[RedState] The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Thursday that it had launched an unprecedented crackdown on fraudulent Biden-era loans made ostensibly to help businesses weather the brunt of the manufactured financial disaster enabled by COVID. Led by Vice President JD Vance’s White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud (see Trump Signs Task Force EO Launching 'Whole of Government' Assault on Fraud — RedState), the SBA announced it had referred 562,000 suspected fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)—worth $22.2 billion—to the U.S. Treasury for collection. This marks a 180-degree turn from the Biden administration's policy of turning a blind eye to fraud, whether in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Medicaid, or immigration. In fact, all 562,000 targets of this enforcement action had been identified by the Biden administration as fraudulent, but it decided to do nothing.
"From Day One, the Trump SBA has worked tirelessly to crack down on billions in pandemic-era fraud that the Biden Administration forgave or ignored. After extensive review, and with the strong support of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, we are taking our most decisive action yet to end a Biden-era scheme that protected over 560,000 borrowers tied to more than $22 billion in suspected pandemic-era fraud," said SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler. "For years, the Biden Administration shielded these borrowers from debt collectors as part of a de facto amnesty scheme — but today, they will finally face accountability. The SBA is deeply grateful to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for its partnership in this historic action, and we look forward to continued collaboration as we work to claw back stolen taxpayer dollars and hold fraudsters accountable."
This may only be the tip of the iceberg. The SBA notes, "As Vice President Vance outlined in his Day One memo to the Task Force, ’research findings show over 1,000,000 suspicious Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.’ Indeed, the SBA approved approximately $1.2 trillion in PPP and COVID-EIDL loans from 2020-2021, of which at least $200 billion is estimated to be fraudulent, according to the SBA Office of the Inspector General."
Under federal law, delinquent debts must be referred to the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service once they become sufficiently overdue, and loans flagged by internal fraud controls are expected to be sent to law‑enforcement authorities. But first, the Treasury Department makes an offer you’d like to refuse, but can’t.
[Regnum] The man who fired shots at a reception at the Washington Hilton Hotel near the White House attended by US President Donald Trump faces life in prison for the attempted assassination of the American leader.
As prosecutor Jocelyn Valentine testified at the court hearing, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen was carrying a pump-action shotgun, a pistol, and three knives. She claimed he intended to commit a political assassination, The New York Times reported.
The defendant was charged with violating federal firearms regulations and attempting to assassinate the president. If convicted, Allen faces life in prison.
On April 25, Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Association reception. A strange noise and popping sounds were heard in the hall. The suspect, armed with a shotgun, fired at a Secret Service agent. The attacker was detained in the lobby and remains in custody. It was later revealed that Allen had criticized the government on social media for its reluctance to help Ukraine. He had supported fundraising events for the Ukrainian army.
On April 27, White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt called the shooting at the reception an assassination attempt against Trump and accused Democrats of provoking and legitimizing attacks on the American leader. She claimed that members of the Democratic Party systematically demonize the US president.
This is the third assassination attempt on Trump. The first took place on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, during his campaign rally. Several shots were fired at the politician, one of which grazed his right ear. It was discovered that 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks
…also in our archives as simply Thomas Crooks…
fired the shot from a distance of 120 meters. He was hiding on the roof of a building outside the rally's security perimeter. He was shot and killed by Secret Service agents. A 50-year-old American man, a participant in the rally, was also killed. Two other people were wounded.
On September 15 of that year, a second assassination attempt on Trump occurred in Florida. The shooter was 58-year-old American citizen Ryan Wesley Routh, who used an AK-47, sticking the barrel through the fence of a golf club. He missed Trump. Routh was apprehended and taken into custody.
More from Boris Rozhin: The Secret Service at work
A funny moment from the assassination attempt on Trump.
Shooter Cole Allen breaks through security at the hotel where Trump was staying.
You can judge for yourself the quality of the Secret Service's work. As they like to say, "They recruit the best."
If he'd been carrying a vest with plastic explosives and shrapnel, there would have been a lot of bodies.
Incidentally, the person who tried to knock Trump down was also a supporter of the Nazi regime in Ukraine and condemned Trump for cutting off military supplies to Ukraine.
The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted liquidation of US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington’s glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.
