Minnesota
June 20, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Video posted by Fox News, The proximate cause of Minnesota Attorney General’s public fit was the unseen reporter’s poor manners in bringing up an $8 billion estimate for Medicaid fraud under his watch. “The newspapers” have done nothing resembling a “forensic accounting” of the fraud. But they (the Minneapolis Star Tribune) have floated many lowball numbers to try to minimize the scandal. The only entity with access to all of
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June 17, 2026 — John Hinderaker
It’s bad enough that our public schools are terrible. It’s worse that their curricula, in some states, are actively anti-American. In Minnesota, where I live, our legislature has mandated a change from teaching factual content to instilling left-wing activism. This is done in the guise of “Ethnic Studies” instruction. My organization campaigned hard against the legislative Ethnic Studies mandate and has since campaigned to repeal it. Nevertheless, it is going
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June 17, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Department of Justice has issued a generously illustrated press release announcing the indictment of 15 defendants charged with crimes against ICE officers in the course of Operation Metro Surge. I have embedded the text of the indictment in United States v. Sant below via Scribd. At yesterday’s press conference announcing the indictment, United States Attorney Dan Rosen urged us to read it. I can’t find straight news coverage of
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June 16, 2026 — Scott Johnson
United States Attorney for Minnesota Dan Rosen announced the unsealing of the indictment of 15 members of Minnesota’s Antifa brigade — members of Direct Action and Black Cat Worker’s Collective — at the press conference I attended this morning. Twelve were arrested this morning. Law enforcement is looking out for two more. One was already in custody. Dan took pains from the outset to distinguish legal protest from the crminal
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June 16, 2026 — Scott Johnson
I am at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis awaiting a press conference with United States Attorney Dan Rosen and the Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Michael McCarthy. We have been advised that they will announce charges against several defendants for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers and related charges arising from the efforts of members from two Minneapolis-based Antifa groups in violent oppostion to immigration
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June 15, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The 205-page U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee staff report on Minnesota fraud includes this incredible detail on page 85, In 2017, DHS flagged concerns that the bank account of the owner of a child care center connected with the MMCA was frozen by the Office of Foreign Asset control due to the owner’s association with the Taliban.405 Despite these concerns, DHS mailed this individual a check for $24,000. 406 Yes, The Taliban, you read
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June 10, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Said Abdullahi Ereg, an international fugitive wanted in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, has returned from Kenya to America to face justice. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced Ereg’s arrest this afternoon at a press conference in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. The press release can be found here. You will recall that just last week the FBI placed Ereg on their newly-created most-wanted fraudster list. Apparently, that was enough to prompt
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June 10, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The four Republican House members from Minnesota, Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber, Michelle Fischbach and Brad Finstad, have called on Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to resign in the wake of the House Oversight Committee’s scathing report on fraud in Minnesota, which was released on Monday and cited work by American Experiment eight times. Emmer issued a press release that says in part: Today, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06)
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June 8, 2026 — Scott Johnson
“We,” in this case being the Star Tribune, an arm of the left/media establishment that reigns in Minnesota, and “your,” in this case being Alpha News, the maverick alternative news outlet that serves Minnesotans disgusted by the Star Tribune’s incessant propagandizing on behlf of its favored causes. I wrote recently about Star Tribune publisher Steve Grove’s elimination of jobs and pursuit of a purposely nonprofit structure for the paper. I
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June 8, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee released a comprehensive report on fraud in Minnesota. The headline from the committee’s press release, Oversight Committee Releases Bombshell Report Exposing Rampant Fraud Plaguing Minnesota’s Taxpayer-Funded Social Programs. The report itself runs some 205 pages (including appendices) and makes five key findings. You will not be surprised by Finding No. 1, Finding #1. Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison Knew about Widespread Fraud
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June 6, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to dig into the secret case files of dozens of illegal alien habeas corpus cases filed in federal district court in Minnesota. The hidden files reveal a judicial system far more broken than you can imagine. The habeas corpus petitions are filed as civil cases on behalf of illegal aliens who are being held in ICE custody in anticipation of their upcoming deportation. The number
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June 5, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The feds are offering a $150,000 reward for one of the international fugitives in the Feeding Our Future scandal. A post from the FBI’s Minneapolis field office, Mr. Ereg is defendant No. 61 (out of 80 or so) in the sprawling $500 million Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. He was indicted, along with his wife (Najmo Ahmed, No. 62), back in January 2024 on charges of stealing more than $4
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June 3, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Star Tribune publisher Steve Grove is cutting jobs and pursuing a nonprofit structure for the newspaper. The Star Tribune itself covers the story today here. The story quotes Grove employing the cliché of the “journey.” The Star Tribune is on a “journey.” We’re on the road to find out. Grove thinks in clichés: When asked if these layoffs indicate failed strategy, Grove said, “I certainly wish this [layoff] step in
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June 2, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Both my daughter Eliana and I are alums of St. Paul Academy in the Twin Cities. The Washington Free Beacon has just published Eliana’s intensely reported story “An Elite St. Paul Private School Displayed an Antisemitic Poster to Middle Schoolers—Latest in a Series of Controversies to Roil School With ‘Best Academic Curriculum in Minnesota’” (“Dustup comes after math teacher wore keffiyeh to class on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack and
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May 30, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This year we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding. While most attention is understandably on the Declaration and the Revolution, it is a golden opportunity to remember the history of our nation as a whole. And America’s history is, in great part, the history of its regions, states and towns. Too often, those histories are ignored in favor of the national narrative. This is why American Experiment
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May 29, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Around the country, many people think of Minnesota as a blue state. But that is misguided: the Minnesota House is split 67-67, and the Senate is 34-33 for the DFL. We have eight Congressmen, four Republicans and four Democrats. And in 2024, 50% of votes for Congressional candidates were cast for Democrats, and 48% for Republicans. It doesn’t get any closer than that. This year’s election promises to be excruciatingly
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May 28, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From Fox News, Tim Walz pardons illegal alien convicted of armed robbery before ICE deportation to Laos. “Armed robbery.” The headline pretty much covers the story. Minnesota’s Democratic governor on Wednesday pardoned an illegal alien previously convicted of armed robbery before he could be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jai Vang, an illegal alien from Laos, was convicted of aiding and abetting and armed robbery in Hennepin County
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