Feeding Our Future
January 12, 2026 — Scott Johnson
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 various aspects of it in their work. My point was to shift credit for “breaking the story” from reporters and pundits to federal law enforcement — to the FBI’s Minneapolis field office
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January 12, 2026 — Scott Johnson
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 the pundit and author of America’s Cultural Revolution who brought the issue of Minnesota’s massive public-programs fraud to President Trump’s attention in a big way. Rufo and Kirn have been
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January 11, 2026 — Bill Glahn
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 remain whipped up about Donald Trump (or whatever), then they are less likely to focus on the Democrats’ catastrophic policy and management failures. Unfortunately, this strategy has the unintended (?) side effect of destroying the
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January 10, 2026 — Scott Johnson
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 think I was rolling in this one. Conclusion: “Once upon a time, Walz was capable of impersonating a relatively normal human being. That time has long since passed. Now it’s time for him to
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January 7, 2026 — Scott Johnson
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 history. In addition to the damage he has done to the state, he is dishonest, stupid, vain, petty, thin-skinned, and tyrannical. On the national stage in the 2024 presidential election, with his previously undisaplayed effeminate
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January 5, 2026 — Scott Johnson
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 check it out. It’s a long column, full of links, but it could have been longer. These points also bear on what is to be said: • Joe Thompson is the chief prosecutor of the Feeding Our Future
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January 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker
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
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December 29, 2025 — John Hinderaker
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 Morning Answer, with Chris Krok filling in for Dan Proft. Chris was knowledgeable about the story and asked good questions; I think the interview is as good an introduction as any
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December 29, 2025 — Scott Johnson
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 tuning in, Bill points out — to take one example — that KSTP’s Jay Kolls knocked on alleged daycare doors in this January 2025 story. YouTuber Nick Shirley has brought the daycare story
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December 24, 2025 — Scott Johnson
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 figure out that something funny was happening with the millions of meals being claimed by the large cast of Somali fraudsters sponsored by Feeding Our Future. Claiming racism, Feeding Our Future sued MDE for suspending the processing
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December 23, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Reading James Freeman’s Wall Street Journal Best of the Web column, I wondered if he would fall for Tim Walz’s characteristic pass-the-buck shtick: “Walz said he is accountable for fraud that occurred in state programs during his administration,” report Jeremiah Jacobsen and Danny Spewak for NBC affiliate KARE-TV from St. Paul. They note: “This is on my watch. I am accountable for this,” Walz told reporters at a press conference
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December 21, 2025 — Scott Johnson
The Star Tribune has just published a story purporting to explain “what to know about Minnesota’s fraud crisis.” Among other things, the story argues with the United States Attorney for Minnesota and with President Trump about the magnitude of the losses in the massive public-programs fraud committed by a large cast of almost exclusively Somali perpetrators. The story takes up the issue of immigration in an egregious fashion. This is
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December 21, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Chuck Warren and Sam Stone host the weekend Breaking Battlegrounds show/podcast. The show is broadcast on Salem affiliates in Phoenix, Sarasota, Tampa, and Orlando. Chuck and Sam invited me to join them this past Friday to discuss Minnesota’s massive public-programs fraud and she who must be flayed — Somali fraud Exhibit A. You know who I’m talking about. I was unfamiliar with Breaking Battlegrounds, but found the segment a greatly
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December 20, 2025 — Bill Glahn
The reporting continues. From Fox News, Meet Minnesota’s fraud ‘mastermind’ accused of playing ‘God,’ wielding ‘fake’ racism claims in Somali scandal. Fox News profiles Aimee Bock, the founder of the Feeding Our Future nonprofit and Defendant No. 1 in the food fraud scandal. National CBS News put out a new piece yesterday, What to know about Minnesota’s “industrial-scale fraud” scandal, as more charges are filed and Trump weighs in Also
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December 20, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Lara Trump is the former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and a Fox News host. She also has a podcast titled The Right View. I was a guest on the podcast that was released on Thursday. Lara was a gracious host. This is how my appearance is described on YouTube: In this episode, Lara Trump sits down with John Hinderaker of Power Line Blog for an in-depth look at
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December 20, 2025 — Scott Johnson
On Thursday First Assistant United States Attorney Joe Thompson unveiled new charges and a search warrant in a case under investigation in Minnesota’s massive public-programs fraud committed by an almost exclusively Somali cast of perpetrators. Yesterday Minnesota Governor Tim Walz attacked Thompson for his assessment of the ulimate loss in these cases based on what he has seen to date. The Star Tribune quotes Walz speaking at a press conference
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December 18, 2025 — Scott Johnson
is staggering. So said First Assistant United States Attorney Joe Thompson at an intense press conference at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. It concluded at 12:45 (Central) this afternoon. I walked in with the cameraman from KARE 11 who told me it would be live streamed and then uploaded to the KARE 11 YouTube channel. I have posted the video below. If you have been following our coverage of
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