Walz's Minnesota: Million-Dollar SNAP Fraud Scheme In Governor's Backyard Sparks Outrage: 'Cruel Joke'

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In a shocking development that has left exactly zero people who have been paying attention to Minnesota even mildly surprised, authorities have uncovered a million-dollar food stamp fraud operation running right in Tim Walz's backyard, as if he was clueless.

The scheme, which authorities described as involving "a high degree of sophistication," apparently consisted of buying stuff at Sam's Club and Costco and then reselling it; truly the kind of criminal mastermindery that would make Ocean's Eleven look like a grocery run, and might actually eliminate Walz from suspicion for that reason.

Abdidwahid Mohamed, owner of the creatively named Minnesota Food Grocery LLC, allegedly racked up $1,141,082 in EBT payments using cards registered to other people. Investigators say they watched him make the purchases, followed him back to his store, and confirmed it all with surveillance and GPS. Many of the actual cardholders were either out of the country or insisted they never shopped at those stores. Shocking to think that such skulduggery exists in Minnesota.

"Mohamed received $1,141,082 in EBT payments," according to the complaint, which added that the plan "involved a high degree of sophistication or planning or occurred over a lengthy period of time."

Mohamed faces up to only 20 years in prison or a $100,000 fine if found guilty, penalties that in Minnesota probably come with a participation trophy and a strongly worded letter.

Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer is demanding accountability from Governor Tim Walz amid the state's broader fraud woes, including a staggering $9 billion Medicaid probe. Emmer alleges Walz is either incompetent or complicit in the theft of taxpayer funds, highlighting what critics call a thriving culture of corruption. One thing for sure, if Walz is complicit, he's certainly not the mastermind.

"Minneapolis didn't become America's fraud capital by accident," Dalia al-Aqidi (a Republican running for Congress in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District against Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar) told Fox News Digital. "It was earned. This week, it's a grocer charged with running up $1.1 million in charges on other people's EBT cards. Next week, it will be something else, but the bill always lands on the Minnesotans who actually pay taxes."

Aqidi says that families tell her "affordability" is what "keeps them up night" and the "cruel joke is that the money is here to really make a difference for people."

"It is just lining the wrong pockets and paying for luxury cars and houses on the other side of the world. The fraudsters are only half the story. The other half are the people administering these programs, from the front lines all the way up to Ilhan Omar, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Governor Tim Walz. There has been talk about ending fraud in Minnesota for years. I am going to Washington to actually do it."

Two Republican lawmakers echoed the frustration. State Sen. Mark Koran called it "yet another example of why Minnesota is target number one for fraudsters."

"The sheer volume of welfare programs, combined with the inability of state agencies to detect obvious fraud is alarming. Once again, it was a private retailer, not the state, that uncovered this fraud scheme," Koran added, referencing the suspect being initially flagged by Walmart’s Global Investigation Team.

"All individuals involved, including the people that sold their EBT cards to Abdi Mohamed, have to be fully prosecuted," Koran said. People who come here to steal from hardworking Minnesota taxpayers deserve serious consequences.

State Sen. Michael Holmstrom kept it real: "This may be the laziest one yet."

"We had this guy, Abdi Mohamed, and he named his scam company 'Minnesota Food Grocery LLC.' They aren’t even trying, because they have been conditioned to believe there are no consequences."

The bust comes as part of a larger fraud scandal centered in Minnesota's social services programs, particularly within the Somali community, and a fresh Trump administration push against food stamp abuse.

"Since its inception, SNAP has helped our most vulnerable citizens afford the essential and nutritious food they need," Rollins and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote in a Fox News op-ed in March. "At least, that is what the program is supposed to do.

"Over time, however, SNAP has been taken advantage of, allowing many to game the system and leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without healthy, nutrient-dense food options."

In related news, Minnesota officials continue to express bewilderment that when you create a massive, poorly supervised pile of free money, people occasionally treat it like a pile of free money. Walz could not be reached for comment, as he was reportedly busy checking the state couch cushions for another $9 billion.

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Democrat Mayor of Winnsboro arrested on 6 counts of Medicaid fraud

Alice Wallace, the Democrat mayor of Winnsboro, Louisiana (a small town in Franklin Parish), was arrested on April 21, 2026, and charged with six counts of government benefits fraud related to an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme.

Key Details of the CaseAllegations: 

Wallace, 50, is accused of fraudulently receiving Medicaid benefits for herself and a dependent from 2021 through 2026, totaling about $75,000, while ineligible due to her income and employment.

She allegedly failed to report changes in household income, marital status, employment (including her role as mayor), and access to employer-provided health insurance.

One count corresponds to each year of the alleged fraud. The investigation started from a referral by the Louisiana Department of Health.

She was arrested by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (under Attorney General Liz Murrill) and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. She turned herself in.BackgroundWallace became Winnsboro's first female mayor in 2022, winning by a narrow 12-vote margin. 

Wallace, like Chris Wallace [no relation] is a Democrat, in case I didn't mention it.

The charges cover a period including her time in office. Wallace has denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated ahead of her re-election bid (primary on May 16, 2026). At least she didn't call those who made allegations 'racists'. She pleaded not guilty, naturally.

In a Facebook post, Wallace stated she would be "vindicated" and blamed interference (including references to "the devil" in some reports) for trying to derail her campaign. The case is pending in Franklin Parish court.

This is a developing story.

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Trump admin freezes visa processing for 75 countries, including Iran, Russia, and yes Somalia

The State Department is slamming the brakes on immigrant visa processing for 75 countries. The goal? Crack down hard on applicants likely to become a public charge and drain American resources.

