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James Goodrich's avatar

Here we go again, another Democrat run state, more stolen tax payer money going to naturalized and illegal aliens.

Federal prosecutors announced charges in a massive fraud scheme Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston said the suspects stole the identities from victims across the country and used them to defraud U.S. taxpayers out of more than $1 million dollars.

At a press conference in Boston, authorities outlined the alleged scheme to steal supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and pandemic unemployment benefits. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley said it involved four people who allegedly stole the identities of more than 100 victims, including six children, and used them to illegally obtain government benefits. “Spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to purchase inventory for a restaurant in Massachusetts owned by the lead defendant, Raul Fernandez-Vicioso, a naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic. Fernandez-Vicioso and his co-defendants, two of whom do not have legal immigration status, and one is a green card holder, use the stolen EBT cards to purchase large quantities of expensive bulk food items, such as multiple-pound packages of chicken, beef, and pork, at various local wholesalers and food markets to stock their restaurant at no expense to themselves, but at considerable expense to taxpayers,” she explained. I’m sure all four of these defendants not only voted in Massachusetts, but voted in Rhode Island as well.

President Trump has directed the Justice department to investigate this tip of the iceberg fraud. Massachusetts is overrun with illegal immigrants.

Previously Maura Healy, Ma. Governor, took over dozens of hotels, kicking out the tenants and placing the illegals in the rooms. In my home town there were 3 hotels the state took over and leased. Crime around the hotels went through the roof. Shoplifting, cars being stolen and Brocken into, there were even prostitutes on the corner of Elm St. and Washington St. just beside Bank of America. I’m sure they had accounts there.

The Feds have asked Governor Healy to hand over all of the recipients of EBT card and snap benefits to try to uncover this Minnesota style fraud going on. Rhode Island in June of 2024 told Governor Healy that the 117 fraudulent identities were all shown to be living in 2 apartments and all were collecting snap and EBT card benefits, Healy did nothing. Healy has also refused the Feds request for the list of EBT and snap beneficiaries.

We must not forget before her first term as governor it was uncovered, Maura Healy the then Massachusetts attorney general had hand picked 3 female state police officers and was having affairs with them. Of coarse Maura is up for reelection this November and if this fraud turns into what I’m sure is another Minnesota, Maura will go the way of Tim Walz. Like in Minnesota this is a pay to play scam. The people in power look the other way allowing taxpayer money to go to these illegals and the illegals give the democrats their votes. Massachusetts voted in a law giving illegals drivers licenses which automatically gives them the right to register to vote. Let’s pray this comes out and another communist Marxist traitor gets kicked to the curb J.Goodrich

Paula Mitchell's avatar

Thanks James I wish someone would come up with a database for politians, input their name and it would show all of the things they've done in their time as a politician and for newbies just becoming a politician let's see what they've been up to before their bid to get into politics. Someone should be keeping track.... I'm sick of the fraud!

Brandy's avatar

Sounds like a good idea, but I am sure the government would not provide any informational data that would identify fraudsters. That will have to come from a well read and smart citizen.

Lonnie Bedell's avatar

So glad to be gone from Massachusetts after 50 years. It's white guilt central, and all the leftist crap that comes with that.

James Goodrich's avatar

After 60 years here I’m ready to leave. For me it’s the Maura Healy policy of driving my natural gas and electric bill to 2000 dollars a month. I have to leave while my house still has value. She’s destroying everything here.

LoverOfHills's avatar

So sorry for this all, James. This is a difficult decision for you. I sold my CO home (Boulder) just in time, 8yrs ago. Now, same area, homes are on the market months longer, selling after dropping the price. We never thought that could happen in CO but it has, due to Lefty leadership, especially, of Gov Jared Polis. Super Scary is the fact that, even if sanity can return, it will take many years (I've heard 10 sane years!) to undo the destruction. In "purple" PA, we're watching closely.

