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Josh Bohnert's avatar

That press conference was unbelievable. Admits to the fraud then somehow calls those who exposed it frauds.

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

He's repuslive.

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Kurt's avatar

Rufo, take that victory lap. Bask on that glory. Your work bore fruit. Thank you.

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H.S.'s avatar

Fraud cases were known and even reported by NYT since 2020 (covid time). Trials and convictions were secured since 2024z Rufo exposed nothing new.

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mrdoug1's avatar

I think he added a layer to it and because of his prominence, the whole Somali fraud scandal(s) caught the attention of the national media and Donald Trump. In addition, I think the Dem party has come to the decision that Walz is a liability going forward. Rufo's treatment of the topic has come at a fortuitous time but as you say and as I say above, others have been on this like white on rice for several years now. Just check the litany of articles going back years by Scott Johnson (and John Hinderaker and Bill Glahn) on Powerline blog.

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Valoree Dowell's avatar

This is not news.

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mrdoug1's avatar

It's news, just not new news. It's good that it's come to national prominence, finally.

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Jim Moore's avatar

Thanks Josh. That video shows the least effeminate version of Gov. Tim “Not on My Watch” Walz I’ve ever seen. I guess it just took him getting his man boobs in a wringer to step up like an assertive man to tell it like it is … no girly hand waving, no ballet-like entrance or exit … just a “proud” guv talking up his state’s greatest achievement: its fabulously unending welfare system! Good luck Minnesotans on another year of this.

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DE's avatar

“Trump and his allies… want to make MN a colder, meaner place”

Yupper! That’s some hardened steel he man shit right there. Makes me tremble in fear at the ferocity of the command coward Sgt major pedo as he flies his tampon flag high in glorification of freeloading victimologized grifters everywhere. What a man!

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mrdoug1's avatar

The man is such a putz.

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H.S.'s avatar

Fraud cases were known and even reported by NYT since 2020 (covid time). Trials and convictions were secured since 2024z Rufo exposed nothing new.

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Josh Bohnert's avatar

He exposed a lot to the right audience and brought it back into the media spotlight. It’s been going on since 2015 actually:

https://youtu.be/vyl3xuPxg44?si=CpNbktWupICKYyHj

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Roger Nairn's avatar

But still nothing new.

Neither are Trump’s SA crimes and penchant for young ones.

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Josh Bohnert's avatar

Whataboutism

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mrdoug1's avatar

Tim Walz is an especially repugnant, mendacious politician. And his wife, Gwen, is a classically repellent harridan, to boot. Their daughter is an arrogant, full of herself, woke Leftist as well who's "down for the cause." A sickening group. How people actually vote for that is beyond me.

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Celina's avatar

Chris, are you aware of senate bill 5926 sponsored by Lisa Wellman, D in Washington State that would "expand pubic records exemptions for child care providers, shielding a wide range of personal information from discloser." so that reporters can not properly investigate potential fraud?

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Insane!

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mrdoug1's avatar

And consider this - Democrats actually favor that kind of (non)transparency. And I don't just mean the puppeteers, I mean the rank and file, too. We have to face the fact that roughly half the country is fine with it. We have to change that. Thanks for your ceaseless efforts to do so. Stay on it, please.

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David Silverberg's avatar

Hmmm. It wound appear to me that Fed IRS audits coupled with bank records could collect enough information to define a "node" and then, using mappings like those used by DataR, one could identify a flow of money to the DNC, election fraud, etc.

Even if they hide "public" records.

Just a thought. 🤷‍♂️

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Mark Livingston's avatar

Good thinking

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Lydia's avatar

A state statute cannot override federal requirements. What this bill tells me about her is that she is somehow involved in the fraud, and probably profiting from it. What is she trying to hide?

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Janice LeCocq's avatar

You’re a blessing.

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Michelle's avatar

They are also trying to hide from ICE with this.

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Mark Livingston's avatar

Yes, Washington State Democrats are circling the wagons and deleting Web pages. And maybe ten days ago Walz flew out here to allegedly raise money, but I think more urgently, to discuss things in private with Turd Ferguson. No email chains to delete that way.

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mrdoug1's avatar

You and others have to stay on their backs and to repeatedly push it into the media. Force them to cover it.

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Celina's avatar

Wow, I did not know that Walz was here. Deleting web pages is reflexive at this point. Crazy

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Geoffrey Webster's avatar

That should not make it to the floor, the regulatory folks allowed this fraud and now want to hide it so their retirement benefits are not affected. When will citizens realize bureaucrats care more about process than results?

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DE's avatar

You mean Cui bono? :)

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RAM's avatar

But if they provide nothing...

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Abigail Starke's avatar

😡🤯

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Richard  Trout's avatar

All government programs are set up for fraud to buy their votes. This is an excellent example showing they don’t want fraud exposed. Omar made sure fraud provisions were put in federal law

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Neil weiner's avatar

Walz and his apologists in the media are blaming Trump for Walz downfall. The democrats blame trump for everything and take no responsibility for anything. They believe that the liberal media will help protect them from accountability. The scary part of this is how emboldened this makes them. What's next? Well, we saw what happened during covid, so nothing would surprise me.

