1 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: Hour three for a Tuesday on Twin City's News Talk, 2 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: waiting for our guests to call in. 3 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 2: I want to circle back though here in a moment. 4 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: Have an email that rolled in with some really interesting 5 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: information regarding the story that we covered a moment ago 6 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: Minnesota Star Tribune school leaders fear declining attendance during ISI 7 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: surge will lower state of funding. So I'll provide to 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: use some details from this also on tomorrow show, Litz 9 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: callin from ALFH News will of course be joining us, 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: and she'd posted this morning online and something we'll talk 11 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: about further on tomorrow's show. School bus drivers in Duluth 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 1: are told to either drive away or to close and 13 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: lock the doors if Ice is at a bus stop, 14 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: and if Ice tries to pull over a bus, to 15 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: continue driving and head to the nearest school. The entire 16 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: list is bad policy, I believe a school bus driver 17 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: told Alpha News. 18 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 2: Has this happened at all? 19 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: Or is this just We're going to begin or continue 20 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: to concoct ridiculous scenarios of which we'll then go and 21 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: draw policy off of or file lawsuits over. 22 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 3: Right? 23 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: Is Ice hanging out at bus stops trying to pull 24 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 1: buses over? 25 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: Are they just making stuff up. 26 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: Like I said, I have some interesting insight into the 27 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: story of funding through funding from Minnesota K through twelve 28 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: schools tied to school attendance and again this argument of 29 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: kids staying at home being safer than kids going to 30 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: school and therefore they're no longer in school. So plus 31 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: web to the issue of fraud, and speaking of which 32 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: I'm very pleased to welcome to the show doctor Scott Jensen. 33 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: Good morning. How are you doing this morning? 34 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 4: Scott, very good, Thank you John for having me on. 35 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: So let's talk a little bit about your change in 36 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: the races that you have decided to run. And you 37 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: had been running for governor in the gubernatorial race, but 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 1: you have decided to suspend that run and to move 39 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: over to the Minnesota State auditors race. So when did 40 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: you make the decision and why did you make the decision? 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: On Scott Jensen. 42 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 4: When I first announced in July of twenty twenty five 43 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 4: that we were going to run for governor, our plans 44 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 4: were to run for as long as we thought we 45 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 4: were the best candidate to win in November twenty sixth, 46 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 4: and at that point in time, all indication was that 47 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 4: I would be running against Tim Walls. Then Tim Walls. 48 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: Announced that he was running. 49 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 4: But in early January, when it became so clear that 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 4: Tim Walls had absolutely fit to create a culture of 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 4: fiscal responsibility within his administration, he was basically forced out 52 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 4: of the situation. And at that point in time, I 53 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 4: felt very strongly that while Republicans might have been celebrating, 54 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 4: that they should be careful what they're hoping for, because 55 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 4: what happened next was Senator Clobshar got in the race. 56 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 4: So six weeks ago, the major issue was fraud and 57 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 4: Tim Walls was running. Today the major issue is ice 58 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 4: and Amy Klovershar is running. So I would say that 59 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 4: over the last month, I've been wondering how can I 60 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 4: best serve I think that I'm old enough that nobody 61 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 4: could accuse me of looking for some sort of stepping 62 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 4: stone or new career. I'm very pleased and grateful to 63 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 4: be a family doctor, but I do enjoy public service, 64 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 4: and I do enjoy solving problems, and I think that 65 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 4: in Minnesota, so many of the problems are healthcare related, 66 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 4: and that's my wheelhouse. I've started clinics, and I was 67 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 4: vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee but 68 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: also I've had a lot of experience with auditing. I've 69 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 4: been on bank boards a couple of different ones for 70 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 4: totally somewhere on thirty years, and for more than a 71 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 4: decade I was chair of the Audit Committee, So bank examinations, 72 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 4: spontaneous audits, those kinds of things, internal standards and internal 73 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 4: procedures and internal texts and balances as well as standard 74 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: operating procedures are things that I'm accustomed to. So I 75 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: felt like I could strengthen the ticket. I could help 76 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 4: Minnesota heal and I think that we can make certain 77 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 4: the tax payers dollars are being used lawfully, efficiently, and transparently, 78 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 4: and that's why I'm running. 79 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: I want to talk just a little bit about fraud 80 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: in general, especially with you making the transition over to 81 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: join in the auditor's race. Talking with doctor Scott Jensen, 82 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: let me ask you this though, just one more quick 83 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: question regarding you're dropping out of the Minnesota governor's race. 84 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: Are you prepared to throw support behind one of the 85 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: candidates that are still that are still running for governor yet? 86 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: Scott Jensen, No, I'm. 87 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 4: Not a big believer in having endorsements from elected officials 88 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 4: or people running. 89 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 3: For elected positions. 90 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 4: So I'm in awe of some of the skill sets 91 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 4: of some of the people running, and I appreciate so 92 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 4: much that at the end of the day, there's going 93 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 4: to be one winner coming out of the endorsement process 94 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 4: and the primary process. 