Minnesota
April 20, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Would you click on a story with this headline? Rep. Ilhan Omar updates financial disclosure form, citing accounting error. Financial disclosure, accounting error…I’ve already fallen asleep before I get to the first sentence, which reads, Rep. Ilhan Omar has amended her financial disclosure forms to show she does not have as much money as previously suggested in recent congressional filings. It’s only later that the Minneanpolis Star Tribune manages to
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April 20, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Star Tribune is the dominant media organ in Minnesota. It serves the interests of the left in the fashion of the New York Times in the national press, acting as the public relations arm of the Democratic Party and its aligned interest groups. The Star Tribune, however, is something of a joke. It adamantly supports illegal immigration and opposes the enforcement of immigration law, though it doesn’t say so
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April 19, 2026 — Bill Glahn
No, really! The celebrity gossip platform TMZ took notice of Ilhan Omar’s ridiculous 3,500 percent accounting error under the headline, My Accountant Made Me Rich on Accident!!! As you will recall, the Wall Street Journal first reported on the story where the Minnesota congresswoman blames her accountants for reporting that she and her (third) husband, Tim Mynett, were worth up to $30,000,000, when their combined net worth tops out at
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April 19, 2026 — Scott Johnson
A week after Savanah Hernandez’s close encounter of the violent kind with “suburban dad” Chris Ostroushko, the Star Tribune has finally gotten around to reporting “Whipple protesters accused [sic] of shoving Turning Point commentator on video are under investigation.” Whipple protesters accused of shoving Turning Point commentator are under criminal investigation https://t.co/gn2im6rp0W — The Minnesota Star Tribune (@StarTribune) April 18, 2026 Love that “accused.” When you get around to reporting
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April 18, 2026 — Bill Glahn
There are only about four weeks left in the 2026 legislative session in Minnesota. The state is a basket case, overrun with fraud and people tripping over themselves fleeing for better locales (including, naturally enough, the fraudsters themselves). What is the state’s chief executive up to? From The Hill newspaper, Walz in Spain rips ‘feeble-minded’ Trump, Vance over Iran war. The Hill reports, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) issued sharp
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April 18, 2026 — Scott Johnson
I’m marking time until the Star Tribune shares the details of the assault on TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez at the Whipple Federal Building this past weekend. I may run out of material before the Star Tribune gets around to it, but today we have enough for a few more days at least. Today we have a video analysis of the assault. I’m talking about the Ostroushko family, led by “suburban
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April 17, 2026 — Scott Johnson
We’ve been following the story of the assault on TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez mostly through the silence of the Star Tribune. As of this morning, the Star Tribune hasn’t mentioned the names of the Ostroushkos who were involved in the assault on Ms. Hernandez or its past glorification of the ringleader — the “suburban dad” who thumped the young lady this past Saturday at the Whipple Federal Building in the
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April 17, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Tim Walz is completing his second and final term as governor. When Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate in August 2024, I laid out a conventional case against him in the Wall Street Journal column “A Minnesotan sizes up Tim Walz.” Even by the conventional measures I employed, to say he is the worst governor in Minnesota history is a drastic understatement. Walz has routinely decried President Trump’s
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April 16, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Last year, the Minneapolis metro area had a rash of gun incidents associated with suburban high school graduation ceremonies. One of the would-be perpetrators was convicted in a federal jury trial yesterday of machine gun possession. Amiir Mawlid Ali, now age 19, was convicted on a felony gun charge after a three-day jury trial held at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul. The U.S. Dept. of Justice put out
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April 16, 2026 — Scott Johnson
TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez was assaulted by members of the Ostroushko family at the Whipple Federal Building this past weekend. Ms. Hernandez was covering the protest against ICE. The Ostroushkos were part of the “resistance” mob protesting the presence of ICE in the Twin Cities. The Star Tribune has routinely glorified the mob in stories and columns over the past several months. One such story introduced us to the obese
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April 15, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The assault of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez outside the Whipple Federal Building this past Saturday remains in the national news. However, you’d never know it from reading the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune has published one story on the case and have yet to identify a single one of the perpetrators. How lame can you get? Ms. Hernandez was assaulted as she sought to cover this weekend’s protest at Whipple
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April 14, 2026 — Scott Johnson
I want to draw attention to the remarks of Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon on the case of the assault on TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez yesterday (video below). Two of the perpetrators at risk of federal charges are Chris “suburban dad” Ostroushko and daughter Paige. They both assaulted Ms. Hernandez on property outside the fencing around the Whipple Federal Building. The local authorities are a joke. Are the Ostroushkos at
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April 14, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Star Tribune has yet to name the perpetrators of the attack on TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez at the Whipple Federal Building “resistance” protest this past Saturday. Anyone who follows the news on X knows that the ringleader of the family that protests together — protests and assaults together — is the family of Chris Ostroushko. The Star Tribune introduced Ostroushko to its readers this past January as a “suburban
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April 13, 2026 — John Hinderaker
California Democrats are proposing to tax billionaires (only once!), but Minnesota may go them one better. Fifteen Democratic members of the Minnesota House have introduced legislation to establish a wealth tax. But the Minnesota version would be levied annually, not just once, and you don’t have to be a billionaire to pay it–the bill would tax all wealth in excess of $10 million, just one percent of a billion. The
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April 12, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Lou Raguse of local KARE-11 TV (NBC) broke the story Friday morning of “Minnesota Man” Abdirashid Ismail Said, 50, fleeing the country with $11 million in fraud proceeds. The story has now gone global. New York Post: Minnesota fraud suspect skips court, forfeits bond, throwing $11M Medicaid case into doubt. U.K. Daily Mail: Minnesota fraud suspect fails to show in court throwing $11 million Medicaid case into doubt. Said’s courtroom
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April 10, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV (NBC, Minneapolis) has the report on Abdirashid Ismail Said, accused of an $11 million Medicaid fraud, fled the country a week before his scheduled courtroom trial. And how did he get away? He posted a $150,000 unconditional bond. The judge did not make him surrender his passport. This, despite a previous conviction for Medicaid fraud. I wrote about the case back in 2023. Said, age
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April 10, 2026 — Scott Johnson
On the day of the opening of the Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival this past October, “Fridley man” Firomsa Ahmed Umar was charged with two counts of arson in connection with the late-night firebombing of a Minneapolis ice cream shop. He struck late the evening before and again the following day. Once was not enough. I’ve mentioned the case a few times on Power Line, most recently in “Priorities.” Umar’s
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