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   On Jan 28, 2026 at 1:19:35 PM PST, "super70s"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-28 00:57:18 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >   
   >>  On Jan 27, 2026 at 3:42:46 PM PST, "super70s"    
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  On 2026-01-27 20:14:35 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >>>   
   >>>>  On Jan 27, 2026 at 10:48:54 AM PST, "super70s"    
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>  On 2026-01-26 22:13:32 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>  On Jan 26, 2026 at 12:19:43 PM PST, "super70s"    
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>  On 2026-01-26 19:30:40 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>  On Jan 26, 2026 at 5:05:14 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   ahk@chinet.com>   
   >>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>  BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>  Here's what they've been up to in just the last few weeks:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>  Prohibit state agencies distributing federal dollars to NGOs to   
   investigate   
   >>>>>>>>>>  whether they're engaged in fraud (HB1369)   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>  That sounds moronic.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>  It's like they're putting up a giant neon sign that says "Virginia   
   Is Open   
   >>>>>>>>  For Fraud! Come On In!"   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>  Go ahead and defraud us. Won't even try to stop you.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>  Things are getting tough all over for attempted federal (read: Trump)   
   >>>>>>>  election interference in state elections aren't they.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  If you mean some states are now literally passing laws to facilitate   
   >>>>>>  defrauding the taxpayer   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>  Pffft. We've never seen the taxpayer defrauded more before or after   
   >>>>>  until The Lie-Atollah arrived on the scene.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  Sure we have. Tim Walz only allowed $5-8 billion taxpayer dollars fly out   
   >>>>  the door (some of which-- who knows how much?-- ended up in the coffers   
   of   
   >>>>  al-Shabaab),   
   >>>   
   >>>  Walz only appoints the commissioners, they and their employees were   
   >>>  responsible for their agencies' day-to-day performance.   
   >>   
   >>  He can also fire them if they're incompetent or corrupt. Which he didn't.   
   >>  Because he was terrified of offending the Somalians and losing their votes.   
   >>   
   >>  This fraud was brought to the attention of his office years ago, during the   
   >>  reign of Joe "Grandpa Badfinger" Biden, and it was so blatant and corrupt   
   >> that   
   >>  even Biden's DOJ couldn't spin it away for a fellow Democrat and were   
   forced   
   >>  to launch the federal probe into it. (Something the legacy corporate media   
   >>  never bothers to point out when they're claiming the DOJ fraud prosecutions   
   >> in   
   >>  Minnesota are just Trump playing politics.)   
   >>   
   >>>>  but Gavin Newsom makes Tampon Tim look like a rank amateur.   
   >>>>  Emperor Hair-Gel's current total for taxpayer dollars bilked is hovering   
   >>>>  around $72 billion. Less than $10 billion destroyed Waltz's career.   
   Imagine   
   >>>>  what closing in on $100 billion will do to Gavvy.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Try again pal, this is pure unmitigated BS originating from Leading   
   >>>  Report, a rightwing fake news site and Twitter account. The State   
   >>>  Auditor's "high-risk" list does not cite billions in current losses   
   >>   
   >>  $24 billion in homeless money-- disappeared. Even Gavin publicly admitted   
   >> they   
   >>  have no idea who it was given to or where and on what it was spent.   
   >>   
   >>  $18 billion spent on a high speed rail train that after 17 years of   
   >>  'construction' has not even one *inch* of track laid down.   
   >>   
   >>  $31 billion in COVID money that flew out the door to prisoners, grifters,   
   >> and   
   >>  international organized crime. Again, Gavin himself has admitted that the   
   >>  intended recipients (Californians out-of-work due to lockdowns) never   
   >> received   
   >>  it while guys like Scott Peterson, the infamous family annihilator on death   
   >>  row, got checks for tens of thousands of dollars.   
   >>   
   >>  That's $72 billion and it's just scratching the surface of the corruption   
   in   
   >>  California under Newsom.   
   >>   
   >>>  it's a report to flag programs for added oversight before potential   
   >>>  fraud occurs. Newsom's administration has prosecuted fraud and   
   >>>  recovered $5.9 billion in unemployment fraud alone.   
   >>>   
   >>>>  I have a feeling Trump is waiting until Gavvy's presidential run to get   
   >>>>  underway before dropping the indictments.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Why of course, this is all about "fraud-boating" a potential contender   
   >>>  against Cabbage Patch Vance in 2028 (or Trump himself if he declares   
   >>>  himself dictator perpetuo).   
   >>>   
   >>>  He's also tried the same shit with Jerome Powell, Lisa Cook, Adam   
   >>>  Schiff, Eric Swalwell   
   >>   
   >>  Swalwell? Remind me again why he's not in prison for employing a Chinese   
   spy   
   >>  in his congressional office while sitting on national security committees,   
   >> and   
   >>  then bedding her down to boot? I wonder if he gets a Christmas card every   
   >> year   
   >>  from Fang Fang in Beijing, where she fled before the FBI could arrest her?   
   >>   
   >>>  and Letitia James.   
   >>   
   >>  Yeah, stick up for that corruptocrat. You've already shown that you think   
   >>  cheerleading for grifters is some kind of flex, so why am I not surprised?   
   >>   
   >>>  BTW Trump and his companies were ordered to pay $354.8 million for   
   >>>  financial fraud in 2024, after previously being indicted for   
   >>>  fraudulently concealing hush-money payments made as part of a scheme to   
   >>>  manipulate the 2016 US presidential election.   
   >>   
   >>  So signing an NDA to keep information from voters (and influence their   
   >> votes)   
   >>  is now a crime?   
   >>   
   >>  Well, good news, then! We don't have to wait for Newsom's presidential run   
   >> to   
   >>  put him behind bars because he has required over 2000 workers on the new   
   >>  Capitol Annex project in Sacramento to sign NDAs forbidding them from   
   >>  disclosing the financial cost of the project to taxpayers and his   
   >>  administration refuses all media and FOIA requests for that information.   
   >> It's   
   >>  somewhere north of a billion and a half, but that was five years ago, so   
   who   
   >>  knows how much it's ballooned to by now and how many Friends of Gavin have   
   >>  pocketed dump-truck loads full of tax money.   
   >>   
   >>>>>  You're such a cute little cultist.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  You're defending Virginia literally outlawing any investigation into   
   >>>>  taxpayer   
   >>>>  fraud and you have the balls to call me a cultist?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  Wow. Someone needs to do some serious self-reflection here and it ain't   
   me.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Carrot Caligula's Big Ugly Bill has allocated over $170 billion over   
   >>>  four years for his ICEstapo force, which is unpopular with 70-80% of   
   >>>  Americans depending on which recent poll you use.   
   >>   
   >>  Yep. And that ain't fraud. If paying for government programs that poll bad   
   >> was   
   >>  fraud, there'd be a lot more Democrats in prison than Republicans.   
   >   
      
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