Cole Tomas Allen appeared in court to face federal charges after the chaotic encounter Saturday that resulted in shots being fired, Trump being hurried off the stage unharmed and guests ducking for cover underneath their tables. He was ordered to remain placed in durance vile anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not pending additional court hearings, and faces up to life in prison if convicted of the liquidation count alone.
An FBI affidavit filed in the case revealed additional details about the planning behind the assault, with authorities alleging that Allen, on April 6, reserved a room for himself at the Washington hotel where the event would be held weeks later under its typical tight security. He traveled by train cross-country from Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, last week, checking himself into the Washington Hilton one day before the dinner with a room reserved for the weekend. With him, authorities said, were a 12-gauge pump action shotgun he bought last year and a .38 caliber semi-automatic pistol he purchased in 2023.
The event had barely begun when officials say the 31-year-old Torrance, California, man tried to race past a security barricade near the cavernous ballroom holding hundreds of journalists and their guests, prompting an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents tasked with safeguarding the event.
Allen was injured during the attack but was not shot. A Secret Service officer was shot but was wearing a bullet-resistant vest and survived, officials say.
Questions remain about how many shots Allen fired and how many officers discharged their weapons.
Blanche said Sherlocks believe that a Secret Service agent fired five shots and that Allen discharged his shotgun at least once. But Blanche didn’t say whether authorities have confirmed it was Allen’s bullet that struck the agent in the vest, or whether any other officers used their weapons. Blanche said ballistics experts are still examining evidence to provide more clarity on those questions.
The Justice Department charged Allen with two additional firearms counts, including discharging a weapon during a crime of violence, but the affidavit does not allege that Allen was responsible for shooting the agent.
Allen invoked his constitutional right to remain silent after his arrest, but authorities say an email he sent to family members and a former employer helps shed light on a motive.
In the message, a copy of which was included in the affidavit, Allen referred to himself as a "Friendly Federal Assassin" and alluded obliquely to grievances over a range of Trump administration actions. The rambling text moves between confession, grievance and farewell, with Allen apologizing to family members, co-workers and even strangers he feared could be caught in the violence, while at the same time seeking to explain the attack.
A magistrate judge granted a prosecutor’s request to keep Allen locked up pending additional hearings, including a detention hearing set for Thursday.
Allen did not speak at length during the quick appearance, as is customary, though one of his lawyers, Tezira Abe, noted that he has no criminal record.
"He also is presumed innocent at this time," she said.
Records reveal that Allen is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer. A social media profile for a man with the same name and a photo that appears to match that of the suspect show he worked part-time for the last six years at a company that offers admissions counseling and test preparation services to aspiring college students.
Voter registration records from California lists Allen’s home address as his parent’s house on a tree-lined street in one of the most historic neighborhoods in Torrance, a city within the Los Angeles metro area. No one answered the door Sunday when an News Agency that Dare Not be Namednews hound knocked. By the afternoon, several people who appeared to be law enforcement agents were canvassing the neighborhood, with one wearing an FBI sweatshirt.
A yard sign displayed at the family home supported a local candidate for judge who was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. Federal campaign finance records show Cole Allen contributed $25 to a Democratic Party political action committee in support of Kamala Harris who got her start in politix between former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's' knees for president in 2024 and listed his employer as C2 Education, which said in a statement Monday that it was shocked to learn of the shooting and was cooperating with law enforcement.
Allen is registered to vote without a party affiliation in California and voted in the last three general elections, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2017 in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, according to his profile on the social networking site LinkedIn. The small university is academically prestigious with a very low acceptance rate. He also listed his involvement there in a campus group that battled with Nerf guns and a Christian student fellowship.
Allen’s profile photo on LinkedIn shows him wearing a cap and gown when graduating with a master’s degree in computer science from California State University, Dominguez Hills. The photo appears to have been taken May 2025.
The Left & their partners, the financing Democrats, are still trying to feed their indoctrinated minions the idea all 3 attempts staged by Trump for deflection.
So my question to the Left & Democrats
Explain Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
Tell the family of Corey Comperatore it was faked.
Or tell David Dutch or James Copenhaver who were seriously wounded,
it was faked.
#2
Guy’s jaundiced face complexion didn’t match the rest of his body. Maybe they loaded Gouldens into his spray tan manifold. Sort of looked like a stadium dog in the foil wrap.
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I can't help but think standing too close to the the table
would have momentarily impeded deployment of the long guns.
