The U.S. Justice Department announced “unprecedented fraud enforcement”  on Thursday, citing new federal partnerships with seven southern states aimed at combating and eliminating fraud.The partnerships include the FBI, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other federal agencies, as well as state and federal attorneys in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. These states have entered into data-sharing agreements with the federal government, allowing the Fraud Division to access corporate registration and public benefits data, which it will use to more efficiently detect fraud.In an accompanying press conference, Colin McDonald, the assistant attorney general for the National Fraud Enforcement Division, stressed the importance of the partnership in eliminating fraud.“These partnerships are critical to solving our nationwide fraud epidemic. Fraudsters thrive on government agencies not partnering, not sharing data, not sharing intelligence. The fraud fighting team assembled here today is resolved to work together to break those cycles and bring the fraudsters out into the light. When federal prosecutors work with state agencies to share leads, data and strategy, the American people win......“And I can't overemphasize that these are not victimless crimes. Every fraud case prevents bread from going to the table of a needy family or health care from going to the elderly or a child from receiving the education that they deserve.” The press release that announced the partnership also highlighted many recent successes of federal enforcement actions against individuals responsible for more than $360 million in fraud across the seven southern states.The most egregious example of such fraud comes from the New Orleans-based Eastern District of Louisiana, where co-conspirators John M. Spivey and Jamie McNamara were recently sentenced for committing Medicare fraud. The two submitted $174 million in fraudulent claims for the performance of medically unnecessary cancer and cardiovascular genetic testing in laboratories they owned. Other examples include Michael Shine of Birmingham, Alabama, who has been charged with filing false tax records on behalf of clients. According to research by Web Stat’s News Room, he allegedly claimed residential energy credits for geothermal heat pumps that investigators have concluded do not exist. According to that article, he allegedly claimed the credit on 90% of the tax returns he filed as a tax professional between 2022 and 2026, compared to the Alabama state average of 2.2% for that credit. In total, he is accused of fraudulently claiming $70 million from the IRS.In a South Florida case, four co-conspirators, including two foreign nationals and one with a deportation order, sold SNAP benefits for cash at a Kwik Stop convenience store. According to reporting from the South Florida Sun Sentinel, businesses owned by the four individuals allegedly charged SNAP for food that recipients did not actually buy, provided kickbacks to the recipients, and pocketed the difference. In total, they allegedly caused nearly $20 million in fraudulent EBT transactions.In a less lucrative North Carolina case, two illegal-alien Romanian brothers pled guilty to a fraud scheme that caused nearly $766,000 in loss. The press release includes a remark on the scheme’s effect on a victim: “A victim reported that she was shopping with her family on their monthly grocery run for approximately $700 of SNAP-eligible items. Because the defendants had used her SNAP benefits, the transaction was denied, and the victim was unable to purchase food or school supplies for her family.” 