Red States any better? Even in the Red states, there are dangers - look what is happening in TX! Sharia law is being pushed onto Texas, for Heaven's sake! Take a look at this quick summary of 10 ballot measures will be voted on in the TX Primary (Feb17 mail in-Mar 3 In person). All 10 are no-brainers! Will Republican's come out, are they pissed Enough? And why does it have to get Sooo very Crazy, for us to finally Push Back against the Crazy?

Link - TX's ballot measures explained, a Just The News article- https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/ten-propositions-republican-primary-ballot-including-banning-sharia-law

Sheila Secrist's avatar

The good thing about conservatives is they don't want to play hard and dirty against the liberals. That's also the bad thing about conservatives.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

What?? Elucidate, please!

James Goodrich's avatar

I got my utility bills about a week ago. I couldn’t open them because I’ve known what she has been doing. Electric bills have gone up 122% from last December. My electric bill for December was just over 500 dollars and my gas bill was 1500. This for an 1800 sq. ft. cape style house. She wants to continue raising rates on average 41% per year until 2050 when all buildings will be a net zero in fossil fuel use. Most all of this increase goes directly to the utility companies. It also needs to be approved by Maura Healy.

Jean's avatar

We are having similar crises here. CONstellation Energy, our provider, was put together by Obama boys. I have to wonder if we aren't all suffering from crooks and keystone AI developers? From Big Pharma and Big Food on to the Big Energy sucks.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

UNreal.

2700 sq ft home, Minnesota, land of ICE! YaY!

-- about 7 mo over winter propane = ~ $1500 total!

-- Elec = ~ $150/mo

slab on grade, highly insulated.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

That's incredible. My sister just rented a house outside of West Palm Beach, Florida, with 2 roommates at $2800 per month--utilities included. I realize they don't need a lot of heating, but they do have it when they need it. This whole "net-zero" garbage is the result of PTB wanting control, not "saving the earth".

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

So James, where are you planning to head?

Sarah  Jett's avatar

J.G., Greetings from the Thumb Coast of MI! Come and take a look here! Yes, we've got "whatzaername," but we are pushing back -for now. If the gerrymandering comes a-calling, that may end our ability to come and go - but we have room for more of your thinking! Rath De Ort!

Brandy's avatar

Where are you now? I have never had 'white guilt', but I do see it. They are guilting us into being minorities: fewer children, helping everyone else first, inserting white privilege for hard work, and giving handouts to fraudsters.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Ya know, if Trump proves the '20 election was stolen think maybe the dems will claim biden served that term as his surrogate so this is his 3rd and so illegal. Sounds like them doesn't it?

Joy Metcalf's avatar

At this point, I think the 2020 election was a blessing in disguise. The Covid 19 policies showed people what was really at risk, and the "vaccines" woke a lot of people up. When Trump was reelected, we actually got people who care, like RFK Jr. When you look at his cabinet and his own history, it's clear how many were Democrats--which just shows how sick the Democratic Party has become; it's best people have taken flight.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

It also gave us some 20 million invaders we now have to deal with in the face of opposition from the streets and in Congress

Joy Metcalf's avatar

Yes, and as I've observed before, ICE is between a rock and a hard place. No "papers please" for citizens, but then how do you identify aliens? For myself, even though I am a strong proponent of standing on rights guaranteed by the Constitution, I probably would be glad to show ID if ICE came around.

Brandy's avatar

Yes, that is very unfortunate.

Brandy's avatar

I tend to agree regarding the 2020 election. It made us aware of fraudulent voting and work that much harder to get the vote out and watch the polling places. It also gave Trump time to realize the political arena is a cesspool.

Barbara Lee's avatar

😆😆😆😆…😳…😬…🙃 ugh, yes, just like them.

INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

I am not sure what you have against naturalized citizens. I became an American citizen in 2012, went through all the stuff and paid the fees, and now pay taxes just like everyone else. Remember that all white people in this country were once aliens.

