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The Virginia man arrested and charged with placing pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic National Committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol told investigators in a lengthy confession that he wasn't targeting the joint session of Congress that was convening to certify former President Joe Biden's election win, according to a new court filing. In a multiple-hour interview with authorities following his Dec. 4 arrest, Brian Cole allegedly admitted his actions in placing the pipe bombs after initially denying any involvement, prosecutors said.

A video exposing childcare centers in Minnesota that were allegedly involved in fraud has caused leftist Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) officials to go on defense. A spokesperson for his office defended him and claimed the governor has long worked to stop fraud, Fox News reported Sunday. “The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action. He has strengthened oversight — including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed,” the official said, adding Walz “hired an outside firm to audit payments to...

Miffed that Minnesota has been garnering the lion's share of recent news on welfare fraud, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) pointed out that "my state has been cited for $76 billion in welfare fraud in the past year alone. We are far ahead of anything Gov. Walz has achieved in his state. I dare say, that if a multi-year examination of fraud statistics were conducted we would show the most robust losses of tax dollars of any state over any period of time in our nation's history." Walz countered, saying "I've received almost 100 letters from panicked mayors urging me to...

When ingredients get expensive, definitions start changing. If a label needs more words, something real was removed. Corporations didn’t make chocolate worse by accident. BRIEFING Grant here. It really seems like slowly but surely all the foods we buy and consume are being quietly and covertly replaced with imposters. And what’s more, it’s literally happening right under our noses. The latest victim in this secret swap-out is chocolate, the decadent, velvety treat that we all eat by the pound. Basically, what looks like a harmless label change on your favorite chocolate bar is actually a signal of how corporations respond...

Minnesota Republicans rallied at the Capitol on Tuesday in an effort to put a new state flag design before voters this fall. About two dozen people met on the Capitol steps to call for keeping Minnesota’s current state flag that features the state seal at the center of a dark blue background. Several held up or waved the flags as GOP lawmakers and others voiced frustration about the process that generated new state flag and seal designs. “I’m wearing a T-shirt today that says, ‘Erasing history never goes well.’ And that’s what we believe is happening here,” Minnesota Republican Party...

From Fox9 - 2018 Minnesota criminal prosecution evidence against Somali daycare fraudsters. In surveillance video, Somali parents would take their kids to the daycare, check them in, and then leave with them shortly after. The owners of the daycare would then bill the state for a full day of childcare-- and give the parents a cut of the payments for being in on the fraud.

While President Donald Trump is negotiating with Russian and Ukrainian officials to end the war between the two countries, some in the Russian delegation are already undermining the progress.... Trump also noted how Ukraine's parliament will need to approve any peace deal with Russia. He is also willing to speak directly to the parliament to get them on board with the deal. 'I’ve offered to go and speak to their parliament,' Trump told reporters on Sunday at a press conference following his meeting with Zelensky. 'I’d have no problem with doing it.'

Did you know Minnesota has same day voter registration? Same Day Voter Registration Statistics 2008: +542,257 2012: +527,867 2016: +353,179 2020: +259,742 2024: +296,287 Margin of Victory for Democrats 2008: +🟦297,923 2012: +🟦226,093 2016: +🟦44,765 2020: +🟦233,012 2024: +🟦137,947 According to state law, 1 registered voter can also vouch for up to 8 others in a precinct.

Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson announced Friday that he was undergoing a major medical operation after discovering a “serious” health issue. Hanson made the announcement on his show, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” and stated that he was presented with a “serious problem” that was difficult to diagnose. He will undergo surgery on Tuesday and take a break from hosting his show during his recovery. “I’m having a major operation, and I’ve got a major problem and I’m gonna have a major effort to solve it and that’s all I can do,” Hanson said. “And I...

Sure, Somalis may have stolen at least $9 billion dollars in Minnesota over the past few years, but have you heard about the rest of the country? This fine American, who bills himself as "God's most retarded soldier" 😂, is one person who is trying to set up a database to track Somali fraud schemes across the United States. The SomaliScam website, still in its infancy, allows users to quickly see where verified and potential fraud cases have been identified. There's not much information logged at the moment, and many of the businesses identified in other states appear to be...

Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s Attorney General, can clearly be heard pledging his support to individuals who would soon become his family’s campaign donors and later Feeding Our Future criminal defendants. His recorded statements flatly contradict his contemporaneous public statements and raise uncomfortable questions about the intersection between political fundraising and constituent services. American Experiment has exclusively obtained the complete 54-minute, 44-second audio file of a private December 2021 meeting between state Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison and key figures in the Feeding Our Future scandal. As I wrote last week, the audio file was named as Exhibit 710 on the evidence...

The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to “adapt, shrink or die” in a time of new financial realities. The money is a small fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past but reflects what the administration believes is a generous amount that will maintain the United States’ status as the world’s largest humanitarian donor. The pledge creates an umbrella fund from which money will be doled out to individual agencies and priorities, a key...

ST. PAUL, MN — In response to growing allegations of fraud tied to Minnesota's Somali community, Governor Tim Walz announced he had awarded an $8 billion grant to a Somali company to find the perpetrators. "I'm sparing no expense to find those responsible," Governor Walz announced. "That's why I'm consulting with a Somali private detective agency. They know when to run a mean pick-six." "They also run a nifty daycare center," he added. To date, approximately $18 billion has been lost to fraud in Minnesota through fake social service programs run by Somalis, some of whom may be in the...

A 54-minute secret recording from a December 11, 2021, closed-door meeting inside Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s official state office is resurfacing amid explosive revelations that 70 Somali community members in Minnesota participated in stealing $250 million in federal COVID child-feeding funds. On the tape released by American Experiment earlier this year, Ellison sympathizes with, encourages, and ultimately promises assistance to a group of Somali-American business leaders, many of whom would later be charged or convicted in the largest COVID relief fraud scheme in U.S. history. The fraudulent operation, centered around the notorious nonprofit Feeding Our Future, stole an estimated...

Mission-driven groups will get an early chance to make offers on properties that can be rehabilitated and preserved as affordable. he New York City Council passed a revised version of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), a law that gives certain nonprofits an early right to bid on available properties that could be rehabilitated and preserved as affordable housing. As Jeanmarie Evelly explains in City Limits, the law “specifically targets buildings with poor conditions or where an affordability provision is expiring.” The law allows “qualified entities” to purchase properties, make repairs, and maintain affordable rents. First introduced in 2020,...

Turkish Energy Minister, Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday that Turkey intends to seal an energy exploration agreement with Syria in 2026 to assess possible offshore energy resources along the Syrian coast.In an interview with Turkish digital news platform GDH on Monday, Bayraktar said that Ankara and Damascus had already signed a general framework agreement on energy cooperation earlier this year."We plan to sign a specific offshore deal in 2026," he said. "After signing the deal, we may conduct seismic research to see what the field offers us".Bayraktar cautioned that the agreement does not necessarily mean Turkey would carry out drilling...

As it's our final show of the year, I'd like to keep it a little more focused than usual - and concentrate on the existential question now facing some of the oldest continuous states on earth: what is a nation? At AmFest and in The New York Times, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy returned to his contention that America is an "idea" and, if you're onboard with the "idea", you're as American as anybody else. One might formulate the "idea" as a "dream", as Vivek does:It is called the American Dream for a reason. There is no Canadian Dream. There...

Daily Readings from the USCCBWhen the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. Luke 2:22–24Forty days after a firstborn male was born, the law of Moses required that the mother participate in...

Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler revealed that the agency would be “cutting off” grants to Minnesota in response to ongoing reports of Somali fraud in the state. In a post on X, conservative activist Benny Johnson shared that Loeffler told him she would be “taking immediate action” after YouTuber Nick Shirley and his team exposed fraud in Minnesota and “uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day.” Johnson added that Loeffler said it was “due” to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) refusing “to enforce laws governing small businesses” and because of his “allowance and facilitation of fraud.” “SBA Administrator Kelly...

Amid the growing Minnesota fraud scandal, a venture capital firm belonging to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband Tim Mynett has quietly deleted several key names from its website. Very suspiciously, these names were purged from the website just as several arrests were made in connection with the Minnesota welfare fraud scheme. Keep in mind that the COVID-era meals program that was ultimately used to defraud the taxpayer was Rep. Omar’s brainchild in the first place. However, none of the individuals whose names were scrubbed from the firm’s website have been arrested or accused of anything — at least, not at this...