That Congresswoman Omar won last night was not the surprise. The shocking thing was her thin margin of victory. Omar prevailed over former Minneapolis city council member Don Samuels by…
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s ability to turn out the vote has been remarkable over her brief career in politics. It will be tested again next month. Early voting is already underway…
In which your correspondent returns to Edina. Subject Premises No. 1 in the third FBI search warrant in the Feeding Our Future case is this co-working office facility located at…
Recently, we’ve been making connections between the free-food scandal, overseen by the state Department of Education (MDE), and other government entitlement programs overseen by the state Department of Human Services…
It’s been more than four months since the FBI raids on Feeding Our Future and related organizations. To date only a single person involved has been arrested, and that was…
Minnesota’s own Rep. Ilhan Omar urged the Biden administration to cancel federal student loan debt last week. As the NAACP helpfully pointed out, one of the beneficiaries of such a…
How a couple of nonprofits allegedly swindled the federal government of $48 million meant to feed children.
Ken Martin, the head of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party, put out a press release on Good Friday touting their most recent fundraising results. The state’s version of the Democratic party…
We must no longer tolerate the petty criminals who ultimately hold our communities hostage to fear and lawlessness.
The alleged Feeding Our Future scandal is having an impact on the work at the State Legislature as they look to wind up their session next month. In the Democratic-controlled…
A number of addresses have featured prominently in the alleged free-food fraud story, but none more prominently than 3055 Old Highway 8, St. Anthony, Minnesota. The office building at that…
The free food scandal in Minnesota centers on the since-disbanded nonprofit Feeding Our Future. The FBI alleges that large-scale fraud took place in two government programs meant to provide free…
The free food scandal involves at least three distinct groups of alleged fraudsters. Not one person has been arrested or charged, to date. In Part 1, we introduced the group…
They say to always follow the money. The fallout from the alleged free-food scandal has claimed another Minneapolis official. This time it was the chair of the city’s public housing…
The relationship between Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s political campaigns date back to 2016. The money flows both ways. The restaurant and related entities were named in…
Tax cuts, students, transparent healthcare, and reliable, affordable energy.
For those following at home, the links, key dates, and key events included below provide a road map to the story, as it has unfolded. Not one person has been…
With renewed calls for Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson to resign because of his dangerous DWI incident last month, let’s take a look back at how he ascended into the…
A review of this month’s Minneapolis mayoral election shows voters gaming the RCV system. Earlier this week, the Star Tribune reported on some interesting analyses of this year’s election, which…
On Election Day 2021, the voters of Minneapolis rejected a proposed charter amendment which would have eliminated the city’s police department and replaced it with a public safety agency. Fox 9 reports:…
Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the percentage change in a range of crimes in Minneapolis for the period Jan. 1, 2021, to Oct. 25, 2021, compared…
Donors have right to ask how nonprofits are using their money.
On Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex (D-NY), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), also known as “The…
Educators from Intermediate District 287 have been selected to join the inaugural cohort of The 1619 Project Education Network, according to the Pulitzer Center. Forty-two teams of educators from 22…