James Goodrich's avatar

I have nothing against naturalized citizens until they are let in and then start theiving taxpayer money from poor needy families to line their own over stuffed pockets. This guy wasn’t vetted! Just like the other 25 million Biden let in. If you have come here vetted and live a good upstanding life as I’m sure you have Ingrid I am extremely happy you became a citizen, that’s how my family and I ended up here.

INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

ah yes, of course I agree with that! and I also think it should be possible to deport the 'citizens' who behave totally incitizenlike! contrary to some stackers who reprimanded me for saying so. If a person becomes a citizen but keeps on favoring the old country - why don't they go back? (I do sometimes regret our lovely swimming pool and some of the food LOL)

Brandy's avatar

Welcome, Ingrid. Thank you for entering our country and becoming a citizen. I applaud you. It is never easy to leave home and learn new ways. I hope you are happy in the United States.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

and, I will second THAT one!

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

We once did that with mafia Italians

James Goodrich's avatar

I think that was my grandfather🙄. Honestly he worked his ass off. My uncle had a book from the depression days, I don’t know how, but they listed him as one of the richest men in the country. ??? He did own 60 apartment houses at one time.

dan brandt's avatar

Not the ones born here. Which is the vast majority. Try again?

INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

I think that birthright should be ended. People can immigrate because a woman gave birth on American soil. I think that is not right, either.

I think America is the only country that has this rule.

What I was thinking of, is all the illegals that come to a country (not just the US, Spain is planning to naturalize 500 000 illegals), commit crimes, and defend their old country and protest the US. Such people do not belong here, or wherever they are. If you want to defend a country other than the US you should go there.

James Goodrich's avatar

You know what really bothers me is people like naturalized Ilhan Omar. She has lied stolen scammed her way to 35 million dollars. She hates America and wants to destroy it. How she is allowed to stay here is telling to our immigration system. Look at George Soros another naturalized citizen. Meanwhile there are millions of families like mine, whose father served on WW2 putting his life on the line for his country. There are millions like me. My Brother John served as an Army Ranger for 5 years. He has also died. My siblings and I have paid millions in taxes over our lives, and people come here who hate what so many of us have sacrificed for them, they not only don’t appreciate it they hate us. Tell me how am I supposed to like that. No matter what Joe Biden says, the man that lived off of others hard work his entire life, can’t change my idea that people coming here should be strictly vetted. As I try to make a living in a state overrun with illegal aliens that work for next to nothing I find myself having to sell my family’s house and leave because of people like Maura Healy who isn’t even from here, same with her counter part Mayor Wu.

Brandy's avatar

Immigrants forget the part about "assimilating" and if they don't want to do that, they shouldn't immigrate.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

or Emmigrate instead.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

. . . or be exiled there!

Joy Metcalf's avatar

Right. During the nationalization process, you take an oath to abandon fealty to your previous nation and rulers and swear fealty to the U.S. If someone is still showing loyalty to their former country, then they have lied and broken their oath.

WRT birthright, hopefully that will end when the Supreme Court makes a determination this year. The 14th Amendment was intended for former slaves; it was never intended to be a broad brush for illegal immigrants to stay. BTW, I have friends who have dual citizenship in the UK and Italy because they were born there, so this is not an exclusively U.S. policy, the important caveat being that their parents were living there legally.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Which is precisely why dual, citizenship is antithetical to our Founding

Sarah  Jett's avatar

Just not illegal, but played according to the laws!

Sheila Secrist's avatar

... and then they voted.

Travis Ogle's avatar

Like. I thought I had lost all trust in government until I realized that I had complete trust that they would steal as much of the taxpayer’s money as possible.

Patricia's avatar

Oh my word- corruption is so wide-spread, & everyday more news of these taxpayer schemes becomes evident! This is disgusting, & hopefully these thugs are put in handcuffs & sent off to prison- But, the investigation process sure takes time, & in the end, the taxpayers don’t get full justice! Shameful actions on those participants!

