NYT: Democrats’ ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Donor Vetting Process

The Democrat fundraising machine, ActBlue, was reportedly warned by a law firm working for the platform in early 2025 that it possibly misled congressional leaders regarding its vetting of foreign donations, according to the New York Times.

The newspaper on Thursday noted its article was based on internal legal memos, emails, resignation letters, Slack messages, and interviews with current and former employees of the Democrat National Committee’s donor platform, adding the fundraising group is facing investigations as the November midterm elections approach.

The outlet said:

The firm concluded that ActBlue’s chief executive had given a potentially misleading response to congressional Republican investigators in a 2023 letter explaining how the organization vetted donations to ensure that they were not illegally coming from foreign citizens.

The letter from the chief executive, Regina Wallace-Jones, said ActBlue carried out “multilayered” screenings of contributions that helped “root out” those from overseas. In fact, the law firm found, some of the steps she had described were not always followed.

The firm, Covington & Burling, said the issue presents “substantial risk” for the fundraising platform, and the Times article noted “One memo raised the specter of a criminal investigation if prosecutors believed that ActBlue had tried to conceal facts about its efforts to prevent foreign contributions.”

In a social media post Thursday, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) shared the Times report, writing, “This ActBlue investigation is among the biggest bombshell campaign finance corruption and actual foreign election interference stories in American politics. And it was all so publicly obvious, with many urging the media to look into this, but until recently, the media refused to cover it.”

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In early March of 2025 while Republican lawmakers were probing ActBlue as a potential money-laundering operation, it was facing “internal chaos” with several senior officials reportedly leaving, according to Breitbart News.

That same month, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) alleged that former President Joe Biden’s (D) administration covered up “hundreds” of suspicious activity reports for ActBlue. His comments came as his Oversight Committee was investigating the platform over potential fraud, according to Breitbart News.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) at the time also called for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate ActBlue regarding “suspicious donations,” the outlet said:

Biggs’s letter cited concerns that ActBlue had “been used to skirt the integrity of federal campaign finance laws,” and noted that while the “U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on House Administration have been investigating these allegations of misconduct,” the Biden administration had “stalled access to the necessary documents.”

The following month, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate ActBlue, according to the Associated Press (AP).

More recently, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for records connected to alleged fraud by ActBlue, the organization announced February 3.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said, “There are legitimate, grave concerns that ActBlue has enabled illegal fundraising. By failing to prevent widespread straw-donor schemes and other tactics, it is likely that fraudulent and even foreign-sourced contributions have crept into Democrat campaign coffers.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/02/nyt-democrats-actblue-may-have-misled-congress-on-donor-vetting-process/

Will Gov. Spanberger Ignore Detainers for These Violent Criminal Illegals? ICE Is Warning Her Not To.

Woke Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger ran for office as a moderate, but she's not. She's a radical who has turned her state into a tax hell and a sanctuary for illegals just weeks after taking office.

Several illegals have been arrested in recent weeks for committing violent crimes. This includes Abdul Jalloh, who stabbed 41-year-old mom Stephanie Minter at a Fairfax County bus stop, and Marvin Fernando Morales-Ortez, who murdered someone a day after Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano set him loose.

Yesterday, we told you about Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, another illegal charged with second-degree murder. Muy allegedly stabbed a man to death with a machete at Bailey's Crossroads in Fairfax. There was another horrific murder in Fairfax recently, too, when Misael Lopez Gomez murdered his three-month-old daughter.

Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid has a history of not honoring ICE detainers for these violent illegal aliens. ICE is asking Spanberger and Kincaid to not free these monsters back into the community.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/02/ice-spanberger-free-illegals-n2673850

Iran's tallest bridge collapses after reported US airstrikes; Iran threatens American allies in retaliation

Iran's IRGC reportedly identified bridges in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi as potential targets

Iran’s biggest bridge near Tehran has crashed down in a stunning scene captured on camera following reports of U.S. airstrikes, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as he pressed the regime to make a deal before tensions escalate further.

