1 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: Where's our skeptical meter right now? Relating to the disappearance 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: of Nancy Guthrie, I mentioned this yesterday on the show 3 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to Hour two for a Tuesday here on Twin 4 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: Cities News Talk. My name is John Justice, Nobel Peace 5 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: Prize nominee. I'm intentionally not going down the rabbit holes 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: of theories and kind of staying away from all of 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: this for that very reason. But just on the surface level, 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: as I watched the news headlines right now, I just 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: I'm I still I'm just going. Man, my spidy senses 10 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: are tingling. It's a horrible story regardless, But I just 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: the official version of what is being laid out right now, 12 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: I deem questionable. 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, we talked about it off the air yesterday for 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: a pretty long time. I just there's a lot more 15 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: questions than any type of answer right now. 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: Well, the sheriff in all of this, who I'm familiar with. 17 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: I've actually met him before, Chris Nanos, from my time 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: when I was there. He's obviously he's been there for 19 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: a long time. If I met the guy in experiences 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: with him when I was broadcasting there. But he's a 21 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: disaster of a sheriff. And he's awful. I have a 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: friend of mine who listened to my show there still 23 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: maintains correspondence with me. He's a big fan of one 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: of my other podcasts, and he's actually been following this 25 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: in detail. He sent me this lengthy email about all 26 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: this background information and great guy, no offense to him. 27 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: I haven't read it for the exact reason that I 28 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: mentioned before. I just I'm just I'm gonna wait. I'm 29 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: gonna let this story play out before I start going 30 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: down the conspiracy theory, you know, rabbit holes. But again, 31 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: none of this just on its face looks legitimate in 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: terms of the controversy surrounding. It's just absolutely sad. Ten days, 33 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: ten days now. And then there was that interesting Chief 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie put up a new video yesterday and okay. 35 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna let it go. I just wanted to 36 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: share that it was. It was on the headline top 37 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 3: of the hour, and they're talking about it every single hour, so. 38 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 2: Not related, but kind of related. I find it fascinating 39 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: that the tip line number is one eight hundred call FBI, 40 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: like that sounds like it would be a fake number. 41 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 3: Do you really like. 42 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 2: Something you had seen in a movie, right like five 43 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: five five call FBI. 44 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: I don't know. At least it's not one eight hundred 45 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 3: call ice. 46 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I probably wouldn't go over quite as well, Quite 47 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: as well. Speaking of which, a federal judge ruled yesterday 48 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: that California can't enforce a law banning immigrant to agents 49 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: from wearing masks. 50 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 3: I know, which is so shocking. Judge Christina A. 51 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: Snyder US District Court, Central District of California ruled that 52 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: California is doing nothing with my fingers. No Secret Police Act. 53 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: Come on, listen, she should have just ruled this down 54 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: based off of the stupid title alone. She said, the 55 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: No Secret Police Act both discriminates against the federal government 56 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: for solely applying to federal law enforcement and violate its 57 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: power granted by the Constitution's Supremacy Clause. Democrats are good 58 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: at one thing, though, Man, they are good at spin. 59 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: I'll explain in just a moment. 60 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: But Governor Gavin Neuscomb signed the law in September to 61 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: ban Immigrations and Customs enforcement agents from wearing masks while 62 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: making arrests, forcing them to show their faces. The Department 63 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: of Homeland Security quickly jumped to condemn the law, calling 64 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: it a flagrant attempt to endanger federal officers. It was 65 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: a ridiculous argument. It's another one of those that just 66 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: goes to show they have very little tangible criticism that 67 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: they can push forward regarding the lawful activities of ICE agents, 68 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: that they had to go to the ridiculous in order 69 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: to find ways to push back. 70 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 3: Now, the one key thing to note was. 71 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: That it discriminates against the federal government for solely applying 72 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: to federal law enforcement. Now, I'm convinced that, you know, 73 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: this is a judge that probably was not happy to 74 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 1: go and rule this way, all right, So in making 75 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: that determination, it leaves a little bit of wiggle room 76 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: within appeals or changes that could be made. So Democrat 77 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: Senator Scott Weener announced that he would swiftly file a 78 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: new bill that would now also include the California Highway Patrol. 79 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: In her ruling, again, the judge did scrutinize the Trump administration, 80 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: saying the federal officers can perform their federal functions without 81 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: wearing masks, which she totally didn't need to say. But 82 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: that seems like one of those moments and I'm reading 83 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: into it. But it seems like one of those moments 84 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: wherein the judges say, well, you know, the officers could 85 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: do their job without having to wear masks, but they 86 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: can wear masks. But Wiener issued a statement capitalizing on 87 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: that one aspect of it only applying to federal law 88 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: enforcement officials, saying that the ruling was actually a huge win, 89 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: adding that for the law to be enforceable, it must 90 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: apply to all levels of police, not just federal and 91 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: local officers, but also state officers. 