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was justified Sunday when he denounced CNN’s Dana Bash for making unsupportable claims in defense of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s comments and conduct regarding the COVID epidemic, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.“I think RFK was right to call out CNN,” DeSantis said in a Fox News Channel interview, referring to the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary’s interview with Bash on CNN’s State of the Union.As Kennedy pointed out in the interview, Bash repeatedly made claims without evidence and failed to cite her sources each time the HHS secretary asked her to do so. Instead, as Kennedy noted, Bash simply parroted liberal, legacy media talking points, some of which Kennedy directly refuted, in order to defend and justify the former COVID czar.“This may well be one of the first times, if not the first, that anyone brings accountability to the Elitist Media for their role in spreading Covid propaganda and helping squash any dissent against the measures,” NewsBusters noted in an analysis of the CNN interview:“Whether the vaccine, the lockdowns, the social distancing, or the school closures, Kennedy called her out and then demanded she bolster her claims with science.“And Bash learned the hard way that there is a difference between The Science™ the media pushed and the actual science the people needed to hear.”“The legacy media really imbued him with a certain amount of informal authority that, any edict that he would issue, that would be put out in every media channel as equating to science,” Gov. DeSantis told Fox News.“And Fauci even said at one time that ‘I am the science. If you disagree with me, you disagree with science,’” DeSantis recalled, going on to list several times when Fauci’s decrees turned out to be both false and destructive. What’s more, Fauci’s own recently-released diaries admit as much, DeSantis said.“Fauci himself, in March of 2020, said the masks wouldn’t do it. So, the diaries I think really validate what I saw early on: this is a guy that was drinking his own Kool-Aid,” Gov. DeSantis said.“He was venerated by the media,” DeSantis said, adding that “I think he liked the fact that he had a lot of this informal power.”Today, I joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News. pic.twitter.com/Zjh1NnMQew— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 3, 2026

Screenshot via NYT/Snapstream On Monday morning, Columbia Journalism School reminded the public of how much it’s a waste of time and money as a black hole of far-left propaganda by declaring that they were “pleased to welcome” former CBS’s 60 Minutes correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi as “Journalists in Residence” for the upcoming academic year.Dean Jelani Cobb — who appears regularly on MS NOW to offer deranged, hate-filled hot takes against half the country — made the announcement as something they’re “excited and honored” to have happen, adding “[t]heir distinguished track records in investigative reporting highlight the amazing opportunity our students will have to learn from them.”For their part, Alfonsi said it’s “an extraordinary privilege, especially at a time when deep, rigorous and fearless reporting has never been more vital,” and she was ready “to work with the next generation of journalists who are eager to ask the tough questions that hold power accountable.”Pelley offered predictable doomsday porn in the press release about this being “a critical time for a free press,” so he was “honored to join Sharyn in that vital cause.”Columbia Journalism School also oversees the Pulitzer Prizes, which this year included a bevy of anti-Trump screeds masquerading as insightful, powerful, and unique journalism.Speaking of Pelley, the New York Post’s Alex Steigrad reported on Sunday that former 60 Minutes boss Bill Owens supposedly “wants to launch a rival news series with Scott Pelley and other correspondents and producers who have recently exited the iconic show.”She expressed skepticism about its prospects as, in addition to the eye-popping $50 million he would be seeking to “bankroll everything from staffing and production to marketing and legal,” whoever he’d bring on “would likely be forced to take a drastic pay cut.”Further, she said “a source close to Owens denied the plans.”It wouldn’t be entirely surprising, given the self-righteousness crammed inside the craniums of these liberal, elitist journalists.

