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Five of the 10 Somali daycare centers that were visited by Nick Shirley in his viral exposé on alleged fraud in Minnesota were also meal sites for the fraud-laden "Feeding Our Future" organization. The case surrounding fraud with "Feeding Our Future" has seen over 90 people charged and at least 60 people have been convicted. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, half of the 10 daycare facilities that were visited by Shirley were also connected to Feeding Our Future as "meal sites." Altogether, the five daycare businesses got nearly $5 million from Feeding Our Future between 2018 and 2021. The...

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 been almost entirely ill-informed. Those who attack Shirley and try to undermine his video are missing the point. Whatever the merits of that video, there is absolutely zero doubt that there has been an enormous amount of fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community. Some of it relates to child care. In fact, child care fraud came to light a decade or more ago....

Minnesota GOP House Speaker Lisa Demuth confirmed this week that Republican lawmakers helped direct independent journalist Nick Shirley to daycare facilities amid growing concerns over widespread fraud in state and federally funded programs. Speaking during a virtual press conference Monday, Demuth said her caucus has been "working with" Shirley as part of broader efforts to expose fraud and hold the administration of Democrat Gov. Tim Walz accountable. "Our caucus has been working to expose fraud for years, including working with Nick Shirley and agency whistleblowers to get the information out to the public and to hold the Walz administration accountable,"...

🚨 BREAKING - Nick Shirley's right-hand man DAVID from Minnesota is PLAYING NO GAMES: "I filed a formal criminal complaint against Tim Walz for violating Minnesota Statute 3.971, Subdivision 9!" "Investigation's ongoing. I think Tim's gonna have a bad day, AND HE DESERVES IT." 🔥 "Because he allowed this fraud. Because he wanted the voting bloc the Somalis represent, because they all vote in a bloc. 100,000, 150,000, who knows how many!" "It's SO BAD now when we go to a facility, they're already screaming, Nick Shirley, Nick Shirley, @NickShirleyy!" 🤯

Agents with the Department of Homeland Security are on the ground going door-to-door at suspected Somali fraud sites in Minneapolis following journalist Nick Shirley’s viral video revealing rampant fraud in the Somali community. As previously reported, an angry Somali woman ‘working’ at a daycare – with no children inside – slammed the door as journalist Nick Shirley asked some simple questions about the so-called children’s center. Minnesota Childcare Center claims it takes care of 102 children, however, the facility is empty. “We’re just wondering where the children are,” David, a man who has been investigating the Somali fraud for years,...

One of the most famous bible stories is the story of David, a young man who slew Goliath, a gigantic Philistine warrior, champion of the Philistine army. The story is much debated. Was David known to Saul, the king, before David killed Goliath? How old was David when he killed Goliath? Did someone else kill Goliath, and was David later given credit for it?The most common assumption is that David killed Goliath, using a sling and a stone to triumph over the giant. Estimates of his age vary from 13 to 28. He is described as both a boy and...

Leading white supremacist and antisemite says he’s backing the Jewish candidate over Trump because of former president’s ‘full-throated subservience to Israel and the Jewish lobby’JTA — David Duke, the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, endorsed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is Jewish, on his radio show Tuesday. Duke, long one of the United States’ highest-profile white supremacists and antisemites, has repeatedly sought political office while spreading conspiracy theories about Jews. In his endorsement of Stein, he said that she was the candidate with the strongest stance against “Jewish power” because she opposed Israel’s military campaign.“Although Dr....

https://youtu.be/bMbX_SH7Cf4?si=iVptE1iqI9Ne7mTg The Chosen Sleuth breaks the news that Angel Studios has lost a $64,000,000 deal to distribute the “David” movie !

Cain and Abel, meet David and Daniel. Ex-New York Gov. David Paterson is accusing his brother of cheating him out of his inheritance — by allegedly tricking their elderly mother into giving him over $7 million before her death. A bombshell lawsuit filed by the former governor claims his younger brother Daniel Paterson, 67, duped mom Portia into transferring the massive sum from her estate to his account through “undue influence, coercion and excessive persuasion.” The sneaky move allowed Daniel and his attorney wife Eloise to bypass a long-standing will ordering the brothers to split their mom’s estate 50-50 —...

Dave Portnoy just handed out one of his highest pizza ratings ever to a newly opened pizzeria in Little Italy – which is now causing impatient lines and sold-out pies. The Barstool Sports founder is known for his viral — not to mention controversial — one-bite pizza reviews. And he recently gave Ceres — a three-month-old-or-so pizzeria at 164 Mott St. run by two former Eleven Madison Park chefs, Jake Serebnick and Julian Geldmacher — a whopping 9.2 out of 10 score. Portnoy showered it with praise, calling it “spectacular” and “must-have, top-of-the-list Manhattan pizza … as good as it...

Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg said Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Democratic strategist James Carville believed in “timid” politics. Host Jake Tapper said, “Let’s talk about what you did this week raising a lot of eyebrows here in Washington, D.J. You announced this week you’re the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, but you’re raising $20 million to boost primary challengers running in safe Democratic seats against incumbent Democrats.” He added, “Here’s James Carville.” Wednesday on CNN, Carville said, “The most insane thing I ever heard is a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee is...

This will not be a full series review, just a note to say I finished season one and it was fantastic. GREAT characters, including Samuel played by the great actor Stephen Lang ("Pickett" in "Gettysburg") and Oded Fehr (one of the protectors of the tomb in "The Mummy"). Michael Iskander is fantastic as David, who, almost alone among his family is willing to take the prophet's word. Ali Sulieman plays a deteriorating king, looking more and more like Biden with every episode. True to the Bible. I give it an A.

A toddler has made a stunning discovery at the site believed to be where David battled Goliath more than 3,000 years ago.Ziv Nitzan, 3, was collecting rocks while hiking with her family in Israel when she picked up a particular stone that turned out to be a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet.A scarab amulet is an ancient Egyptian charm shaped like a scarab beetle, symbolizing protection, rebirth, and good fortune, which were commonly made of stone.The hiking trail passes through Tel Azeka, less than 20 miles from Jerusalem, which is referenced in the Bible as the site of the infamous Biblical battle...

Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, describes how anti-Zionists in academia have systematically challenged the moral basis of the Jewish/Zionist story. He exhorts us, the Jews of the world, to mount a credible defense of our story. But do we Jews know our own story? Edward Robinson, a prominent American archeologist of the 1800s, did not think so. Robinson was the first to identify the archeological ruins of Bar’am, a site in northern Galilee near the Lebanese border, as synagogues. The primary structure, built in the third century CE, was still in use in the 13th...

The Messianic Redemption will be ushered in by a person, a human leader, a descendant of Kings David and Solomon, who will reinstate the Davidic royal dynasty. According to tradition, Moshiach will be wiser than Solomon, and a prophet around the level of Moses. Ever since the destruction of the Holy Temple, in every generation there is an individual, a scion of the House of David, who has the potential to be the Moshiach. If at any moment the Jews are worthy of redemption, this person would be directed from Above to assume the role of the redeemer. In every...

Actor Larry David, Seinfeld co-creator and Curb Your Enthusiasm star, has unleashed a stream of invective against Donald Trump in an interview where he derides the presumed Republican 2024 presidential candidate as a “little baby” who’s “thrown 250 years of democracy out the window.” The insults flowed in an interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace scheduled to air in full on Friday. The preview clip, as released by the news network, starts with the Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? host asking David, “So how much has the whole 2020 election and everything that has flowed from it pissed you off?”

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley defended her decision to remain in the presidential primary race during a speech in South Carolina, comparing herself to the Biblical great David and bizarrely asserting that it is the “political elite” who want her to drop out, telling the audience that she has heard from the American people, even though virtually every single poll shows the GOP electorate overwhelmingly supporting former President Donald Trump. “Some of you, perhaps a few of you in the media, came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race,” Haley said as she began her remarks...

As I was enjoying a picture commentary about the time king Saul attacked David, I was given an insight I had never previously considered. It's a connection that ties Saul's attack on David and our Lord Jesus being confronted by the religious leaders for plucking kernels of grain to eat on the Sabbath. Jesus used the moment in history when David was fleeing Saul to teach the religious leaders about the true nature of the Sabbath as meant by GOD. Yet, when you consider all the factors involved in the two moments in history, you will learn that there...

As various ministry leaders have made headlines recently, being found guilty of immoral and unethical behavior, there seems to be a pattern from their followers. They often cite David’s sin with Bathsheba and subsequent “restoration” as a reason to forgive and forget. Looking to their favorite leader as a beacon of inspiration and truth, followers hope to quickly overlook their failings to get them ministering again and feeding the flocks. As long as they repent of their ways and declare to do better, we should move on and not look back.Unfortunately, this line of thinking is not just among followers,...

Goliath, (c. 11th century bc), in the Bible (I Sam. xvii), the Philistine giant slain by David, who thereby achieved renown. The Philistines had come up to make war against Saul, and this warrior came forth day by day to challenge to single combat. Only David ventured to respond, and armed with a sling and pebbles he overcame Goliath Only David ventured to respond, and armed with a sling and pebbles he overcame Goliath. The Philistines, seeing their champion killed, lost heart and were easily put to flight. The giant’s arms were placed in the sanctuary, and it was his...