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Suspended Georgia Rep Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud



•   July 31, 2026




A suspended state representative in Georgia has pleaded guilty in federal court to unemployment fraud dealings made during the COVID-19 pandemic era.

Sharon Henderson, the third official in a string of Georgia Democrats to plead guilty, admitted to fraudulent unemployment dealings resulting from the 2020 pandemic, collecting a total of $17,811.

“While running for and holding political office, Representative Henderson was fleecing taxpayers, lying to steal money from federal programs intended to help people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic,” U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg said in a press release.

“Her prosecution and conviction demonstrate that elected officials who enrich themselves through fraud will be held accountable for violating the public’s trust.”

In June 2020, while running for election to the Georgia General Assembly, Henderson submitted an application for federal pandemic unemployment compensation. While applying for benefits, she stated that she was employed with Henry County Schools, despite the fact that she had not worked there in nearly two years, according to the Department of Justice.

Prior to that, she worked as a substitute teacher for a week. While working as a substitute teacher for the school system, she had signed an acknowledgment form stating that her role as a substitute teacher did not qualify her for unemployment benefits. 

While appearing in court in December 2025, Henderson pleaded not guilty, the Georgia Recorder reported. In January, Gov. Brian Kemp suspended her from her position as a state representative.

Her seat was left empty during the state Legislature’s 2026 session and the following special session. 

Officials have commented on the situation. “Pandemic relief programs were created to help Americans facing genuine hardship—not to enrich those willing to lie for personal gain,” Marlo Graham, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta, said in a press release.

He continued, “When an elected official abuses taxpayer-funded programs through fraud, it undermines public confidence in both government institutions and the integrity of public service.”

According to the DOJ, Henderson falsely claimed that she had worked for Henry County Schools throughout the duration of 2019 until March 10, 2020. Additionally, she stated that she had proof of earnings through pay stubs and that she was unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following this, she submitted false certifications on a weekly basis, stating that she could not get to her place of work due to a pandemic quarantine. Following her swearing-in as a state representative, she submitted eight false certifications in June of 2021, according to the DOJ.

According to the Georgia Recorder, Hertzberg said Henderson continued to receive unemployment compensation after being sworn in as a state representative in 2021.

Henderson represented District 113, encompassing Newton County and a portion of Covington, for six years, following her victory over incumbent Democrat Pam Dickerson in 2020. She was successfully reelected in both 2022 and 2024. 

However, in April 2026, during the Democratic Party primary race, she lost in her effort to unseat incumbent state Sen. Tonya Anderson.

Karla Daniels Hooper, a Democrat, will run against Don Scarbrough, a Republican, this November for the district’s seat.

Two other Democrats, Rep. Karen Bennett and Rep. Dexter Sharper, both former Georgia legislators, pleaded guilty earlier in the year on related counts. Bennett was mandated to pay back nearly $14,000 and a $1,000 fine but did not receive a jail sentence from U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross.

Henderson is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 3, appearing before U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown. Assistant U.S. Attorney Garrett L. Bradford will serve as the prosecutor.

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Public assistance issues stem from the programs being administered y people who don't have any skin in the game aka socialism


Public assistance was built for Americans in genuine need. A culture of entitlement has turned too many benefit programs into targets for organized theft.

America’s debate over poverty has undergone a remarkable and troubling transformation. Two centuries ago, the central challenge was persuading needy people to accept public assistance. Today, the challenge is preventing people from fraudulently claiming benefits to which they were never entitled.

That trajectory tells us something profound about the nation’s changing moral culture.

What had once been viewed as a last resort gradually came to be seen as an entitlement detached from personal responsibility.

Alexis de Tocqueville noticed something remarkable when he traveled through America in the early 1830s. Unlike Europe, where poverty often produced permanent dependence upon the state or aristocratic patrons, Americans possessed an almost universal determination to remain independent. They formed voluntary associations to care for neighbors in distress, but they regarded prolonged dependence as inconsistent with the character of a free citizen.

That observation reflected a broader understanding shared by the American founders and the generation that followed them.

Every state maintained some provision for public relief, but it was deliberately limited and administered locally. It existed for those genuinely incapable of caring for themselves — the disabled, widows, orphans, and others facing extraordinary hardship. Families, churches, fraternal organizations, and private charities bore the primary responsibility for helping the poor.

Public charity carried a social stigma — not because Americans lacked compassion, but because they believed that independence was itself a form of human dignity.

Justice Joseph Story explained that republican government depended upon a virtuous and independent citizenry. The ideal citizen governed himself before participating in governing others. Economic independence fostered political independence; citizens who could support themselves were less susceptible to manipulation by those dispensing favors or public largesse.

One of the striking features of early America is not that assistance was unavailable, but that many people who qualified for relief were reluctant to seek it.

Contemporary accounts from several states — including New Jersey — describe respectable men and women enduring extraordinary hardship before accepting public charity. To modern ears, such reluctance may seem irrational. To them, it was a matter of preserving self-respect.

That moral instinct — that accepting public assistance should be exceptional rather than ordinary — formed an essential part of the American understanding of citizenship until the 20th century.

The first cracks in that understanding appeared during the Progressive Era and deepened during the New Deal. Faced with industrialization, urban poverty, and the Great Depression, Americans increasingly looked to government to perform functions that earlier generations had entrusted to institutions outside the government.