92 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: But the second part. 93 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: Of the ruling that it discriminates against the federal government 94 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: violating its power granted by the Constitution's supremacy clause, may 95 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: go and supersede all of this. Now that the court 96 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: has made clear that state officers must be included, I 97 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: am immediately introducing new legislation to include state officers. I 98 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: will do everything in my power to expedite the passage 99 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: of this adjustment to the No Secret Police Act. I 100 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: have another example of the spin coming up in just 101 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: a moment. Ellison and Trump administration settled DEI education lawsuit. 102 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: That was the headline from Monday. How it started. The 103 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: truth of the matter is all Ellison did. And I'll 104 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: give you details coming up. All he did was piggyback 105 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: Minnesota on a bunch of work that was done by 106 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: other states. 107 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 3: That's all that happened here. There really wasn't. 108 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: There was a settlement in terms of the specific definition 109 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: of settlement, but the settlement was only because the court 110 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: said it's going to decide later on based off of 111 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: another lawsuit about the issue regarding funding for DEI. 112 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 3: So essentially the. 113 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: Settlement just meant we're gonna wait until the other lawsuit 114 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: is settled before we make a decision. It's not some 115 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: major victory, but Keith Ellison is more than happy to 116 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: try to take a victory lap over something that he 117 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: really had no involvement in beyond getting Minnesota attached to it. 118 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: One more point on the federal judge in California ruling 119 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: that California can't stop ice agents from wearing masks, Let's 120 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: just say, for the sake of argument, that the ruling 121 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: with the other way or maybe this counter lawsuit that 122 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: includes all law enforcement in California, federal or state and 123 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: local can't wear masks and it forces them to remove 124 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: the masks specifically for ice agents. Do they really think 125 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,239 Speaker 1: this is going to stop ice from doing what they're doing. 126 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: If that happened, By the way, here's a good thing 127 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: they can do. Go and you can use some of 128 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: my taxpayer dollars for this. That'd be fine because your 129 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: taxpayer dollars are going to pay for the mask anyway. 130 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: But they should go and buy some face paint. So 131 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: instead of wearing masks, the ice agents could go and 132 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: decorate their faces. They can't be recognized. Then we'd have 133 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: to go through a whole host of other lawsuits. 134 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 2: Maybe they could hire a professional face painter or do 135 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: you like the spider Man or Cheetah or something like that. 136 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 4: There you go. 137 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, those dudes you see or those ladies, those males 138 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: of those people that you see like in the Minnesota 139 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: State Fair when they're going to go on painter you face. 140 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: It reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld with Putty 141 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: when he was going to the Devil's hockey. 142 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 3: Game and ended up painting in the painting his face. 143 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 3: All right, let's go here. 144 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: From the Star Tribune as well, the recent surge of 145 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: federal agents in Minnesota has not only forced businesses that 146 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: rely on immigrant and refugee workers to curtail their hours 147 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 1: and close their doors. Shouldn't hire those that are here 148 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: in the country illegally. It's hurting schools as well, especially 149 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: their finances. This is all by design. Fears that their 150 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: children will be approached and detained by US Immigrations and 151 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: Customs enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents have prompted 152 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: many families to keep their kids at home, causing attendance 153 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 1: to drop sharply at many K through twelve schools as 154 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: Operation Metro Surge enters its third month. Okay, so a 155 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: couple of things immediately come to mind. These questions have 156 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 1: been raised before. But first off, if you're not here illegally, 157 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: you have no concern over this, right. 158 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 3: Okay, I'm just going to keep hammering that point. 159 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: But the second question is, if it really is having 160 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: this big of an impact, how. 161 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 3: Many illegal alien children are in our. 162 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: Schools right now? That's the real question that needs to 163 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: be answered to this point in time. Now, I suspect 164 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: it's not nearly as much as what you would be 165 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: led to believe based off these articles. I think there's 166 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: a lot of just Democrats that are irrationally keeping their 167 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: kids home from school. And I would even go so 168 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: far as to add that there might even be a 169 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: behind the it seems coordinating an effort to keep their 170 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: kids home from school because of what I absolutely expected 171 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 1: to see happen when the legislative session starts in seven days, 172 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 1: and that is beware the demand for ice related emergency 173 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: school funding. That's where I think all of this is 174 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: heading right now, because the money to pay teachers, counselors, 175 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: bus drivers and principles is tied to attendance. Officials fear 176 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,559 Speaker 1: prolonged absences by students in hiding will lead to declining 177 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: state funding for schools. For the Fridley Public Schools, this 178 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: is according to the superintendent, Brenda Lewis. Even a small 179 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: number of students missing makes a real difference. If twenty 180 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: five students were dropped with roughly half of the school 181 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: year remaining, the revenue impact would be well over one 182 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars. But if you're not if those students 183 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: aren't there, you're not paying for them any more. So 184 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: the schools can't cut staff midyear, Okay, she said, there's 185 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: no way to substantially lower costs during the year for 186 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: Fridley schools. 