95 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 3: And I just respect the. 96 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 4: Commitment they're making, and I think sometimes people just don't 97 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 4: realize how challenging it is. These folks are working hard. 98 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 4: But no, I'm not going to be endorsing anyone. 99 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: Let me share a bit of this story here as 100 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: we talk about the role of state auditor that you're 101 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: now running for fraud. Here in Minnesota, story out of 102 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: Fox and nine, a woman pleaded guilty to fellony charges 103 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,679 Speaker 1: for her role in a massive criminal enterprise that build 104 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: the Medicaid program for phantom services. I mean, this is 105 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: a story that keeps getting repeated. Prosecutors say that they 106 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: build the Medicaid program for these fandom services between twenty 107 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: nineteen and twenty twenty one. They say they used it 108 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: invalid fabricated names to submit thousands of medical claims for 109 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: transportation interpretation services covered by Medicaid. According to the court records, 110 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: this individual and other defendant's targeted residents in the Farrebau 111 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: area because it was located sixty miles from most medicaid 112 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: providers in the Twin Cities, and this allowed them to 113 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: maximize the medical reimbursements from you Care and non emergency 114 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: medical transportation. I mean, it's just one of a couple 115 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: of different fraud stories that I have this morning. So 116 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: where would you be focusing your attention on day one 117 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: were you to be the Minnesota State auditor again talking 118 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: with doctor Scott Jensen. 119 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 4: First date, absolutely have to declare war on not just fraud, 120 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 4: but waste and abuse of the system. Pople would say, well, 121 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 4: that's outside the purview of the state auditor. Clearly the 122 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 4: state auditor focuses on local government, but we need to 123 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 4: recognize that this fraud is not happening in a vacuum. 124 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 4: It's happening at multiple levels within the state. It's certainly 125 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 4: affecting many legislative buckets of money, but we're seeing that 126 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 4: drip downwards so that counties in the cities are being 127 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 4: impacted as well the school districts. There's evidence of fraud 128 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,119 Speaker 4: in this specific situation you're mentioning, John, There's no question 129 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 4: that the state Auditor can apply a best practices review 130 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 4: on the situation that occurred, put a bright spotlight on it, 131 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 4: and say, where's their attorney general, what's going to happen. 132 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 3: I think one of the. 133 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 4: Problems when you have all five constitutional officers be of 134 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 4: one party, when there's no balance, it's hard for Minnesota 135 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 4: to really see what's going on. The Auditor's office has 136 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 4: the ability to subpoena. If you can subpoena someone, you 137 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 4: can compel testimony. Once you compel testimony, you now have 138 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 4: the ability to do a kind of discovery, and it 139 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 4: really gives us a chance to make certain that indeed 140 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 4: the dollars that are being used, the dollars that are 141 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 4: being paid out, are being done so in a lawful, 142 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 4: efficient and transparent manner. Part of the problem with what's 143 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 4: happening with these dollars is I don't think people in 144 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 4: our government have been doing a timely review of the 145 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 4: financial statements. You can't well get to that in a 146 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 4: couple of months. You've got to go right now. If 147 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 4: many people in everyday households are checking their bank balances 148 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 4: daily or at least weekly, but certainly once a month. 149 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 4: In Minnesota, it appears that we could. 150 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 3: Have a program start budgeted to be three. 151 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 4: Four million and blow up to two hundred millions and 152 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: nobody knew about it. And yet this took place over 153 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 4: a twelve to eighteen month segment of time. This is 154 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 4: what's wrong with what's here. And the State Auditor has 155 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:08,719 Speaker 4: the abilities to this department, this agency, this city, this 156 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 4: school district are not engaging in best practices and they 157 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 4: need to be called out. 158 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: That's what we can do, right out of the box. 159 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 4: Again. 160 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Former Republican candidate for governor Scott Jensen, I'm making the 161 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: decision to run for Minnesota State Auditor. 162 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 2: Where would you like people to go? 163 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: And thank you for coming on on such a short 164 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: note to Scott, where would you like people to head 165 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: online to find about? 166 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 2: To find out information about your new campaign. 167 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 4: We've got a website up and running. Just go to 168 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 4: doctor Scott Jenson dot com, d R SE O, T 169 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 4: TJ E N SCN dot com. There's no question in 170 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 4: my mind. Our website is absolutely transparent. We put out 171 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 4: some of the priorities that we think should be coming 172 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 4: out of the State Auditor's position. Some people have asked, 173 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 4: are you an accountant? 174 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 3: Scott? 175 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 4: I am not, but as far as I know, and 176 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 4: I talked to. 177 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 3: Julie Blaha the sitting yesterday. I don't think. 178 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 4: There's been someone in that position that's been actually a 179 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 4: CPA accountant for more than forty years, so this is 180 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 4: not unusual. The important thing is leadership, understanding, developing an. 181 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 3: Expertise through life experiences. 182 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 4: I've started businesses, I've sat on bank boards, I've run 183 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 4: medical clinics. 184 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 3: The kind of work that. 185 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 4: I do every day running a business is exactly what 186 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 4: I think Minnesotas want the Audits Office to do as well, 187 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 4: monitor and watch. 