The B1 highway bridge, a key link between Iran’s capital and the western city of Karaj, is considered the tallest in the Middle East and was only inaugurated earlier this year.

Iranian state TV reportedly warned of potential retaliation, claiming the state's military has identified multiple bridges in American-allied Middle East nations as targets, according to Iran International.

Trump posted a video on social media capturing a massive plume of smoke and debris after the bridge’s apparent collapse.

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The B1 bridge near Tehran collapsed after reported U.S. airstrikes.

"The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — Much more to follow! IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, AND THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF WHAT STILL COULD BECOME A GREAT COUNTRY!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

The strike on the bridge was aimed at cutting drone and missile supply lines to Iranian firing units targeting U.S. and Israeli forces, Middle East outlet i24NEWS reported, citing sources.

Iranian state TV also said the bridge was hit twice, roughly an hour apart, resulting in civilian casualties, Fars News reported.

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"A few minutes ago, the American-Zionist enemy once again targeted the B1 bridge in Karaj," the broadcast said, noting that the first strike killed two civilians.

Fars News also reported that other areas of Karaj were struck.

Iran's IRGC reportedly identified several bridges in American-allied nations as potential targets after the collapse of the B1 bridge. 

The outlet reported that Iran is considering plans to rebuild the bridge with the help of its engineers and experts.

In retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reportedly identified several bridges in American-allied nations across the Middle East as potential targets, including infrastructure in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and the Jordan-West Bank region.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/irans-tallest-bridge-collapses-reported-us-airstrikes-iran-threatens-american-allies-retaliation

JD Vance Announces Crackdown Of Alleged “$50M+” Fraud Scheme

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday announced a major fraud crackdown in the Los Angeles area.

“Our task force isn’t wasting any time cracking down on fraud. This morning in the LA area, federal law enforcement is taking down fraudsters who stole $50M+ from Americans by defrauding our healthcare and hospice systems,” Vance said.

“Thanks to @DrOzCMS and @USAttyEssayli for their work,” he added.

Fox News explained further:

Fox News Digital is told a total of 221 providers in Los Angeles have been suspended so far due to suspected fraud, including a number of providers who were raided by federal authorities early Thursday morning.

The latest number of suspensions marks a more than 215% increase from the 70 providers initially suspended in Los Angeles last week as a result of the task force.

“The Administration’s War on Fraud once again yields results as more suspensions take place and fraudsters face justice for ripping off hard-working Americans and stealing their tax dollars and social services,” a Vance spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “The Vice President and his task force are proud of these latest figures and expect to see this number continue to grow dramatically.”

Sources within the administration tell Fox News Digital that the number of hospice and home health providers that will be suspended is expected to dramatically increase.

“In coordination with the Vice President’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, eight defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist, have been arrested on federal charges that they schemed to defraud the nation’s health care system out of more than $50 million – including by running sham hospice care facilities that bilked Medicare by using people without terminal illnesses as beneficiaries,” a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California read.

“We are enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for criminals who defraud American taxpayers,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli.

“The defendants arrested this morning who are charged with stealing millions of dollars of health care benefits got caught and now face years in federal prison,” he added.

“The Trump Administration — home to the biggest fraudsters on Earth — is trying to blame California for issues with THEIR federal programs,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded.

“Glad to see the Feds finally taking seriously the fraud in the programs they themselves manage…only 15 months after Trump took office,” he continued.

More from the press release:

“The Southern California region is a high-risk environment for hospice-related and many other forms of health care fraud,” said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “The United States loses hundreds of billions of dollars annually to healthcare fraud at the expense of all American taxpayers, whose benefits decrease as premiums, co-payments and taxes grow. Our aim is to reverse that trend with ‘Operation Never Say Die’ and others like it.”

“The defendants charged today allegedly turned hospice care into a cash producing operation, resulting in more than $50 million in losses to taxpayers. The magnitude of the losses underscores a deliberate abuse of the authority and trust afforded to health care providers,” said Inspector General T. March Bell of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). “Today’s takedown reflects HHS-OIG’s commitment to deploy every tool at our disposal, and collaborate with our law enforcement partners, to dismantle hospice operations built on deception. Anyone who seeks to weaponize hospice care to bilk Medicare should expect to be held accountable.”

