Thursday, January 1, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam on the First Day of 2026

You probably won't be surprised that the Minnesota fraud story still dominates. Bad Hombre @Badhombre "Did I call it or did I call it?" Quote Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "Within the next 72 hours, expect a Jussie Smollett-style fake bomb threat against a Somali “learning center” that Democrats will try to blame on MAGA right-wingers on X. They desperately want to distract in any way they can from the fraud." Upstate Federalist @upstatefederlst "Wow it's crazy that vandals would steal *checks notes* all the evidence that investigators would want." !Quote Ismail Royer @IsmailRoyer "The Minneapolis daycare center targeted by this tweet, Nokomis Daycare Center, received telephone threats of violence & was broken into last night & vandalized, & checkbooks & parents’ documents were stolen. x.com/crimewatchmpls…" From Ace, Somali Pirate: Racist Thieves Broke Into Our Very Legitimate Day Care and Stole All the Enrollment and Employee Records That Would Prove This Is a Legitimate Business and Not a Pirate Plundering Operation, "Drat -- the racist thieves stole the very documents that would allow the pirates to clear their good piratical names! Oh, and he slips it in that they tore off checks from the "day care's" checkbook, too. Not the whole checkbook, for some reason, but just certain checks. So if you find any checks from the company going to pay for obviously-personal luxuries -- well, that must have been the racist thieves. So convenient of the thieves. He also -- get this -- claims to be a victim of racism, you Racists."

At RCP, Nick Shirley: A Kindergartener Could Find The Fraud Going On In Minnesota, But Tim Walz Wants Their Votes. Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees Laughable Criticism of Nick Shirley Tim Carney @TPCarney "I'm not sure the viral critique of Minnesota day cares is totally accurate. I am certain that *according to the government, there's no fraud in this government-funded program* is the farthest thing from journalism." Quote CBS News @CBSNews "A recent video by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleged nearly a dozen day care centers in Minnesota that are receiving public funds are not actually providing any service. . . . CBS News' review also found dozens of citations related to safety, cleanliness, equipment, and staff training, among other violations, but there was no recorded evidence of fraud." Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "This dunce didn’t do an investigation into fraud, he simply read a government compliance website and concluded that everything is fine. This is Soviet-style media. Bari Weiss has a lot more work to do." He did his job. He was sent not to find fraud and he didn't look until he didn't find any. OTH, at Reason, ABC, NBC Barely Touch Minnesota Fraud, While CBS Delivers the Goods. At Althouse, The NYT puzzles over the Nick Shirley video. "I'm reading "An Intense White House Response From a Single Viral Video/A video purporting to expose extensive fraud at child care centers in Minnesota shows the relationship between the Trump administration and self-described citizen journalists" (NYT)." Drew Holden @DrewHolden360 "Unbelievably CNN to see all the smoke and fire around the Minnesota fraud story and decide to ask the tough questions to…the guy who reported on it all." Quote Anderson Cooper 360° @AC360 "Following a viral video, federal resources have surged to investigate alleged child care fraud in Minnesota. CNN's Whitney Wild had a chance to question YouTuber Nick Shirley about his claims." jay plemons @jayplemons, "Nick Shirley reveals he's facing serious threats after exposing billions in alleged Minnesota fraud.@nickshirleyy "There's bounties on me here in Minnesota, because people are so upset as far as the fraud that's being exposed, because they know their time's up, and they know everyone's just sick and tired of this happening inside their own state and across America."" Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, ""Youre laughing? The City Hall reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the major city news publication run by a Tim Walz appointee, just went and deleted her account for threatening posts against fraud whistleblowers, and you're laughing." AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon, "ANY state official who chills or threatens to chill a journalist’s 1A rights will have some ‘splainin to do. @CivilRights takes potential violations of 18 USC § 242 seriously! Govern yourselves accordingly!" #1A" Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok. "Washington State Attorney General is now accusing journalists of “harassment” for investigating fraud and fake daycares Democrats don’t want us uncovering fraud because they’re the ones committing it and benefiting from it." From Hollywood in Toto, Late Night Won’t Touch Somali Scandal, So "Indie content creators rush in, satirize Minnesota's massive child care debacle."