188 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 3: Out for Minnesota. 189 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 4: Open up the hood, look at that engine, and see 190 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:38,359 Speaker 4: what government. 191 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 3: Is doing and not doing. 192 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: Scott Jensen, thank you as always for the time continued 193 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: good luck in this new campaign, and we'll talk to 194 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: you again real soon. 195 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 4: Thanks John. 196 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: Coming up, I do want to revisit the school attendance 197 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: declining over the ice surge. I have some really interesting 198 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: information that I've received anonymously, so that person. 199 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 2: Who sent it in don't worry keep an anonymous. 200 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: Also, I have a talkback that's rolled in very unhappy 201 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: with me over my take on paid family medical leave 202 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: and bonding time for a mother and their infant, so 203 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: we'll address that as well. We'll get back to more 204 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: of your thoughts from the iHeartRadio app talkbacks brought to 205 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: you by Lindahl Realty. 206 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 2: Next here on Twin City's News Talk. 207 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: Jacholas twenty twenty six is setting up to be an 208 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: interesting year in Minnesota politics. 209 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 2: John Justice has. 210 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: It covered every morning on quents City's News Talk. 211 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 5: Hey, good morning guys, John, that's a stray off topic. 212 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 5: I'm not sure if we were planning on talking about 213 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 5: this or not, but am I the only one out 214 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 5: there that thinks that this whole Anticumhery abduction thing is 215 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 5: possibly a hope? 216 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: So thank you for the talkback here on Twin City's 217 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: News Talk. And Adam, we actually brought this up at 218 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: the top of the hour briefly. 219 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 2: I don't know. 220 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I've said I'm not going down any of the conspiracy 221 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: theory rabbit holes at the moment, so I have not 222 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: done any sort of deep dives or really spent much 223 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: time at all. I have a direct connection just because 224 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: of my time in Tucson. I know exactly where her 225 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: home is located at. I know a lot of the players. 226 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: I know a lot of the individuals have the news 227 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: outlets that are receiving these ransom note letters. But just 228 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: on the surface level, I've got a lot of questions. 229 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: So I'm just We've got so many other things to 230 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: cover right now, and I have limited capacity in this 231 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: brain space up here. I'm just I'm I'm just waiting. 232 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll find a podcast and listen on the way home. 233 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll do that, all right, I want to get 234 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: back to fraud. I have an interesting talk back that 235 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: role then I definitely want to address and we have 236 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: fraud related stories to cover, including I haven't told you 237 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: about this one yet. Today the Walls Administration is basically 238 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: giving a heads up to the Medicaid providers for the 239 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: inspections and the audits. 240 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 2: Are being done. Yeah, they're trying to be sneaky about it. 241 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 2: They're doing a really bad job. 242 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: Last hour, though, this Minnesota Star Tribune story kind of 243 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: opened up a can of worms. Students afraid to go 244 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: to school. Schools are reporting sharp declines and attendance. School 245 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: leaders fear declining attendance during the ice surge is going 246 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: to lower state funding. This all feels like a massive 247 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: setup to me. Beware the legislative session coming up in 248 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: seven days and what will be a demand for ICE 249 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: related emergency funding. And you can already see how the 250 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: narrative is going to play out. Essentially, stick it to Ice, 251 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: stick it to Trump, and support more funding for the 252 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: schools because of the money that we've lost based off 253 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: of the chaos and irrational fear that Democrats have instilled 254 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: in members of their party that are keeping children from school. 255 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't make any rational sense. So they're worried about 256 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: kids being deported. First off, how many illegal alien children 257 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: are in the schools needs to be raised. How many 258 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: of these kids have no fear at all because they're 259 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: here legally of being deported and they're staying home anyways. 260 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: And what difference does it make if ICE knows who 261 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: these individuals are and they have a list of people 262 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: that they're arresting, It really doesn't matter where they are, 263 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: to be honest. So they're taking They're not letting this 264 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: manufactured crisis go to waste. I have an email that 265 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: rolled in them, which is why I'm revisiting the story 266 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: keeping an anonymous. 267 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: I'll even keep. 268 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: The school anonymous here, but this is what they wrote 269 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: this morning. You are correct. Kids are no safer at home. 270 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: But the lunatics are loving this stuff. As I mentioned, 271 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: never let a good crisis go to waste. If we 272 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: aren't striking, then they're looking for other unions who are 273 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: and joining their rallies. These people are truly nuts, very 274 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: radically left. The kids aren't any more absent than they 275 00:14:56,280 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: normally were because they are what is described as TOLO 276 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: Temporary Online Learning Option or TOLO. At my school, one 277 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: third of the kids are doing TOLO. Our English learners 278 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: only comprise about seventeen percent of total enrollment. These numbers 279 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: will probably change. Families have until today to indicate if 280 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: they will extend their TOLO option. It was set to 281 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: expire on the twelfth, normalcy to resume next Wednesday after 282 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: we come back from the mini break. MSP has extended 283 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: TOLO through April sixth, the first day back after the 284 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: spring break. I wouldn't be surprised if that is extended 285 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: for this year for the purposes to keep the madness 286 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: going in the Summer of Love two point zero. So 287 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: essentially what's happening here is that students were already missing 288 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: from school. They're using ice as an excuse and exacerbating 289 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: the problem. On the begging for money. I guarantee they will. 290 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: They've made's manage the budgets so horribly since getting all 291 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: of the COVID dollars. They blamed it's because of COVID. 