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Vance rebrands DOGE's failure into an 870,000-person 'Heartland fraud surge'; trade press calls it a win for Vance.

“They flag 870,000 loan cases and slap "Heartland" on it so the guy running the press conference can run on it in 2028, and the same week they're ordering every state agency to report on immigrant families just to keep the welfare check flowing. Same government, same month, two totally different levels of scrutiny depending on who's got no lobbyist. That's not fraud prevention, that's a campaign ad wearing a badge.”

Sal

“This is just responsible stewardship — DOGE said it would find fraud, it found 870,000 cases, that's the return taxpayers were promised. And the reporting mandate for state welfare rolls, that's just data integrity, totally unrelated to — did I say unrelated? Same DOJ, same week, but look, the Heartland surge speaks for itself. Huge for the Heartland. Huge.”

Chip

The receipts

The Pentagon has failed its audit eight years running - the only major federal agency never to pass one Military Times, 19 December 2025

Anti-fraud campaign a boost for JD Vance

Washington Examinerright§22:28 EDT

ANTI-FRAUD CAMPAIGN A BOOST FOR JD VANCE. Has any government enterprise generated more initial excitement, and then more disappointment, than the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, in the first days of this Trump administration? Special government employee Elon Musk’s effort to root out government waste and fraud was admirably…

The DOJ disbanded its crypto enforcement team in April 2025 and ordered inconsistent investigations closed - while the president's family runs a crypto business CNBC, 8 April 2025 (Blanche memo)

Vance says 870K people suspected of COVID-era U.S. fraud barred from federal loans

CBS Newsmainstream§21:20 EDT

A U.S. enforcement push, dubbed "Heartland fraud surge," probed losses involving the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

The DOJ disbanded its crypto enforcement team in April 2025 and ordered inconsistent investigations closed - while the president's family runs a crypto business CNBC, 8 April 2025 (Blanche memo)

Vance says those suspected of defrauding COVID-era programs barred from future federal loans

CBS Newsmainstream§21:07 EDT

Vice President JD Vance announced on Monday that people suspected of defrauding COVID-era programs will be barred from future federal loans.

· States must report illegal immigrants enrolled in welfare programs to federal government, DOJ says from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026

· Koch network launches seven-figure midterm ad campaign targeting five Senate races from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

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