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111,620 California borrowers suspected of committing $8.6 billion of pandemic-era fraud have been suspended by the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced Friday. “I’m here in San Diego, standing at an address that is registered to 14 businesses that took $2 million in pandemic-era loans Those loans haven’t been paid back,” Administrator Loeffler says in a social media video reporting the suspensions. “But, that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Loeffler adds: “Today, the SBA is announcing we’re suspending 112,000 California borrowers who took potentially upwards of $9 billion. “We’re going to continue to work with our federal partners to ensure accountability for COVID-era fraud that the Biden Administration tried to sweep under the rug.” Suspended borrowers are prohibited from executing new small business and disaster loans and are not eligible for other SBA programs such as federal contracting in the 8(a) Business Development Program. The suspended borrowers obtained the money via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) program, both of which helped businesses stay afloat and continue to keep their workers employed during the COVID-19 crisis. “This staggering number represents the most significant crack-down on those who defrauded pandemic programs, and it illuminates the scale of corruption that the Biden Administration tolerated for years,” Loeffler says. “We’re not looking the other way. We’re prosecuting. There’s going to be more to come,” Loeffler promises in her video. “Just like Minnesota, California is another state whose socialist welfare policies have invited fraud,” Loeffler explains. In Minnesota, SBA suspended 6,900 borrowers associated with 7,900 potentially fraudulent PPP and EIDL loans worth approximately $400 million. The suspensions in California and Minnesota are part of SBA’s state-by-state initiative to crack down on $200 billion of suspected pandemic-era fraud it says went unaddressed during the Biden Administration. The goal is not only to punish those who defrauded American taxpayers, but also to recoup the stolen funds. “Under this Administration, any fraudster who broke the law will no longer get a free pass. All they’ll get is a free trip to jail,” SBA’s Loeffler warns.

It may seem that it’s impossible to get anything done in Washington these days. Nevertheless, the free spirit of Americans cannot be suppressed. Americans are voting with their feet. Per the Census Bureau’s just released annual report on population growth and migration in the U.S., Americans are packing up and moving from anti-growth blue states to pro-growth red states. Top five in population growth from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025: South Carolina, Idaho, North Carolina, Delaware, Tennessee. Top five in population loss: New York, Hawaii, Alaska, District of Columbia, California. Seven of the 10 top growth states voted for Donald Trump in 2024. Of the top 10 states losing population over the 12-month period, nine of the 10 voted for Kamala Harris in 2024. Those many Americans who still understand that freedom is the magic elixir that drives growth and prosperity are exiting blue states, leaving them to stew in their left-wing, socialist, low-growth and low-opportunity juices. Americans for Tax Reform breaks it down further. Comparing economic conditions in the states that gained population to those that lost: the marginal tax rate in population-losing states is on average 24.5% higher than in the population-gaining states; the average state and local tax collection in the population-losing states is 61% higher than in those gaining population; the average corporate tax rate in population-losing states is 44% higher than in those gaining population; and 60% of population-gaining states are right-to-work states -- states that prohibit paying union dues as a condition for employment -- compared to only 10% of population-losing states that are right-to-work.      The Brennan Center has analyzed what the implications of this trend, if it continues on its current track, will mean regarding distribution of congressional seats after the 2030 census. The biggest gainers: Texas plus four seats and Florida plus three. The biggest loser: California minus four. The Brennan Center looks at what the change will be by region in 2030 compared with 2020. The South would pick up nine seats, Northeast would lose four, Midwest and Plains states down three, Mountain states up three, and West down five. The Wall Street Journal estimates that this translates into a gain of 10 seats in states that voted for Trump in 2024. The U-Haul Growth Index, published once per year and released earlier this month, reporting results for 2025, shows essentially the identical picture. U-Haul summarizes transactions for the year -- some 2.5 million -- reporting net in-migrations and out-migrations for all states. Top five states for in-migration in 2025 were Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina. Per U-Haul, “Seven of the top ten growth states currently feature Republican governors, and nine of those states went red in the last presidential election.” States with the most people leaving are California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts. Per U-Haul, “Nine of the bottom 10 growth states feature Democrat governors, and seven of those states went blue in the last presidential election.” Americans for Tax Reform also notes that nine of the top 10 growth states in the U-Haul Growth Index are right-to-work states. Among the bottom 10, none are right-to-work states -- all are dominated by union control. The New York Times reports that, per New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, in the second quarter of 2025, 8,400 businesses closed compared with 3,500 that opened. New York’s new socialist mayor wants to tax corporations and wealthy New Yorkers to finance the city’s $12 billion budget deficit. Can there be any question what the result will be for the No. 1 population-losing state in the country? How about California’s 5% billionaire wealth tax proposal? Punishing success is a great formula for losing the successful. Tesla, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Charles Schwab and Palantir Technologies are among the marquee corporations that have bid farewell to California. Want to know what Americans think? Watch their feet. Star Parker is founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Her recent book, “What Is the CURE for America?” is available now.