292 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: For a few years post COVID. Now they're blaming it's 293 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: because of the Trump economy. It's exhausting working with these people, 294 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: but it's opening my eyes on the left, especially the 295 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: radical left, and quite frankly, it's frightening. There you go, 296 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: little inside information from an individual who I absolutely recognize 297 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: has been a friend of the show for quite a 298 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: long a long time. Never let a manufactured crisis go 299 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: to waste. All right, let's get back to paid family 300 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: medical leaf. As I mentioned, they've already found fraud within 301 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: the first thirty days, individuals not claiming who they are. 302 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: Verification is being done, but fraud is also under the 303 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: spotlight right now. Thirty eight thousand applications for individuals wanting 304 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: to take advantage of up to twenty weeks of paid 305 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: family time off bonding seems to be the most appropriate. 306 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 1: Are the most commonly used excuse being given some forty 307 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: eight percent for bonding and how much oversight is going 308 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: into that. We heard from Scott A moment ago. We 309 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: already had policies in place for all kinds of different reasons. 310 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 2: Employers. 311 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: Do I know because I've had to take extended time off. 312 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: I didn't pay family medical leaf. I navigated it. However, 313 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: some people are a little bit disappointed in me. Let's 314 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: go to the talkbacks brought to you by Lyndall Realty. 315 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 2: This morning, you have. 316 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 6: Morning, John Andre Montego. A year, I normally agree with 317 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 6: you on about ninety ninety five percent of things. However, 318 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 6: I am a bit frustrated with you this morning. The 319 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 6: tone you take of it being ridiculous for bonding time 320 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 6: for a mother and incense, I completely disagreed. It's it's crucial, 321 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 6: it's critical. I've seen it, how important it is for 322 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 6: proper milk productions for the baby itself. 323 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 2: Okay, so I'm not saying otherwise. 324 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: I understand bonding is important, but up until now, maternity 325 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 1: leave has served to just fine for decades. First off, 326 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: all of this should be optional. This is being forced 327 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: upon every single employer and employee. 328 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: You have no option in this. It should have been 329 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 2: optional from the get go. 330 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: If you want to contribute dollars from your paycheck every 331 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: single week to go into this program that you could 332 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: potentially take advantage of. Go for it, but it's not optional, 333 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: So that's problem one. Second, bonding isn't the only excuse 334 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: that's being used by the left, so it's not solely 335 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: because of that. 336 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 2: But under your rationale of it being crucial. 337 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: Important for proper milk production, I know firsthand even people 338 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 1: in the building right now that are dealing with that 339 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: particular issue at work because they post about it, they've 340 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: post about it online. I'll leave names anonymous. They used 341 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: to work with this show though, and under your rationale, 342 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: why stop at twenty weeks? It reminds me of the 343 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: arguments for the Fight for fifteen and minimum wage, which 344 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: I've also come to fruition because the fight for fifteen 345 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: is now turning into twenty dollars, it grows all the time. 346 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: Why not go to. 347 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: Thirty And if it's paid, if it's so crucial, and 348 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: it is, I understand, But we have maternity leave. There's 349 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: a lot of options available to people. It is not 350 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: a justification for taking involuntarily people's money out of their paycheck, 351 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: the employer's money out of their paycheck. 352 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 2: We're not having any more kids, so I'm not going 353 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 2: to be bonding. 354 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: So you know, I disagree. I'm not saying it's not important, 355 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: it is. What I am saying is maternity leave has 356 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: served this country and thousands upon thousands of women for 357 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: dec now, and what the federal, what the state government 358 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: is doing. No, this is a redistribution of wealth. Or 359 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: to put in another way. 360 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 7: This family Minnesota Family Leave Act is just Now there's 361 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 7: socialist Marxist government thing, a program trying to get free Americans, 362 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 7: even the middle class and the rich, to be dependent 363 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 7: on the government for something. Americans should be able to 364 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,959 Speaker 7: take care of themselves and then help their neighbors. And 365 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 7: the government, yes the safety net for the people that 366 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 7: really need it, maybe, but not everybody. 367 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 4: It's not a good thing. 