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    <description>Everyone on the record about welfare: 4 verbatim quotes from 2 people, January 2026 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to…</description>
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      <title>JD Vance: Vance says Paul LePage doubled the number of fraud investigators in Maine while cracking down on wel</title>
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      <description>“We saw that Paul LePage crackdown on the epidemic of welfare fraud and abuse happening in cities like Lewiston. He doubled the number of investigators he had in the state going after fraud.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>JD Vance: Vance frames the November election as a choice between jobs and welfare checks.</title>
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      <description>“And we&#x27;ve got a choice in November. Do we want a party that provides good jobs or a party that provides a lot of welfare checks?” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove argues security is government&#x27;s first responsibility and UK must cut welfare to</title>
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      <description>“That&#x27;s too little, too late. They need to up to 5%, and all they have to do is to cut the welfare budget.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Sir Richard Dearlove: Dearlove says UK must cut welfare spending to fund defense, requiring economic sacrifice</title>
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      <description>“And the most important way in The UK to do this is to cut the welfare budget and to spend it on defense. And we have to make sacrifices.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, TalkTV</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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