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Undercover ATF agents went shooting with David Koresh nine days before the deadly Waco raid. One agent even allowed Koresh to shoot his pistol.
The ATF would later claim that a paramilitary raid was necessary because Koresh was too dangerous and elusive.
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They would sooner kill their family members--and yours--than kill the worst criminals in society
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The censors are demanding terrifying new powers. My full warning to the West.
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EXCLUSIVE: Gender-Affirming Care Whistleblower at Texas Children’s Hospital Details Biden-Era DOJ Weaponization And FBI Interrogation Over Medicaid Fraud Allegations
“The FBI came to my house… they knew what I believed… and they told me that if I did not collaborate with them, that they could not protect me and that my safety and my career were at risk.”
“I walked into a conference room… and there were 25 FBI lawyers… for the next four hours, I was not questioned. I was intimidated and interrogated.”
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BREAKING: Texas Children’s Hospital Nurse Vanessa Sivadge Speaks For The First Time Since Historic $10 Million Settlement After Blowing The Whistle on Alleged Medicaid Fraud Linked to “Gender-Affirming” Treatments on Minors
@V_Sivadge was the principal government witness in the False Claims Act case that forced a landmark $10 million settlement.
In this exclusive, first interview, Sivadge details the alleged multi-layered Medicaid fraud used to fund gender-affirming treatments on minors, details the FBI showing up to her home under the Biden DOJ, and reacts to the hospital’s agreement to open America’s first hospital-funded detransition clinic.
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Vanessa's attorney Marcella Burke calls it a “watershed” settlement that sets a national precedent. TX AG Ken Paxton: “This settlement sends an unmistakable message: if you put radical ideology over children's health, my office will go after you. We will continue to lead the way in stopping the far-left’s radical gender agenda.”
Justice Department Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward: “The Department of Justice is committed to protecting America’s children. Today’s resolution furthers that commitment and puts providers of so-called 'gender affirming care' on notice that this Department will vigorously enforce federal law where children are put at risk."
Texas Children’s Hospital: “Last week we finalized a settlement agreement with the Texas Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice bringing a close to this chapter to focus our resources on life-saving care and discoveries. We are grateful for and proud of our renowned physicians and nurses whose clinical excellence makes us the nation’s leading pediatric and women’s health system. Our focus remains on creating a healthier future for children and women across Texas and the world.”
02:05 Sivadge: “I was the government witness…In this this false claims act case against TX Children’s Hospital”
02:58 How alleged fraud with taxpayer dollars worked 03:30 Sivadge: “...a 15 year old girl had a testosterone deficiency and a boy had an estrogen deficiency…”
04:30 Vindicated: “I didn’t know if I would end up in jail ...our faith carried us through..”
05:48 Lawyer Marcella Burke: “Monumental settlement,” detransitioners clinic, doctors fired 07:22 Sivadge: “...I would be facing prison under a Kamala Harris presidency.”
07:44 Sivadge: "FBI came to my door and they told me that if I did not collaborate with them, that they could not protect me and that my safety and my career were at risk.”
10:25 Lawyer: Texas Children’s claimed they were not performing gender affirming services
11:24 Sivadge: “I think the biggest risk of all is that children, their reproductive sexual health is utterly destroyed.”
12:10 What was driving this? Parents, Kids, Doctors...
13:10 Alleged fraud with Medicaid Dollars, low income families “suicide or treatment, suicide or surgery”
14:48 In the settlement, does Texas Children’s Hospital admit fault?
15:50 Did any doctors lose their licenses?
16:14 Sivadge: I was fired after going to journalist @christopherrufo
17:12 Cost of coming forward
17:57 Sivadge: “The institution that once sanctioned the harm of these kids is now reversing course and offering them help.”
18:55 Sivadge: “I think this is the type of story only God can write…”
19:29 Sivadge: “I'm a nurse and I believe in biological truth…this is me trusting the science.
19:57 Burke: “It is setting a precedent within the Department of Justice as they move to settle these cases across the country.”
Skeptology 101 retweeted
Hey Dan, who owns IMPERATOR LLC in Chantilly, Virginia?
Why are you paying them $50,000 per month for “digital marketing” when your JFC is just you and your committees and you lost your primary?
@DanCrenshawTX
Just hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate so just thought I’d make the losers on social media angry before going to bed.
Stop whining, get a job, eat Ramen like the rest of us did in college, on a budget with 4 roommates.
The market doesn’t care what you think something “should” cost. Only communists care (they set prices remember? Then everyone starves, remember?) Are you a communist? Or are you an American adult male capable of handling his own shit?
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In 2021, Crenshaw criticized Biden admin comments on food prices (excluding meat) as telling Americans to "just be vegan and stop complaining."
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Francesca Hong, 2020: Cancel Thanksgiving.
Hong, Two Days Ago: Thanksgiving is a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities.
Hong, Today: My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I love it.
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Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
Think about that.
Government has become so big and bloated that taxes cost more than life's basic necessities. Every American taxpayer should be outraged.
