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Where credit is due | Power Line
In the X post below attorney Bill Shipley kindly takes note of “Breaking bad.” In that post I sought to right-size credit for “breaking the story” of “Minnesota’s Somali fraud problem” attributed to those who have filled in…
Breaking bad | Power Line
Walter Kirn is the author of Up In the Air and other novels, an essayist and critic, a frequent collaborator with Matt Taibbi at Racket News. and editor-at-large of County Highway. I enjoy and admire his work. Chris Rufo is…
Today in Minnesota chaos | Power Line
The North Star State cannot keep itself out of the national headlines. As I’ve written a couple of times today, “managed disorder” is part of the Minnesota Democrats’ governing strategy. If their rank-and-file voters can…
Exit Tim Walz, beyond the paywall
I learn from RealClearPolitics this morning that my Washington Examiner column “Exit Tim Walz….” is accessible beyond the paywall at the link. Rereading it now, I don’t think executive editor James Antle touched it. I also…
In re Joe Thompson, Walz compounds disgrace
Whenever Minnesota Governor Tim Walz leaves office, he will leave in disgrace — even puttting the world-beating frauds over which he has presided to one side. He has compiled the worst gubernatorial record in Minnesota…
After Nick Shirley | Power Line
The Washington Free Beacon has published my column on the Nick Shirley video and after. Here it is: “Bring in More Prosecutors: Finally Ending Minnesota’s ‘Never-Ending’ Somali Fraud Schemes Requires Reinforcements.” Please…
A Dose of Reality on the Minnesota Frauds
I don’t know why Nick Shirley’s video has gotten so much attention. For the most part the attention is welcome, but it has engendered quite a few misunderstandings. The national commentary in the wake of Shirley’s video has…
The Frauds In a Nutshell
If you are sick of hearing about the multi-billion dollar frauds in Minnesota, you can skip this one. But news outlets across the country keep asking us about them. This morning, I was on Chicago drive-time radio on the…
Before Nick Shirley — and after
Bill Glahn, Lou Raguse, and other members of the local Twin Cities press have been covering the massive public-programs fraud committed by a large cast of almost exclusively Somali perpetrators for a while now. For those just…
Speaking of fraud | Power Line
Minnesota has been drowning in massive public-programs fraud since at least 2020. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has been conspicuous by his absence. In 2020, however, the Minnesota Department of Education began to…
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