THANK FRAUD ALMIGHTY: Liftoff achieved!
I would like to say “we have achieved liftoff” in drawing national attention to the massive public-program frauds committed by a large cast of Minnesota Somalis. But “we” would be misleading. Attention has been drawn by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher Rufo in their City Journal column “The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer” (the headline is a quotation).
They first drew President Trump’s attention in a big way. Now comes the New York Times in Ernest Londoño’s long story “How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch” (“Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration”). The story has clearly been in the works for a while, but Trump’s attention has intensified its newsworthiness.
As Steve Guest, the former political communications adviser for Ted Cruz, tweets:
Very telling that the Times is more concerned about “giving Republicans a line of attack” than acknowledging the depth and depravity of what Walz has allowed to happen in Minnesota.
— dj_deathproof (@dj_death_proof) November 29, 2025
Evergreen:
Related: Great moments in vetting:
The interesting thing is they ran the very man at the center of this scandal as last election's candidate for vice president of the United States.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 30, 2025
UPDATE: This is CNN.
Some have observed that the New York Times has essentially given establishment journalists permission to discuss Minnesota's Somali fraud scandal. CNN had the senior senator from Minnesota on this morning. Could have brought it up. Didn't. Focused on Trump instead. pic.twitter.com/zjz7jYv5oF
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 30, 2025
Unexpectedly!
