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Happy New Year's Eve, dear friends. As we close out 2025 with a bang, or in Minnesota's case, the sound of a money spigot being slammed shut, it's time to celebrate the Trump administration finally doing what Democrats have been pretending to do for years: actually fighting fraud.
The Department of Health and Human Services dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, announcing they've frozen every last dime of child care payments to the Land of 10,000 Lakes (and apparently endless scams) amid a massive fraud scandal that's been bubbling under the surface.
“We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota,” Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and Administration for Children & Families Assistant Secretary Alex Adams declared in a video posted on X. “You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade.”
HHS laid out three no-nonsense moves to tackle what they called the “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country.” First up: flipping the switch on their “Defend the Spend system,” which now demands justification plus a receipt or photo evidence before any federal bucks head to a state.
Second: Thanks to the dogged investigative work of journalist Nick Shirley over recent months, O’Neill and his team have zeroed in on the folks featured in Shirley's videos. They're now demanding a “comprehensive audit of these centers,” covering everything from attendance records and licenses to complaints, investigations, inspections, and beyond.
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Third: HHS is rolling out a dedicated fraud reporting hotline and email address so parents, providers, and everyday Americans can drop tips on the grifters.
“We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud,” the officials said.Shirley's viral videos have been spotlighting some seriously sketchy activity around Minneapolis, showing alleged daycare and autism centers that look more like ghost towns than places caring for kids. This all piles onto earlier revelations, like a federal prosecutor estimating at least $9 billion in fraud across Minnesota programs during Democratic Governor Tim Walz's tenure.
The Daily Wire even reported that Minnesota was still cutting checks to an accused Somali fraudster running assisted living homes while he awaited trial for what was called the nation's biggest COVID scam, running a fake charity, no less.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson has flagged 14 Medicaid services in the state as “high risk” for fraud.
Shirley, fresh off an appearance on Fox News, laid it out plain and simple: “It’s so obvious,” Shirley explained, referring to the apparent fraud. “If you’re living in Minnesota, you have to raise your eyebrows and think, ‘What’s going on?’ Literally, if you drive around Minneapolis, you’ll see daycare centers, autism centers — you will then see transportation companies that have snow piled up as if they haven’t moved it in months.”
"A kindergartner could've figured out there was fraud going on."
Walz finally piped up on Tuesday, admitting the state had been “taken advantage of” by fraudsters chasing “greed” over helping kids and the elderly. But in classic Democrat fashion, he pointed the finger elsewhere: “We’ve spent years cracking down on fraud – referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs,” he said in a social media post. “Trump keeps letting fraudsters out of prison. To the national news just now paying attention, here’s what we’ve done to stop it.”
Ah yes, blame Trump, the guy whose administration just shut down the gravy train. Classic deflection from the party that's been overseeing this mess for years.Here's to more spigots getting turned off in 2026. Cheers!
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson has flagged 14 Medicaid services in the state as “high risk” for fraud.
Shirley, fresh off an appearance on Fox News, laid it out plain and simple: “It’s so obvious,” Shirley explained, referring to the apparent fraud. “If you’re living in Minnesota, you have to raise your eyebrows and think, ‘What’s going on?’ Literally, if you drive around Minneapolis, you’ll see daycare centers, autism centers — you will then see transportation companies that have snow piled up as if they haven’t moved it in months.”
"A kindergartner could've figured out there was fraud going on."
Walz finally piped up on Tuesday, admitting the state had been “taken advantage of” by fraudsters chasing “greed” over helping kids and the elderly. But in classic Democrat fashion, he pointed the finger elsewhere: “We’ve spent years cracking down on fraud – referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs,” he said in a social media post. “Trump keeps letting fraudsters out of prison. To the national news just now paying attention, here’s what we’ve done to stop it.”
Ah yes, blame Trump, the guy whose administration just shut down the gravy train. Classic deflection from the party that's been overseeing this mess for years.Here's to more spigots getting turned off in 2026. Cheers!
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