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Re: MN Welfare Scandal Reveals Power of New Media

“In Minnesota, there were politicians protecting the fraud that was rampant for a decade; otherwise, it would have been taken care of years ago. Gov. Tim Walz has his fortune and is protecting it by bowing out of the picture. Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington did the same thing — took his fortune and left the state in the hands of an inept Bob Ferguson, who is now stealing what he can. These blue state governors need to be watched and audited. Who is there to do the audits? Well, people with guts and the feds are the only ones willing to fight with the criminal media and solve these things. It’s going to get uglier.” —Washington

“Good for Nick Shirley for exposing the scandal in real time and also exposing the ineptitude, or lack of interest, in the scandal by the Leftmedia. Mr. Shirley is from Farmington, Utah, and spent two years of his life in Chile knocking on doors and approaching complete strangers on the street. That experience exposed him to many people and he used those skills to do ‘man on the street’ ‘gotcha’ interviews. Those two years were tough, trust me.” —Utah

Re: Dems Incite Violence Against ICE

“Someone ignored a police order and drove toward an officer — i.e., she was asking for trouble! Too bad she was stupid enough to get involved. It’s a tragedy that could have been avoided. Illegal is still illegal! Don’t be stupid!” —Illinois

“If Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council had not kept the police department from doing its job and citing the woman who had multiple times used her vehicle to obstruct traffic, including ICE vehicles, she might be alive today, and an ICE agent would not be nursing injuries and facing an investigation. The ‘sanctuary’ movement, incited by TDS-afflicted Democrats, is an insurrection more deadly than the Capitol incursion of January 6, 2021, with fatalities on both sides.” —Minnesota

Re: Trump’s Goal With Venezuelan Oil

“We should certainly have reservations about Trump’s vague plan on how to use oil to benefit Americans and Venezuelans. I hoped he would say we’d sell the oil at market rates and buy American agricultural products such as corn, beans, and wheat, and ship these to Venezuela to help end food shortages. The oil companies may be willing to rehabilitate the oil infrastructure if the increased production won’t depress profits from production and distribution or depress oil prices from U.S. sources. And we could incorporate skilled Venezuelans into the production process at good wages. I guess we’ll see if there’s a real plan or not” —New Mexico

Re: Housing Policy, Trump vs. Mamdani Style

“Another item affecting rents, and soon to be affecting housing prices — the cajoled return-to-your-homeland illegal aliens. If, as has been reported, 2.5 million illegals have voluntarily returned home, that frees up at least 250,000 to one million units. Rental prices supposedly have started to come down in some of the big cities. More to come. When the inhabitants leave, the owners are motivated to get new residents, often by lowering prices.” —Pennsylvania

Re: Prayer for America in 2026

“A wonderful prayer for our nation. However, God will only put up with evil for so long. Those climate change folks wringing their hands about how the earth is going to die off have no idea that we can’t fix this by getting rid of oil, etc.; we can only fix it by getting rid of the evil in this world.” —Alaska