Minnesota is now facing one of the largest documented government service fraud scandals in United States history. Under Gov. Tim Walz’s evidently unwatchful eye, federal prosecutors have estimated that approximately $1 billion in taxpayer funds have been siphoned from multiple state- and federally funded social service programs over the last five years. As of this writing, 87 individuals have been charged in connection with the scheme, with 61 convictions already secured and more charges continuing to be filed against these fraudsters. The bulk of the fraud scheme centers around two government programs. The first target was the Minneapolis-based not-for-profit Feeding Our Future, which distributed federal child nutrition funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in April 2020, the organization’s founder and executive director allegedly oversaw an elaborate fraud operation that involved over 250 fake meal sites throughout Minnesota, siphoning over $250 million in taxpayer funds. The second scheme involved Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, which provides treatment to people with autism. Defendants allegedly fraudulently billed Medicaid for autism therapy services that were never provided. They recruited children from Minneapolis’ Somali community who did not have autism diagnoses. Their parents were then paid between $300 and $1,500 per month as kickbacks to keep their children enrolled. To put this into perspective, one company billed Medicaid over $850,000 in one year for one child and was paid out $438,000. Federal prosecutors are still working to determine the full scale of the fraud. But none of this should have happened. It could have been stopped far earlier. There were early warning signs as far back as July 2019, when Minnesota state officials discovered that there was potential fraud occurring within Feeding Our Future. However, according to former employees of the Minnesota Department of Education, after the state caught wind of the potential fraud, it temporarily stopped payments to Feeding Our Future, which then sued the state. Under pressure from Feeding Our Future leadership, state officials decided to continue providing the payments. But everything came to light. Walz blamed the judge in the Feeding Our Future case for forcing the state to continue making the payments, yet this evidently was such a blatant misrepresentation of the facts that the judge himself came out and said, “The Department of Education voluntarily resumed payments and informed the court that FOF resolved the ‘serious deficiencies’ that prompted it to suspect payments temporarily. All of the MN Department of Education food reimbursements payments to FOF were made voluntarily, without any court order.” Any meaningful due diligence seemingly would have tipped off investigators to the blatant fraud that was occurring. Reports note that nearly $700 million in EIDBI claims have been paid out, with notable spikes around the same period that dozens of new clinics popped up within the state, which even state officials themselves were concerned about at the time, wondering how many were doing actual work. So how did Minnesota’s darling Somali congressional representative, Ilhan Omar, respond to the massive allegations against members of her community? In typical “squad” fashion, she redirected her answers toward President Donald Trump’s response. A question has also been raised about whether Omar knew that this fraud was occurring or at least should have been tipped off to the fact that something was amiss. One of her own former campaign officials, for example, was convicted of stealing millions of dollars and has on multiple occasions been seen with another member of the fraud scheme who similarly stole millions of dollars. Predictably, Trump did not mince his words when discussing the issue. He called Somali immigrants “garbage.” Of course, not every single Somali immigrant was part of this massive fraud scheme; only a fraction of them were. And Trump’s response, while not appropriate, shows that he evidently harbors a deep resentment for those entering our country from abroad and siphoning billions in taxpayer money. This is an issue that Americans had to contend with for four years during former President Joe Biden’s term, as millions of migrants entered the United States unlawfully and were met with three square meals a day and cozy hotel beds to sleep on. There are two things that we should take away from the situation: First, Walz would have made an awful vice president if he allowed this level of fraud to occur right under his nose. And second, we need competent leaders who are unwilling to look the other way in the face of obvious fraud. Walz is not one of those leaders. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. 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Roman Occupation Exposed Britons to Disease and Class Divides The Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD brought with it dramatic social upheaval that fundamentally altered the health landscape of the island's inhabitants. While the Romans claimed to deliver "civilization" to Britannia, a groundbreaking new study reveals that urbanization under Roman rule actually exposed people to novel diseases and created class divisions that severely restricted access to vital resources. The research, published in the journal Antiquity, confirms long-held theories that the population's health declined sharply under Roman occupation, though this decline was limited almost exclusively to urban centers.The Independent reports that archaeologists have discovered infant skeletons from the Roman period bearing significant "negative health markers," pointing to widespread suffering among urban populations. What makes this finding particularly striking is that rural communities showed no such deterioration, suggesting that pre-Roman Iron Age traditions persisted in the countryside while city dwellers endured harsh, long-lasting health consequences that spanned multiple generations. Gary Manners 12 December, 2025 - 12:55 Section News History & Archaeology History Important Events