187 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 3: Well, maybe you don't offer up all those free meals. 188 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 3: How much funding is going to that. 189 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 4: Now. 190 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: Fridley Schools sued ICE and CBP this month to keep 191 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: federal agents away from schools. Wait wait, wait, wait, wait 192 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:26,079 Speaker 1: wait wait, schools can't cut staff midyear. According to Brenda Lewis, 193 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: the superintendent, there's no way to substantially lower costs during 194 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: the year for Fridley Schools, which sued ICE and CPB. 195 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: So Fridley Schools sued Icon CPB. How much did that 196 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: cost you? Let me rephrase, how much did that cost 197 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: at taxpayers? Education Minnesota President Monica Byron, who leads the 198 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: state wide teachers' union, also joined the lawsuit with Fridley. 199 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: I'll give you her quote here in just a moment. 200 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: We'll get to your comments from the iHeartRadio app as 201 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: well as we continue with the story. But this is 202 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: all leading to just watch when the legislative session starts 203 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: coming up on the seventeenth. 204 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 3: This is one of the things that's going to be 205 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 3: talked about. 206 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: You're going to see dflers say that we need immediate 207 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: emergency funding for our school districts because of how evil 208 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: and awful Ice has been. Just wait, all right, your 209 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 1: thoughts on the matter. You can email me. 210 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 3: Justice at iHeartRadio dot com. 211 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: As we continue here on Twinsday's news Talk at AM 212 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one on three five FM, school teachers 213 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: school leaders fear declining attendants during ice raid well also 214 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: lower state funding. Funding from Minnesota K through twelve schools 215 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: is tied to student attendants, but with some students to 216 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: afraid to go to school, schools are reporting sharp declines 217 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: in attendance. If any child is here legally and afraid 218 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: to go to school, that's one hundred percent on the parent. 219 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 3: I'd go so far as to say illegally as well. 220 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 3: Is is focusing on not those individuals. 221 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: But it all feels like one big, grand setup legislative 222 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: session around the corner. I fully expect there to be 223 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: a call by dflers for ice related emergency funding for 224 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: school districts. You know, and why not, because school districts 225 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: do such a bang up job with the money that 226 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: we give them already. Monica Byron, Education Minnesota President, joined 227 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: the lawsuit filed by Freddy how Fridley. 228 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 3: How much did these lawsuits cost? 229 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 5: Say? 230 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: No system of public education in America was designed to 231 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: withstand this sort of intentional intimidation and harassment of students 232 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: and the people who educate them. All right, pause, time out, 233 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: flag on the field. I wonder what our thoughts were 234 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: during COVID and all the students were told to stay home. 235 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: Cruel decisions, as she goes on to say, by DHS, 236 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: ICE and other agencies have affected every part of public education. 237 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 6: Cruel. 238 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 3: Walls likes using that word a lot. 239 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: They're being so cruel, Yes, enforcing the law and holding 240 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: people accountable for breaking it so cruel only in the 241 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: mind of a liberal. Well, there are ways to educate 242 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: students who aren't in the classroom. The state law allows 243 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: remote learning. The district must have showed that students are 244 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: receiving construction services or supervision. If not, their funding could 245 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: be cut. Let's get to a few of your thoughts 246 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: from the iHeartRadio app brought to you by Lyndall Realty. 247 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 7: John, take it a step farther, you know, on the 248 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 7: besides the idea of student and aid state aid for students, well, 249 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 7: how much of that caused Hannipin County Medical Center to 250 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 7: fail for providing way too many services for pe people 251 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:01,479 Speaker 7: who'd never qualified. 252 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 8: Good morning, John, I just have thought that crept into 253 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 8: my head. I wonder if that is why the Democrats 254 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 8: are so against school vouchers, it is because in order 255 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 8: to get a school voucher, you have to be a 256 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 8: tax paying citizen, and that tax paident citizens can now 257 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 8: choose what school to send their children to. So that 258 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 8: is one of the reasons why they hate the idea 259 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 8: of school vouchers. 260 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 9: Interesting you talk about school funding tied to attendance. This 261 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 9: goes back a few years, but my daughter in high 262 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 9: school had some medical issues where she was out almost 263 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 9: three months from school and I had to fight the 264 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 9: school filing truancy charges against me. That just tells you 265 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 9: right there, it's all about the money. 