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[SVPete]

UN Promises Bankruptcy by July Unless Trump Gives Lots of Cash

https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/01/31/un-promises-bankruptcy-by-july-unless-trump-gives-lots-of-cash-n2198714

Deep in mid-winter blues and suffering through never-ending images of shrieking Karens, their soy-boys and the judges and elected officials obstructing the deportation of rapists, fraudsters, and run-of-the-mill 75 IQ illegals, I thought we could use a pick-me-up, a bit of cheerful news. Well, I've got it. The UN is facing bankruptcy. UN operations may cease by the end of February, and the last flabby, underworked UN bureaucrat could receive a final check, assuming it doesn't bounce, in July.

The United Nations said on Friday that it was facing imminent financial collapse and would run out of money by July if countries, namely the United States, did not pay their annual dues that amount to billions of dollars.

Senior U.N. officials said that if the cash ran out, the agency would be forced to shut down its landmark headquarters in New York by August. The U.N. Security Council, a 15-member body responsible for maintaining international peace and stability, convenes its meetings at U.N. headquarters.

Sounds like the UN is panic-mongering to wring more $$$$ out of the US. Not that I would mind the UN having an actual $$$$ crisis.

[SVPete]

Fulton County's Voter Rolls Might Have a Massive Problem

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/01/31/fulton-county-n2670452

Georgia state-law requires that voters register using their primary residence rather than a P.O. box or any other type of address. In Dolezal’s newly released video, he revealed numerous allegedly fraudulent registration locations across Fulton County according to the January voter rolls.

He discovered that 70 people were registered at a single UPS store, 19 people registered at an abandoned home, 138 people registered at a location run by virtual mailbox business Physical Address, 1900 people registered at a homeless shelter outside of the Georgia State Capitol, 70 people registered at a homeless shelter that closed nearly a decade ago, and 96 people registered at a second UPS store.

Dolezal also revealed that thousands of people were registered to vote with a birth year of 1800 or 1900. Jason Fraizer, who did much of the background research for Dolezal, claims that these birth years are used when an individual does not know their date of birth, and therefore cannot be verified as a legal resident. Frazier also stated that the voter rolls contain hundreds of duplicate registrations or multiple variations of the same name of a registered voter at a single address.

[SVPete]

Biggest revelations from final Epstein documents include lavish gifts to top Obama lawyer

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/biggest-revelations-final-epstein-documents-include-lavish-gifts-top

Never-before-seen emails were included in the newly-released Jeffrey Epstein case files on Friday.

The emails from the U.S. Justice Department files show the convicted sex criminal gave former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler luxury gifts, including a Hermes-branded Apple Watch, a $9,400 Hermes handbag, and a spa treatment package at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Correspondence between Washington Commanders and Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris and Epstein were included in the latest files released.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Harris had correspondence with Epstein after his guilty plea in 2008 for solicitation of prostitution with a minor, but prior to his arrest on child sex trafficking charges in 2019.
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Based on the emails released, it appears Harris met with Epstein in November 2014.

“Did you have fun at breakfast?” Epstein wrote to Harris.

“Yes very much,” he responded. “Thank you for inviting me.”

Epstein mentioned the meeting in a later email with Bank of America president Paul Morris.

“as you might know I had a recent breadkfst at the hosue with ron baron. josh harris, and billgates,” Epstein wrote in January 2015.

Newly disclosed communications showed that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick coordinated a trip to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, Little St. James, in December 2012. The emails indicate Lutnick and his family, along with friends and children, arranged to meet Epstein for a meal on the island.

Not exactly bombshell-grade, but Epstein was acquainted with and around a lot of prominent people. No Gotcha-Trumps, so Trump-Hating Proggies are going full-CT, as they probably planned.

[SVPete]

Georgia Lawmaker Allegedly Took $13K in COVID Unemployement Benefits While Working Up to 3 Jobs

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/01/31/georgia-rep-allegedly-took-13k-in-covid-benefits-while-working-3-jobs-n2670450

Another Democrat Georgia state lawmaker has been charged with COVID fraud.

Dexter L. Sharper, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, was charged with making false statements to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars of emergency pandemic unemployment assistance payments.

According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg and court documents, in 2020, in response to the forced closures of businesses and unprecedented economic hardship resulting from the COVID-19 emergency, the U.S. Congress created special unemployment compensation programs to provide cash assistance to individuals who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

I do not care about the party or skin color, fraudsters need to do prison time. Make the risk of doing crime high.