“Today’s arrests are another decisive strike in our war on fraud,” said U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D’Esposito. “My office is relentlessly pursuing those who target union benefit plans and exploit employee healthcare programs for personal gain. Working side-by-side with the FBI, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, and our law-enforcement partners, we are aggressively dismantling fraud schemes and taking down those who exploit American workers. Let this be a warning: If you steal from workers or taxpayers, your time is up. We will find you, investigate you, and hold you accountable.”

“When employee benefit plans become targets for fraud, it’s not just the plans that are hurt – everyday working Americans who earned those benefits honestly, their families, and the communities they live in are hurt,” said Robert Prunty, Acting Regional Director U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration’s Los Angeles Regional Office. “In the Trump Administration, we will relentlessly seek out fraud and ensure those responsible are brought to justice.”

“Health care fraud undermines federal programs, threatens public trust, diverts resources away from legitimate patient care, and is a calculated attack on programs meant to protect the vulnerable,” said Tyler Hatcher, Special Agent in Charge, IRS‑CI Los Angeles Field Office. “The enforcement actions taken today demonstrate IRS‑CI’s commitment to uncovering the financial lies behind these schemes and holding accountable those who profit at the expense of taxpayers and patients. Our agents will continue to work alongside our law‑enforcement partners to protect the integrity of our healthcare system and ensure that those who abuse it are brought to justice.”

https://100percentfedup.com/jd-vance-announces-50m-fraud-crackdown/

Mount Everest Tour Guides Allegedly Poisoned Food Of Climbers In $20 Million Fraud Scheme

This is a twisted crime.

Mount Everest climber guides have allegedly poisoned the food of tourists in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme.

According to authorities in Nepal, over 30 guides have been arrested for poisoning the food of climbers in order to trigger expensive helicopter rescues.

The New York Post reported more on the fraud and how the operation was conducted:

Hima-liars.

Mount Everest guides have allegedly been secretly lacing tourists’ food to trigger costly helicopter rescues as part of a $20 million insurance scam, according to a new investigation.

Police in Nepal have charged 32 individuals with organized crime and fraud charges related to the plot, which involves trekking company owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives, the Kathmandu Post reported.

Guides with the trekking agencies allegedly poisoned tourists by putting baking soda in their food to trigger severe gastrointestinal distress that mimicked altitude sickness or food poisoning, investigators said.

Once ill, the visitors were allegedly pressured into agreeing to costly emergency helicopter evacuations, with operators using forged medical and flight documents to bill international travel insurers for the cost, according to authorities in the Himalayan country.

Those ill-gotten gains were then allegedly split among the guides, helicopter companies, trekking agencies, and the hospitals where the tourists were taken for fake treatments.

The investigation began in January when six executives from three prominent mountain rescue firms were arrested.

The groups allegedly fraudulently obtained at least $19.69 million in insurance payouts, according to police.

One company is accused of faking 171 of its 1,248 claimed rescues, leading to more than $10 million in illegitimate payouts.

NDTV reported on the scam more in depth:

Maybe the guides should spend more time cleaning up trash instead of scamming people:

https://100percentfedup.com/mount-everest-tour-guides-allegedly-poisoned-food-climbers/

BREAKING: Court of Appeals just ruled Tina Peters was inappropriately sentenced, but she’s NOT being freed…

The state court of appeals in Colorado just ruled that Tina Peters was inappropriately sentenced to nine years because the judge in question violated her free speech rights during sentencing.

However, the appellate court upheld the conviction and sent Peters back for resentencing to the very same judge who got it wrong the first time.

Unreal.

Here’s the news from the Denver Post:

The Colorado Court of Appeals threw out the nine-year sentence for discredited elections clerk Tina Peters on Thursday and ordered that she be re-sentenced by a district court judge.

