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From Safe Haven to Systemic Betrayal: How San Diego’s Polinsky Children’s Center Failed the Smiel Family

Hundreds of lawsuits, state violations, and survivor accounts paint a devastating portrait of San Diego County’s flagship children’s shelter — the same facility where Giselle Smiel’s kids were taken before being handed to their abusive father.
Polinsky’s story reveals how California’s “child-protection” pipeline can deliver children straight back into danger.

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The Silence of the Brave: How Nancy Schaefer’s Death Unmasked a Web of Government Corruption Beyond CPS

When Georgia State Senator Nancy Schaefer dared to expose the cash-for-kids corruption inside Child Protective Services, she uncovered more than bureaucratic mismanagement—she revealed a government-funded machine incentivized to destroy families. Months later, she was found dead. Labeled a murder-suicide by authorities, her death silenced one of the only voices willing to call CPS what it had become: a taxpayer-backed child trafficking operation. But the rot doesn’t end there. From family courts to federally funded NGOs, a sprawling web of secrecy and profit thrives—shielded by immunity, powered by incentives, and enforced through silence.

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Child Taken, Then Lost Forever: Did Judicial Overreach in New Mexico Lead to Baby Skylar’s Death?

The tragic case of ten-month-old Skylar’s death in New Mexico raises alarms about the power of family courts and child welfare systems. Removed from her mother due to unproven concerns, Skylar died in state custody, highlighting flaws in a system prioritizing risk management over family preservation. Calls for reform echo throughout the narrative.

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