Kyle Wagner, the 37-year-old Antifa thug arrested in Minneapolis on Thursday for allegedly making threats against federal agents, appears to be far more of a degenerate than his criminal complaint suggests.Wagner has long cosplayed as a leftist guerrilla, distributing gas masks to fellow travelers, accumulating and selling leftist agitprop, and going so far as to permanently ink some propaganda symbols on his body.'I am all the things they hate about Antifa.'In recent videos on Instagram where he yammers about the "secret war" that's supposedly underway and seemingly threatens federal agents, Wagner repeatedly flashes his tattoo of the German Iron Front's three arrow symbol.The three arrows symbol, popular among Antifa and other leftist terrorist groups, has historically signaled socialists' opposition to monarchism, fascism, and national communism; however, the triad of targets appears to vary depending on the leftist group and murderous cause of the day.Wagner evidently likes to dress up in more than pinko tattoos and anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparel. The self-identified Antifa member — who faces numerous charges, including impeding/retaliating against a federal officer, threatening injury to family, interstate domestic violence, and conspiracy to injure an officer — admitted in a video that he also likes to dress up in women's clothing "all year, all the time."RELATED: Liberals fall in love with borders, checking IDs while obstructing ICE in Minnesota Department of JusticeThe apparent autogynephile suggested that his transvestism frequently makes women uncomfortable. He used colorful language to condemn those women who "mumble to themselves and have all kinds of things to say behind [his] back."In a recent interview with the Chicago-based DJUTV, which appears to have been taken down on YouTube, Wagner apparently stated, "I own my weird queer stuff. I am all the things they hate about Antifa."Antifa, which Democrats have repeatedly claimed does not exist, is an anarcho-communist militant group that has long threatened lives and property throughout the Western world.President Donald Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization in the wake of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination last year by a radical assassin who allegedly etched Antifa slogans into his bullet casings."I'm a union guy that dresses up in women's clothing, and I'm queer, but I'm also a father," continued Wagner. "I love the Church of Satan's, you know, commandments and stuff. ... I'm a crazy leftist."In addition to signaling support for the "commandments" of the Church of Satan — an organization that states that its exemplar, Satan, "represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!" — the transvestite expressed support for Black Lives Matter in its supposed fight against "white supremacists."According to the federal criminal complaint, Wagner allegedly threatened the men and women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on multiple occasions, telling his followers to: "cripple them"; "put our hands on them"; "hunt ice"; "disable their vehicles"; "surround them and disarm them"; "fight ice"; "kill or be killed"; "arrest ice"; and "take their f*****g masks off and take their f*****g guns."In addition to allegedly flooding his social media pages with such inciting rhetoric, the satanic cross-dresser allegedly threatened and doxxed a supporter of ICE, publishing his or her phone number, birthday, and address online."This man allegedly doxxed and called for the murder of law enforcement officers, encouraged bloodshed in the streets, and proudly claimed affiliation with the terrorist organization Antifa before going on the run," said Attorney General Pam Bondi. "Today’s arrest illustrates that you cannot run, you cannot hide, and you cannot evade our federal agents: If you come for law enforcement, the Trump administration will come for you."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif has added yet another twist to the story of men competing in women's sports.After dominating women in the 66kg competition at the Paris Olympics in 2024, Khelif was reported by four different sources to be a male.'He cannot twist the truth. I'm not trans; I'm a girl. I was raised as a girl.'Last year, World Athletics announced it would introduce mandatory gene testing for athletes wanting to compete in the women's category, particularly for the SRY gene. That gene is found on the Y chromosome, which only men have.After more than a year of denying being a male, Khelif has admitted to having the SRY gene, but still claims to be a female. Khelif also maintains an openness to testing.French outlet L'Équipe asked Khelif about having a "a female phenotype" while still having "the SRY gene," to which Khelif replied, "Yes, and it's natural. I have female hormones. And people don't know it, but I've already lowered my testosterone levels for competitions.""I am surrounded by doctors, a professor follows me, and I have taken hormonal treatments to lower my testosterone levels," the boxer explained. "For the qualifying tournament