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And it's now time for your daily Fortis News break the production of Fortis Institute.
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Accountability was the word of the day on Capitol Hill, where representative Nancy Mace exposed
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government incompetence during a hearing with Minnesota Governor Tim Walsh, the subject
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of staggering 34,000 percent increase in autism program spending in his state from 1 million
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in 2017 to 343 million in 2024. Much of it tied to fraud linked to the Somali immigrant community.
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Walsh couldn't answer basic questions about the numbers, first claiming he wasn't governor
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in 2017, then admitting he couldn't recall 2024 figures either. Mace pressed in pretty hard,
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are you governor of Minnesota or not? Was her question Walsh snapped, but he wasn't there to be her
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prop, but her closing shot landed the hardest. Thank God you're not the vice presidents.
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And I think a lot of us would say resounding amen to that.
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Speaking of accountability, President Trump showed Homeland Security Secretary
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Christie Knowham the door on Thursday after a series of scandals involving questionable
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deportation ad contracts worth over $200 million. Knowham blamed Trump for approving them,
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Trump told Reuters that he had no knowledge of the deals. The contracts were awarded using
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limited competition to a company incorporated just days prior. Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen,
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a former undefeated MMA fighter, will take over as DHS Secretary of Effective March 31st.
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The FDA meanwhile is rolling out cash bonuses for scientists who complete drug reviews ahead of
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schedule. Commissioner Marty McGrary pitched it to the staff of the line, quote,
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usually everyone loves money. The agency has already lost 20% of its drug review workforce,
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dropped its longtime requirements of two clinical trials for new drugs,
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and deployed AI tools that staffers say hallucinate confidently. On the cultural front and
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overwhelming 83% of Americans support federal age verification for pornographic websites,
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according to a new poll. The support cuts across party lines with House lawmakers debating
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legislation that would force big tech to verify minors can access adult content without parental consent.
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Half the state's already have such laws, almost exclusively with public inland I might add,
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and when Louisiana enacted theirs, Hornhub Traffic dropped almost 80%, rather than comply,
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the site simply shut down in states with verification requirements. That tells you everything
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you need to know about what their business model actually depends on. And finally, a BLM
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chapter founder in Lake County, Illinois, went viral after getting into a fist fight with a female
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colleague. After she demanded money for cigarettes and accused him of blowing donations on gambling,
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both ended up with busted lips. Neither press charges, the woman told officers,
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she didn't want to see a black man go to jail. You honestly couldn't write a better script if you
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tried. That wraps up today's Fortis news break. I'm Jimmy Hicks. If you want more, you can
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