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2026-04-08 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Rufo: ‘Disappointed' in Federal Response to Somali Fraud, 98, 99% of the Time, You'll ‘Probably' Get Away With It

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1 California fraud concerns ramp up as man pleads guilty to massive scheme [$269M] using taxpayers as his 'piggy bank'

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2 WATCH: Bondi successor reveals shocking number of fraud cases with eye-popping taxpayer theft

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3 Triage on the prosecutorial side for maximum effect for the smallest effort, rinse and repeat, while increasing DOGE and related efforts to cut the money flow going to people and projects who ought not be getting any. And see how much President Trump can bully Senate Republicans into downsizing the executive altogether, to whit:

Trump Proposes ‘Massive’ NIH and NSF Budget Cuts: Health and Science Bureaucrats Hardest Hit

[PJMedia] According to Scientific American, "Some of the steepest cuts would be made to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): the budgets of both would fall more than 50% in 2027 compared to their current levels.”

NIH will see cuts totaling 13%. Two of the only areas that have been spared are research projects centered on quantum information and artificial intelligence. The Trump administration said this is “to ensure the United States remains on the cutting edge” in these key places. The White House wants to increase “applied research funding” in those areas at the Department of War (DOW) and the Energy Department, according to Alessandra Zimmermann of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Still, funding for research on basic quantum and AI at NSF will be cut by 37% (quantum) and 32% (AI). In general, the Trump administration seeks to cut the NSF budget by about 55%, from over $8 billion to $4 billion.

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