The panel of three judges found that Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett wrongly based part of the original sentence on Peters’ exercise of her right to free speech, according to a 74-page opinion released Thursday.

The court upheld her convictions and rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to pardon his political ally, despite the president’s fixation on freeing her and his ongoing pressure campaign against Colorado.

“Notwithstanding the fact that some of the trial court’s considerations were tied to proper sentencing considerations, when the court’s comments are viewed in their totality, it is apparent that the court imposed the lengthy sentence it did because Peters continued to espouse the views that led her to commit these crimes,” the opinion reads.

“The tenor of the court’s comments makes clear that it felt the sentence length was necessary, at least in part, to prevent her from continuing to espouse views the court deemed ‘damaging.’ … The sentence punished Peters for her persistence in espousing her beliefs regarding the integrity of the 2020 election.”

Barring additional appeals, Thursday’s ruling will send the case back to Barrett, who will have the ability to reduce or reinstate Peters’ original sentence. The appeals judges denied Peters’ request that her case be resentenced by a new district court judge, finding that she needed to raise that issue in the lower court.

So this judge violates her free speech rights with a crazy-long sentence, and yet he gets to resentence her again? This is truly a corrupt system. Where is the penalty for this judge? He is in a position of power, yet he gets away with a crime here? Not only that, but he can commit the crime again because he’s a ‘judge’.

https://therightscoop.com/breaking-court-of-appeals-just-ruled-tina-peters-was-inappropriately-sentenced-but-shes-not-being-freed/

Nazi Tattoo-Wearing Democrat Sen. Candidate Previously Talked About Jesus Being a 'Zombie' and Mary a 'Skank'

Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025, in Ogunquit, Maine. 

Maine Democrat and candidate for the U.S. Senate Graham Platner’s history continues to plague his efforts to portray a more moderate image to voters.

Most notably, Platner has tried to explain away his Nazi tattoo — a Totenkopf infamously adorned by Adolf Hitler’s SS – by flip-flopping, at times downplaying its significance while at others saying the tattoo is a simple skull and crossbones.

Now, comments by the congressional hopeful about Christianity have come to the surface, once again damaging his image.

On Wednesday, political commentator Greg Price posted a screenshot to social media platform X from 2012 in which Platner responded to a post on Reddit about a soldier who claimed the military discriminated against him for being an atheist.

The post was about Army Specialist Jeremy Hall.

CNN explained that Hall grew up Baptist but became an atheist sometime during his tours of duty to Iraq. He filed suit against the United States Department of Defense after saying he experience a career downturn and felt his life was at risk, needing a bodyguard to protect him.

Platner commented on a headline about Hall on the Subreddit R/videos that hit on the major points of Hall’s story, doubting the authenticity of it.

He wrote, “I’ve spent 8 years in the infantry, Marine Corps, and Army, and I’ve been about as crudely atheist as one can be the entire time (zombie jesus jokes and Mary sucking at covering up being a skank, as examples).”

After referring to Jesus as a “zombie” and Mary as a “skank,” Platner added that he was around plenty of atheist soldiers and that he wasn’t held back from promotion, as the headline indicated Hall felt he was.

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“Sure, there have been a few bible thumpers I’ve run into, but it was certainly never systemic,” Platner concluded.

For context, Platner is a combat veteran, enlisting after graduating high school and doing four tours of duty, according to his website.

He cannot seem to avoid controversy.

Likely, Platner will do as poor of a job explaining away these comments as he did in performing the mental gymnastics to downplay his tattoo.

Democrats would have a field day if a Republican were found to have mocked Muhammad years ago on an online post.

Certainly, people can change, and something that was said 14 years ago might no longer be relevant in some cases, but Platner can’t make up his mind about who he is now.

To moderates, saying such deplorable things about the Lord of millions of Americans and the one who gave birth to him will be distasteful at best, but let’s not forget who votes Democrat.

These people may look at Platner’s behavior with joy.

We will know soon enough.

https://www.westernjournal.com/nazi-tattoo-wearing-democrat-sen-candidate-previously-talked-jesus-zombie-mary-skank/