266 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 10: You correct me if I'm wrong, But isn't online learning 267 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 10: available during these dire stressful times to any student who 268 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 10: wanted to take advantage of it? I could have sworn 269 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 10: I heard that somewhere. Where's the attendance issues? 270 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: Well, and again the district must The district is going 271 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: to have to show that students are receiving instruction or 272 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,119 Speaker 1: they're going to lose their funding. Now, state education officials 273 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: on Friday couldn't confirm if the agency will be adjusting 274 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: funding for school districts as a result of the disruption. 275 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: Now along those lines into the talkbackers points, school districts 276 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: across Minnesota have renewed and expanded the online learning options 277 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: that were created and expanded during the COVID nineteen pandemic. 278 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: Both Saint Paul and Minneapolis have created temporary virtual schools 279 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: and recently announced that they were extending them until April 280 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: sixth in Minneapolis and indefinitely in State Paul and Saint Paul. 281 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: Wait a second here, I just completely I just landed 282 00:16:55,760 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: on this, So I'm a little bit mad at myself 283 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,239 Speaker 1: that I just now picked up on this aspect of it. 284 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 3: What's the difference with the child's at homework at school? 285 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 3: What does it matter? 286 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: If the argument is that ICE is targeting these individuals 287 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: and the concern is these kids are going to be 288 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: detained by ICE, it actually makes more sense for them 289 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: to stay in school because ICE is less likely just 290 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: because of the controversies, I'm going off of. Understand This 291 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: is not my saying that I believe ICE is doing 292 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: this or that ICE is going to do this. I'm 293 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: going off of the mentality of the left right now. 294 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: So the argument is that all of these students aren't 295 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: going to school over fear of ice does not make 296 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: any sense. You've actually just because I would have their 297 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: information to know to get that individual, and it would 298 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: seemed to me that they would be safe for just 299 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: staying in school. Then they would be staying at home 300 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: where they could easily be detained along with their parents 301 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: because they would be here illegally as well. So that 302 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: makes this make even less sense from the argument of 303 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: keeping kids from school standpoint, but more sense with the 304 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: theory that this is all going to lead to the 305 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 1: DFL when the legislative session starts demanding emergency funding for schools. 306 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: Now getting further into the story for those families who 307 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: still want to send their kids to school but are 308 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: too afraid to have them walk or be driven or 309 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: stand at bus stops, Fridley is offering door to door transportation. 310 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 3: Oh, and we know there's no fraud in transportation services. 311 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 1: While the impact was cool, finances is expected to be serious. 312 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: The ice surge has hurt schools and kids in other ways, 313 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: maybe for years to come. Extended absence disrupted instruction, whether minimal, 314 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: missed in person days, emergency shifts to virtual translate to 315 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: learning loss that can take years to recover, especially for 316 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,479 Speaker 1: students who are already behind or in need of additional support. 317 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: None of this makes any sense unless you are looking 318 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: to take advantage of a crisis. And once again for 319 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: the left, never let a manufactured crisis go to waste. 320 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: The leftists have stomped their feet, they've thrown their sustained 321 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: hissy fit and intentionally created chaos. 322 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 3: And now. 323 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: These same insurrection pedlers are going to sink to go 324 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: and capitalize on the chaos that they've created. 325 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 3: Just watch. 326 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: But on its face, none of this makes any sense whatsoever. 327 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: This is all completely manufactured. And again I can't believe 328 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: that I just now kind of landed on that fact 329 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: that this doesn't make any rational or logical sense. If 330 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: what they say is true, and Ice is targeting these children, 331 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter where they're at, and keeping them out of 332 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: school actually makes them easier targets. Get back to a 333 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: few of your comments from the iHeartRadio app. 334 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 3: Good Morning, John Rich here. 335 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 11: So I'd like the Friendly school district to report how 336 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 11: much increased budgets needed to pay for the Family Medical 337 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 11: Leave Act the Democrats passed. And is this the way 338 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 11: they're going to try and blame Ice for their misbudgeting 339 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 11: of their new law that they passed. 340 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: Now we're going to talk about the paid Family Medical 341 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,479 Speaker 1: leave coming up, because would you be surprised to know 342 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: they've already found fraud. 343 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 3: A story that. 344 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: Would not exist if it wasn't for the fact that 345 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: fraud was so prevalent within the news cycle. But yes, 346 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: in a matter of thirty days, they have already discovered 347 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 1: individuals attempting fraud through Minnesota's paid Family Medical leave. All right, 348 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: we'll get to more of your thoughts on this story too. 349 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: And this ridiculous argument about the children in schools and 350 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: ice got a lot of great comments that are rolling in, 351 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: including this one, and we'll get to more coming up 352 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: on Twin City's News talking. 