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Witness at first DOGE hearing confronts lawmakers with scale of Covid fraud: 'They stole $1 trillion'

James Lynch
National Review
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:27 UTC
Haywood Talcove
© Al Drago/Getty ImagesHaywood Talcove, Chief executive officer of Lexis Nexis Risk Solution, testifies
House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee DOGE • Washington DC • February 12, 2025
The first hearing of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency [DOGE] was held Wednesday and featured extensive discussion of the domestic and international criminal organizations stealing vast sums of taxpayer dollars from the U.S. government.

Haywood Talcove, CEO of Lexis Nexis Risk Solution, described to lawmakers the different kinds of criminals exploiting U.S. government benefits systems, pointing out that Covid relief provided a windfall of over $1 trillion to those criminal elements. He said:
"Outdated government systems permit criminals to access unlimited sums of money. During the pandemic, they stole $1 trillion dollars, 70 percent of those dollars went overseas. Shockingly, it's just not criminals exploiting the system, it's the flawed system itself acting as the accomplice. If left unchecked, the U.S. government will continue to lead the world in funding cyber criminals."
As the Trump and then Biden administration pushed Covid relief money out the door quickly, criminals were able to take advantage of the government largesse: The Department of Labor's inspector general estimated in February 2023 that at least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits were improper payments. Another estimated $200 billion was stolen from the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection and Disaster Loan programs, according to the SBA IG.

Comment: Next up: Investigative audits for Biden-et-al?

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Attention

Washington in meltdown as bureaucrats flee

Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:42 UTC
Searches in DC
© WikiLeaks.SwissBankSearches(“Swiss bank” (yellow), “offshore bank” (green), “wire money” (red) and “IBAN” (blue))
Google search results for "lawyer" have skyrocketed by 400% in Washington D.C. since Trump took office, according to WikiLeaks and Google Trends. The elites in Washington already have lawyers and methods to conceal their backdoor dealings, but their aids and others are scrambling to save face before Trump drains the swamp.

Think it's a coincidence? Searches for "Swiss bank," "wire money," "IBAN," and "offshore bank" have all soared in D.C. since January 20. "Cayman Island" and "Swiss bank" searches have suddenly spiked as well, but again, the elites already have their dirty money set aside and know that Swiss banks are no longer confidential. Peculiar that people near the capital suddenly want to move their money off the grid as DOGE takes a closer look at the Treasury.
Interest over Time
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Searches for "wipe" and "erase" suddenly spiked as well. Perhaps most damning is the soaring search for "statue of limitations." Good news for those tampering with US law as the statue of limitations is quite short for federal workers. Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), for example, requires claims to be filed within 2 years of an incident. Then the claim must be resolved within 6 months. A legal team would also need to prove that a public servant knowingly violated the law in order to remove qualified or sovereign immunity. The statue of limitations for treason is only five years.
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Red Pill

Best of the Web: JD Vance slams Europe, says their biggest threat is 'threat from within'

Diana Glebova
The New York Post
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:14 UTC
Munich Security Conference JD Vance
© AP“The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor,” Vice President JD Vance said at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
Vice President JD Vance admonished European leaders in a Friday speech for no longer defending shared democratic values with the US, saying this "threat from within" poses the greatest danger to the security of the West.

In his first major address abroad, the vice president spurred officials at the Munich Security Conference to return to "the extraordinary blessings of liberty" that won them the Cold War — rather than crushing dissent, policing speech and infringing on religious freedoms.

Vance, 40, also vowed that any leaders willing to join him and President Trump in the task would find "a new sheriff in town" ready to "fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square."
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Briefcase

Trump nominates ally who defended Jan. 6 rioters, DOGE efforts as top DC federal prosecutor

Sarah Fortinsky
Yahoo! News
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:23 UTC
Ed martin attorney Trump pick
© AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, FileAttorney Ed Martin is Trump's pick for U.S. attorney for D.C.
Trump nominates ally who defended Jan. 6 rioters, DOGE efforts as top DC federal prosecutor

President Trump nominated Ed Martin — who defended Jan. 6 rioters and Elon Musk's efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — to serve as the permanent U.S. attorney for D.C.

Martin has been serving in the role on an interim basis since shortly after Trump was sworn into office. The job requires Senate confirmation.

"Since Inauguration Day, Ed has been doing a great job as Interim U.S. Attorney, fighting tirelessly to restore Law and Order, and make our Nation's Capital Safe and Beautiful Again. He will get the job done," Trump wrote Monday on his Truth Social platform.

Comment: Martin didn't waste any time:

New DC US Attorney Ed Martin opens inquiry into unlawful use of common J6 felony

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Eye 1

Late financier Evelyn de Rothschild accused of abuse during banking career

Anna Isaac
The Guardian
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00 UTC
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild
© FocusonracingSir Evelyn de Rothschild was knighted by the Queen for services to banking and finance in 1989
One of the world's most celebrated financiers, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, has been accused of exploiting his position at the storied bank to abuse women who worked with him.

