Liberty & Prosperity Blog

Tim Walz's education policies have stunk since he took office. That's what the information in this Alpha News article says. According to the article, "Minnesota is seeing another decline in education, dropping 11 spots on a national ranking since 2019. The Annie E. Casey Foundation — a nonprofit organization that specializes in researching and promoting educational, economic, and health outcomes for children since 1948 — shed light on the problem with the release of its 2026 Kids Count Data Book on Monday." The article continues, saying "In one year, Minnesota’s education ranking dropped four spots, falling from 17th to 21st in the nation. More than half of the state’s student population is not meeting education standards. In 2024, 69% of fourth graders were not proficient in reading, while 66% of eighth graders were not proficient in math, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress." The Nation's Report Card, aka NAEP, is an indictmen...

There are 3 things that negatively affect fraud victims. First, there's the price of fraud. That's figured in the amount of $$$ STOLEN by fraudsters from taxpayers. Next, there's the cost of fraud, which is the value of services lost. Think of the homes that weren't provided by people battling addiction, seniors who can't afford housing and those just getting out of prison. On a personal basis, this might be the costliest of the considerations, no pun intended. Third, there's the personal development lost by those needing, but not getting, autism treatment. Further, how many people lost child care (CCAP) assistance programs, etc. What got me thinking about these things is this Alpha News article . According to the article, "Just days after Alpha News reported that rural home care providers said Minnesota’s Medicaid revalidation process was shutting down legitimate agencies, non-emergency medical transportation companies in Greater Minnesota say they are no...

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...