353 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 3: John Derek and Shaver. Just Saga Lakes is having a 354 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 3: vote today for. 355 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 10: A bond referendum because apparently they need more money. 356 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 6: I mean, in the last ten years, so many new 357 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 6: people move into the area, and yet they don't know 358 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 6: how to freaking take that extra money and actually put. 359 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 3: It to where it needs be. They just need to 360 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 3: get more money. 361 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 6: So anybody listening that's up in that area get out 362 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 6: and both to day hopefully no, but it's up to you. 363 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 3: Have a Good day, John. 364 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 5: Seriously, this is Mike from Minnetaka. These lunatics are claiming 365 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 5: that absenteeism that's going to be increased because if ice 366 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,959 Speaker 5: is a problem, and they were just fine with keeping 367 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 5: your children out of school for a year during COVID. 368 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,359 Speaker 5: My kids were in high school back then and it 369 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 5: was absurd, And now they're trying to do it because 370 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 5: they're afraid to go. It's ridiculous. 371 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: Along the same lines as Mike here on Twin Cities 372 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: News Talk, let's go to this iHeartRadio app brought to 373 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: you by Lyndahl Realty. 374 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 10: You laid it out so nicely. I've finally been able 375 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 10: to put it all together. None of this makes sense. 376 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 10: It's all a scam and it all depends on its 377 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 10: own lies to sustain itself. Ice is bad. They use 378 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 10: license plate readers so we can't have folks driving their kids. 379 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 10: Checkpoints are good because we keep ice out of the 380 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 10: neighborhoods and away from the houses. We sell red hats 381 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 10: and give money to people so they can stick. 382 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, none of it needs to make any sense, and 383 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: it all demonstrates how effective the demonizing has been by 384 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: the left over the course of a decade, because it 385 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: all goes back to Trump. That's when everything changed. You 386 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: had an outsider coming in with na Id to upset 387 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: the established order on the way we conducted politics. The 388 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: anointing candidate Hillary Clinton was not to be beat and 389 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: everything changed after that. And now after a decade, we've 390 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: reached this place where and I've said this for a 391 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: long time, but it's absolutely true. If you're on the left, 392 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: you can be as irrational, you can be as hypocritical 393 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: as you want to be, as long as it furthers 394 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: the leftist agenda. Morals right and wrong, lies, it doesn't matter. 395 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter because they have vilified the right to 396 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: the point where it's all justified in the minds of 397 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: those on the left. This whole school leaders fearing declining 398 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: and attendance because of ice surge, students being kept out 399 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: of school. 400 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 3: None of this makes rational sense. It's ridiculous. And you watch. 401 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you how this is going to be put 402 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: forward when the legislative session starts. Let's get back to 403 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: another comment though, to lead into this wearing John I. 404 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 6: Did a little bit of research during a conversation telling 405 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 6: that I think ninety percent of school referendums held in 406 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 6: the metro pass. 407 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 3: So that's a pretty. 408 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 6: Good bet if the school wants money to put it 409 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 6: on a referendum, because they are only what's a sure thing. 410 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the way this will be labeled now regarding 411 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 3: this will be this will be. 412 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: The narrative will be school districts have lost all this 413 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: funding because of the cruelty of Ice, and children and 414 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: parents kept out of schools for fear of deportation, didn't 415 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: have enough time to go and substantiate the at home 416 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: learning aspect of all of this, so they lose funding. 417 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: So stick it to Ice and support more school funding. 418 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: Stick it to Trump and support the emergency funding for 419 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: our school districts. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't 420 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 1: have had this. 421 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 3: You watch. That's how all this is going to play out. 422 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: So a lot of these school fundings that come from 423 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,360 Speaker 1: property taxes, right, well, why do we pay property taxes 424 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: on stolen land? 425 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 3: It's a really that's a very good question. 426 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: You know, who really needs to weigh on on this 427 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: old stolen land issue with the dinosaurs. 428 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 3: They all had it first, saying all right, let's go here. 429 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 1: So how it started On Monday, Attorney General Keith Elson 430 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: settled a lawsuit with the Trump administration over federal funding 431 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs. 432 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 3: Did he though, I was skeptical of this whole thing 433 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: the moment that I saw it. 434 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: So the settlement, according to the Star Tribune, insures the 435 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: three excuse me, five hundred and thirty million dollars speaking 436 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: of schools for Minnesota's K through twelve schools will continue 437 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,479 Speaker 1: for these programs. The agreement is part of a multi 438 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: state lawsuit filed in April of last year, following a 439 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: federal directive telling states they'd lose money unless they eliminated 440 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: schools diversity programs. Now Ellison wrote in a news release 441 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: on the sixth that he was deeply disappointed, though entirely unsurprised, 442 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: that Trump would try to dismantle programs that support students 443 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: from different backgrounds. 