Has America forgotten the lessons of September 11, 2001? Check out the American Experiment Podcast In this very special episode of the American Experiment Podcast, President John Hinderaker speaks with Five For Fighting’s John Ondrasik to discuss the 25-year...
$1 million to suspicious Somali nonprofit
Photo: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) (https://flic.kr/p/2ivpbJD) The controversy around the Generation Hope congressional earmark deserves more attention. From WCCO-4 TV’s Esme Murphy last week, Amy Klobuchar pushes back on GOP fraud attack as Minnesota...
University of Chicago economists find
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago updated their landmark paper in July 2024 under the title, “Do Renewable Portfolio Standards Deliver Cost-Effective Carbon Abatement?” The original paper was published in November 2020....
MN State Fair mercifully stops political idiocy
Photo: Amy West via Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/6UyjZU) (CC BY 2.0) Congressional candidate Matt Little tried to turn the Minnesota fairgrounds into a handshake factory, chasing a world record for the most hands shaken in a day. Fair officials shut him down...
The united nations of habeas
Since late March, more than three hundred (300) habeas corpus petitions have been filed in the federal district of Minnesota seeking the release of illegal aliens detained in ICE custody. Those petitions represent a veritable united nations, representing five...
Fraud frontwoman to be sentenced Tuesday
Two more sentences in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud scandal are scheduled to be handed down on Tuesday, September 8. Mekfira Hussein and her husband Abduljabar were jointly indicted in the case in October 2022. Mekfira had been separately charged the...
The Ellison/Feeding Our Future tape: where are they now?
It’s been almost a year-and-a-half since American Experiment exclusively published the 54-minute audio recording of that infamous December 2021 meeting between state Attorney General Keith Ellison and a group associated with the Feeding Our Future fraudulent...
Minnesota’s Economic News — W/E 9/4/26
State and local taxes and spending KSTP: Back-to-Back 8.25% Property Tax Increases Likely in Ramsey County Elk River Star News: Council to get 2027 budget update: Preliminary tax levy has come down since July as city works to account for lost revenue and rising...
Former Frey aide back in court
Abdi Nur Salah, convicted fraudster (but not yet sentenced) and former senior aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, found himself back in federal court this afternoon, accused of violating the terms of his conditional release. Salah has pled guilty to a felony...
It’s time for teacher salary reform. What are Minnesota’s options?
Minnesota teacher pay is broken. It’s time to refresh the entire system and pay teachers as professionals. The average Minnesota teacher makes a salary of $77,655 (plus benefits), according to the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board...










