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FinPol Watch retweeted
🚨🚨ELON: "One of the biggest fraud holes we've uncovered ... is that the government can give money to a so called nonprofit ... They then give themselves ... insane salaries, expense everything, buy jets and homes ... on the taxpayer dime ... This is happening at scale."
FinPol Watch retweeted
He cannot articulate his point because he does not believe in what he’s saying.
The truth is, he is a radical leftist who hates law enforcement and wants to defund the police.
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The UAE banned the Muslim Brotherhood. The UK allows the Muslim Brotherhood. The UAE banned Islamic Relief for funding terrorists. France allows it to operate in Paris. 15,500 victims of digital and crypto fraud were ignored by France and Britain. A UAE-led global operation tracked over $39 BILLION in fraudulent funds and crypto assets, leading to 960+ arrests across the world.
In just three months:
• 123.7 million fraud attempts thwarted
• 4,126 bank accounts blocked
• 570 social-media accounts shut down
• 3,500 suspects identified
The operation targeted AI-enabled scams, financial fraud and online sextortion, bringing together INTERPOL and law-enforcement agencies from 30 countries.
While Britain and France debate the threat, the UAE is helping lead the international response.
And while organisations such as Islamic Relief remain banned in the UAE but operate in Britain, the wider question remains: when does watching become enabling?
The UAE doesn't just warn about transnational threats. It tracks them, disrupts them and brings suspects to justice.
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🚨 BUSTED: Atlanta rapper who bragged about being rich, flew on private jets and literally SET MONEY ON FIRE has been federally indicted in a $4.6 MILLION food stamp fraud scheme.
And he’s part of a much larger $42 MILLION fraud crackdown under the Trump administration.
Mercedes New, 39, better known as “Shawty Dred,” is accused of creating more than 350 fraudulent food stamp accounts using STOLEN identities between January 2020 and July 2026.
Prosecutors say he had hundreds of EBT cards mailed to different addresses around Atlanta, then sold them for cash or processed them through his own company, Shawty Dred LLC, which he registered as a SNAP retailer.
Meanwhile, he was all over social media flaunting Rolls-Royces, Maybachs, private jets, expensive jewelry and stacks of cash. He even posted videos BURNING MONEY while calling his followers “broke motherf**kers.”
Now he’s facing 62 federal charges, including 46 counts of mail fraud, 15 counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of food stamp fraud.
He’s one of more than 40 defendants charged in recent weeks in cases involving nearly $42 MILLION in alleged SNAP fraud.
Todd Blanche said the $42 million could have provided food assistance to 220,000 Americans for an entire month.
Imagine allegedly stealing money meant to feed struggling families, then going online to mock people for being broke.
You can’t make this stuff up.
FinPol Watch retweeted
Ich bin vor drei Wochen nach Prag ausgewandert.
Wer Deutschland verlässt, muss sich innerhalb von zwei Wochen abmelden, sonst gibt's ein Bußgeld. Also hab ich direkt online einen Termin beim Bürgeramt gebucht.
Nächster freier Termin: in neun Wochen.
Okay, dann eben Spontantermin. Ich stand um 7:30 Uhr vorm Bürgeramt. Vor mir 6 bis 7 Leute. Mit Klappstühlen. Eine Frau hatte eine Thermoskanne und ein Kreuzworträtselheft dabei, die war offensichtlich nicht zum ersten Mal hier.
Um 7:58 Uhr kommt ein Mann raus und klebt einen Zettel an die Tür: „Heute keine Spontantermine wegen Systemumstellung."
Die Frau mit der Thermoskanne hat nur genickt und ihr Rätselheft eingepackt. Als wäre das ein ganz normaler Dienstag.
Nach meinem Umzug habe ich dort angerufen. 47 Minuten Warteschleife. Dann: „Sie können sich auch per Fax abmelden."
Ich bin in Prag in eine Apotheke gegangen und hab gefragt, ob ich da was faxen kann. Die Apothekerin hat mich angeschaut, als hätte ich nach einem Telegramm gefragt. Sie hat es dann gemacht, wahrscheinlich aus Mitleid.
Soweit so gut.
Eine Woche später ruf ich wieder an. „Das Fax ist angekommen. Aber wir brauchen die Unterschrift im Original."
Warum gibt es dann die Fax-Option?
„Das kann ich Ihnen nicht sagen."
Also bin ich zurück nach Deutschland gefahren. Fünf Stunden. 6:30 Uhr vorm Bürgeramt. Diesmal hat es geklappt.
Die Sachbearbeiterin tippt alles ein, stempelt, druckt die Abmeldebescheinigung aus, perfekt. Ich will gerade aufstehen.
„Ach, Moment. Sie sind ja schon seit drei Wochen weg. Die Frist ist zwei Wochen. Das ist eine Ordnungswidrigkeit, das muss ich weitergeben."
Ich hab ihr erklärt, dass ich am ersten Tag einen Termin gebucht habe und das Bürgeramt mir einfach keinen früheren gegeben hat.
Sie hat mich ganz ruhig angeschaut und gesagt: „Das ist nicht mein Problem und außerdem bin ich dafür nicht zuständig."
Gestern kam der Bußgeldbescheid: 35 Euro.
An meine neue Adresse in Prag. Hier sind die natürlich ganz schnell.
Das ist das beste Deutschland aller Zeiten.
FinPol Watch retweeted
France TV zeigt 12 Minuten die Wahrheit über Paris: Gewalt, Plünderungen, brennende Autos.
Die linke Gewerkschaft CGT fordert daraufhin den Rausschmiss des Moderators und seines Teams.
Die Bilder sollen nicht gesehen werden. Der Grund liegt auf der Hand.
