Last evening the City of Edina held a community meeting involving city, county, state, and federal law enforcement leaders to address the recent violence occurring among many Somali youths. The violence During the meeting, the Edina police chief listed a number...
SOMALI Gang Violence HITS Minnesota Suburbs
Kathryn Johnson is joined by Bill Walsh as they discuss the latest voter fraud incidents in Minnesota, even though voter fraud never happens in Minnesota. They Stop the Tape on Secretary of State Steve Simon as a U.S. Congressman grills him on Minnesota’s lack...
Former federal attorney Joe Thompson reiterates estimate of “billions” lost to fraud in Minnesota
On December 28, 2025, my colleague Bill Glahn reported that Joe Thompson, then acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, “held a 35-minute press conference…to discuss the scope of the fraud, and to announce six more indictments and a new FBI...
Another Eden Prairie shooting
Our man (not me) was on the scene last night at the Speedway gas station at Highway 5 and Eden Prairie Road, the site of another shooting. Police were out in force, taping off the gas pumps to secure the scene, WCCO-4 reports on the incident, 4 detained after...
Edina meets on ‘gun violence’
Your correspondent was there this evening at a packed City Hall “community conversation’ on “gun violence.” The meeting was held in the wake of a number of “disturbances” occurring in Edina and in the neighboring city of Eden Prairie. The entire 2-hour event...
Minneapolis Imam warns
Recent “disturbances” in the southwest metro have generated much commentary around the nature of the incidents and who, if anyone, should be held accountable. KSTP-5 reports, Local leaders working to address youth violence following shooting at Eden Prairie...
After billions lost to fraud and taxes on average earners increased, DFL proposes billions in fresh tax hikes
It might be useful to pull together a few things I and my colleagues have written recently. Billions lost to fraud First, despite the local media’s desperate attempts to obfuscate, it is probably true that billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money has been lost...
Look into the mirror! MN PUC launches investigation into energy affordability
The MN PUC announced in a news release on September 25, 2026 that they have launched an investigation into utility affordability. To quote Spike Milligan: “About bloody time!” The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) has opened a statewide...
Federal rules help clear the cobwebs on new scholarship tax credit and include good news
The U.S. Treasury Department released proposed regulations and temporary regulations on Thursday (Oct. 1) that clear away some of the cobwebs around the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC), also known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC), which Congress...
The Edina capitulation
The city goes “online only” for it’s “community conversation” tomorrow (Monday) evening on recent “disturbances” due to “safety concerns.” How far are we willing to fall? As I noted yesterday, your correspondent had pre-registered to attend the “community...









