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Beyond Tim Walz: What Minnesota’s Fraud Scandals Reveal About America’s Failing Safety-Net Oversight
Politics & Governance

Beyond Tim Walz: What Minnesota’s Fraud Scandals Reveal About America’s Failing Safety-Net Oversight

Tim Walz, Minnesota’s Fraud Scandals, and the Quiet Crisis in America’s Safety-Net Oversight The partisan fight now engulfing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz...

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

12/13/2025

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Somali Fraud, Trump Rhetoric, and the Media: What the Minnesota Scandal Really Tells Us
Politics & Society

Somali Fraud, Trump Rhetoric, and the Media: What the Minnesota Scandal Really Tells Us

What the Somali Welfare Scandal and Trump Coverage Reveal About a Broken Information Ecosystem The Minnesota Somali welfare fraud scandal and the med...

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

12/13/2025

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Why Minnesota’s $2 Billion Fraud Scandal Was ‘Shockingly Easy’—And What It Reveals About U.S. Social Spending
Politics & Policy

Why Minnesota’s $2 Billion Fraud Scandal Was ‘Shockingly Easy’—And What It Reveals About U.S. Social Spending

Minnesota’s $2 Billion Fraud Scandal: A Case Study in How Modern Government Fails What’s emerging in Minnesota is not just a COVID-era crime story ab...

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

12/11/2025

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Minnesota's $1B COVID-19 Nutrition Fraud Scandal: Leadership, Oversight, and the High Cost of Crisis Mismanagement
Politics

Minnesota's $1B COVID-19 Nutrition Fraud Scandal: Leadership, Oversight, and the High Cost of Crisis Mismanagement

Why Minnesota's $1 Billion COVID-19 Fraud Scandal is a Crucible for State Leadership and OversightThe recent revelations about the massive fraud schem...

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

12/4/2025

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