On Friday, to help get Todd Blanche confirmed as Attorney General, President Trump declared that the DOJ's Anti-Weaponization Fund was dead. But on Saturday, he threatened to move ahead with it if Blanche was not approved. On CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, host Dana Bash repeatedly pressed and interrupted Jim Jordan on this fund, and whether it should be used to compensate David Hearn, who was wrongfully accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. After noting Trump's latest threat, she asked Jordan if he believes the Anti-Weaponization fund is dead, and he soon referenced Joe Biden's Attorney General, and that didn't sit well with Bash. JORDAN: The idea that they won't confirm him, (Blanche) and they voted to confirm Merrick Garland, the guy who gave us a memo that said, oh, we're going to go spy on parents at school board meetings....his Justice Department did the memorandum --BASH: What--JORDAN: And said if you're a pro-life Catholic--BASH: What do you think--JORDAN: You're an extremist. They confirmed that guy, but they won't confirm Todd Blanche?--BASH: What do you think about the fund?JORDAN: That makes no sense.BASH: What do you think about the fund? Do you think the fund is a good idea?Jordan went back to Garland, and Bash wasn't pleased.JORDAN: Well, it's no different than what Merrick Garland did with Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. He paid Peter Strzok $1.2 million--BASH: So, yes, you think that it should stay alive?JORDAN: I'm saying, there's a fund right now that compensates people who've been wronged--BASH: Well, to add $1.8 billion to it.JORDAN: And Merrick Garland said, Peter Strzok got $1.2 million, for goodness' sake. That fund is for people like Mark Houck, who had his door kicked in front of his wife and seven kids....and they took him to court, and, of course, the jury found him not guilty. It's for folks like that. That's what that fund's for.BASH: Okay, so I want to...JORDAN: And it's been used in the past to compensate Peter Strzok and Lisa -- Lisa Page got $800,000, for goodness sake.Bash would then attempt a gotcha moment, bringing up last Friday's DOJ move to dismiss charges against former U.S. Olympian David Hearn, who had been indicted for vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. After playing a clip of U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum -- speaking to Bash shortly after the original indictment, assuring her they had evidence -- she asked Jordan if Hearn should be eligible to receive compensation under the fund, given what he has gone through.  JORDAN: That will be up to the Board. I mean if they--BASH: Well, what do you think?JORDAN: I don't make the decision. It's up to them--BASH: I know, but you have an opinion.JORDAN: What I do know is, Peter Strzok shouldn't have got $1.2 million--BASH: So you have an opinion on that.JORDAN: --When he was trying to undermine President Trump's election campaign-- BASH: You have an opinion that he shouldn't have gotten it. What about David Hearn?JORDAN: Well, that will be up to the Board. And I don't know all the facts. This story just broke...What I do know is, President Trump is focused on making America great and focused on making Washington beautiful again.BASH: OK.JORDAN: And he's been focused on that. We will have to get to the facts of this case. After making a snide remark, about him knowing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro well, because, "she used to be on Fox", Bash continued to press Jordan on Hearn.BASH: They were trying to send a man who was innocent to jail based on lies about vandalism. He was accused of crimes that he did not commit. As chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, does that bother you?JORDAN: If those are the facts, of course, but I don't know that those are the facts.... I do know, what happened in the Garland-Biden Justice Department--BASH: You keep turning it back to Biden. I'm asking you about now.JORDAN: I'm not turning it back. I'm telling you things I know about. I don't know all the facts with this case.After more interruptions, Bash curtly invited Jordan to come back on the show once he has learned all the facts of the Hearn case. Her final topic involved Jordan sending a criminal referral to the DOJ in July, for former Special Counsel Jack Smith, accusing him of misleading Congress, and Bash, continued to talk over her guest, as you can see on the video below.  Maybe Bash was taking out some frustration on Jordan, after earlier getting schooled by HHS Secretary RFK Jr., or maybe, this is just CNN! We can remember back to 2023, when Bash fawned over the imagery of Jack Smith walking to Subway for lunch. Her ex-husband John King later suggested this lunch trip was a grand anti-bullying message sent to Trump.  when CNN filmed a "man of the people" segment in 2023 as Jack Smith went to Subway for lunch. 

NBC via SnapStream The FN Five-seveN is about to explode in popularity. That’s the make and model of the pistol Jordan Salinas used to help ended the mass shooting at an Idaho In-and-Out Burger over the weekend. His actions that Saturday afternoon were so undeniably heroic that even the liberal broadcast networks could not avoid calling him a “hero” and crediting him with saving an unknowable number of lives. One even shared some badass quotes from him.