Joe Teirab @JoeTeirab, "I’m an AO OG, but if @DavidAFrench is referencing MAGA’s critique of the MSM’s coverage of the recent rampant fraud in MN and elsewhere, respectfully, he’s just wrong. I’m a regular reader of both the @nytimes and @StarTribune, and helped prosecute fraud in MN as an AUSA. No fair observer could say the scope of the coverage was commensurate with the scope of the fraud. You just can’t." Quote David French @DavidAFrench, "One thing to remember as we go through the one millionth right-wing cycle of "Why hasn't the mainstream media covered" the thing that it has repeatedly covered ... The vast majority of the MAGA doesn't read the MSM, but they eagerly consume attacks on the MSM." John Hinderacker at Power Line finds the left Desperately Defending Timmy. Send Tim Walz To Somalia Simulator @fleshsimulator, "I like how he just tries to slide in the phrase “White men commit the most crime” like it’s a given Here’s the homicide data for the state of Minnesota, and the total crime data for Hennepin county Not only do white people not commit the most crime, they don’t even commit most of the crimeS You have 5x as many white people in Minnesota as black people. Somehow the 169K black people committed almost twice the total number of crimes that 857K white people did over the same time span I get that it’s tacky to bring up crime stats but this is utter horseshit, and an outright, bald-faced lie. I’m not going to just sit here and accept him saying this and not push back." LHGrey @grey4626, "No, Tim. This isn't Trump's "long game." This is you getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar...except the jar is stuffed with taxpayer dollars, and you've been smashing it open for years while pretending to be the victim. Minnesota under your watch became a five-star resort for fraudsters. . . ." Dave Strom, It's Not One Thing; It's EVERYTHING: Molly Pitcher @AmericanMama, Assisted living fraud in Minnesota. This particular facility is owned by Gandhi Muhammad and he’s been indicted for money laundering $1 million for the Feeding Our Future scam. His wife still runs the facility and the state continues to pay as Mohammed awaits trial.

Jen O'Connell at RedState reports a Former TSA Agent Exposes Somali Fraud in Real Time at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Suitcases of cash headed for Mogadadishu. Hat Hair's John Sexton finds More Suspicious Daycare Activity, This Time in Washington Cam Higby @camhigby, "SOMALI FRAUD IN WASHINGTON: @choeshow and I spent yesterday investigating Somali daycares in WA. “Dhagash Childcare” has received over $210,000 just this year. People living at the address claim there has never been a daycare there. We lay out the facts in this teaser." Ace, More Daycare Fraud Suspected, This Time in Washington. Greg Price @greg_price11, "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's office on potential fraud at childcare centers in Columbus-- which has the second highest Somali population in America: "This is something that is unfortunately the cost of doing business."" From Shipwreckedcrew, COVID Fraud In California Makes The Losses in Minnesota Look Like A Rounding Error. "Under Gavin Newsom, $30 billion in fraudulent unemployment compensation claims were made on COVID relief funding -- including a huge amounts paid to the "unemployed" state prison inmates." DogeDesigner @cb_doge, "DAVID SACKS: "In California, we have $24 billion going to homeless programs, and yet the number of homeless people keeps rising. They can't pass an audit. The state refuses to even permit an audit. We know there's massive fraud going on in that program." PJM's Matt Margolis looks at The Massive Fraud Scandal No One Is Talking About and sees a Bombshell Report that Exposes Billions in Biden-Era Fraud That Went to Dead People and Non-Citizens. At Campus Reform, Son of Minnesota AG collecting $110,000 city salary despite full-time Harvard fellowship 1,000 miles away.

John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "LONG POST WARNING: How did this Somali fraud happen? I have a close relative who works inside this system. She processes medicalcare claims for a large provider, we’ll call it SMH, in a deep-blue state (not Minnesota). What people miss is that the biggest fraud isn’t the checks written to individuals. It’s the staggering cost of administering the programs. . . ." Dave Strom, Despite It All, They Will Continue to Vote for Democrats. Despite it? Because of it! It's also a massive vote buying scheme. Also, Denaturalizing Fraudsters Will Accomplish Almost Nothing. "Evicting a few dozen will accomplish nothing aside from providing emotional satisfaction that at least a few people faced justice." I'll take that. William Wolfe @WilliamWolfe, "It's becoming increasingly undeniable that every left-coded "government program" that woke Christians used empathy to defend and demand we support... Daycare, healthcare, refugee resettlement, welfare, etc. Are all just fraudulent ponzi scheme kickbacks for godless Democrats." Stephen Miller @StephenM, "What if I told you our national debt is the tab for the mass looting of the American economy and the mass theft of the American dream?" Jim Williams @Alpowolf "As Thomas Sowell has pointed out, it’s a mistake to judge a law or program by the stated good intentions of its creators. You have to judge it by the incentives it creates. This program creates vast financial incentives for fraud…so that’s what we get." Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "The Somali daycare scandal is not just about Somalis, or immigration, or Minnesota. It’s also, and more importantly, about declining trust in government and betrayal of the people’s compact. She nails it." Quote QE Infinity @StealthQE4, "Great rant. I think many are starting to feel this way. You go girl!" Kurt Schlichter at TownHall thinks Republicans Are Slowly 'Learing' How to Fight the Democrats.


