"Minnesota is drowning in fraud. Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Governor Tim Walz alone. Democratic state officials, overseeing one of the most generous welfare regimes in the country, are asleep at the switch. And the media, duty-bound by progressive pieties, refuse to connect the dots.

"In many cases, the fraud has allegedly been perpetrated by members of Minnesota's sizeable Somali community. Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab. As one confidential source put it: 'The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.'

"Our investigation shows what happens when a tribal mindset meets a bleeding-heart bureaucracy, when imported clan loyalties collide with a political class too timid to offend, and when accusations of racism are cynically deployed to shield criminal behavior. The predictable result is graft, with taxpayers left to foot the bill."

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"Earlier this month, The New York Times ran an interview with Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales titled, 'The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.' There, Wales painted Wikipedia as a well-intentioned site trying its best to remain unbiased -- and being unfairly targeted by those on the right.

"That couldn't be further from the truth.

"No matter how the NYT and Wales try to spin the narrative, reality remains: The culture wars didn't 'come for Wikipedia.' Wikipedia voluntarily threw itself into the fray -- and contrary to its claims, it didn't remain impartial. ...

"No wonder Elon Musk launched Grokipedia, an AI-generated alternative that's designed to counter what he accurately called Wikipedia's 'editorial bias.' The need for a more objective, fact-based basic reference source couldn't be more obvious."

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"Miracles come in all shapes and circumstances, but here is a truly remarkable one: The New York Times has said something positive about President Trump.

All he had to do was get most of the world to back his sweeping plan for bringing peace to Gaza.

It was a long shot, but he and his skilled negotiating team pulled it off.

So much so that a Monday Times headline called it 'A Major Breakthrough.'

The story went on to declare that the United Nations Security Council vote to support the president's plan represents 'a major diplomatic victory for the Trump administration.'"

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"The 43-day government shutdown has exposed the intensifying battle between progressives and centrists over the direction of the Democratic Party in 2026 and beyond, an ideological struggle that could determine whether Congress can avoid another lapse in federal funding in February.

"The intraparty struggle is taking place on Capitol Hill as well as in key states around the country, such as Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Texas, where progressive Senate candidates are vying against more mainstream Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

"The contest between progressives, who are pushing bolder policy reforms and want to confront President Trump more aggressively, and establishment-type candidates, who want to focus on affordability and de-emphasize conflict with Trump, will influence their party's tactics in the months ahead."

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"Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley has sounded an alarm about the state of the US job market, saying Ford has been unable to fill 5,000 mechanic jobs paying $120,000 a year. Those $120,000 salaries are nearly double the US average.

"'We are in trouble in our country. We are not talking about this enough,' said Farley in an appearance last week on the Office Hours: Business Edition podcast. He said the shortage of qualified manual laborers isn't confined to Ford, but is something businesses across the nation are struggling with."

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"Democrats keep claiming that Trump 'gave away' $40 billion to Argentina, and many people are understandably upset. How, they ask, could the United States hand over money to a foreign country?

"The problem is simple: the claim isn't true. The U.S. didn't give Argentina money. It entered into a currency swap -- and the U.S. has actually earned a profit on the transaction."

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"For the last several months, Democrats have been trying furiously to tie Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. Aside from the fact that this media campaign is obviously not organic, it's utterly bizarre and disingenuous. Democrats simply don't care about ties to Epstein, and never have. They only care that these allegations can be used to possibly harm Trump."

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"Despite all the uproar surrounding the ascension of socialist star Zohran Mamdani to mayor-elect of the largest city in America, democratic socialism's capture of city government, not just New York City's, is years in the making.

"Scores of candidates backed by the country's de facto socialist party, the Democratic Socialists of America, have wooed their way into local office with similar promises of government-run grocery stores, free child care, fareless public transportation, and rent freezes.

"Notably, one-third of the 12-person city council in Portland, Oregon, are active DSA members, all of whom assumed office in January. There, the 'socialists are setting the agenda.'"

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"Americans' trust in various U.S. federal government institutions remains mired near five-decade lows. Forty-five percent of U.S. adults have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the federal government to handle international problems, and 38% trust the government to handle domestic problems. Trust in the three branches of the federal government ranges from 32% for the legislative branch to 49% for the judicial branch.

"Two decades ago, all five measures showed trust above the majority level, and as recently as 2012, majorities trusted all but the legislative branch.

"These trust figures, measured in Gallup's Sept. 2-16 Governance poll, are statistically similar to what they were a year ago. However, that overall stability masks large partisan shifts. Republican confidence on all five trust items has increased sharply, most dramatically for the executive branch (up 83 percentage points) and the government's ability to handle international problems (up 64 points) and domestic problems (up 57 points). Meanwhile, Democrats' trust has tumbled on these same three measures by 56 to 78 points and is also down significantly for the legislative branch."

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"The Senate took a first big step Sunday night toward ending the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown amid mounting pressure for Congress to act as Americans cope with halted food stamps and canceled flights weeks before the holidays.

"On Day 40 of the shutdown, the Senate voted 60-40 to advance a deal to reopen the government after a group of eight Senate Democrats relented from policy demands and broke from their party ranks to strike an agreement with congressional Republicans.

"The action puts the shutdown on track to potentially end this week, but a final vote is still required by the Senate and then the House before the continuing resolution heads to President Donald Trump's desk."

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