368 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: Well, I'm getting back to Andrew's frustration over this, because 369 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: the other problem that I have too is that when 370 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: you end up making justifications like this, well, it's important, 371 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: it's crucial for milk production. This time should be given, 372 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 1: and this length extra time should be giving given. And 373 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: I made a version of this, but let me go 374 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: even further. I mean, at what point does the argument 375 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: do you go further down the slippery slope to where suddenly, 376 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: now once you become pregnant, you don't have to work 377 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: at all, and the state just completely pays for you 378 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: to be a stay at home mom and dependent on 379 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: the government. I mean, that's eventually where this lead, amidst 380 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: where all of it leads. We talked about this extensively 381 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: last Friday. It's essentially not just a redistribution of wealth, 382 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: but it really is this universal basic income. It's toying 383 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: around the edges of going fully in on that, but 384 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: there is no other way to look at this other 385 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: than again, a redistribution of wealth, because there are going 386 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: to be thousands of Minnesotans that do not take advantage 387 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: of this, while others will absolutely take advantage of it. 388 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: Taking that money away from individuals paychecks that won't and 389 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: giving it to those people, that is the definition of 390 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: a redistribution of wealth. 391 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 8: Hey John, good morning. Here's the idea, Boria. When me 392 00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 8: and my wife had kids, we saved up money because 393 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 8: we knew she was going to be awful work for 394 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 8: a while, so we saved up enough money to make 395 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 8: sure we had money for expenses after she had After 396 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 8: we had our children. 397 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 2: We did the same thing. 398 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: Monda and I made a decision that when she became 399 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 1: pregnant with what would end up becoming our son, Logan, 400 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: who is now twenty four years old, that she would 401 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: be a stay at home mom and continue to be 402 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: a stay at home mom. And she's been able to 403 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: continue to be a stay at home mom because of 404 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 1: the choices that we made early on the moment that 405 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: we found out she was pregnant. She quit her job 406 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: and she's not had to work since. Sacrifices have obviously 407 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: been made, but thankfully I've been blessed to make that happen. 408 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 1: I didn't have to rely on the government either. All Right, 409 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: we'll get back to more of your thoughts to me 410 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: if you're talked back of the day coming up, as 411 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: well your talkbacks from the iHeartRadio app here on Twin 412 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh three 413 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: five FM. All Right, I had a listener Andrew, who 414 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: was said he was frustrated with me. City agrees with 415 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: me ninety to ninety five percent of the time, but 416 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: it's frustrated over my take on paid family medical leaves, 417 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: specifically relating to maternity leave and the bonding time that's 418 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: so crucial. You see forty eight percent of the individuals 419 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: the thirty eight thousand to so far that have gone 420 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,640 Speaker 1: and put in an application for paid family medical leave, 421 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: of which we have no choice but to have this 422 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: money deducted from our paychecks as our employer pays the 423 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: other portion. It's to lose lose for everybody. But forty 424 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: eight percent so far has been for bonding time. How 425 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: many of those individuals are actually telling the truth for 426 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: one's probably the lowest barrier for entry excuse into the 427 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: program you could come up with. And again, this program, 428 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 1: ultimately it's not about helping anybody. Well, let me just 429 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: back up really quick. When it comes to paid family 430 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: medical leave twin City's News Talk, my name is John Justice. 431 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: When it comes to paid family medical leave, this is 432 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 1: all about making sure the Democrats continue to vote for. 433 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 2: Democrats. That's all. 434 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 3: This is. 435 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 2: The school choice. 436 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: The free school meal program was also just designed to 437 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: get people voting for Democrats, to create another argument to 438 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: push back on Republicans for and the same thing rings 439 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: absolutely true when it comes to the paid family medical leave. 440 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 1: Oh and like this, and Andrew had left up comment, 441 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: Oh you know, I'm just I'm really upset because this 442 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: is crucial for parents, for children to bond with their mothers, 443 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: and for milk production. So I'm gonna break my rule 444 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: because I want to give Andrew the opportunity to respond. 445 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: I was never say I never said that bonding wasn't important. 446 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: It is, but up until now, maternity leave has served 447 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: to just fine for decades to hundreds of thousands of women. 448 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: The whole thing should be optional. 449 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: It's not. 450 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: And when does it stop? Why if this is so crucial, 451 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: why I stop at twenty weeks? So I want to 452 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: give Andrew a chance to respond. We will get to 453 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: your talk back of the day, brought to you by 454 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: Mini Leaf in just a moment. 455 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 6: I agree there needs to be checks balance. I agree 456 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 6: that there needs to be means of reducing and eliminating 457 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 6: fraud in the program because that takes away from people 458 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 6: that actually need it and view that properly. I think 459 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 6: it's critical that moms have that time to bomb with 460 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 6: their babies and it be paid. So there's a lap 461 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:34,200 Speaker 6: of financial stress and honestly, there is no more village 462 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 6: to help like that last collar try to say. 463 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 2: Okay, so first off, let me start at the end. 464 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: So you say you agree with me, ninety to ninety 465 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: five percent of the time, and you actually just used 466 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: it takes a village line. I'm not trying to be rude, man, 467 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: but I'm calling in your friend. I'm calling out your 468 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:01,199 Speaker 1: potential friend of the show status on that one. You 469 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: didn't address anything that I mentioned. You didn't address it 470 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: being optional. You didn't explain why maternity leave isn't enough. 