Jack @jackunheard, "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani stuns New York, putting Ramzi Kassem — 9/11 Al Qaeda defense lawyer — in charge as Chief Counsel New York, what have you done?" Why should this surprise anyone? Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "As I've been saying, the political right has an antisemitic influencer problem, while it's completely institutionalized on the left. Candace Owens isn't going to be the mayor of New York City. Every Democrat nominee for president is going to appear on this woman's podcast before 2028. She will most likely have a speaking slot at the DNC." Quote Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro, "Jennifer Welch claims Zionists, not the CCP, control TikTok's algorithm and are using it to manipulate everyone to support Israel and ignore how they want to "ethnically cleanse Gaza." She claims Israel spent a lot of money to make "Islamophobia" they next big thing." Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Seattle is screwed Democrat Katie Wilson, winner in Seattle's mayoral race, gives her first speech “I do think that we will need to pursue new progressive revenue in order to fund our priorities and make sure that we're delivering services” Progressive revenue = More taxation." Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer, "NEW: Peter Thiel is opening an office in Miami for his personal investment firm, Thiel Capital. Thiel just put out this press release. Why? Because he is trying to show publicly that he is a taxpayer in Florida, not California. Note that it says the lease was signed Dec. 2025."

From NYPo, Trump calls for ‘peace on Earth,’ vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of Minnesota fraud at glittering Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve bash. Althouse finds The Washington Post Editorial Board lists "25 Good Things That Happened in 2025" and not one thing is attributed to Trump. "The name Trump doesn't even appear — see for yourself here (gift link) — though "capitalism gets a favorable mention* and two of the items are educational policies associated with the conservatives.**" Catturd ™@catturd2, "2026 is gonna be the best year ever for the United States. Block or mute all black pill, Panican, pessimistic losers. 100 things can be going perfectly and one thing wrong. And they’ll dwell on that one thing wrong all day, every day, on X. Eliminate these losers from your life, or they’ll drag you down into their never-ending negativity with you. Enjoy the next three years. Be positive, be happy, and ignore the people who just can’t be happy for some reason no matter what happens." The Telegraph opines Donald Trump enters 2026 as the real leader of Europe.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites the WSJ: Trump Really Did 'Kick Epstein Out of Mar-a-Lago for Being a Creep' – In 2003. At Althouse, What was that "Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban EpsteinFrom Mar-a-Lago's Spa"? ""Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex," The Wall Street Journal reports. "A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee's allegations and urged him to ban Epstein, some of the former employees said. Trump said it was a good letter and said to kick him out. The beautician disclosed the house call to the club's human resources team, one of the former employees said. The incident wasn't reported to Palm Beach police, according to the former employees and police. The department didn't begin investigating Epstein until two years later, when a parent told them Epstein molested a 14-year-old girl from a local high school. Epstein was arrested in 2006 after several underage teens told police he paid them for sex...."" Ace, Wall Street Journal: Yes, Trump Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-a-Lago in 2003 After Being Informed Epstein Pressured an 18-Year-Old Spa Worker for Sex, "But-- but-- But Muh Trump."

From NYPo, Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on US citizens. Well, damn, there go those vacation plans. 


From NYPo, Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots "While standards “deteriorated” during the era of President Barack Obama and bureau Director James Comey, Parker claimed, under President Joe Biden and Director Christopher Wray “it really amped it up” and “morale took a serious hit.” “Under the Biden administration, they were hiring idiots,” Parker bluntly claimed to The Post. “Hiring standards dropped and it was noticeable, lowering the standards to meet quotas.”" Daniel Friedman @DanFriedman81, "Through Obama’s first term, Democrats compensated for the fact that they didn’t represent mainstream Americans’ values on many issues with a reputation for competent technocratic governance. Since around 2014, they have sacrificed that for racial wealth transfers and DEI hiring in every role from schoolteachers up to Vice Presidents and Supreme Court Justices."


Stephen Kruise picks My 2025 Person of the Year — ICE.

Jeff Charles at TownHall see CNN Panelists Melt Down After Scott Jennings Uses The Left’s Favorite Show Against Them “You’ve got to admit, though, the catering to the Somali community that goes on by the Democrats in Minnesota is a little weird, is it not?” Jennings said. “A small proportion of the population.” Jennings continued, “They got the lieutenant governor up there dressed like The Handmaid’s Tale. I mean, why do they care?”

Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil "I win again! This newly-released CDC data shows us that the rise in autism in the United States between 2000 and 2016 was (drumroll)... ENTIRELY (98.25%, not significantly different from 100%) DRIVEN BY A SHIFT IN DIAGNOSTIC STANDARDS. The autism epidemic is incredibly fake." I've always been suspicious this was true.

NYPo reports Nearly 30 Yale undergraduate departments have no Republican faculty, Buckley Institute report finds. I was more shocked that there were 30+ departments.

From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog reports Musk Backs Wilco GOP Chair In Tranny Bathroom Wars

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