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Tim Holmquist's avatar

Being from Minnesota I have followed the fraud closely and believe that Waltz was complicit in mismanaging federal funding not only to the Somali community but anyone who walked into a state assistance office with a sob story. I'm not sure he committed crimes, but according to whistle blowers, upper personnel ignored their requests to deny benefits. There existed a feeding frenzy in obtaining federal funding through inept leadership. And it will be in the billions.

Not only that, but Minnesota has also captured billions from the feds for light rail. The recent Northstar line that runs between Minneapolis and St. Cloud was just recently shut down due to low ridership. Another program blowing hard earned taxpayer's cash.

Here's an article of a man from Puerto Rico that cashed in on Minnesota benefits and has since returned to Puerto Rico. Our liberal press and citizens celebrate this.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-puerto-rico-climate-change-hurricane-latino-mexico-el-salvador-refugee-guitar-reggaeton/600267659

A question for John next week. It will never happen, but I believe federal money should never be distributed to states for welfare. If the states want to offer these services, then the taxpayers of the state should pay. Your thoughts?

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The Emperor's avatar

Thanks for this information Lord Holmquist! Do liberals in Minnesota support this fraud or would most just prefer to ignore it since it obviously destroys their narrative? Have you discussed this with any liberals in your circle ?

You have earned the Good Citizen of the Empire Award this week!

His Utmost Excellency, The Emperor, has spoken !

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Tim Holmquist's avatar

Your highness, they are very quiet about it. The local press is finally covering the fraud, but it has been sparse coverage. What I have surmised in speaking to democrats and some within my own family is they hate Trump. That's the bottom line. And as long as it's not their taxes paying for these benefits, they don't see it as a big deal. We have built bridges, rail transportation, and funded the illegal migration of liberal voters into this state through federal funding. Minnesota used to be a fairly conservative state. Outside of the two major cities it's very conservative. Now we have a law that employees no matter what the reason, can take a medical leave up to 20 weeks. And they can do it once per year. One major manufacturer just shut down in December 14 production facilities. I know the reason why. Minnesota is a disaster.

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The Emperor's avatar

Lord Holmquist, you share very distressing but sadly unsurprising information about the Minnesota left wingers. I suppose the tribalists on both sides prefer to ignore and downplay the graft and foolishness of their OWN tribes as long as the offenses are committed by people they like or empathize with.

I wonder if all the

Minnesotans who are outraged by the shooting of Renee Nicole Good were equally outraged when Ashley Babbit was shot, since both of them were breaking the law defying lawful orders which sadly put them into positions to get shot by law enforcement

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Tim Holmquist's avatar

I believe that Good and Babbit got caught up in radical bubbles but just different movements. From that standpoint they are the same. And yes, they both broke the law. I have sympathy for both of them.

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Aylene Wright's avatar

So I won't actually ask you what you think of the shooting of Renee Good, since I am not even sure myself. So I will ask a more general question.

There was a time when I thought that police bodycams, as well as how about 90 percent of the country has ready access to videocameras on their phones, would at least help turn down the temperature when officer involved shootings occurred. No more need to just take the word of either side, when there's actual video, right?

Yet, what's surprising, and disappointing, is how multiple videos of this particular shooting exist, yet people are drawing wildly contradictory conclusions from the same footage. I still don't know if Good's car actually hit the ICE agent who shot her. But it seems most people commenting on this shooting, are convinced "the videos don't lie", yet some are quite convinced she at least tried to hit him, while others are just as convinced she was just trying to flee.

So do events like these mean these cameras are useless?

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Sharon L. Hunt's avatar

John, Is the "Dispatch" your main go-to for credible and impartial news? On "The First", Bill O'Reilly claims to be the only broadcaster who is now credible and impartial; your thoughts? Chris Cuomo seems to do a fairly decent show lately.

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