444 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 3: That's all just a scam. 445 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: No, you're only supporting students of specific backgrounds, and honestly, 446 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: you're not even really doing that, because this is just 447 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: critical race theory massed as ethnic studies and be and 448 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: put forward as if this is teaching the history of 449 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: minority students in school when you are only covering a 450 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: very small. 451 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,719 Speaker 3: Certain politically. 452 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 1: Expedient group of minorities in order to justify what is 453 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: ultimately a wider indoctrination effort into the pedagogy of the oppressed. 454 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: He went on to say, as Minnesotan's may believe that 455 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: every child, no matter race, gender, and wealth of their 456 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: family or zip code, deserves the best education possible. Yeah, 457 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: that's exactly right. I actually agree with him, which is 458 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: why you should not be focusing on any specific demographics 459 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: relating to students, and students should all be taught the 460 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: same curriculum and focusing on the core reading and writing 461 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: and arithmetic, since right now the Minnesota state education system 462 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: sucks and isn't. 463 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 3: Really good at doing that. 464 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: They're really good at letting students go out and protest, 465 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: though they get an a plus plus plus in that category. 466 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: The money will be allocated to support low income students, 467 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: provide special education services and programming for English language learners, 468 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 1: and support students in foster care who are experiencing homelessness. 469 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: What does that have to do with DEI? By the way, 470 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: now here's what's funny about this. 471 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 3: So I had this. 472 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: Story for yesterday and my notes yesterday were I'm waiting 473 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: for further details. On its face, right, it appears to 474 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: be a win for the radical left, but Ellison doesn't 475 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: seem too happy about it. So that those were my 476 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: notes yesterday. I didn't get a chance to get to 477 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: it today. Well, I'm giving myself a little pad on 478 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: the back because I absolutely right. So Carol Levin has 479 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: a follow up story today. So this is a that 480 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: was how it started, here's how it's going. The US 481 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: Department of Health and Human Services sent five states notices 482 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: in early January informing them it would require justifications for 483 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: spending the money aim to help low income families. It 484 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: also said it would require more documentation, including names and 485 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: social Security numbers and the beneficiaries of some of the programs. Now, 486 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: a federal judge said Friday that he would decide later 487 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: whether the money is to remain in place while challenged. 488 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: While the challenge to cutting off, to cutting it off 489 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: works this way through the courts, so this settlement was 490 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: just because the decision is going to be made later. 491 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: Ellison didn't win anything. All he did was go and 492 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: join a bunch of other states lawsuit. Now, he said, 493 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: today's order for protects Minnesotan's from Donald Trump's devastating and 494 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: unlawful cuts to childcare services. This is a tremendous relief 495 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: for parents across Minnesota. And these cuts would have devastated 496 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: our childcare system and forced low income families to choose 497 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: between going to work to pay the bills and staying 498 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: home to provide childcare. That is an incredibly reckless statement 499 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: when you consider that the ruling more than likely is 500 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: going to go the other way when we get past 501 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: this other challenge and the funding is going to be 502 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: cut off now. Bill glawn at centered the American Experiment 503 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: keed in on this as well. To be clear, Ellison 504 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: didn't secure anything. It's not clear that anyone involved secure 505 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 1: anything of real value. The three page settlement provides that 506 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: the FEDS will abide by the result of a different lawsuit, 507 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, filed by the National Teachers Union. By itself, 508 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: the state's lawsuit accomplished nothing. Ellison stands at least two 509 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: degrees separated from any actual court victory to the extent 510 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: there was one at all. But of course, for Ellison's purposes, 511 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: this was a huge win because his press release gained 512 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 1: him a favorable headline in the Star Tribune story that 513 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: I shared with you. Bill Glong goes on to write, 514 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: instead of the American experiment, I cannot guarantee you any 515 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: things in life, but I can guarantee you this. Trump 516 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: and Ellison had no direct interaction in the matter. They 517 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: are fantastic, fantastic at the spin. All right, let's go 518 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: over to the fraud. A couple of quick points from 519 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: this piece. This was late last week in the Minnesota 520 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 1: Excuse Me, The Minneapolis Times departed Prosecutor Thompson systemic failures 521 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: in fraud schemes in his first and only so far 522 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,239 Speaker 1: public comments is his departure three weeks ago as the 523 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: head of the federal fraud and prosecutor in Minnesota, Joe 524 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: Thompson cited systemic failures that allowed schemes that cost Minnesota 525 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in a variety of 526 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: programs aimed at assisting the needy in the state. Earlier 527 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: in the week, Thompson, who had previously served as acting 528 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 1: US Attorney He and five of his colleagues, of course, 529 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: resigned their jobs. We talked about that later in the piece. 