Carol Eckelkamp's avatar

I volunteer to work our town elections and I feel confident that our Town Clerk and election workers have integrity and we have very carefully run elections. Republicans are increasing but still in the minority. How in the world can we continue with Maura Healy?!?

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

So...who releases all these government checks without questioning the volume. Brain dead bureaucrats or are they part of the scheme? Fire the bureaucrats and jail all who are guilty!

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

The EU is an object lesson....our future if we fail to heed the warning it provides.

Alan Davis (FlyoverAlinCT)'s avatar

Yes. Methinks it is too late.

As the immigrant population in European countries has grown from low single digit percentages 30 years ago to 20 percent and rising, they have left the “slowly” phase of parasitic collapse and entered the “suddenly” phase.

1913, the Brits thought it would be easier to administer India from a new capital in Delhi rather than Calcutta.

In 1931, Connaught Place opened as the gleaming centerpiece in the new capital. By 1947, it was all gone.

Mark's avatar

Morning tribe.

Great funnies today. Is the conspiracy theory Barbie for sale or is that just an image generated?

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

The relationship between tax frees and "immigration" best shown by the Lutherans bringing all those somalis to Minn....of all places. Seems to me all these bleeding heart orgs.should be forced to poney up the,funds to support the riffraff they import who immediately go on and stay on the public dole. That may lessen their enthusiasm for this,behavior.

James Lord's avatar

That poor lovely girl; she's so right about the EU. And I do hope someone carefully removes that sign handle from her face.

Meemanator's avatar

I was wondering about that. LOL

Joy Metcalf's avatar

AI at its best.

James Lord's avatar

Frozen windshields. Here's a helpful tip for all those paid protesters traveling north from warmer climes: Just pour piping hot water on that windshield, and that ice will be gone in a snap. Of course, this tip is of little use to those traveling by skateboard.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

LOL! And so will their windshields!

Paula Mitchell's avatar

Lol, that's for the laughs! The lady Gaga story was rich and how the elites think and WOW! that was a protective a emu, anyway thanks again and to everyone have a nice weekend!

VictorDianne Watson's avatar

😂😂😂

Really funny memes today. The one where it says to get voter ID to stop Republicans from cheating was great. It just might work since Democrats always want the opposite of what Republicans want. Also, the one about Putin saying he doesn’t need to attack America because the Democrats do it. Thanks for the laughs, Malone’s.

James Schwartz's avatar

Why aren’t politicians being held to account? Aren’t they responsible for our tax money? Shrugging your shoulders and claiming you had no idea no longer works for me. It’s time to create a third party in this nation. It surely won’t be easy but it’s glaring that the two we have now are in cahoots as Trump has done everything through executive order with almost no help from a republican congress that even has to bow to the Dems over DHS and shut the Govt. down briefly. How is this even possible? Recall when the Dems owned congress and Pelosi told us “you gotta vote on the bill to see what’s in it”. I’m beyond pissed with this “uni-party” we are 40 trillion in debt and they are worried about files related to a guy who has been dead for half a decade already. It’s a shell game. They create hysteria over something the media runs with it and the fuckery is going on behind the scenes. It’s happening in England with Nigel Farage being its leader and likely becoming the next Prime Minister. I think a third party that is centrist and appeals to common sense can win now. I’ve had it with these two.

Barbara Lee's avatar

What is needed is responsibility distributed. Any time money and power are centralized you get corruption. The way to stop that is to disperse decision making across the entire population. Or to describe it differently: Seperate spending from funding. Politicians get to propose spending but ONLY citizen taxpayers should be allowed to approve funding. I have lots more to say on this but I’ll spare everyone my ramblings.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

I think things would improve vastly if there were only one topic per bill, and there had to be time to read each one. The number of bills presented would go down and Congress would know what they were voting for.

Nicholas Edward Bednarski, MD's avatar

Responsibility distributed? As in government at the lowest level? Now you’re quoting Jefferson.

