Epstein Secrets

ave blissfully allowed the outside world to think of our city as overrated, but going to let you in on a little secret: in addition to the wonderful Southern California weather it's pretty much the best place on the planet — if you know how to do it right. That means avoiding tourist traps at all costs, indulging l

ense spending accounts for almost 20 percent of all federal spending — nearly as much as Social Security, or the combined spending for Medicare and Medicaid. The sheer size of the defense budget suggests that it should be part of any serious effort to address America's long-term fiscal challenges. Nation

g strong effectiveness in Israel and the United Kingdom, and in initial studies of health-care workers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center and in Southern California." Reuters (3/29, Banerjee, Chander), Bloomberg (3/29, Tozzi, 3.57M), and Axios (3/29, Fernandez, 1.26M) also report, while the Boston Globe (3/29,

ntinue to "block access for 2 million Americans." The Post concedes that although "some holdout states appear to reconsidering" their opposition to Medicaid expansion, Florida and Texas are not, which means "more than 1 million low-income Americans will lack coverage that the federal government wants to

can Mafia Across SoCal Patch (07/24, Houck) reported that the FBI announced the arrest of 5 people associated with the Mexican Mafia prison gang in Southern California. The arrests were part of a multi-agency investigation led by the FBI's San Diego Field Office, which also resulted in the seizure of guns, drugs, a

inistration is facing scrutiny after the FBI launched an investigation into fraud in Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services program, which uses Medicaid funds to help older adults and people with disabilities. According to the article, the investigation is the latest in a series of fraud cases in sta

crackdown coincided with similar ICE operations in Boston and Houston and came on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court allowed immigration raids in Southern California without "reasonable suspicion" of legal status. An ICE press release noted that the FBI assisted in the operation. FBI Offers $10K Reward in Unsolv

reported that Kelley Oliver-Hollis, the owner of Serenitycare LLC, pleaded guilty to health care fraud and other crimes, resulting in $2 million in Medicaid overpayments. According to the article, Oliver-Hollis admitted to scheming to overbill Pennsylvania's Medicaid program from 2018 to 2023, and failin

berg's studio and not, say, Universal, a travelling spokesman replied, "DreamWorks obviously is a thriving business and is creating lots of jobs in Southern California. And the fact of the matter is Mr. Katzenberg's support for the President's policies has no bearing on our decision to visit there." That's pretty

arrative of righteous struggle. He pledged "collective action" on economic fairness, and declared that the legacy of Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid does "not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great." Pfeiffer said, "His point was that Congress won