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Minnesota authorities’ investigations into fraud schemes tied to members of the Somali community span several years and involve multiple large cases that federal prosecutors have said amounted to “hun...
Somali immigrant households in Minnesota are reported by multiple sources to have exceptionally high rates of public‑benefit use — figures as high as 81 percent of Somali households receiving some for...
Claims that “88%” of Somali Americans are on welfare and that Somalis stole “more than $1 billion” are widespread in recent commentary, but reporting shows a complex mix of documented fraud investigat...
Reporting shows two overlapping but distinct threads: long-term public-safety and socioeconomic challenges in Minneapolis neighborhoods with large Somali populations, notably Cedar‑Riverside, document...
Available reporting does not provide a single, nationwide 2025 percentage of Somali immigrants receiving public welfare benefits; sources discuss local cases, claims, and eligibility rules but not a p...
Tucker Carlson has publicly revived and repeated several longstanding 9/11 conspiracy themes in a five‑part series called The 9/11 Files (released September 23, 2025), alleging government knowledge an...
Federal prosecutors and investigative outlets have uncovered and reported large, multi-program fraud schemes in Minnesota that involve dozens of defendants and millions — by some accounts hundreds of ...
Federal and state investigations into multiple fraud schemes tied largely to Minnesota’s Somali community have produced dozens of indictments and allegations of “hundreds of millions” to “billions” in...
Research that adjusts crime or homicide rates for poverty, neighborhood, and related socioeconomic factors finds that disparities by race shrink but do not universally disappear: some studies report p...
Available official statewide crime data tools exist but do not break out crime rates by neighborhood ethnicity; local reporting links higher crime in some Minneapolis neighborhoods like Cedar‑Riversid...
Available reporting documents high welfare participation among Somali immigrant households in Minnesota—CIS and commentators cite figures around 80–89% for “some form of welfare” and 27% for cash assi...
Federal and local reporting shows a major fraud probe centered in Minnesota’s Somali community involving programs like Feeding Our Future and Medicaid; prosecutors describe “serious and pervasive” fra...
Federal and state reporting and prosecutions in 2024–2025 show multiple major fraud investigations in Minnesota that involve Somali individuals or Somali-run clinics: big prosecutions include the Feed...
Data in recent reporting and background profiles show Minnesota hosts by far the largest Somali diaspora in the U.S.—estimates range from roughly 61,000 (ACS-derived profiles) to about 80,000–107,000 ...
The FDA has repeatedly warned Americans not to use veterinary formulations of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19, stressing that animal products are not evaluated for human safety and that self‑m...
Tucker Carlson’s five-part series The 9/11 Files presents itself as a challenge to the “official story” and leans heavily on the 9/11 Commission report and declassified documents, with the stated goal...
Federal prosecutors and reporting say Minnesota saw large, organized schemes that used fake meal sites, sham companies, bogus invoices and shell nonprofits to bill federal nutrition, Medicaid and othe...
Federal and state investigators began scrutinizing fraud schemes after prosecutors and journalists documented large, multi-year scams that billed Minnesota social-services programs for services never ...
Nick Fuentes is widely described in the provided reporting as a white nationalist who has repeatedly promoted variants of the “replacement” or “white genocide” conspiracy and other racist and antisemi...
Charlie Kirk’s publicly documented objection to universal free school lunches centers on the idea that feeding children is a responsibility of parents rather than government — he has explicitly said p...