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The strategy CNN management chose was silence. Just say nothing, and hope the controversy fades away.
It's been almost 10 days since Fauci diary entries revealed that two of CNN's top anchors were private pals with the man they were supposed to be objectively covering.
From "friendship building" dinner parties, backchanneling interview questions, to texting insults about Republicans, none of it has been addressed by Tapper, Bash, Stelter or anyone else at CNN.
Just pretend like it never happened.
And to many people who aren't on 𝕏 or don't consume right-leaning media — it never did.
Ethics. Transparency. Journalism.
This is CNN.
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A woman who confessed to having anxiety attacks around white people wants to be the governor of Wisconsin, an 85 percent white state. If this doesn’t immediately destroy her campaign and career then we’re doomed as a country.
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What's happening in Spain should be a warning to every American who may have forgotten about what our borders looked like the last time Democrats were in power: All it takes is one election for your nation to become unrecognizable.
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⚡️Campaign Finance 🧵: Ritchie Torres and the Equality PAC
It’s been over 24 hours since Politico’s Jason Beeferman decided to take a swing at Jose Vega and tried to poor shame him over Jose’s meager $2,100/month salary he pays himself from his campaign.
Since Mr. Beeferman and his employer have expressed an interest in the NY-15 race and a concern with proper campaign finance compliance, I took the liberty of combing Mr. Torres’ finances today.
I look forward to seeing Politico use its considerable influence and resources to help expose the mind blowing corruption that Ritchie Torres and his associates are engaging in.
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First things first: the setup (stick with me, and I’ll do my best not to bore you to tears)
Ritchie Torres, like most members of Congress has a principle campaign committee “Torres for Congress,” a Joint Fundraising Committee “Torres Victory Fund,” and a Leadership PAC “La Bamba PAC”
Torres raises, transfers and spends money under each of them.
But unlike other members of Congress Ritchie Torres has significant links to another PAC, a hybrid PAC, called the Equality PAC, which is the official fundraising arm of the Congressional LGBTQ Caucus. According to their website Equality PAC pledges to use all the money they raise to help elect LGBTQ members of Congress.
Ritchie Torres is the co-chair of the Equality PAC and he’s also its largest funder- his Torres Victory Fund has transferred over $2.27 million to the Equality PAC so far this cycle.
Because the Equality PAC is a hybrid PAC, it functions as both a Joint Fundraising Committee (JFC) and an independent expenditure fund.
Equality PAC has dozens of shell PACs operating underneath it, whose only purpose is to increase the amount of money donors can give to the JFC side of Equality PAC.
Last time I counted there were 28. I’ll drop the list below.
The person in charge of Equality PAC and all the “Equality” PACs umbrella’ed under it, the executive director, is a man named Jeff Laviree.
In 2024 Advocate Magazine identified Jeff Laviree as Ritchie Torres’ campaign finance director. Which makes sense since Ritchie Torres’ name and campaign committees are tied to every single one of these shell PACs as “affiliated committee.”
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Literally no Democrats showed up the fraud hearing in the senate for myself or Nick.
We predicted personal insults or difficult cross examination by the truth and the facts of what’s on video probably transcends the partisan divide.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul patronizingly claimed in 2024 that "black kids growing up in the Bronx don't even know what the word computer is."
I guess if you believe that nonsense, DEI makes a lot more sense.
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Ayanna Presley asked me to sign onto her “Equal Rights Amendment.”
I asked her if it clearly defines what a woman is.
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Gavin Newsom's refusal to call Israel an "apartheid state" is particularly sad given that Netanyahu's hand-picked chief of the Mossad, Tamir Pardo, called Israel an "apartheid state" in September, 2023: one month before the Oct 7 attack. Many Israelis have done the same:
Axios: "Do you consider Israel an apartheid state?"
Gavin Newsom: "I said that was directional as it relates to what Tom Friedman was arguing about the annexation of the West Bank... so no."
"My biggest concern—my red flag—is Netanyahu, period… I've been very critical of him."
"I've long supported the state of Israel."
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It's absolutely true that if Dems had appointed the highest-ever ranking openly gay man to the Cabinet, he'd be endlessly celebrate, but since it's Trump with Bessent, it's ignored (Bush 43 appointed the first-ever black woman as Secretary of State).
But it's also true from the other side: Bessent isn't just gay but married to a man, with whom he has two children obtained through paid surrogate. He brought them all every day to his Senate confirmation hearing. Those usually enraged by this said nothing and still say nothing.🤷♂️
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The whole Butler, PA event is very strange. The US Right was outraged and suspicious that almost nothing was disclosed about the accused killer: a 20-year-old with zero footprint.
Once Trump/Patel/Bongino got in, the truth would be revealed! 19 months later: still nothing.
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On the first day of the Iran war, Trump told the NYT "the U.S. military intends to sustain its assault on Iran for 'four to five weeks' if necessary."
That was 4 1/2 months ago. Now the war is escalating again, now escalating into a regional conflict.
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