How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/fraud-minnesota-somali.html

A bombshell #investigation reveals the largest funder of the #terrorist group #AlShabaab is the #Minnesota #taxpayer. Discover how billions in #welfare fraud were funneled to terror through programs like #FeedingOurFuture.

https://saxafimedia.com/funder-of-al-shabaab-minnesota-taxpayer/

It's exhausting.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/08/01/two-plead-guilty-to-collecting-fraudulent-payments-from-federal-child-nutrition-funds

#Minnesota #fraud #FeedingOurFuture

"Reporters and the public were allowed to watch the daylong jury selection process, known as voir dire, on computer monitors from another courtroom four floors below. Potential jurors’ faces were not visible on the screen, but viewers were able to hear [Judge Nancy] Brasel’s questions and the jurors’ answers.

"Despite three years of media coverage of the investigation and indictments, many of the potential jurors Brasel interviewed had only heard about the case in passing, if at all."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/10/opening-statements-set-in-trial-of-feeding-our-future-leader

#Minnesota #FeedingOurFuture #fraud

"Court documents made public reveal an extravagant scheme in which the accused researched the juror’s personal information on social media, surveilled her, tracked her daily habits and bought a GPS device to install on her car. Authorities believe the defendants targeted the woman, known as juror 52, because she was the youngest and they believed her to be the only person of color on the panel."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/26/minnesota-juror-bribe-covid-fraud-trial

#Minneapolis #fraud #FeedingOurFuture #JuryTampering

Hmmm...it seems A LOT of Republicans were furious when the #FeedingOurFuture fraud was discovered, but for some reason, they don't seem to be as upset at this fraud...

I wonder what the difference was between the suspects in each case... https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minnesota-woman-pleads-guilty-to-1-8m-mail-romance-fraud-schemes

New blog post from me @jeff@headhearthands.xyz:

https://headhearthands.xyz/feeding-our-future-part-1-look-and-listen-for-the-welfare-of-the-whole

The first of a planned series on #FeedingOurFuture. I'll be looking at how groups have or might come together in support of #FoodSystems which are healthy, equitable, resilient, and sustainable.

I write here about the #Haudenosaunee (AKA Iroquois) Confederacy. An indigenous people who once thrived where I live, "Upstate" New York.

I also highlight the unique role women played in their communal farming system, economy, and society at large.