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for reference, $14.6 billion would buy - just over 1 ford class aircraft carrier - more than 7 b-2 bombers - more than 176 f-35A - almost 3400 m-1 tanks

Largest Justice Department Health Care Fraud Takedown in History More than Doubles Prior Record of $6 Billion The Justice Department today announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals, in 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General’s Offices across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes involving over $14.6 billion in intended loss. The Takedown involved federal and state law enforcement agencies across the country and represents an unprecedented effort to combat health care fraud schemes that exploit patients and taxpayers. Demonstrating the significant return on investment that results from health care fraud enforcement efforts, the government seized over $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles, cryptocurrency, and other assets as part of the coordinated enforcement efforts. As part of the whole-of-government approach to combating health care fraud announced today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also announced that it successfully prevented over $4 billion from being paid in response to false and fraudulent claims and that it suspended or revoked the billing privileges of 205 providers in the months leading up to the Takedown. Civil charges against 20 defendants for $14.2 million in alleged fraud, as well as civil settlements with 106 defendants totaling $34.3 million, were also announced as part of the Takedown. more at https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-324-defendants-charged-connection-over-146

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that “there is no excuse for this kind of appalling hate speech.” ok who kidnapped starmer and replaced him with a doppelganger?

recommended viewing if you are about to buy a large appliance from lowe's, home depot, etc

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post employee is charged with possession of child pornography. The FBI took 48-year-old Thomas LeGro into custody Thursday after searching his home on Alton Place in Northwest D.C. Agents seized a laptop computer containing 11 videos depicting child pornography, the FBI said. The laptop belongs to LeGro, according to a federal criminal complaint. When agents entered the house, they saw what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive in a basement hallway and the empty cover of a hard drive in a basement office, according to the criminal complaint. LeGro was in the doorway at the top of the stairs to the basement. more at https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/pulitzer-post-employee-child-pornography/3946411/

you stole my future!

he's too busy swinging in the treetops.

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having been there and done that: - the other person has goals that do not match with yours (i.e. you want kids, they do not). i suspect there are other life goals that do not match up with each other. - he/she is verbally abusive - he/she has a temper issue - he/she makes you jump through hoops in order to please him/her - that his mother showed zero empathy means the apple didn't fall far from the tree with her son. - i have to wonder just how much truth was told to you about his criminal history you have dodged a huge bullet with that person. there is nothing worth salvaging here. yes, it hurts now, but imagine the torment you would have gone through with this person had you come to the states only to be left high and dry with his antics.

U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says The move is the first time the U.S. has attacked Iran and a major escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran. U.S. involvement has divided Republicans, including Trump's closest allies. The United States bombed multiple nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Saturday. The airstrikes are the first time the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran, and they further escalated a military conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," Trump said in a social media post. "All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home." Trump added, "Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter." more at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-strikes-iranian-nuclear-site-trump-says-rcna213781

when you evolve you learn how to swim.........

chimps have a savior

apparently monkeys don't like some monkeys

i'm guessing that "ortho" is for orthopedic and not orthodontic?

one of my favorite youtube pilots is 74 gear

A former Coast Guard lieutenant and sharpshooter has been arrested for allegedly making threats to kill President Trump. A 19-page Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit lists out scores of alleged social media threats by Peter Stinson, who served 33 years in the U.S. Coast Guard through 2021, and also served as a Federal Emergency Management Agency instructor. The social media posts quoted in charging documents, which span from 2020 to 2025, include online statements that suggested using a gun, a knife and poison against Mr. Trump. In several cases, Stinson allegedly said he didn't have the skills to kill Mr. Trump himself, but said he's willing to "serve in a support capacity" or raise money for a "contract hit." Federal investigators also allege within 48 hours of the 2024 attempted assassination of Mr. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Stinson posted: "Just three inches and today would be a different day," followed by criticisms of the shooter's skills. more at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-coast-guard-officer-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-president-trump/

if you bury him, perhaps bury the toys with him so he can play with them in heaven - which is where all dogs go.

your best bet is to talk to the vietnamese embassy

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