“Video shows Jordan Salinas, the citizen who returned fire, taking on the shooter, and likely saving lives,” reported ABC’s Trevor Ault on Monday’s Good Morning America. He immediately followed up with this soundbite of Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks, who explained the affect Salinas and an off-duty state trooper had on the incident, at a press conference: “We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties.”Ault also shared couple of badass quotes Salinas gave to a local paper about the shooting. "There a task that needs to be done, and we're the ones who need to do it,” he said. About the gunman, he added: "He did not like it when bullets started firing both ways." In a bit of a surprise, the broadcast networks are actually describing Jordan Salinas, the armed citizen who helped end the mass shooting in Idaho over the weekend, a "hero" for saving lives with his gun.ABC's GMA this morning shared his badass quote from him: "There a task that… pic.twitter.com/e5PFWoOVnE— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 3, 2026 “Also tonight, new images of the moment an armed bystander credited with saving lives tried to stop an attacker during a deadly mass shooting in Idaho,” announced NBC Nightly News fill-in anchor Hallie Jackson on Sunday night.NBC correspondent Dana Griffin noted that Salinas “stepped in to stop shooter.” She shared a clip of an interview she did with a witness who agrees Salinas is a hero and credits him with saving his life by drawing the shooter’s attention:GRIFFIN: Is he a hero?LANE KOEHN: Yeah, I would say he definitely distracted the shooter from shooting more people. [Transition] The shooter solely focused on him and allowed us to get out. I mean, the car directly ahead of me was getting shot.“Police crediting that man and an off-duty state trooper who also returned fire with helping save lives,” Griffin followed up. On Sunday night: NBC Nightly News chyron read "Witness: Armed Hero confronted Idaho Gunman"Reporter Dana Griffin had this exchange with a witness who praised how Salinas drew the shooter's attention, allowing him and others to get away:GRIFFIN: Is he a hero?LANE KOEHN: Yeah,… pic.twitter.com/k31tmYkGwJ— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 3, 2026 As for CBS Mornings, anchor Kelly O’Grady declared this at the top of the segment:Now to the latest on a deadly shooting at an In-n-Out Burger in southern Idaho. Two people are being hailed as heroes for stepping in to stop the shooter. Police say a man with a rife killed at least three people and wounded several others before an off-duty trooper and a civilian jumped into action.Salinas drew the shooter’s attention and drew his fire; video shows him diving into some bushes for concealment. The return fire the shooter was receiving from Salinas and the off-duty trooper suppressed his ability to fire at innocents and drove him away. The shooter eventually killed himself.This likely doesn’t indicate a change of heart on gun rights and civilian disarmament from the liberal media, but it’s a win for the Second Amendment community because it’s a very public example of how effective an armed civilian can be in defending those around them.The transcripts are below. Click "expand" to read:NBC Nightly NewsAugust 2, 20266:41:29 p.m. Eastern(…)[On-screen headline: “Witness: Armed Hero confronted Idaho Gunman”]HALLIE JACKSON: Also tonight, new images of the moment an armed bystander credited with saving lives tried to stop an attacker during a deadly mass shooting in Idaho. As we learn more tonight about the chaotic moments at that In-n-Out Burger where it happened. Dana Griffin is there tonight.[Cuts to video]DANA GRIFFIN: Tonight, new video showing the moments a man stepped in to stop shooter who opened fire outside this Idaho In-n-Out Burger Saturday afternoon, sending people running for their lives.[Phone video of the incident]GRIFFIN: You see a gunman with an AR-style rifle unleashing several rounds in the drive through of the popular fast food chain, which opened just days ago in Twin Falls. Another man then returns fire. Lane Koehn witnessed the shooting from his car. Is he a hero?LANE KOEHN: Yeah, I would say he definitely distracted the shooter from shooting more people. [Transition] The shooter solely focused on him and allowed us to get out. I mean, the car directly ahead of me was getting shot.GRIFFIN: Police crediting that man and an off-duty state trooper who also returned fire with helping save lives.(…) CBS MorningsAugust 3, 20267:09:02 a.m. EasternKELLY O’GRADY: Now to the latest on a deadly shooting at an In-n-Out Burger in southern Idaho. Two people are being hailed as heroes for stepping in to stop the shooter. Police say a man with a rife killed at least three people and wounded several others before an off-duty trooper and a civilian jumped into action.(…) ABC’s Good Morning AmericaAugust 3, 20267:14:16 a.m. Eastern(…)TREVOR AULT: Video shows Jordan Salinas, the citizen who returned fire, taking on the shooter, and likely saving lives.CHIEF MATTHEW HICKS (Twin Falls PD): We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties.AULT: The 35-year-old tells The Idaho Statesman he had just pulled into the parking lot when he heard the gunfire. He said he felt no fear, adding, quote, “There's a task that needs to be done and we're the ones who need to do it.” And said the gunman “did not like it when bullets started firing both ways.”(…)