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Minnesota Star Tribune via https://archive.ph/W7GYl Viral video prompts new scrutiny of alleged fraud, draws quick reaction from Minnesota regulators The claims of a right-wing influencer are prompting questions about whether fraud has proliferated in a program that was flagged for deficiencies a decade ago. December 29, 2025 -- Zak Osman is manager of the Minnesota Child Care Center, which Shirley visited last on his video. Osman said the doors are always locked for safety, and the staff was on high alert due to the Trump administration’s actions against Somalis for the past month. He said they don’t do “walk-in appointments” but there were children inside at the time and their cameras prove it. “You cannot see anyone from outside,” Osman said. Shirley was there for about 40 seconds before a shift supervisor heard what he was saying and tried to close the door but Shirley was holding onto it, so she had to pull it shut hard.

There's an old bumper sticker joke in Oklahoma "Ask me about my grandbaby" because they are you going to tell you about their grandbaby whether you ask them or not. Kinda like putting up a topic like this as I was interested in say demographics and ad display algorithms but that to some that means: Tell me all about your sex life here in Thailand

04 MAY 2025 KRISTEN WELKER: When does it become the Trump economy? PRES. DONALD TRUMP: It partially is right now. And I really mean this. I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy because he’s done a terrible job https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514

And in following this up a bit I now know that there is a word for this:

Maybe Trump misunderstood or has hearing problems and Putin said: Russia wants Ukraine to SECEDE

Well Joe seems to having a much better time of it than those 2 other guys.

Updated Dec. 29, 2025, 4:56 p.m. ET The latest comments from Vance and Patel also come after federal prosecutors suggested more than $9 billion may have been stolen from more than a dozen Medicaid-funded programs in Minnesota, including initiatives meant to tackle child hunger and housing insecurity. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson on Dec. 18 announced the staggering figure and said fraud is "swamping Minnesota and calling into question everything we know about our state." Thompson did not detail how authorities reached the $9 billion figure, which far surpasses the amount that those charged have been accused of stealing. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/29/video-nick-shirley-day-care-fraud-minnesota/87944078007/

From the OP: This court decision stems from controversial deportations conducted in March, during which the Trump administration used the 1798 Alien Enemy Act: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua The White House March 15, 2025

Google Ad Sense runs it. No clicks on a story no notice by the ad algorithm and no money to the MSM -- and they have detail on how many times any story or type of gets clicks.

From Richard Nixon NOV 7, 1962, concession speech after losing the California Governor race: I leave you gentlemen (of the press) now and you now write it. You will interpret it. That's your right. But as I leave you I want you to know- just think how much you're going to be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference and it will be one in which I have welcomed the opportunity to test wits with you. https://speakola.com/political/richard-nixon-gubernatorial-concession-1962

As of today official status US v Comey Date Filed: Sept. 25, 2025 Date Terminated: Nov. 24, 2025 US says it will appeal based upon 'proper' Halligan appointment, or as per My Cousin Vinny "Everything that (judge) just said is bullsh*t"

Dec. 23, 2025 via AP However, officials have made no effort to deport him to the one country he has agreed to go to — Costa Rica. (Judge) Xinis has even accused the government of misleading her by falsely claiming that Costa Rica was unwilling to take him. The government's "persistent refusal to acknowledge Costa Rica as a viable removal option, their threats to send Abrego to African countries that never agreed to take him, and their misrepresentation to the Court that Liberia is now the only country available to Abrego, all reflect that whatever purpose was behind his detention, it was not for the 'basic purpose' of timely third-country removal," she wrote. In court Monday, Abrego's attorneys reiterated that he is prepared to go to Costa Rica "today." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-allows-kilmar-abrego-garcia-remain-free-considers-immigration-is-rcna250554

Thanks (again) for your prognostication. Nov 4 I will repeat. Comey is cooked. https://aseannow.com/topic/1377544-us-prosecutors-suspended-for-telling-the-truth/page/7/#comment-20199205

