Posted on 01/26/2026 1:22:14 PM PST by Rummyfan
A frightened squid pumps out a cloud of ink as a distraction so it can zip away from danger.
That’s a big part of what’s happening in Minnesota right now.
The state’s Democratic political machine is reacting like a spooked squid to revelations that the machine and its clients are complicit in multi-billion-dollar frauds against the federal government.
And the “ink” being squirted is the not-at-all spontaneous wave of riots erupting against federal authorities in Minneapolis.
The surge came after series of exposés by independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed rampant childcare and Medicaid fraud in Minnesota, focusing public outrage on the abuse of federal funding as an estimated $9 billion of aid meant to educate autistic children and care for the poor went instead into fraudsters’ pockets.
The Treasury Department is probing banks linked to the scandals, the Homeland Security Department launched an investigation of fraudulent refugee applications, and the Small Business Administration has suspended thousands of Minnesota borrowers for suspected COVID-relief loan fraud worth hundreds of millions.
The squid’s tentacles were everywhere.
The House Oversight Committee this month found that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison were not innocent bystanders to the fraud, but actually took part in the cover-up, taking active steps to silence whistleblowers.
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House Oversight Committee found:
<><>Walz and AG Keith Ellison were NOT innocent bystanders,
<><>they actually took part in the Somali govt fraud cover-up,
<><>they took active steps to silence in-the-know whistleblowers.
The two sure do not want to go to jail.....so they are
“creating” distractions to take the heat off themselves.
I totally confess that I get impatient and I have frequently implied that Pam Bondi is useless. But let me take a step back. I will try to be more patient.
That being said, while we all wait for real resolutions to our on-going problems, I feel that Minnesota is where the rubber meets the road.
— Lots of Corruption. Somali Day Care Centers and so much more.
— Riots which are insurrections involving assaults on police and obstruction of investigations.
— Rent-a-mobs funded by outsiders, which Kash Patel is now saying is being tracked.
We can give this time. But, if we quietly “finish the work” in MN and then pull up stakes and shift the emphasis somewhere else — OH? ME? MA? — and play this game all over again, then I do think it’s all pointless. You cannot “investigate” this until 2035. If we are moving toward arrests in MN, that’s fine. But if we’re not, then this is all over.
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