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It's simple proving that the DFL isn't serious about preventing Medicaid fraud. It took just a single hearing to prove that accusation beyond a reasonable doubt. According to the article, "During that hearing, DFL State Rep. Matt Norris tried to delete the contents of the bill and replace it with his own OIG proposal. However, that effort was blocked by Republicans. On Thursday afternoon, Kreun said Norris’ effort would have removed the portion of the bill that gives the OIG its own law enforcement division. Kreun said that section is 'a critical part of this bill that our [bipartisan] working group spent a lot of time on last year. It’s what puts the teeth into that office ,' Kreun said of the law enforcement division in the proposed OIG. Kreun said that he is open to minor changes to his and Gustafson’s OIG bill, but 'we're not gonna move backwards.'" Friday night on Almanac, House DFL Leader Zack Stephenson as just a routine amendment. Routine...

It isn't difficult to determine whether the DFL, Amy Klobuchar and Tim Walz are serious about preventing fraud. Based on this KSTP article , the DFL, Amy Klobuchar and Tim Walz AREN'T seerious about preventing Medicaid fraud. KSTP reports that "Rep. Matt Norris, DFL-Blaine," tried eliminating a bill's content. It reports that Rep. Norris "introduced a so-called 'delete everything' amendment that essentially completely replaced a Senate bill that passed the DFL-controlled Senate by a wide margin. Last year, the Minnesota Senate passed a fraud prevention bill by a 60-7 margin. That's a WIDE MARGIN! Then Norris is quoted as saying "Minnesota deserves an OIG with independence, transparency, and the sweeping investigative powers to get this essential work done." The report then states " his bill makes big changes to the Senate bill, including elimination of an enforcement bureau within the OIG, leaving that to the Bureau of Criminal App...

After the 2023 DFL Trifecta year budget was signed into law, the DFL proudly declared that the DFL had "fully funded" K-12 education. Before the start of 2024, it was discovered that the DFL's fully funded K-12 education budget had left some public school systems with significant deficits. Therefore, it isn't surprising to learn from this Alpha News article that "Minneapolis Public Schools’ projected deficit for the 2026–27 school year has grown to more than $50 million, up from earlier estimates." Further. the article reports "District leaders say the number could still change before the budget is finalized in June, but the widening gap only highlights ongoing financial and leadership turmoil inside one of Minnesota’s largest school districts." I suspect that the "leadership turmoil" that they're referencing is a fight between Education Minnesota and the taxpayers. Education Minnesota always wants more funding while taxpayers want s...

Tim Walz was right at least once during his vice presidential debate with then-Sen. JD Vance. Gov. Walz was apparently right he said that he's sometimes a knucklehead. Tim Walz, soon-to-be former DFL governor, thinks that ICE created "generational devastation" to businesses in Minneapolis. Tim Walz " wants the state legislature to pass a $10 million 'relief package' for small businesses affected by Operation Metro Surge." The GOP should tell the DFL that they'll look at such legislation after the DFL passes a 'Fraud reparation package' and Tim Walz signs it into law. Simply put, the DFL wasted BILLIONS MORE DOLLLARS through fraud than ICE could cause in 10 years of law enforcement operations. Further, Alpha News reports "On Monday, DFLers held a press conference where they accused ICE agents of racial profiling, violating the law, and kidnapping people. DFL Sen. Erin Maye Quade said Operation Metro Surge had brought 'generational d...

Starting immediately, Minnesotans should ask DFL politicians if they support Defend612, an organization that "seeks to support 'resistance to the ICE occupation in Minneapolis,' is promoting two virtual sessions titled 'The People’s Pardon or Jury Nullification,' scheduled in the coming weeks." Jury nullification is illegal because of the oath jurors take before getting seated before trial. As such, teaching people how to break the law is itself breaking the law. Alpha News reports "A Minneapolis-based activist network is now openly advertising 'jury nullification training,' raising new concerns about the integrity of jury trials in the Twin Cities. Defend612, which seeks to support 'resistance to the ICE occupation in Minneapolis,' is promoting two virtual sessions titled 'The People’s Pardon or Jury Nullification,' scheduled in the coming weeks." The oath taken by jurors requires them not to formulate an opinion until all e...

Decades ago, when Democrats had men of national security gravitas, we could look at heavyweights like Sam Nunn, Scoop Jackson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and JFK, just to name some of their heavyweights. By comparison, today's Democrats are littered with national security idiots like Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Chris Murphy and AOC. Recently, AOC put together a word salad reply that would've made Kamala blush. AOC said "Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, said: 'Um, you know, I think that I, uh, this is such a, you know, I think that this is a, um, this is of course, a, uh, very longstanding, um, policy of the United States,' she began. 'And I think what we are hoping for is that we make sure we never get to that point and we want to make sure that we are moving all of our economic, research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise,' she finished." THAT'S ...