The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee released a comprehensive report on fraud in Minnesota. The headline from the committee’s press release, Oversight Committee Releases Bombshell Report Exposing Rampant Fraud Plaguing Minnesota’s...
Teachers bring workplace democracy to Becker. Here’s their story.
Last spring, teachers in Becker, Minn., did something that is almost unheard of in Minnesota public education labor relations. Frustrated with their longtime union representation, they formed an independent association and forced a representation election. As...
American Experiment releases affordability agenda
With affordability the new buzzword for state and national politicians, Center of the American Experiment issued a new report today full of concrete steps policymakers can take to make Minnesota more affordable. The report includes a comprehensive list of 41...
500 months and $242 million
Last month, Aimee Bock, Feeding Our Future founder and CEO, was sentenced to 500 months in federal prison for her role in the free-food scandal that rocked the nation. That works out to 41 years and 8 months behind bars. She was also ordered to pay back...
Minnesota’s most wanted
The feds are offering a $150,000 reward for one of the international fugitives in the Feeding Our Future scandal. A post from the FBI’s Minneapolis field office, WANTED: #FBI added fraudster Said Abdullahi Ereg to the FBI’s Most WantedThe FBI is offering a...
Exposing the hidden habeas files
Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to dig into the secret case files of dozens of illegal alien habeas corpus cases filed in federal court in Minnesota. The hidden files reveal a judicial system far more broken than you can imagine. The habeas corpus petitions...
Minnesota’s Economic News — W/E 6/5/26
State and local taxes and spending Mankato Free Press: A gas tax holiday is good politics but bad economics Bloomberg Tax: Minnesota Conforms to Federal OBBBA With Exceptions KROC: Rochester Sales Tax and DMC Funding Requested For UMR Project Duluth News...
More fraud tourism
They call it the City of Brotherly Love, but Philadelphia is quickly growing a national reputation as the nation’s leading producer of fraud tourists. Last month, the U.S. Dept. of Justice announced charges against 15 new fraud defendants, including more from...
Star of the North
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of what George Washington called this American “experiment.” One thing I have learned since immigrating to this country nine years ago is that its history is composed of a...
Initial Appearances
Two illegal aliens appeared in federal district court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. Your correspondent was there. Both defendants participated in the day’s proceedings with the help of a taxpayer-paid Spanish-language interpreter and a taxpayer...