The claims against De Rothschild, two years after his death, come from several women who said they felt unable to raise their concerns while he was still alive, because of his position within the bank and the British establishment. They spoke to the Guardian on condition of anonymity.

Among the allegations are that he seriously sexually assaulted and harassed several women in the mid and late 1990s when they worked for NM Rothschild.
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Bad Guys

Why Catholic school sexual abuse scandal is plaguing France's prime minister


RFI
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:40 UTC
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Bayrou has survived several votes of no-confidence since taking office in mid-December. But he now faces scrutiny over allegations of physical and sexual abuse at Notre-Dame de Bétharram - a Catholic boarding school in the Pyrenees where he sent several of his children.

In 1996, when Bayrou was education minister, a student lost hearing in one ear after being slapped by a school monitor, who was later convicted.

In 1998, a former headmaster was detained for allegedly raping a 10-year-old boy in the 1980s but was later released and found dead in Rome's Tiber River two years later.
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Bullseye

Biden's EPA issued $20 billion in green grants: Trump's administration wants that money back

Matthew Daly
Associated Press
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:20 UTC
lee zeldin environmental protection agency epa
© AP Photo/Mark SchiefelbeinFormer Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington.
In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.

In a video posted on X, Administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA would revoke contracts for a still-emerging "green bank" that is set to fund tens of thousands of projects to fight climate change and promote environmental justice.

The program, approved under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is formally known as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, but is more commonly called the green bank. Two initiatives, worth $14 billion and $6 billion respectively, are intended to offer competitive grants to nonprofits, community development banks and other groups for projects with a focus on disadvantaged communities.
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Dominoes

CNN admits Dems are 'powerless' amid GOP takeover of federal government

Thomas Stevenson
The Post Millenial
Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:18 UTC
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CNN admitted that Democrat lawmakers in Congress are facing an uphill battle as to how they will advance their agenda without holding a majority in either the House or Senate. The White House is also in GOP hands after the recent election gave it to President Donald Trump. CNN reported that Democrats are starting to confront their "powerlessness" as the president has come into office and has been executive orders aligned with his agenda as well as working with GOP lawmakers to push legislation through Congress.

The outlet said that they are "essentially leaderless, with prospective future presidential candidates largely sitting back and allowing others to be the first ones" to challenge the GOP and Trump. Democrats are hoping to counter Trump and the GOP with the upcoming mid-March budget deadline, but as Trump and Elon Musk work to cut back in different government agencies, the Democrats have been making attempts to show what is going on by gathering outside of the buildings that DOGE staffers are auditing.
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Bullseye

Freedom of speech, defense, migration crisis: Key takeaways from Vance's Munich address


RT
Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:16 UTC
J.D. Vance Munich Security Conference
© Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesUS Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at the 61st Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025 in Munich, Germany.
US Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a historic speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, which President Donald Trump has praised as "brilliant." Vance touched on the most pressing issues facing Western democracies. Here are the key takeaways from what he said:

Democratic backsliding

Vance voiced concerns over the erosion of democratic values in Europe, highlighting cases where elections were annulled or threatened. He cited Romania's presidential election, where the first-round results were overturned in November due to alleged foreign interference.

However, a December investigation found no evidence of Russian involvement in a social media campaign supporting independent candidate Calin Georgescu. Instead, the probe revealed his campaign was funded by the pro-Western National Liberal Party (PNL), contradicting earlier claims. Snoop reported that Romania's constitutional court ultimately annulled the election.
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Attention

In Syria, the barbarians aren't at the gate, they're in power with Western support

Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture Foundation
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:39 UTC
HTS in Syria
© Public domain
Atrocities are being committed every day in Syria by the new rulers, according to Irish writer and peace activist Declan Hayes.

However, the Western corporate-run media are ignoring or censoring the horrific reality because the Western governments backed the regime-change operation.

He says that Syria - a cradle of civilization - is now being ruled by barbarians with the tacit support of Western governments and media.

The population is living under a reign of terror because the new rulers are terrorists affiliated with Islamic State who espouse an extremist version of Islam that does not tolerate other religions or versions of Islam.

Declan Hayes visited Syria as a peace activist and humanitarian many times during the decade-long war in that country. He witnessed the aftermath of atrocities carried out by insurgent groups in Latakia, Kassab, and Maaloula, among other places.

These mercenary groups were proxy forces financed and armed by the United States and its Western allies in a covert war for regime change against the former Syrian government.

The reasons for the regime-change operation were geopolitical due to the West's support for Israel and antagonism towards Russia and Iran, as well as control of oil and gas resources.
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