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Posted on 04/07/2026 5:22:19 AM PDT by CFW
A federal court rejected Minnesota’s attempt to restart Medicaid funding that the Trump administration had halted over concerns people are stealing the money, with the judge saying even the state has acknowledged it has a “serious fraud problem.”
Judge Eric Tostrud, a Trump appointee, said Minnesota may still prevail later in the case, but for now the feds are on relatively solid legal footing in deferring more than $250 million in Medicaid money to prod the state to combat fraud.
“Though Minnesota credibly complains that the federal government’s deferral is historically unprecedented in its size and timing, I conclude on this record that the deferral likely complies with the controlling federal regulations,” the judge wrote.
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“The ruling is a striking win for President Trump, who had ordered his administration to take steps to punish Minnesota over a series of public benefit scandals, particularly involving the Minneapolis area’s large Somali community.
Vice President J.D. Vance and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz personally announced the Medicaid money freeze in February.
State Attorney General Keith Ellison then sued to try to keep the money flowing, saying legitimate beneficiaries may be harmed as the state tries to deal with its fraud problem.”
A rational judge? Who’da Thunkit?
There needs to be an auto shut off switch.
Where if it can be proven that any $$ above X% is fruad ALL funding stops.
Looks like the Rats in Minnesota won’t be getting their kickbacks in time for midterms...
There are NO “legitimate beneficiaries” of MY money outside of me.
As Thomas Sowell asked, “What is your fair share of the money someone else has earned?”
MEGA DITTOS! I do not support cutting off welfare to illegals. I support cutting all welfare to everyone. I have no more obligation to support a citizen with my income anymore than I do an illegal.
Keep those deportation flights comin’. The more, the better.
Bingo!
Rat politicians hardest hit
Thank God!
“President Trump, who had ordered his administration to take steps to punish Minnesota “
So taking steps to stop the fraud is “punishing Minnesota”, yeah ok.
Did someone in the Demoncratic Party screw up and allow a conservative judge to rule on something?
Minnesota has no legitimate beneficiaries.
Minnesota has resigned from thw Union and there are no Americans there to receive the funds
“””” I have no more obligation to support a citizen with my income anymore than I do an illegal.””””
How dare you object to being a slave to the political system. Think of all the women and children that the thieving left politicians support on your hard work. How will they be able to go on vacations?
FYI
A number of “foreign judges” (judges born outside the U.S. or
citizens of other countries) serve on local, county-level courts.
Federal Context: While the U.S. judiciary does not generally hire foreign judges to serve on local benches, many judges in the U.S. system are immigrants. For instance, reports have noted that in some districts, such as the District of Columbia, a portion of judges were born outside the United States.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC): Despite the “foreign” in its name, this is a U.S. federal court composed of American judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States, and it handles matters relating to foreign intelligence.
International Context: Research into “traveling judges” on international commercial courts found that American judges rarely serve on foreign commercial courts (only one was identified in a 2022 study).
The United States Constitution and state laws generally require judges to be U.S. citizens.
Therefore, there are no foreign nationals sitting as judges in U.S. county courts.
Facebook Mar 26, 2025 — One-third of the 15 judges in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, were born outside the United States.......
Why not just make the states pay back all the stolen money before any new funds are given. Or just take the stolen money from the money they were to have received?
Does anyone remember a commercial that used to be on TV of a young black couple in their modest apartment, where young wife is ironing, young husband comes home dejected, wife asks him, did you get the job, he puts head down sadly.
Does anyone remember a commercial that used to be on TV of a young black couple in their modest apartment, where young wife is ironing, young husband comes home dejected, wife asks him, did you get the job, he puts head down sadly.
I remember something like that. I think it was Folgers coffee.
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