471 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: You didn't address how long is long enough? 472 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 2: If it's that. 473 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: Crucial and bonding time, then yeah, why don't we just 474 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: pay for others to take the entire year off until 475 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: their child is one year old? 476 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 2: At this point, and the last part is. 477 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: Why am I responsible for the woman down the hall 478 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: that had a kid? Now, listen, maternity leave is there, 479 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: I get it, no problem. We have health insurance, we 480 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: have ways that all of us can take time off 481 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 1: if we need to. 482 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 2: It's a whole point. 483 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: But all this extra time, no, this redistribution of wealth 484 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: is going to be going into the decision making that 485 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: other people made. Why am I responsible for that? I 486 00:26:55,119 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: don't want to be a part of the village. All right, 487 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: a few more comments on this and then we'll get 488 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: to your talk back of the day. 489 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 7: I also agree with the callbacker that bonding is absolutely critical. 490 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 7: But the question isn't that. The question is who pays 491 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 7: for Who's responsibilities? Is the government's responsibility and everybody else's 492 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 7: responsibility to figure out how to pay for your children 493 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 7: and bond with them, or is it your responsibility to 494 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 7: do it? It is your responsibility to do it. I've 495 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 7: had eleven children, almost all of them. I have no 496 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 7: time off, or I've had to save up money so 497 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 7: I could take the time. 498 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: Off, and let me just take it. 499 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: Let me deviate here for just a moment, because this 500 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: is a really this provides a really good example of 501 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: something that I've talked about but I haven't really died 502 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: further into the on the show. 503 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 2: And it is the difference in debates. 504 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: Like this and how they used to be handled, and 505 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: how we used to go and receive the information, work 506 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: through the information, and then even potentially change our. 507 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 2: Views based off the information. 508 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: Prior to the Internet and social media creating these bubbles 509 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: that reinforce mentalities and mindsets. These conversations they would sometimes 510 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: happen over the radio, okay, prior to all of this, 511 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: And I've actually been doing radio long enough to remember 512 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: that point in time where you actually had opportunities to 513 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: change individuals' minds because they didn't get their bad views 514 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: on things reinforced online by everybody, because now people go 515 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: running online to find individuals that agree with them, which 516 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: just goes and reinforces their bad take. 517 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 2: Because I'm sorry, Andrew, that was a bad take broad calling. 518 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 2: Is this page family medical fraud attacks? 519 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 4: As the children? 520 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 2: Years ago, I was in a bad action. 521 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 6: I was not to work for six months, half the. 522 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 2: Time my wife working. 523 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop it here because this is difficult to 524 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: listen to, but I do have the transcript in front 525 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: of me. So at the time my wife worked part time, 526 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: we did not miss a payment or anything, didn't have 527 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: any of our hardship. We had long term short term disability. Right, 528 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: we save up for money when these things happen. This 529 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: is an unneeded program. I don't want to pay for it. Yeah, 530 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: I agree, it's a little too late for that. 531 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 2: All right, let's get to your talk back of the day. 532 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: Your talk Back of the Day is brought to you 533 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 1: by mini Leaf and mini leaf dot Com. For me, 534 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: their nightgummies have been the absolute game changer getting my 535 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: sleep back on track. 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It really doesn't matter as long as it's 544 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 9: what you want and it's what the people want. 545 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: That is your talk back of the day, brought to 546 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: you by MINILEAFANMNILEAF dot com, m I N N E 547 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: l EAF dot com, Go and check out mini leaf. 548 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: All right, off a news Watson administration gets potentially fraudul 549 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: into medicaid providers advance and notice of site visits. Yes, 550 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: I know, I know you're shocked. I know you're stunned. 551 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 1: Say it is and so John, all right, details in 552 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: just a moment. But I want to lead into this 553 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: with a clip from last week. I haven't had a 554 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:35,680 Speaker 1: chance to share with you. 555 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 2: This was during a fraud hearing that took place last week. 556 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: Gubernatorial candidate Kristin Robbins detailing how Governor Tim Walls essentially 557 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: gamed the system to cover up rampant fraud in Minnesota 558 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: and essentially what's taking place in the story from Alphanews, 559 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: here's Kristin Robbins in March. 