530 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: It says as Thompson related the fraud is more than 531 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: Feeding our Future. A large number of individuals, primarily Somalians, 532 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: followed almost the exact same pattern in setting up other 533 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: entities to participate in healthcare companies, child autism programs, daycare centers, 534 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: home care, home healthcare, and transporting individuals for medical appointments. 535 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: As with Feeding our Future's arrangement, if any actual services 536 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: were provided, some of two hundred and twenty million Medicaid 537 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: claims were paid out, including one hundred and twenty five 538 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: million through the House Stabilization Program, using Medicaid funds as 539 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: a means of supposedly improving health condition for the homeless. 540 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: These frauds, which were still being investigated and prosecuted by 541 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: Thompson and his team when they left, says they were 542 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: striking at the core of our state. He lamented that 543 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,719 Speaker 1: the fraud took advantage of the Minnesota model and the 544 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: model of relatively high taxes and high services, but the 545 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: services provided were minimal or non existent. What Thompson termed 546 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: these systemic problems that led to the contributed to the 547 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: fraud schemes included the Minnesota inclination to provide assistance to 548 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: the needy coupled with the insufficient resource to investigating and 549 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: combating fraud, which he clipped available resources. He also stated 550 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: that the perpetrators benefited from the weaponization of claims of racism, 551 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: pushing back against the charges by claiming that they were 552 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: victims of racism and ethnicity since about ninety percent of 553 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: them were Somalians. He also pointed out to the clash 554 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 1: of cultures existing between the smaller community and American principles 555 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,720 Speaker 1: as a contributing factor to the fraudulent undertakings. Everybody needs 556 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: to do better about taking fraud more seriously and using 557 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: more of an effort to curb it. Thompson demurred regarding 558 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: his future, other than stating time will tell, but he 559 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: hopes to continue to be involved in the fraud work. 560 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: He said that there is a need to have completely 561 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: different of a mindset in order to grapple with these 562 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: issues in a responsible way. Now to that point, Channel 563 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: five today we are forty one days into the new year. Apparently, 564 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 1: within the first thirty days Minnesota's new paid family medical 565 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: leave has seen attempts at fraud. The program, which of 566 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:10,439 Speaker 1: course offers twelve to twenty weeks paid job protected leave 567 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 1: for medical and family reasons funded by the employer and 568 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: employee premiums, costing you one hundreds hundreds of dollars every 569 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 1: single year if you don't take advantage of the program. 570 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development INDEED is 571 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: reporting already receiving thirty eight thousand applications, approving thirteen thousand 572 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: of them, and distributing thirty million dollars so far. We 573 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,440 Speaker 1: talked about on Friday how this program may already be 574 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: out of money. Among leave applicants, forty eight percent are 575 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 1: taking time for bonding, forty one percent for medical reasons, 576 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: ten percent for caring or family leave, and less than 577 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: one percent for safety or military leave. DEED has identified 578 00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: multiple fraud attempts and referred cases to the Minnesota Bureau 579 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: of Criminal Apprehension, though they did not disclose the exact 580 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,640 Speaker 1: number of fraud cases. Now I'll get into a little 581 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: bit More's a few more details in the story here, 582 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: But let me stop for just a second. That whole 583 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: forty eight percent taking time for bonding. The bonding aspect 584 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: excuse rationale is probably the easiest one to go and 585 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,280 Speaker 1: claim when wanting to take advantage of this program. Putting 586 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: your employer in a difficult position. Now, I understand there 587 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: are individuals out there who are going to take advantage 588 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:33,879 Speaker 1: of this program that maybe need to. We've had individuals 589 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 1: reached out saying, listen, I've got to get the surgery done. 590 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 1: This is a great opportunity for me to take extra 591 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: time off. I'm not going to begrudge anybody for doing that. 592 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 1: You're paying into it, right, In some ways, you're kind 593 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 1: of a sucker if you don't take the time off. 594 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: But you also are going to have to weigh in 595 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 1: the impact that's going to have on your employer. That's 596 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,520 Speaker 1: just my opinion on the matter. I'm not going to 597 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 1: begin I'm not going to begrudge any advantage of it. 598 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: It's past, it's there, you're paying into it, and if 599 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: you can and use it legitimately, then go for it. However, 600 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: while they have found some fraud in here, I'm going 601 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,759 Speaker 1: to call in a question that forty eight percent for 602 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 1: bonding because while they may have identified people who aren't 603 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: who they claim to be, which is where they've apparently 604 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: found some instances of potential fraud, we're also assuming that 605 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: the individuals that are making the claims for things like 606 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: medical reasons and more specifically bonding. We're assuming that they're 607 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,440 Speaker 1: actually telling the truth when I think you and I 608 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: both know there's a lot of people that simply aren't 609 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 1: going to tell the truth, and there's very little the 610 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: state can do to go and verify particular claims. 