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WOW 🚨 US Attorney Bill Essayli says after investigating California he’s found Democrats have loosened fraud checks so much, that “California DOES NOTHING to prevent fraudsters from getting money. There's NO VETTING. There's NO CHECKING”
“I've dubbed California the kingdom of fraud, whether it's hospice fraud or healthcare fraud or election fraud. California does fraud best. And, you know, Newsom likes to wear a crown on his social media. So he's the king, the king of fraud.
California does nothing, nothing to prevent fraudsters from getting money. There's no vetting. There's no checking. They just push as much money out the door as quickly as possible”
“California has a duty to regulate hospices. You cannot operate a hospice without a license from the state of California. They do not do site checks. They are not auditing. They're doing nothing. They're doing nothing other than handing out the money of American taxpayers”
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This indictment may not be a nationally recognized Democrat, but this is massive in terms of shifting the Overton Window and managing public perception.
The public are being shown that politicians are no longer untouchable.
The public are being psychologically conditioned to accept public officials being indicted/arrested for serious crimes, like racketeering, corruption, drug trafficking, etc.
There is much more to come, but it must be done methodically. Small increments and digestible doses over time. The full scope of the corruption in this nation cannot be exposed in one sitting. It’s going to take some time, and it must be done carefully, as not to overwhelm the public.
"Truly the epitome of hypocrisy for a public official."
FBI Director Kash Patel delivers a sharp rebuke of Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, as he says she used her position of power and public trust to shield an alleged criminal enterprise.
Patel says the indictment outlines a marijuana trafficking operation designed to generate wealth, recycle drug proceeds, and steer marijuana licenses toward entities with financial ties to members of the alleged enterprise.
Download the FOX News app for the latest details: foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS/z2jy…
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🚨BREAKING: @GovSherrillNJ sanctuary laws responsible for destroying another child’s life as an 11-year-old girl is kidnapped and brutally raped by this pedophile ILLEGAL ALIEN—
Adolfo A. Cruz-Garcia in the back of his vehicle.
ICE now has a hold on this harbored pedophile.
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Témoignage d’un ami à moi, commerçant à Paris.
« Ma boutique a été pillée le 17 octobre. Boutique de motos, en plein centre de Paris. Vingt et un ans que j’investis tout là-dedans. Je paie mes impôts, je suis père de famille » , et hier soir il a appelé tout ses amis dont moi. Demain on sera une vingtaine à l’intérieur de la boutique, portes fermées.
Si ça doit aller à l’affrontement, nous irons. Je ne me ferai pas pillée une deuxième fois. Assez des plaintes qui ne servent à rien, assez d’attendre que quelqu’un d’autre protège ce que j’ai construit.
« Demain, ce n’est plus la police qui va surveiller mon magasin. C’est nous. »
Quand l’État lâche la protection des biens des citoyens qui bossent, il ne reste plus que ça : des amis qui s’organisent et qui refusent de se laisser faire.
Appelez ça une milice si ça vous arrange. Nous, on appelle ça ne plus se faire pillée.
FinPol Watch retweeted
It's been months that I keep saying Hitler was far left. Every time, thousands of clowns show up in my replies to give me history lessons.
So I made a video to answer all these low IQ takes at once.
Topic closed. Next.
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Two former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were taken into custody today on charges of allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in the FBI’s investigations into Hunter Biden.
The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force.
Floris led the FITF as a Deputy Assistant Director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the FITF Section Chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. Both testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations. Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony.
Floris is also on record privately claiming to be “running a shadow government” during the 2020 election in her role on the FITF.
Lying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law.
The FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump.
Thanks to @TheJusticeDept @FBIKansasCity and @USAttyPirro.
-DKP🇺🇸
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Hard to believe, but we can assure you this is Berlin. Palestinian flags at night. Shouting in the street. No German flags. Looks like another city, not German anymore. Europeans wake up now or it's over.
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🇬🇷 Greece: Beach attendance has fallen off sharply in the past few years, and no one can figure out why. So a news team did a promotion for one local beach in hopes of stirring interest and raising the numbers a bit, but it went bad really fast.
Refugees as they're called, robbed Greek beach-enjoyers while they filmed the story. Ripped jewelry right off their necks.
FinPol Watch retweeted
“As long as Christians cannot build churches and cathedrals in Qatar, there should not be any mosques in Europe. Simple as that,” says Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński.
Tarczyński was responding to Piers Morgan, who also accused the European lawmaker of being a “bigot,” to which Tarczyński responded, “It’s better to be a bigot than a sellout to Qataris and Jihadists.”
Qatar has long funded Islamist compounds in Europe, including in Catholic countries such as Poland, while Christians in Qatar face significant restrictions.
Qatar has a government-approved religious complex on the outskirts of Doha where churches exist, but exterior crosses and religious statues are strictly prohibited, even on church buildings.
Those who proselytize for a religion other than Islam can face up to five years in prison, while operating an organization designed to promote another religion or challenge Islam can carry up to 10 years in prison.
The most significant restrictions apply to Muslims who wish to leave the Islamic faith. Under Qatari law, leaving Islam is considered apostasy and is illegal.
These are the values that the Qatari state cherishes, which makes its funding of Islamic institutions across Europe and America even more concerning.
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🚨🇷🇺🇪🇺 Putin calls Europe "schizophrenic":
"They are constantly talking about the threat from Russia and preparing for war with Russia, which, in my view, is a kind of political schizophrenia."
Housing crisis? Russia.
Economic problems? Russia.
Political failures? Russia again.
At some point, European leaders might have to take responsibility for their own countries...
Writer: Samuel