for the Paris Games, which took place in Dakar, I lowered my testosterone levels to zero. And I won the gold medal there."The outlet noted that the average levels for women are between 0.3 and 3 nanomoles of testosterone per liters of blood. If Khelif is being accurate, there would likely be a significant number of health effects related to lowering testosterone levels close to zero. This would include low bone health and depleted energy levels.RELATED: Imane Khelif appeals boxing ban with ridiculous request for gender testing Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Khelif was persistent throughout the interview, saying, "We all have different genetics; we all have different hormone levels. I am not a transsexual. My difference is natural. I am like that. I have done nothing to change the way nature has made me.""That's why I'm not afraid," the gold medalist went on. "For the next Games, if you have to take a test, I will submit to it. I have no problem with that. I have already done this test. I contacted World Boxing, sent them my medical records, my hormone tests, everything. But I got no response. I don't hide; I don't refuse tests. What I don't understand is why people want to exaggerate my story so much."The aforementioned reports regarding Khelif's sex have all shown the boxer to be a male with XY chromosomes. This includes tests by the International Boxing Association, the World Boxing Organization, and other endocrinological experts. 3 Wire Sports reported that the athlete's alleged medical condition is formally described as 5-alpha reductase type-2 deficiency. The report said Khelif has XY chromosomes, internal testes, and a "micropenis."Moving forward, both World Athletics and the WBO will begin testing for the SRY gene. However, there does exist a possible, very rare way for a person to have female chromosomes (XX) while still having the SRY gene; this is referred to as 46,XX testicular difference of sex development.This is a genetic abnormality in those with XX chromosomes who develop male sex characteristics, including testes, that may be small and undescended. This causes those who do not have a Y chromosome to develop male sex characteristics.According to Medline Plus, this occurs "as a random event during the formation of sperm cells in the affected person's father. In this condition, the SRY gene (which is on the Y chromosome) is misplaced, almost always onto an X chromosome."However, Khelif claims to have a female phenotype and to be a natural woman.RELATED: Transgender boxer makes shocking return, brutally beats 19-year-old girl Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Khelif was asked about participating in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and for thoughts on President Trump. Khelif said, "I don't mix sport with politics," before adding, "I respect everyone, and I respect Trump. Because he is the president of the United States."However, Khelif still remained steadfast in a message to the president: "He cannot twist the truth. I'm not trans; I'm a girl. I was raised as a girl, I grew up as a girl, the people of my village always knew me as a girl. I respect him if he respects the truth."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A federal court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in federal agencies to go forward on Friday.U.S. Circuit Judge Albert Diaz, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, wrote the opinion for the three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.'Continue your critical work. Keep the faith. And depend on the Constitution, which remains a beacon amid the tumult.'"President Trump has decided that equity isn't a priority in his administration and so has directed his subordinates to terminate funding that supports equity-related projects to the maximum extent allowed by law," the judge wrote. "Whether that's sound policy or not isn't our call."The ruling lifts an injunction on the order that had been issued by U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson of Baltimore in Feb. 2025.Abelson said the executive order likely violated the free-speech amendment to the Constitution. That lawsuit was filed by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the American Association of University Professors, and the City of Baltimore.The court ruled against the arguments made opposing the order but allowed for the possibility of challenging them after the ban is implemented.Diaz went on to admit in a separate concurrent opinion that he issued the order "reluctantly" and encouraged those fighting the DEI ban to continue their work.RELATED: Equity activists are outraged that 'white guilt' has run out after Disney, Netflix, and other companies force out DEI chiefs - YouTube "For those disappointed by the outcome, I say this: Follow the law," Diaz wrote. "Continue your critical work. Keep the faith. And depend on the Constitution, which remains a beacon amid the tumult."Judge Abelson was appointed by former President Joe Biden.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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