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There is clear, repeated reporting that multiple federal prosecutors and senior Justice Department civil‑rights officials resigned in protest over how the DOJ handled the ICE shooting in Minneapolis ....
Reports say at least 77 people have been charged in multiple Minnesota fraud probes and many defendants are Somali; prosecutors and news outlets note that a white Minnesota woman alleged to be a ringl...
There is no reporting in the provided sources that Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers quit MPD to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the departures widely documented are fe...
Available reporting does not provide a single, definitive annual dollar figure for how much Minnesota government pays to Somalian immigrants; estimates and assertions vary widely across outlets and ad...
Multiple outlets document large, coordinated protests at the Minnesota State Capitol in mid‑January 2026 and in earlier 2025 rallies, with crowds ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands gathering o...
A widely shared quote — “When Somalia calls, I answer first. America is just the paycheck.” — has circulated about Rep. Ilhan Omar; available reporting shows she gave remarks to a Somali audience that...
Estimates for Minnesotans of Somali descent in 2024–25 cluster between roughly 61,000 and 107,000 people, depending on the data source and definition used: some Census-derived American Community Surve...
Ilhan Omar has publicly responded to recent attacks and policy moves targeting Somali migrants and herself, including a direct reply on X after President Trump called her and Somali Americans “garbage...
Available reporting shows a viral claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar said on March 14, 2023, “When Somalia calls, I answer first. America is just the paycheck” is circulating online but is not substantiated i...
Tim Mynett, whom Rep. Ilhan Omar married in 2020, is described in major reporting as a political consultant and strategist who previously worked on Omar’s campaign and has founded venture and consulti...
Minnesota hosts the largest Somali community in the United States, concentrated in the Twin Cities, but estimates of its size vary widely across sources — from roughly 43,000 Somalia-born residents to...
Available reporting shows controversy over a remark attributed to Rep. Ilhan Omar in early 2024–2025 about prioritizing Somalia over the United States; investigators and multiple outlets say the phras...
No available recording or complete, reliable transcript in the provided reporting shows Ilhan Omar saying the exact phrase “When Somalia calls, I answer first” or the widely circulated “Somalians firs...
Available reporting shows no reliable source that quotes Senator John Kennedy saying, “Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, on recorded call, March 14, 2023: ‘When Somalia calls, I answer first. America is just ...
Available reporting in the provided set does not show Rep. Ilhan Omar publicly confirming the exact quote “When Somalia calls, I answer first. America is just the paycheck.” Multiple outlets cite clip...
Public records and reporting show Vance Boelter has a mixed paper trail: he registered as a Republican in Oklahoma in the early 2000s and friends say he voted for and supported Donald Trump, but Minne...
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...
Local and state law enforcement in Minnesota are not uniformly joining ICE operations: Minneapolis Police have publicly distanced themselves and adopted policies limiting cooperation with ICE, while a...
Charlie Kirk publicly commented on George Floyd’s death and the 2020 protests repeatedly; he called Floyd a “scumbag” during a public speech and questioned the narrative around Floyd’s death, repeatin...
Charlie Kirk publicly called George Floyd “a scumbag” during a campus speech in October 2021, and the remark was captured on video and streamed by Turning Point USA; that clip — and multiple reports d...