NY Law Firm Representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia Received $7 Million from Reid Hoffman Nonprofit to Fund E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit Against President Trump June 19, 2025 -- Hecker & Fink, the New York * law firm representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) case against him in Middle Tennessee, was paid $7 million by a nonprofit created by LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic Party megadonor Reid Hoffman in 2020. The money was earmarked to fund the lawsuits by former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump. The money from Hoffman’s group was labeled as “public interest litigation funding” in its Form 990 tax filing for 2020, and was used to fund the lawsuits by Carroll against Trump. https://tennesseestar.com/news/ny-law-firm-representing-kilmar-abrego-garcia-received-7-million-from-reid-hoffman-nonprofit-to-fund-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit-against-president-trump/tpappert/2025/06/19/ * Offices in the Empire State Building.

AI Gemini quickie on Motion to Dismiss: Challenge to Proof: A central part of Trump’s reply highlights that the Journal described the letter but did not publish a photo of the original document or provide proof of its provenance. Trump’s team argues this lack of physical evidence supports their claim that the story was "concocted." As I wrote SEP 9: NB: The artist J-M Basquiat was known to do paintings on FedEx document boxes. AI quickie (2) The Orlando Museum of Art's forgery scandal involved an exhibition of alleged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings where one of the works was painted on a FedEx cardboard box with a logo and text (font) that didn't exist until 1994, six years after Basquiat's death.

Maybe look to this in 2026 as posted on BBC topic Monday: Meanwhile, in the Trump V Murdoch and Wall Street Journal, the WSJ team has filed a motion to dismiss. Trump responded. And WSJ replied. Then last week there was an oral hearing. The Trump team, among its arguments in its response, is that the WSJ team did NOT prove that it could NOT be a fraud or NOT planted in the version of the book in the Epstein estate by various unknown Trump adversaries. So the judge's ruling awaits.

No shoe-in for the nomination.

AI quickie via Gemini: John Nance Garner, who served as the 32nd U.S. vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1941), is famously credited with describing the office as "not worth a bucket of warm spit (Although the original word was 'piss') Historical Impact: Before becoming vice president, Garner was a powerful Speaker of the House. He later regretted giving up that influential role for the vice presidency, which he felt "didn't amount to a hill of beans". Despite his low opinion of the office, he is considered one of the most influential 20th-century vice presidents due to his deep legislative knowledge.

Its an echo chamber isn't it?

Just wait for a new batch: The vast oil reserves we use today formed over geologic eras, primarily (70%) during the Mesozoic (252-66 million years ago) and Cenozoic (66+ million years ago).

A Court Filing Revealed Todd Blanche’s Office Closely Oversaw the Prosecution of Abrego Garcia The DOJ has said indicting Abrego Garcia was an independent decision by prosecutors in Tennessee not mired by politics. December 22, 2025 The filings from defense lawyers detail how Blanche’s deputy Singh was in touch with the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Rob McGuire, in April, nearly a full month before the indictment — sending a flurry of emails in which McGuire offered updates on timing and they discussed legal strategies. The pair stayed in close contact for weeks, with Singh even asking for what appears to be an update on the effort the day before Abrego Garcia was indicted. For months, DOJ officials have claimed Main Justice did not direct Abrego Garcia’s prosecution. https://www.notus.org/courts/abrego-garcia-doj-todd-blanche

I once made a similar comment a ways back and got shouted down. I just said that there is nothing I said that would be news to anyone in Korea.

This is so funny. I started this topic at about 4 AM a few days ago because -- as I look at AN early most mornings -- what is it about the Google Ad algorithm that keeps always putting these '10 most beautiful' topics which are on the right side of the page there I guess because they get the clicks. Even though I mentioned they seem to be always well endowed up top, I was not thinking at all of the philosophical discussion as to what is beauty. But what the heck. Pictures at 4 AM of Sydney Sweeney on top of many of them. Ms. Sweeney is usually posed with scanty upstairs covering and there are plenty of photos online of her without even that.