Minnesota Politics & News
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Why Did a Judge Block the Arrest of Don Lemon?
A magistrate judge refused to sign an arrest warrant for leftist commentator Don Lemon on charges related to his presence at a church invasion Sunday, and the judge’s ties to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have raised questions about a potential conflict of interest. Lemon traveled with and recorded a group of 30-40 agitators who… -
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Even This Dem Is Concerned About Minnesota Fraud
While some Democrats are downplaying the fraud recently exposed in Minnesota, one Democrat Minnesota congresswoman seems to be concerned. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., recently reintroduced a piece of legislation she says will “crack down on fraud in federal programs.” The Stop Fraud in Federal Programs Act seeks to increase penalties for federal fraudsters and require third-party audits for one… -
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Minneapolis ‘Protesters’ Must Be Prosecuted
First Amendment freedoms are sacrosanct—especially the right to gather together and worship God. But over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, Minneapolis/St. Paul anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters and their supporters perversely invoked the First Amendment to justify desecrating a house of worship and interfering with others’ First Amendment rights. While congregants of Cities Church—a… -
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What’s the Matter With Minnesota?
Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud? To understand what’s going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic culture. Minnesota was settled largely by people of Scandinavian and German ancestry. In survey after survey, Minnesota has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 among states, often just behind neighboring and much smaller… -
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US Justice Department Probing Minnesota Gov. Walz, Other Officials, Source Says
REUTERS—The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents, a source familiar with the probe said on Friday. The investigation, first reported by CBS News, stems from previous statements made by Walz and Frey about the thousands of Immigration and Customs… -
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Fraud in Minnesota: Democrats Abandon Oversight, Taxpayers Pay the Price
Sen. John Barrasso delivered the following speech about the Medicaid fraud schemes in Minnesota. Watch the speech, below, or read his remarks, lightly edited. When the government wastes even a dollar of your taxpayer money, you have a right to know what happened. When emboldened criminals steal money intended to help single moms and children… -
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The Minnesota Incident: A Case Study in Media Narrative Versus Reality
A woman is dead in Minnesota. An ICE officer killed her. Those two facts are undisputed. Everything else has become a Rorschach test for American politics. Within hours of the incident, the narrative crystallized: federal agents had become death squads hunting immigrants. Protests erupted. Politicians demanded accountability. Mainstream news ran wall-to-wall coverage of a deportation… -
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Questions Surround Minnesota Bureaucrat Who Went on to Work for Church Whose Grant She Approved
A new report in Minnesota highlights how a former bureaucrat involved in granting a church millions of dollars later went to work as a consultant for the church. The audit also says that the church failed to provide necessary reporting for hundreds of thousands of dollars of state funding. Both the church and the former… -
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‘SYSTEMATICALLY AND UNLAWFULLY’: DOJ Alleges Minnesota Discriminates in Hiring
The legal standoff between Minnesota and the federal government continues to escalate, as the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the state on Wednesday over its race-based and sex-based hiring policies. The litigation comes the same week that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a joint lawsuit by the state and the cities of St…. -
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Noem Sends More Fed Agents to Minneapolis Following Anti-ICE Protests
Hundreds more federal law enforcement officers are arriving in Minneapolis following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting in the city last week. The new officers began arriving Sunday and will continue to arrive in Minneapolis Monday, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The new arrivals will “allow our ICE and our Border Patrol individuals that are working in Minneapolis… -
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What on Earth Is Happening in Minnesota?
What is going on in the People’s Republic of Minnesota? The Democrat establishment in the Gopher State is nothing like it was back in the Reagan years, with ex-Vice President Walter Mondale or Gov. Rudy Perpich. The insurrectionist echoes of their language about immigration-enforcement cops are eyebrow-raising in the same week the elitist media somberly… -
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Minnesota Somali Fraud, Illegal Trucking Scandals Share One Thing: DEI
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’ve… -
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One Video Blows Up Countless Media Narratives About Minnesota ICE Shooting
One video sank an entire media news cycle of false narratives. On Friday, Alpha News released a video taken by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent involved in the shooting of a woman in Minnesota by an ICE agent that’s become an international story. The notion that the agent shot her for no reason at… -
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Not Just Minnesota: How Tax Dollars Are at Risk of Fraud in This State
More than $250 million in federal funding for Illinois programs risked misuse due to poor monitoring, state audits show. With Minnesota facing scrutiny over a massive fraud scandal, Illinois is among other states that have continued receiving federal funding despite scathing audits. Illinois state officials failed to perform required risk assessments for more than $250… -
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Minnesota Democrats’ Dangerous Neo-Confederate Rhetoric
Americans tend to forget that the Civil War didn’t start overnight. The Confederate South’s desire to nullify federal law sparked multiple crises before Abraham Lincoln’s election, and we’re seeing a similar movement crystalize among Democrats today. The neo-Confederate opposition to immigration law seemed to reach a fever pitch Wednesday, when Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz… -
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Four Takeaways as Congress Investigates Walz, Minnesota Fraud
Congress probed the matter of what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz knew about the $9 billion fraud scandal in his state at a hearing on Wednesday. Several Minnesota state lawmakers, who have investigated fraud in the state for the past year, testified at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about what they… -
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One Dead After ICE-Involved Shooting in Minneapolis
A woman is dead following a shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis on Wednesday. ICE agents were conducting operations in Minneapolis when rioters attempted to block their path, according to the local news outlet FOX 9. The woman was driving her vehicle when she was shot and subsequently crashed, according to witness reports and… -
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‘Asleep at the Wheel or Complicit’: House Oversight Delving Into Minnesota Fraud Scandal
Fraud is not isolated nor an anomaly in Minnesota, but part of a longstanding pattern, state lawmakers will tell a congressional panel Wednesday, as they detail interactions with whistleblowers. Members of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee will testify to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Daily… -
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Major Hotel Accused of Refusing Service to ICE Amid Minneapolis Crackdown
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—One of the largest hotel chains in the United States is purportedly refusing service to immigration agents amid a growing crackdown in the Minneapolis region. A hotel associated with Hilton Hotels & Resorts is explicitly refusing service to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempting to book reservations in Minneapolis, according to… -
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Amid Fraud Scandal, Walz Won’t Seek Third Term as Minnesota Governor
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday he will drop his bid for a third term as governor after his state was rocked by a fraud scandal. He also admitted “the buck stops with me” regarding the massive welfare fraud scandal, while also taking shots at President Donald Trump. Walz was the 2024 Democratic nominee for…