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Valoree Dowell's avatar

They are all protecting someone, something, somewhere. And that's the scary part. walz did not get the vp bid on his good looks, credentials or brain power. Who or whatever got him on the ballot made a call to him last night. Game over bud.

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Art's avatar

Well last week he blamed white supremacy. Funny how little traction they get with that approach any more. Tim’s mommy should have read him the story of the little boy who cried wolf.

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Marilyn's avatar

I am not sure that’s true; too easy to doubt with nothing of substance behind it.

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mrdoug1's avatar

I think all she read him was "The Little Engine that Could."

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BowTied Bumpkin's avatar

You’re incredible man. What your investigative journalism has done to shift the Overton window toward truth against some seriously dangerous and highly protected lies is unprecedented. Thank you.

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Don Reed's avatar

01/05/26: And with 1/200,000th of the CBS/NBC/ABC/NY Times budgets...

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Geoffrey Lee's avatar

I call this the Big Beautiful Bust. I thank you sincerely.

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Don Reed's avatar

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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David Silverberg's avatar

Thanks Chris. You are priceless.

Can you help with investigating the money trail to the DNC? I assume the somalis were just good thieves but the

"Masters" were libs in MN gov who used these orgs to fund lib/DNC activities, via NGOs, perhaps lib demonstrations, lib recruitment, and the election of lib politicians. Do you work with DataR? 🙏🙏🙏

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Timothy G McKenna's avatar

PLEASE COME TO MASSACHUSETTS!!!!

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mrdoug1's avatar

And MARYLAND.

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Patty Thomas's avatar

Btw, Fox’s “The Five” just gave you credit for getting the MN fraud investigation started.

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Fox has been incredible, helped boost the story at the very beginning.

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mrdoug1's avatar

Which happens to be untrue. Scott Johnson and other at Powerline blog have been all over this for several years. The federal prosecutor, Joe Thompson, has charged dozens and two trials have been held with multiple convictions. More prosecutions are ongoing. Kudos to Rufo and Shirley but they did not get the investigation started, not by a long shot.

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Don Reed's avatar

Bravo!

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Dale Stevens's avatar

Now let's do Hochul (NY) and Newsome!

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🌱Nard🙏's avatar

And Polis and Colorado

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ExtremeKiwi's avatar

Great work. Hard to believe that Walz was seen to be credible enough to stand for the role of VP.

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JD Free's avatar

Walz was seen to be Lefty enough to stand for the role of Democrat VP candidate.

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Fallout33's avatar

That's a fair comment.

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William Foster's avatar

And gay enough.

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3dEdited

Walz probably was able to buy his way into this position with all that "support" he got from certain groups in Minnesota. Plus he was probably internally the poster child excelling at the democrat plan to import voters while getting rich on it.

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Charles Leslie's avatar

Only because no one else was dumb enough to run with Cackles

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Don Reed's avatar

01/05/26: Ah, the magic of Ideological Platform Shoes.

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James A's avatar

Chris, Beware of those who come to "HELP"

WALZ is proof that the more self-righteous and sanctimonious the bigger the scoundrel.

In a one-party state like Minnesota, there is no spotlight on corruption.

For the left in Minnesota, every day is like the CLINTON's moving day in 2000.

They tried to take everything that wasn't NAILED DOWN including the silverware.

Why?

Because they are entitled to it.

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3dEdited

As Jimmy Cliff would put it, the harder they come, the harder they fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh0OM9jiA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dBMYUyRAQ

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mrdoug1's avatar

Did the Bumble say that, too?

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Sandy's avatar

Oh, thank you for this! 👍

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Fallout33's avatar

Sorry but I missed seeing the air quotes around the word ENTITLED. I knew I should have had my video chat turned ON. 😆

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Hugh Nemets's avatar

Him dropping his bid isn’t enough. He’s complicit, should be indicted , prosecuted, impeached and forever disgraced. Benedict Arnold was a patriot compared to this bum-

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Don Reed's avatar

01/05/26: Walz is the Bernie Madoff of the year 2025-2026...

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Pinebeetle's avatar

👏👏👏🥂

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IndywriterKAS's avatar

aaah the aroma of burning tires…

they lost me back then

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Fallout33's avatar

I just got that (had to reread it a couple times). It's a bit of a slow 🔥. 🤣

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Michelle's avatar

LOVE This!

Apparently Tim Walz is good friends with WA state's corrupt governor Bob Ferguson. Bobby Boy had Timmy come speak at one of his fundraising events in western WA, even AFTER the Somali fraud story started to break.

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Jill's avatar

Did he really invite Walz?! Unbelievable. I hope Ferguson and all the fraud in WA are next to be investigated.

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Ernie's avatar

Does that mean he won’t be prosecuted? Probably not, unless someone keeps digging to prove he got kickbacks…unlikely even if that happens. No one in government seems to pay for fraud.

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Hugh Wayne Black's avatar

buff.ly/UbOW84x. At least we can laugh.

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Patty Thomas's avatar

You’re amazing! It’s an honor to support your great work!!! Thank you👏

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Don Reed's avatar

Agreed!

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EmilyTVProducer's avatar

Stubbed his toe on a tampon.

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Don Reed's avatar

01/05/26: He'd wear one himself but he never figured out how to take his panties down low enough to be able to proceed with the rest of it (often, they'd get all tangled up with his dangling brassiere).

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