James Schwartz's avatar

Concur. I’m just angry and this two party system was exactly what the forefathers were worried about. We the people need to rise up!

Joy Metcalf's avatar

" Trump has done everything through executive order with almost no help from a republican congress "

Not only Trump but the number of executive orders has gone way up over the past several presidents. This is clearly unconstitutional since the Executive is not supposed to MAKE law, that's the purview of Congress. Like it or not, Congress is the legislative branch and they're do nothings.

I'd love to see a third party, but Congress has placed many obstacles in the way. I don't see it happening anytime soon.

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Nor is,the court but...

James Schwartz's avatar

Yes, I know it’s almost impossible but I’m outta ideas.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

I think a 3rd party really IS a bad idea. It splinters the power of BOTH other parties and has potential to make ALL three of them benign; increases the power, indirectly, of the bureaucratic long-prevailing morons, the President, and SCOTUS.

I still believe strongly in the TWO party system where both are strong and have strong opinions for improving our country. Let the electorate choose and keep their decision and thoughts simple. The electorate does not CARE to make decisions. When they DO(vote) it needs to be a simple enough decision that the results TRULY reflect the will of the majority. A president needs to KNOW he has a mandate to do certain MAJOR things for which he ran on and was elected. With a 3rd party he can only figure he has a mandate for some fraction of the whole-- a much smaller one than if 2 parties! -- a rudder with only a half length blade. He will wander aimlessly across the vast ocean and maroon the damn ship!

Just think back to every time a 3rd party candidate hosed the election-- most prominently with the Great Ross Perot. He would have been a great president but made a great error not accepting the primary and not running as a Republican next time around. He gave up. Instead Clinton arrived thanks to Rosso!

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

Look at the instability of parliamentary govs. How many has France had since WWII? And other examples abound.

Mark Fiedler's avatar

The meme about the bathroom hand dryers reminded me of when these were installed at work. I washed my glasses with soap and water and instead of drying them with a paper towel, I thought it would be a good idea to use the hand dryer. It left a light film with small white specks on my lenses. It's something you would never notice on your hands.

GMoody's avatar

The groundhog memes reminded me of Gutfeld’s comments after he showed the footage of Mad Maxine reclaiming her time 20 times while our most wonderful Treasury Secretary totally ignored her. Gutfeld said Maxine’s groundhog on her head saw its shadow, so we know that means. Personally, I’d love it if Scott Bessent had said that to her! Get that groundhog off your head madam!

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

HE is something else.

and yes, someone should AI a groundhog on Maxine's head meme.

Meemanator's avatar

Sometimes I wish there was a double heart upvote. For those posts that make me laugh out loud in these stressful days. ❤️❤️

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

you can just SECOND it!

James Lord's avatar

For a moment there I thought I was seeing Sydney Sweeney. But then came the gut punch. That's just mean.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

James you are just watching Jesse too often!

. . . somehow the wife noticed her showing up a lot in Vic. Secret garb. . . of course, I took no notice. . .

Brandy's avatar

So many of this weeks funnies were spot on. The best for me was the air hand dryers. My 7 year old grand daughter and I were using a public restroom and using the air dryers. We both stopped and wiped our hands on our pants because it was taking too long. Then we looked at each other and at the same time said, "I like paper towels". We got a little chuckle.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

Do you ever wonder WHO was responsible for placing high electrical input devices in the restrooms?

Surely not the paper companies; maybe the Greenies who put nails in timber cut plots.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

Who is the woman in the "I hate America and Americans" meme? And here's a great article I found about "hating" America (pst...he doesn't) .

https://www.goabroad.com/articles/why-hate-america

Micheal Nash, Ph. D.'s avatar

The new governor of Va.?

beccar1954's avatar

Yes, our new governor. Just elected Queen.

Richard's avatar

Great pic of Spamburger....

GMoody's avatar

Yes, also great pic of her underwear collection too!