Liberty & Prosperity Blog

The executive summary of this investigative report is damning to both Keith Ellison and Gov. Tim Walz's time in office. For instance, the Executive Summary's initial bullet point said "Senior officials in Governor Walz’s office and Attorney General Ellison’s office were aware of credible, systemic fraud concerns in social services programs as early as 2019 within the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and by April 2020 within the state Department of Education (MDE) , despite later public statements by Governor Walz suggesting otherwise." I coined a phrase that fits here perfectly. It says "Democrats will always do the right thing -- when it's the only option left." This isn't just meant as a smart aleck comment. It's meant as a statement of fact, too. Why didn't Walz and Ellison take immediate action against these fraudsters? Was it because they needed the Somalis' votes? Was it because the DFL is soft-on-crime? Was it all-of-...

In the late 1980s, President Reagan made popular a phrase during his summits with Soviet Gen. Sec. Mickhail Gorbachev known as trust but verify. These days, Steve Simon, Minnesota's DFL Secretary of State, is carrying on a practice I'd title as trust-without-verifying voter registration, aka vouching. According to this Alpha News article , "America First Legal (AFL) obtained data last month showing that 18,898 people used 'vouching' to either update their voter registration or become registered to vote in Minnesota in 2024." This has voter fraud written all over it. AFL and local counsel Erick Kaardal said "Minnesota’s voter registration rolls contain significant numbers of individuals registered at addresses where they do not actually reside. This is reflected in the disproportionately high rates of undeliverable postal verification cards associated with vouched registrations, the elevated rates at which vouched voters are later placed in challenged sta...

Mark LEvin and Marc Thiessen, 2 of the smartest U.S. journalists these days, sat down for a lengthy interview Sunday night to discuss next steps (finishing steps?) to the Iran War. They essentially said what I've said for the past 5-6 weeks == that the time for negotiating is history. During this interview, Thiessen properly noticed that Iran has wishes but nothing in terms of bargaining chips. According to Thiessen, the nuclear dust is buried so deep that Iran has admitted that they can't get at the nuclear material (the dust or the centrifuges). Further, we don't need these things. They might be nice to have but they aren't essential. Exchanging these things for frozen Iranian assets is just a lifeline to Hezbollah and Iran's other proxies. President Trump, it's decision time. The U.S. hates endless wars like Afghanistan. We hate endless negotiations, too. When you first ran for president, you told us that we'd get tired of winning. For the most part, we...

This morning on At Issue, Tom Hauser interviewed Kendall Qualls in what was a strong, impressive interview for Qualls , the endorsed GOP candidate for governor. During the interview, Hauser asked Qualls whether he approved of the moment of silence for Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Qualls replied "You know that was not the time for it. If we’re going to do anything, if it was my choice, I would say, ‘Yes, let’s have a moment of silence for fallen officers.’ We’ve had officers targeted across the state from last year, few years, they have a tough job, and I believe actually they’ve been made to be scapegoats the last eight years . " More than a few times, Minneapolis city councilmembers have hung Minneapolis police officers out to dry because it was a great political opportunity for Minneapolis's politicians. It's time that politicians learned how important the police are in determining a city's quality of life is and how important the police are in a ci...

It isn't surprising that whistleblowers from Minnesota's Department of Human Services are criticizing Minnesota's DFL Gov. Tim Walz. What's surprising is that's what they're saying in criticizing Gov. Walz on the record. The Alpha News article reports "The DHS employees describe themselves as 'over 480 Minnesota state staff serving with pride & commitment to our people & state.' The Department of Human Services has been at the center of many of Minnesota’s fraud scandals." These DHS employees are quoted as saying "In our view, Tim Walz represents everything wrong with modern politics: a politician skilled at crafting a public image while avoiding accountability for the consequences of his decisions. Tim Walz has lied his way through politics and shrugging off any criticisms. Under his leadership, Minnesota has experienced growing division, declining public trust, and a political climate increasingly driven by ideology rather than...

Apparently, Democrats are willing to fight for Graham Platner to the Nth Degree. Even so-called 'moderate' Ro Khanna is willing to campaign with Platner . The Washington Post, among other publications, reports that "The rally with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) and other Democratic candidates at a theater in this resort town comes as Platner battles a spate of tough news accounts of his past and as a few Democrats in Washington have begun publicly suggesting he is not the right person to try to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race that is crucial to Democrats’ bid to flip the Senate." Platner isn't just battling "a spate of tough news accounts of his past." He's battling "a spate of tough" truths from his past which his accusers have texts for. It's one thing to make accusations. It's another to have the receipts to verify the statements. The most dangerous thing a politician can meet is a constituent bearing accusations that...