Dawn Targets Citizens Bank’s Anti-ICE Surrender As Vance’s Task Force Stops Millions To Dead People

The Dawn Stensland Show breaks down major taxpayer savings, corporate capitulation, and political hypocrisy across the country and right here in Pennsylvania. We start with the mind-blowing findings coming out of the federal waste, fraud, and abuse task force overseen by VP JD Vance. Dawn breaks down how Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blocked nearly $100 million in federal payments from being sent directly to dead people, with up to $350 million more expected to be stopped by the end of the year. The crew reacts to the eye-popping scale of unmonitored federal payouts, including CMS pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota over suspected fraud. Dawn credits early efforts to digitize and track every single tax dollar—comparing the tracking systems to the electronic bibs used by riders in the upcoming Families Behind the Badge Children's Foundation City to Shore ride. Dawn fires off on Citizens Bank following their announcement that they are winding down financial relationships with private prison operators CoreCivic and the GEO Group—companies contracted by ICE to run immigration detention facilities. We react to the "De-ICE Citizens Bank" activist campaign and local municipal pressure from New Jersey city councils that led to this decision. Dawn argues that cutting ties with contractors supporting federal law enforcement is a passive-aggressive slap in the face to ICE, border security, and law enforcement officers. Listeners weigh in on the corporate de-banking trend, with callers threatening to pull six-figure accounts over the bank’s decision to bow to activist pressure. We welcome back commentator Guy Ciarrocchi to break down the broader fallout of corporate virtue signaling, immigration enforcement realities, and local political battles. Ciarrocchi emphasizes that DHS and federal agents have located over 145,000 missing children and saved 60,000 from potential trafficking—accomplishments completely ignored by anti-ICE campaigns. The conversation then shifts to Governor Josh Shapiro's school choice reversal, as Ciarrocchi highlights the governor’s decision to veto school choice legislation despite sending his own children to private faith-based schools. We discuss the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit, why Pennsylvania remains one of the few states stalling on the program, and why accurate, clean voter rolls are essential for election integrity.