560 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 10: In April of twenty nineteen, just a few months into 561 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 10: the Walls administration, the auditor published two reports about the 562 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 10: Sea Cap fraud. They outlined the fraudulent providers and the 563 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 10: alleged movement of millions of dollars in cash out of 564 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 10: our state. Unfortunately, according to multiple whistleblowers, soon after these 565 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 10: reports were released, the Criminal Investigation Unit for childcare fraud, 566 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 10: which had been leading the charge on these prosecutions, was 567 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 10: shut down by the Department of Human Services. Rather than 568 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 10: conducting criminal investigations of fraud, the Walls administration essentially renamed 569 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 10: fraud as overpayment and they referred any overpayment cases to 570 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 10: a new internal overpayment committee, which would decide if they 571 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 10: should pursue reimbursement. The DHS staff in this unit were 572 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 10: no longer allowed to talk to their counterparts in the 573 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 10: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension without prior supervisor approval. Failure to 574 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 10: address childcare fraud and the decision to stop criminal investigations 575 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 10: led directly to the largest COVID fraud scandal in the nation. 576 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: The Minnesota Department of Human Services is performing unannounced to 577 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,960 Speaker 1: site visits on more than fifty eight hundred Medicaid providers 578 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: in the state. Sounds good, right the problem. DHS went 579 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: and let providers know roughly when those site visits were 580 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: going to occur. According to the US Attorney's Office in Minnesota, 581 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: where the nine billion could have been stolen from the 582 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: program since twenty eighteen, one of those programs was so 583 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: riddled with fraud it was canceled outright. The remaining thirteen 584 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: programs continue to face scrutiny as costs of ballooned and 585 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: criminal fraud of charges connected to some of those programs 586 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: have been unveiled. All thirteen of the welfare programs under 587 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: scrutiny have been deemed high risk for fraud by DHS. 588 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: Last month, the US Department of Human Services AHHS is 589 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: that it was going to withhold Medicaid funds from those 590 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: programs because it suspected fraud. AHHS said it would resume 591 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: fundation when the fraud is cleaned up. 592 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 3: Now. 593 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: Minnesota appealed the decision by HHS, saying it was based 594 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 1: on bad information and said that HHS plans to withhold 595 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: up to two billion per year. As part of an 596 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: effort for HHS to reverse course, DHS has now unveiled 597 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: a new initiative called the Minnesota Revalidate to twenty twenty six. 598 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 1: That endeavor will examine whether fifty eight hundred companies and 599 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: organizations enrolled in thirteen welfare programs are meeting the legal 600 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: requirements now. Normally, DHS screens a provider's medicatability every five years. 601 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: If a provider is enrolled in a program considered high risks, 602 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: checked every three years. However, Minnesota does revalidate the twenty 603 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: twenty six will review every provider enrolled in the thirteen 604 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: welfare programs in just a handful of months. 605 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 2: It sounds amazing incredible. 606 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: Look at them dropping the hammer and making sure that 607 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: we have the ability to look at these programs now 608 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: so that no more tax dollars are going to waste. 609 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: In a press release, DHS said it would perform the 610 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: unannounced site visits on every provider beginning this month and concluding. 611 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 2: Before this summer. 612 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: The movie pop Star It's one of my favorite comedies 613 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: Adam with Andy Samberg. He plays Connor for real, right, 614 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,359 Speaker 1: I never thought that one fantastic movie. 615 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 2: It's hysterical. 616 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: There's a moment in the film where he's doing a 617 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: video for social media and he makes a comment that 618 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,200 Speaker 1: he is going to be surprise dropping his new single 619 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: coming up at Thursday at seven am. So now all 620 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: of these providers for those way in the back know 621 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: that starting right now and concluding before the summer, they're 622 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: going to be doing visits to their locations, you know, 623 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,240 Speaker 1: giving them just plenty of time to go and clean 624 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: things up before the what is it the Minnesota Revalidate 625 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: agents Revalidate twenty twenty six agents show up. I love 626 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: how they tried to give it like a fancy name. 627 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,720 Speaker 1: I'm surprised we haven't had a press conference. It's probably pending. 628 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: That's my expectation. Is that more than likely there's a 629 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: press conference just out there waiting to happen by from 630 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Walls regarding this, where he'll talk about the 631 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 1: Minnesota Revalidate twenty twenty six while all of these potentially 632 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: fraudulent programs go and clean up. Now, as the Alphanus 633 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,760 Speaker 1: story says, it means the DHS has now told medical 634 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,799 Speaker 1: providers the unannounced visits will be occurring within the next 635 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 1: four to five months. Fraudulent providers are almost certainly among 636 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: the list of the more than fifty eight hundred providers 637 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: that will be screened by DHS as part of the 638 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: Minnesota Revalidate twenty twenty six. 639 00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 3: That's right. 640 00:35:59,200 --> 00:35:59,959 Speaker 2: Alphan News did. 641 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: Reach out to DHS and the Governor's office for the story. 642 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 1: DHS said it's revalidation initiative is a cornerstone of the 643 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: work that we are doing to combat fraud. Yeah, you're 644 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: doing it really poorly. You've made a crucial or error already. 645 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 3: Now. 646 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: Neither Governor Wallace's office nor DHS responded when asked if 647 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 1: they think their public announcement was going to potentially give 648 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 1: fraudulent providers a chance to prepare for site visits and 649 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,120 Speaker 1: make otherwise illegitimate operations seem legitimate. So this is one 650 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: of those we shall wait and see. 651 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 2: We'll also wait and see on this. 652 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: As we reached the end of today's show, James Comer 653 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: says the Houth's Ethics Committee will take over the investigation 654 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 1: into Representative ilhan Omar after a massive spike in her 655 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,399 Speaker 1: net worth was flagged in financial disclosures. 