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Watch: “How Billionaires Cracked the Food Stamp Cheat Code” More Perfect Union. Large companies like Kroger and Walmart hire employees at just below hours required to pay them benefits, expect the government to subsidize their employees’ food and health costs, then expect those same employees to turn around and spend those subsidies within their stores. Trillion-dollar companies are the ones guilty of taking advantage of SNAP, Medicare, and workers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRLZk98EOg

2009

2009-05-29 Trump supporter, podcaster, and pastor Shane Vaughn was arrested on bank and insurance fraud.

https://religionnews.com/2020/11/16/meet-shane-vaughn-small-town-mississippi-preacher-viral-happens-if-trump-doesnt-concede-video-house-of-representatives-fraud

2015

2015-08-01 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted on multi-count securities fraud.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2015/08/03/212881/a-closer-look-at-the-ken-paxton-idictment/

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/01/reports-paxton-indicted-collin-county-grand-jury/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKJRNP31K8&list=WL&index=2&t=61s

2021

2021-01-06 When insurrectionists demolished the capitol some relieved themselves on desks like animals while others brutally attacked law enforcement officers. One officer died of a stroke 7 hours later. Multiple lawsuits were filed for damages and bodily harm, but Trump refunded penalties to the insurrectionists and attempted to build a slush fund in 2026 for them to receive payouts.

https://www.loc.gov/collections/january-6th-attack-on-the-us-capitol-web-archive/about-this-collection/#:~:text=On%20January%206%2C%202021%2C%20the,the%20attack%20and%20its%20aftermath

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-panel-releases-final-report-alleges-trump-engaged-in-conspiracy-to-overturn-election

https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2022/12/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf

2021-08-13 JD Vance promoted an indoor farming company that faced allegations of misleading regulators and investors.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/jd-vances-firm-invested-in-food-company-now-facing-lawsuits/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/13/politics/kentucky-startup-appharvest-jd-vance

https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-business/ap-jd-vances-firm-invested-in-food-company-now-facing-lawsuits/

2024

2024-04-01 Mysterious circumstances surrounding a death at a Nebraska Governor Pillen’s family farm.

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/19/the-mysterious-death-of-a-teen-at-pillen-family-farms/

2025

2025-01-20 After Bondi was confirmed, the DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal investigations so they could shift to immigration enforcement. Cases dropped included those on terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs, nursing home patient abuse (Virginia), and cryptocurrency investor fraud.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-immigration-bondi-declinations-criminal-investigations

https://www.propublica.org/topics/trump-administration

2025-09-16 A federal jury found Admiral Robert Burke guilty on corruption charges.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/retired-us-navy-admiral-sentenced-six-years-bribery-scheme

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5308392-navy-admiral-burke-guilty-bribery/

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/09/16/retired-4-star-navy-admiral-sentenced-6-years-prison-bribery-plot.html

2026 January

2026-01-09 The Mississippi Free Press published an article reminding readers that former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services was arrested six years prior for diverting millions of federal welfare dollars, giving those fraudulent funds to people like former WWE wrestlers and other athletes for personal use. This article was published shortly after the Trump administration launched its attack on Minnesota for welfare fraud, specifically targeting Somali residents.

https://mississippitoday.org/2026/01/09/disgraced-welfare-director-takes-stand/

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/dibiase-trial-spotlights-wrestlers-odd-bond-with-mississippi-welfare-scandal-mastermind/

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/ex-mississippi-welfare-leader-indicted-on-federal-conspiracy-fraud-charges/

2026 April

2026-04-14 The same DOJ that wants to fire people for speaking out about Charlie Kirk or deport people for protesting genocide MOVED TO VACATE the most serious J6 convictions by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, making it as though these most severe crimes never even happened.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/doj-moves-vacate-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers/story?id=132042992

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/doj-moves-to-erase-seditious-conspiracy-convictions-of-oath-keepers-proud-boys-in-jan-6-cases

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-moves-dismiss-jan-6-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5831248-justice-department-seeks-vacation-proud-boys-convictions/

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/g-s1-117473/justice-department-toss-seditious-conspiracy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/14/department-of-justice-looks-to-throw-out-convictions-related-to-jan-6/89615190007/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/january-6-convictions-overturn-doj-proud-boys-oath-keepers

2026-04-23 Kalshi fined and suspended congressional candidates for betting on their own elections.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kalshi-fines-and-suspends-3-congressional-candidates-for-betting-on-their-own-elections

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/22/prediction-market-kalshi-docks-three-us-candidates-for-betting-on-own-races

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/politics/kalshi-prediction-site-suspend-political-candidates

2026-04-23 The International Criminal Court unanimously confirmed crimes-against-humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/philippines/duterte

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-pre-trial-chamber-i-confirms-all-charges-against-rodrigo-roa-duterte-and-commits-him-trial

2026 May

2026-05-21 Applications opened for a $1.8 billion compensation fund benefiting January 6 defendants and other Trump allies, including Enrique Tarrio, Mike Lindell, George Santos, Rod Blagojevich, and Adam Johnson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZiPuCeWa6A&list=WL&index=3

https://www.theintelligencer.com/business/article/what-to-know-about-trump-s-1-7b-fund-to-22265176.php

2026 June

2026-06-23 The DOJ charged 455 defendants with healthcare fraud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE3go174v20&list=WL&index=7

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-455-defendants-charged-connection-over-65

https://www.foxnews.com/us/doj-charges-southern-california-healthcare-fraud-defendants

2026-06-26 Former national security advisor John Bolton plead guilty in a classified documents case for sharing sensitive information with two relatives for possible use in a memoir.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5871292/john-bolton-national-security-classified-documents

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/26/john-bolton-trump-classified-documents/90705917007/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-adviser-turned-critic-john-bolton-plead-guilty-classified-info-case-2026-06-26/

2026 July

2026-07-28 Reports showed that US boat strikes in international waters as part of “Operation Southern Spear” did not reduce the amount of cocaine flow into the US.

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administration-boat-strikes-cocaine-trafficking-hegseth-trump-military

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/drug-boat-strikes-operation-southern-spear-trump/

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/28/nx-s1-5909297/boat-strikes-have-not-reduced-drug-smuggling-into-the-u-s-dea-finds

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/politics/boat-strikes-cocaine-drugs-united-states-military

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-drug-boat-strikes-cocaine-b3022340.html

SUB WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/27/operation-southern-spear-has-not-slowed-cocaine-entering-us/

2026 August

2026-08-03 Capital One argued the closure of approximately 385 Trump-related accounts in 2021 was justified because they were all flagged for money laundering.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/01/capital-one-trump-organization-money-laundering

https://apnews.com/article/trump-capital-one-debanking-money-laundering-5f5cc717e1e011e6195bd765c8f90bad

https://thehill.com/business/6005468-capital-one-trump-accounts-debanking-money-laundering/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/business/capital-one-trump-org-money-laundering