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On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Minnesota Star Tribune Investigative Reporter Jeff Meitrodt said that fraud in the state “has just spiraled into this sort of giant monster that just keeps spreading from one program to another. It seems like there’s a playbook that’s been passed around out there” among fraudsters. Co-host Nick Schifrin asked, “Federal prosecutors said earlier this month they’re investigating some $9 billion worth of fraud in more than a dozen Medicaid-funded programs in Minnesota. That is much broader, much larger than anything they’ve announced previously. So, explain, what’s new here?” Meitrodt answered, “What’s new here is that a fraud…
The AfD, which is topping opinion polls in Germany, had been barred from participating in the event for two years Germany’s right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been allowed to participate in the Munich Security Conference (MSC) next year, the event’s chairman has said.The AfD, known for its anti-migrant rhetoric and calls for Berlin to stop sending military aid to Ukraine, had been barred from the high-profile gathering in 2024 and 2025 at the behest of the MSC’s previous chairman, Christoph Heusgen. According to Deutschlandfunk radio station, Heusgen explained the ban by saying that he “did not want to…
An historic church standing near Amsterdam’s famous Vondelpark was engulfed by fire early Thursday morning, causing the church tower to collapse in on itself. The blaze erupted at the Vondelkerk shortly before 01:00 in the church tower. According to preliminary reports, there were no casualties. Vision released on social media shows the flames building as they took hold of the highest parts of the church as helpless spectators looked on. The blaze went on to cut off the electricity of almost 100 nearby homes. Dramatic images from across Amsterdam showed flames and smoke pouring out of the 154-year-old place of worship…
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Minnesota Star Tribune Investigative Reporter Jeff Meitrodt stated that the response to fraud allegations has been “Very robust at the federal level, somewhat tepid at the state level.” After Meitrodt said that one of the daycares in Nick Shirley’s video appeared to be legitimate when the Star Tribune visited, but some others do look suspicious. Co-host Nick Schifrin asked, “As you know, Republicans have put the blame on Minnesota’s Democratic Governor, Tim Walz. And here’s what his office told us, in part, ‘Fraud is unacceptable and it is appropriate that the federal government is investigating problems in federal…
At least three people were killed instantly, while others were left stranded in international waters The US has destroyed three alleged narco-trafficking boats travelling in a convoy in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a number of people aboard, as part of Washington’s growing pressure campaign against Venezuela.The latest lethal “kinetic strike” was conducted in international waters on December 30, the US Southern Command announced on Wednesday.The Pentagon claimed that prior to the strikes, US intelligence agencies had “confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and had transferred narcotics between the three vessels.”“Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed…
Over 1,000 women were sexually assaulted and raped across Germany’s major cities exactly ten years ago today, in an enormous and apparently coordinated act of violence by recently arrived migrant men, the nature and causes of which are still the subject of attempted obfuscation to this day. The North African origins of the perpetrators of the infamous mass rapes and sex assaults seen in German cities on New Year’s Eve 2015-16 were not “a criminogenic factor”, a German academic has asserted, but rather were a function of radical “masculinity”. The remarkable comments come as the nation looks back ten years…
A Virginia man was detained and charged with threatening to kill former Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who serves as the president of the Trump Kennedy Center, according to a press release. In a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, it was revealed that Scott Allen Bolger, 33, was “charged by criminal complaint with transmitting threats in interstate commerce and making false statements.” Through the use of Google Voice, on Dec. 23, Bolger sent “a message to a federal employee” threatening “to kill the employee,” according to court documents. Bolger also “falsely…
Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said if he became governor in California, he would charge ICE agents and take away their driver’s licenses if they commit crimes. Host Jason Johnson said, “What would you do if you are able to be elected as governor of California? Yes, we’ve seen over just not just one year of this new regime, that it’s the states that tend to be the strongest pushback. It’s the governors of Illinois, it’s the governor of Michigan, governor of Virginia, Maryland, everything else like that. What will you bring to the table? Because…
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said Tuesday on MS NOW’s “The Last Word” that President Donald Trump’s tactics on crime show he was “committed to instituting terror.” Johnson said, “As I’ve said repeatedly, this president has certainly worked outside of the confines of the Constitution. And I’ve maintained that position. And, you know, thankfully, the Supreme Court sees it our way. And what we’ve said from the very beginning, if this president was actually sincere about addressing violence in the city of Chicago and cities across America, he would work with mayors like myself to do the things that actually work.”…
Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said everyone at the Department of Justice who obstructs justice by not releasing the Epstein files can be prosecuted by a future administration. Host Elex Michaelson said, “So the DOJ has already blown past your deadline and hasn’t really given any word on when all the files will be released. Do you have a deadline for when there will be actual consequences for not following the law that you wrote?” Khanna said, “Well, I’m less concerned about the timeline. I’m more concerned that they’re not releasing the key documents. I mean, if they…