656 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 2: Here's a portion of this from Fox News. 657 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 11: Chad, thank you and focus now, Kaylee McGee white of 658 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,919 Speaker 11: Fox News construct it's this one here. 659 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,040 Speaker 12: We've been informed in the last few hours at the 660 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 12: committee is probably going to have to be the committee 661 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 12: that takes that investigation up. I'm disappointed to learn that. 662 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 12: We thought that the Oversight Committee could do that. So 663 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 12: we're going to be writing a letter in the morning 664 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 12: referring this to the Ethics Committee. And it's basically it's 665 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 12: a simple investigation. 666 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 3: Sean. 667 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:22,959 Speaker 12: There are two companies listed on Omar's husband's financial disclosure form. 668 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 2: Both were worse. 669 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,360 Speaker 12: One was worth between one thousand and five thousand dollars 670 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 12: and then the very next year it was worth between 671 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 12: one and five million dollars. 672 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,719 Speaker 2: Now it actually goes deeper than that. 673 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:36,280 Speaker 1: Here's the other clip from Fox News where Ilhan Omar 674 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 1: was exposed live on TV for having no clients for 675 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: a business that's making millions. 676 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 11: Chad, thank you and focus now, Kaylee McGee white, a 677 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 11: Fox News contributor. Look, there's a whole lot of money 678 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 11: on Capitol Hill, both sides of the aisle, and you 679 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,839 Speaker 11: could say that you want to follow all the money trail. 680 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 11: Look at the shash fun years ago where women were 681 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 11: being quieted for some of the discrimination that was going 682 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 11: on in the hill. So we get that this is 683 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 11: a very specific specific case. 684 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 2: Why is that? 685 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,880 Speaker 13: Yeah, I was doing a bit of research into Tim Manette, 686 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:15,319 Speaker 13: ilhan Omer's husband's various businesses and his investment firm. It 687 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 13: has no known clients, no known investment deals, it doesn't 688 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 13: even have an active SEC registration. And his winery, which 689 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 13: is also purportedly making him millions of dollars per year, 690 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 13: has no online presence, It has no marketable products available 691 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,719 Speaker 13: for purchase online. And get this back in twenty twenty four, 692 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 13: and investor into that winery actually sued Manette and his 693 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 13: business partners alleging that they had fraudulently misrepresented the winery 694 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,880 Speaker 13: as a legitimate business operation. So yeah, maybe there's a 695 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 13: version of events here in which, of course, all this 696 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 13: is conveniently timed with his wife's selection to Congress and 697 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 13: her growing considerable influence in the Democratic Party. 698 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,400 Speaker 1: Now let me sneak one more in here, just to 699 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,640 Speaker 1: add another layer to what what appear to be in 700 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: it all remains to be ce the walls closing in 701 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 1: on Ilha and Omar, where Steven Miller of the Trump 702 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,200 Speaker 1: administration had this to say on Fox News. 703 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,319 Speaker 14: Believe that the Somali fraud operation in Minnesota is the 704 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,839 Speaker 14: single greatest theft of taxpayer dollars through welfare fraud in 705 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 14: American history. We believe that we have only scratched the 706 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:24,320 Speaker 14: very top of the surface of how deep this goes. 707 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 14: And you're familiar with all the scams, with pretending that 708 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,320 Speaker 14: children have autism who are not in fact autistic, with 709 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,359 Speaker 14: pretending to enroll people in food programs when in fact 710 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 14: nobody was ever enrolled, and engaging in massive fraud, lying 711 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,800 Speaker 14: and theft and grift on a skill we've never seen 712 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,439 Speaker 14: before in American history. The total bill, the total tab 713 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,880 Speaker 14: for this is going to be far beyond the numbers. 714 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,600 Speaker 2: We've already seen reported. We believe the state. 715 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:55,760 Speaker 14: Government is fully complicit in this scheme, and we believe 716 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 14: that what we are going to uncover is going to 717 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 14: shock the American people. Some of the ruckers that we 718 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 14: already have. This is a significant undercount. By the way, 719 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:09,360 Speaker 14: seventy five percent of the Smali population in Minnesota is 720 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 14: on welfare. That's likely a significant undercount of just how 721 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 14: much of a financial burden the Smali reffigee population is imposing, 722 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 14: well me on this. 723 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 1: Country, and he went on to talk about how he 724 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: believes that ilhan Omar is directly tied into all of this. 725 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,600 Speaker 1: Now we've done this dance before, We've been down this 726 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:34,360 Speaker 1: road before. I remain skeptical of anything significant happening, honestly 727 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: to anybody serving in Congress at the moment. But the 728 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,480 Speaker 1: temperature certainly seems to be ratcheted up more than I've 729 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 1: ever seen regarding the investigations in the representative of illhan Omar, 730 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,879 Speaker 1: and of course the fraud here at Minnesota, which, as 731 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 1: I've mentioned, I fully expected and it is is returning 732 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 1: back to the forefront of conversation as the ice metro 733 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,080 Speaker 1: surge continues. Well more details on that tomorrow Big show 734 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,799 Speaker 1: Tomorrow too, Liz Callin from ALF News will be joining 735 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:09,760 Speaker 1: us in Minnesota's Day Representative talking about proof of election 736 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 1: fraud in Minnesota. We'll give you details on that, plus 737 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:17,359 Speaker 1: we'll talk fraud of tourists pleading guilty. It all gets 738 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,600 Speaker 1: underway just after six o'clock. If you missed any portion 739 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: of today's show, check out the podcast available on the 740 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,200 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. 741 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,360 Speaker 2: Enjoy your Tuesday and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. 742 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:25,880 Speaker 3: Bye.