611 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,480 Speaker 4: Good morning, John, Hey, I think you missed something there 612 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,120 Speaker 4: the Paid Family Leave Act. That they caught the fraud 613 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 4: in the first thirty days, it's not that they caught it, 614 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 4: it's that they actually looked in the first thirty days. 615 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 4: Usually they left that run for months and months before 616 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 4: they even consider looking at it. 617 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: Well, sure, yeah, and that's what I mentioned before. If 618 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't for all the continued fraud revelations, this story 619 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: would have gone completely ignored or glossed over, or they 620 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: may not have even had looked into it. 621 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:19,839 Speaker 3: So you're absolutely right. It's just funny to. 622 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: Me that immediately fraud is being tempted, like the fraudsters 623 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,840 Speaker 1: didn't even wait, which again the number of people that 624 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 1: are actually not telling the truth and just taking advantage 625 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:33,240 Speaker 1: of the program, because in some sense and in some ways, 626 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: you're kind of a sucker if you don't right, you 627 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: make one hundred thousand dollars a year. You're gonna pay 628 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: almost a grant out of your paycheck. You're gonna lose 629 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: one thousand dollars through this program if you don't go 630 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 1: and take advantage of it. 631 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:46,760 Speaker 4: Pay family. 632 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,800 Speaker 12: Le've already has fraud already. Huh within a month. Well, 633 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:51,840 Speaker 12: I guess what I'm gonna do is I'm going to 634 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:57,040 Speaker 12: demand Timmy Wallas and every single Democrat legislator resigning your 635 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:02,120 Speaker 12: position because obviously you design fraud into this bill and 636 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 12: every other fraud that is coming up, you put in 637 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 12: the loopholes and look the other way. You need to 638 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:13,240 Speaker 12: resign your position because you're not representing any taxpayer out there, 639 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,960 Speaker 12: you're just victimizing them. 640 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,719 Speaker 13: Good morning, John and Sam. I know first hand of 641 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 13: an individual who took the family leave for bonding with 642 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 13: an infant, only to find out that this individual spent 643 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 13: the entire two weeks they were off working on a 644 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,760 Speaker 13: house that they're building, not bonding with the child. 645 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 3: So this is the stuff you get. 646 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 13: When you allow, what do we need vacation time anymore? 647 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 13: Just make up some bogus bonding reason, and you get 648 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,359 Speaker 13: twenty weeks off over the four weeks. Most people get. 649 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:48,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, in the story. 650 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: As I mentioned, Evan Roe with Deeds said, broadly speaking, 651 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: the vectors for fraud are when people aren't who they 652 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: claim to be, when they submit false documentation to us 653 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:06,080 Speaker 1: suggesting that they have spoken to a medical provider when 654 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:10,240 Speaker 1: they haven't gotten the certification. So this is very detailed 655 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 1: then specific, but to an individual that just makes the 656 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: claim that they need bonding like what Scott just mentioned, 657 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 1: how many of those thirty eight thousand applications are being investigated. 658 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 3: On that front. 659 00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 1: It goes on to say, we are cognitive of all 660 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,240 Speaker 1: those factors and there is a reason we have multiple 661 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: overlapping layers of review. Again, I'm going to deploy the 662 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,279 Speaker 1: lonely highway theory once again on this one. Just wait, 663 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 1: if they're discovering this fraud already within thirty days. Yeah, 664 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,759 Speaker 1: there's already more attempts being made right now, and many 665 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 1: of those are going to end up being missed. 666 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 14: Hey, John, you know, the more people that take advantage 667 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 14: of this thing, the much higher the likelihood At that point, 668 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 14: eighty eight percent is going to be up to twelve 669 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:02,959 Speaker 14: and a half percent in no time. 670 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,719 Speaker 1: We're going to be talking with doctor Scott Jensen coming 671 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 1: up now, he was running for a governor. He has 672 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 1: dropped his campaign to run for governor and is now 673 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,960 Speaker 1: going to be running for state auditors. So we're going 674 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,480 Speaker 1: to be discussing with him why he decided to make 675 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: that decision. We will return back to the issue of fraud. 676 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,040 Speaker 1: A medicaid provider ended up leading guilty in a phantom 677 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,279 Speaker 1: medical rides scheme. Further details on a story that we've 678 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:33,360 Speaker 1: covered before on the show and rather interesting. I have 679 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:37,440 Speaker 1: several audio clips that I'll share with you, But the 680 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: investigations around Representative ill haan Omar are increasing at a 681 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:47,359 Speaker 1: incredibly rapid pace. You know, I've been very skeptical of 682 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:53,239 Speaker 1: anything ever being done regarding Representative ilhan Omar, whether it 683 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 1: is potential immigration fraud with her allegedly marrying her brother, 684 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:02,279 Speaker 1: whether it is the finances of her husband. Well, now 685 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,239 Speaker 1: there's a couple of different issues that appear to be 686 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: coming to a head, including a wine business owned by 687 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,799 Speaker 1: her husband that has some rather interesting explaining to do. 688 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,920 Speaker 1: So the details are coming up in the third hour 689 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,640 Speaker 1: of the show this morning, so do not go anywhere. 690 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,880 Speaker 1: We'll get to more of your emails and your talkbacks 691 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,400 Speaker 1: from the iHeartRadio app brought to you by Lyndahl Realty. 692 00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:23,640 Speaker 1: It's all coming up on Twin Cities News Talk AM 693 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:25,319 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one on three five FM