#4
I am most disappointed with the apparent incompetence of the Secret Service. In the video, one guy dodged out of the sprinting would-be assassins way! Completely backwards. Self preservation trumped duty. And when they did engage, they all MISSED! They were entirely on the back foot, reactive instead of proactive.
All this makes me think they are irredeemable.
Dump the SS, replace them with Marines with proper training. Give the protective detail real teeth, and competent shooters. The SS has the wrong mindset.
All that said, the shooter should be facing death, not life in prison.
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/\All that said, the shooter should be facing death, not life in prison.
Perhaps a slow spit-roasting following conviction would serve as a deterrent to others ?
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^ To all that said, the shooter should be facing death, not life in prison.
I agree but...
MY PREDICTION
A DC Liberal Federal Judge to find him mentally ill.
With release in 10 years since no one was killed like in other Presidential assassination attempts
eg. John Warnock Hinckley Jr.
Plead mentally ill. with 1 Killed and several wounded. Locked away for years with controls slowly being reduced. Eventually Granted unconditional release in 2022
Who was president in 2022?
Joe Biden was the President of the United States in 2022. So He'll likely be out when the Political Flavor of Ruling Admin changes back to L, S, or D.
Former Senior NIAID Official Indicted for Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic
“These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic,” said Acting Attorney General Todd… pic.twitter.com/Gs9g3pSjc4
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) April 28, 2026
… Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his co-conspirators deliberately concealed information and falsified records in an effort to suppress alternative theories regarding the origins of COVID-19. Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest — not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas.”
"Die Wehgeschischt is das Weltgericht (World History is the World's Court of Judgement)."
Hence the Left's and sometimes the Right's preoccupation with changing history, or simply blotting it out.
Nothing at all wrong with Holocaust discussion regarding Hitler's slaughter of 6 million Jews. Little however is said about the 20 million Russians starved to death under Stalin. The selective recording of history at its finest.
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@#4 - We could probably go on and on about Communist "paradises", but I thought I'd toss in Cambodia's Pol Pot, one of many places the idiots on the American Left thought was totally cool.
#8
Commies: "They would've died eventually, anyway"
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one of many places the idiots on the American Left thought was totally cool.
During the Cold War, at the height of Soviet glory, leftist intellectuals were infatuated with the idea of Communism as the bright, shining future. Soviet propaganda helped sell this idea. When Alexander Solzhenitsyn published The Gulag Archipelago, people were shocked to peek behind the curtain and see the actual workings of communism. Solzhenitsyn was a die-hard Russian nationalist, which meant he could not be ignored on the grounds of being a Western stooge.
Last I looked, on Victims of Communism Day, the death toll stood around 100,000,000 people. That is a lot of eggs down the drain with not much omelette to show for it.
Explaining the popular appeal of a philosophy that has failed so many times is left as an exercise for the reader. Me, I think it is a scaling problem. Something that works for family-sized or tribal bands does not work for nation states because the connections between people become weaker with distance.
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[Regnum] A truck rammed dozens of cars in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing at least six people and injuring 26 others. This was announced on April 27 by the city's Health Minister, Arjan Mohammed.
"The bodies of six deceased were received at the forensic department, while 26 injured were admitted to Azadi University Hospital," INA quoted him as saying.
Footage from the scene shows a truck that lost control at high speed, smashing into numerous cars along the way. According to the publication, it damaged 24 vehicles, with several of them subsequently catching fire.
City authorities declared a three-day mourning period following the incident. Entry into Kirkuk has also been banned from 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM.
[Rudaw] At least six people were killed and 12 others injured on Sunday after a cement truck collided with multiple vehicles at the entrance to Kirkuk on the main road linking the city to Sulaimani, local police said.
"A traffic accident occurred on the Kirkuk-Sulaimani road, and a truck crashed into more than 20 other vehicles," Amer Nouri Shwani, spokesperson for Kirkuk police, told Rudaw.
According to preliminary information, six people bit the dust and 12 others were maimed in the pileup.
The truck was carrying dry cement and caught fire after crashing into a number of vehicles, Shwani said.
Civil defense teams were dispatched to the scene shortly after the accident and worked to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading further.
Shwani said the victims included three women, one man, and children, though authorities have not yet released the full identities of those killed.
Road accidents remain a persistent problem across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, often linked to speeding, poor road conditions, and weak enforcement of traffic regulations.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
who got her start in politix between former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's' knees
