraud

    04/04/2025 8:08:05 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    American Tribune ^ | April 04, 2025 | Adam Stanton
    Rumors are swirling around ActBlue, a key fundraising platform for the Democrats, which has repeatedly given money to progressive politicians and far-left groups like Black Lives Matter. Critics, including lawmakers and investigative journalists, have noticed suspicious financial activity that may indicate a vast network of fraud. For context, the House Administration Committee recently uncovered evidence that illegal donations from China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela might have been laundered to Democratic campaigns through ActBlue. In response, the committee sent a letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones to begin an investigation. In any case, Walter Curt, a prominent investigative journalist, took to...
  • Fraud on ActBlue: How The Democrats’ Top Fundraising platform Opens the Door for illegal election Contributions 🧵 THREAD

    04/02/2025 1:13:52 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 18 replies
    House Judiciary GOP ^ | 4/2/25 | House Judiciary GOP
    Today, we’re releasing our preliminary findings: ActBlue made its fraud-prevention rules “more lenient” twice in 2024—even though there is extensive fraud on the platform, including from foreign sources. ActBlue admitted that this change led to between 14 and 28 additional fraudulent contributions in the first month alone—potentially totaling thousands of dollars in fraudulent contributions to Democrat campaigns and causes.
  • Elon Musk calls for arrest of ‘fake NGO’ leaders — claiming they’re part of ‘uniparty’ engaged in ‘giant money laundering scheme’

    04/01/2025 8:28:55 PM PDT · by Libloather · 76 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/01/25 | Steven Nelson
    WASHINGTON — Elon Musk on Tuesday called for the arrest of leaders of “fake” organizations that receive federal funds — saying they represent a politically connected “uniparty” that’s engaged in “money laundering” of taxpayer resources. The Department of Government Efficiency chief’s call for legal action comes as he spearheads efforts to trim annual federal spending by $1 trillion to halve the deficit. “With respect to the non-governmental organizations, these sort of fake NGOs, I think there needs to be a number of arrests,” Musk said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Five.” “These are fake charities [run by] mostly...
  • Grifterism: The Economic Engine of Democrats

    04/01/2025 3:09:56 PM PDT · by Rummyfan · 7 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 31 Mar 2025 | Cynical Publius
    Democrats run an economy of 'Grifterism,' where Billionaires, Productives, and Dependents fuel a system designed to keep the ruling class in power while stifling real economic freedom.I am a political junkie and a political conservative. Like so many conservative political junkies, I spend a good portion of my waking hours trying to understand what the words and actions of Democrats actually mean. Like the Politburo of the former Soviet Union, the words of Democrats often bear little resemblance to the actions their words embody. “Equity” is an excellent example, as when Democrats say “equity,” they really mean highly inequitable policy...
  • MUST SEE: Elon Musk Confirms Widespread Voter Fraud as Millions of Non-Citizens Get Access to Social Security, Medicaid, and the Ballot Box — Millions Referred to DHS for Illegal Voting Prosecution (VIDEO)

    03/31/2025 10:04:22 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 40 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | Mar. 31, 2025 9:00 am | Jim Hᴏft
    Billionaire entrepreneur and Trump advisor Elon Musk dropped a bombshell this weekend during a fiery 100-minute town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he campaigned for conservative judge Brad Schimel in the state’s upcoming Supreme Court election on Tuesday.Joined by Antonio Gracias, a private equity titan and a key member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team tasked with rooting out waste in the federal government, Musk unveiled a shocking chart: a dramatic spike in Social Security Numbers issued to non-citizens, soaring from 270,000 in 2021 to a mind-blowing 2.1 million in 2024.That’s almost 5 million non-citizens now embedded...
  • Here are two examples of how Democrats stole tens of billions of dollars from taxpayers. This is why they hate DOGE so much.

    03/31/2025 6:09:38 AM PDT · by grundle · 15 replies
    Wordpress ^ | March 31, 2025 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Here are two examples of how Democrats stole tens of billions of dollars from taxpayers.This is why they hate DOGE so much.Original: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2024/03/28/ev-charging-stations-slow-rollout/Archive: https://archive.ph/k6JkEBiden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two yearsMarch 29, 2024President Biden has long vowed to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the United States by 2030. Those stations, the White House said, would help Americans feel confident purchasing and driving electric cars, and help the country cut carbon pollution.But now, more than two years after Congress allocated $7.5 billion to help build out those stations, only 7 EV charging...