Much of that expansion responded to genuine crises, and programs such as Social Security reflected the extraordinary circumstances of their time.

Even so, the nation’s underlying philosophy was beginning to change. Government was no longer viewed simply as a safety net for those unable to care for themselves; it increasingly became expected to solve all social and economic problems.

The shift was gradual and often justified by necessity. But it subtly weakened the older assumption that public assistance should remain exceptional, temporary, and closely tied to preserving personal independence.

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Then came the Great Society, which transformed that gradual evolution into a new governing philosophy.

It was no longer enough for government to provide a backstop against destitution. Washington now assumed responsibility for eliminating poverty itself, dramatically expanding both the scope of public assistance and the expectation that government would provide it.

Lyndon Johnson’s anti-poverty initiatives promised not merely to relieve poverty, but to eradicate it. The federal government assumed responsibilities that had traditionally rested with families, churches, private charities, and local communities. Welfare increasingly became not an emergency measure but a permanent feature of American life.

Though the Great Society’s architects believed they were expanding compassion, they failed to appreciate that they were also reshaping character. As benefits expanded and eligibility became more complex, government increasingly rewarded dependency rather than independence. Bureaucracies grew. Incentives shifted. Entire industries arose to help people maximize government benefits rather than minimize their reliance upon them.

Most importantly, the moral understanding surrounding public assistance changed.

What had once been viewed as a last resort gradually came to be seen as an entitlement detached from personal responsibility. The question shifted from “Do I truly need help?” to “What benefits can I qualify for?”

Today, we appear to have entered yet another stage.

The headlines are filled not merely with dependency, but with outright theft. Fraudulent unemployment claims. Identity theft used to obtain government benefits. Organized criminal enterprises exploiting Medicare and Medicaid. Billions of dollars in pandemic relief stolen through fake applications and fictitious businesses. International criminal organizations siphoning taxpayer dollars from programs intended to help struggling Americans.

In state after state, investigators have uncovered elaborate schemes involving food assistance, housing subsidies, disability payments, and health care reimbursements.

That is not to say that every welfare recipient is dishonest or even dependent. The overwhelming majority of Americans who receive public assistance are law-abiding citizens, many facing genuine hardship. But a system that steadily weakens the connection between work and reward inevitably creates opportunities — and temptations — for abuse.

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Friday, July 31, 2026

Kamala

Kamala Harris’ new $8M mansion is in a neighborhood with virtually no black residents



By 
Robert Schmad , Fox News
Published July 30, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PT
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Jew hatred is an intrinsic belief of Islam

Rotary forgets its own values and history in elevating bigot to leadership


Rotary International is one of the most respected service organizations in the world. So it is disappointing that the organization has chosen someone with a history of bigoted language to lead its “Orange County L.A.” chapter.

Farrah N. Khan is a former Irvine mayor, and was, until recently, a respected member of the community. She is not related to the notorious anti-white and anti-Jewish leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, despite their similar names — but their rhetoric sounds similar of late.

Khan’s bigotry emerged in the wake of the Hamas terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. She posted an Al Jazeera article about an alleged “Israeli” attack on a girls’ school in Minab, Iran. She added: “The sick pedophiles/cannibals are doing what they do best.”

It turns out that the airstrike on the Minab school, near an Iranian military base, was carried out by the US, not by Israel. And the phrase “pedophiles/cannibals” appeared to reference Jeffrey Epstein (who happened to be Jewish) while also paying homage to a medieval anti-Jewish blood libel.

A group of people holding a "Rotary Orange County LA" banner in front of large blue letters.
Rotary International is one of the most respected service organizations in the world. So it is disappointing that the organization has chosen someone with a history of bigoted language to lead its “Orange County L.A.” chapter. Facebook/@rotaryclubocla
Farrah Khan walking in Orange County, holding a phone.
Farrah N. Khan is a former Irvine mayor, and was, until recently, a respected member of the community. Rafael Fontoura for CA Post

Khan later claimed she was referring to the Israeli military and government officials. But it was not her only unhinged post.

Khan made these statements after she left office. And she is entitled to say whatever she wants, under the First Amendment.

But she made them in public, so they are fair game for scrutiny. And Khan’s rhetoric contrasts sharply with what Rotary believes.

As local community leader Julie Heiman wrote at The California Post recently, Rotary is famous for its “Four-Way Test”: “1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”

Irvine Mayor Farrah Khan speaking at a vigil for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.
Khan later claimed she was referring to the Israeli military and government officials. But it was not her only unhinged post. MediaNews Group via Getty Images

Clearly, Khan’s statements fail that test — as does Rotary’s decision to elevate her.

Rotary has faced criticism in the past. In 1953, a Rotary Club in London hosted a speaker who delivered a lecture on “The Case for Apartheid.”

In Nazi Germany, many Rotary clubs complied with the regime and kicked out Jewish or “free-thinking” members. A few did not. Those expelled included intellectual Thomas Mann and future West German prime minister Konrad Adenauer.

Today, Rotarians study these painful episodes to learn how to avoid the mistakes of the past.

Selecting someone with openly bigoted views suggests that Rotary has yet to take the lessons of history to heart.



By 
CA Post Editorial Board
Published July 30, 2026, 4:53 p.m. PT
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