A State Department memo, obtained first by Fox News Digital, orders consular officers to refuse visas under existing law while the department reviews and strengthens screening and vetting procedures.

The affected countries include Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, Yemen, and dozens more.

Somalia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand among nations hit by indefinite pause starting Jan. 21.

Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda are on the new restrictions list from the Trump administration over concerns with their Citizenship by Investment programs. Here's a look at the stunning Antigua coastline that draws so many visitors.

This pause kicks in January 21 as mentioned, and continues indefinitely until a full reassessment of immigrant visa processing is complete.

Somalia has been under intense federal scrutiny after a massive fraud scandal exploded in Minnesota. Prosecutors exposed widespread abuse of taxpayer-funded benefit programs, with many involved being Somali nationals or Somali-Americans.

Back in November 2025, a State Department cable went out to posts worldwide, directing consular officers to enforce tough new screening rules under the "public charge" provision of immigration law.

The guidance tells officers to deny visas to anyone likely to rely on public benefits. They weigh everything: health, age, English proficiency, finances, and even potential future need for long-term medical care.

Here are views of the Quality Learning Center in Minnesota, which sat at the heart of the alleged childcare fraud scandal rocking the state.

Older or overweight applicants could face denial, as could anyone with any past use of government cash assistance or institutionalization.

"The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who would become a public charge on the United States and exploit the generosity of the American people," State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggott said in a statement.

"Immigration from these 75 countries will be paused while the State Department reassess immigration processing procedures to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits."

This image shows the sign at Quality Learning Center, [formerly known as the Quality Learing Center] where manager Ibrahim Ali denied any fraud despite explosive reports from independent journalist Nick Shirley. The scandal broke right before the State Department hit pause on visa processing.

The pause starts January 21 and runs indefinitely until the department finishes reassessing visa processing.

While the public charge rule has been on the books for decades, enforcement has swung wildly depending on the administration. Consular officers have historically had broad discretion.Exceptions to this new pause will be "very limited" and only granted after an applicant fully clears public charge concerns.

The 2022 Biden-era version of the rule narrowed things down, mostly to cash assistance and long-term institutional care, while excluding programs like SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, or housing vouchers.

The Immigration and Nationality Act has always allowed consular officers to block applicants on public charge grounds. President Donald Trump expanded the definition in 2019 to cover a much wider range of benefits. Courts challenged that expansion, parts got blocked, and the Biden administration rescinded it.

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Here are more images from the Minnesota childcare fraud investigation that helped fuel this crackdown.

The full list of affected countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. And a partridge in a pear tree.

America First means protecting our generosity from exploitation. This is a big step in that direction.

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Walz's No. 2 Goes Nuclear on ICE—and Even Calls Out a Fellow Dem—as Minnesota's Massive Somali Fraud Scandal Explodes

As President Trump rips into Minnesota's clusterfrack of a government over their billion-dollar welfare fraud mess, Gov. Tim Walz's lieutenant governor is out there torching federal immigration enforcement like it's her full-time job. And she's not stopping at ICE; she's even dunking on a Democratic colleague for daring to thank them once upon a time.

We're talking about the Feeding Our Future nightmare, where federal prosecutors uncovered "schemes stacked upon schemes" run by Somali nonprofits that allegedly looted hundreds of millions, maybe closing in on a billion, from taxpayer-funded child nutrition and Medicaid programs. House Oversight Chairman James Comer isn't mincing words: the state's "negligence" let criminals, including Somali terrorists, fleece Americans while kids went hungry. But with scandals piling up like this, what does Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan do? She grabs her phone and unleashes a tweet-storm blasting ICE and defending the indefensible.

First, she whined about Trump's comments on Minnesota's Somali community, telling CNN he's just trying to "distract" from rising costs.

Then: "ICE is raiding restaurants, lurking outside of schools, and detaining U.S. citizens," Flanagan wrote Monday.

She's pinning the blame for nationwide ICE ops on the Laken Riley Act, the bill named after the Georgia student brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant.

"Trump chose the Laken Riley Act as the first bill of his administration for one reason: He wanted to legitimize his mass deportation agenda," she said.

"Every vote in favor of this bill normalized the chaos we see now."

And get this, she turned her fire on Rep. Angie Craig, a fellow Minnesota Democrat who's also eyeing Sen. Tina Smith's seat. Craig called out ICE after reports of U.S. citizens getting detained in a raid, labeling it "inhumane" and saying "Trump's ICE is out of control."

Flanagan's response? Savage.

"Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year. Now you're upset?" Flanagan said."Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better."

What set her off? Craig was one of 75 Democrats who backed a resolution thanking ICE and state/local cops for keeping us safe from terrorists. Heaven forfend should a Democrat say anything nice about Trump's administration.

Flanagan, who is Ojibwe and could make history as the first Native American woman in the Senate if she wins, isn't holding back. In another shot at Trump calling Minnesota a "hellhole" thanks to its Somali issues: "Well actually, hell is any room with you, (Donald Trump)." Surprisingly she didn't stick out her tongue and say "nyah-nyah-nee-nyah-nyah."

"Minnesota is ranked one of the happiest states in the country because you don't live here." Classic deflection. And when pressed on the fraud scandal? Her spokesperson insisted she takes it "seriously": "[Flanagan] has repeatedly spoken out against fraud in the state, saying it's ‘unconscionable that people are stealing from families and children’," Fetissoff said.

Sure, Jan. Meanwhile, the raids continue, including one where ICE reportedly followed a Burnsville family home and detained them. DHS hasn't commented yet, but you know the left is melting down.

Democrats eating their own while their state burns under fraud and failed policies is par for the course. Votes really do have consequences, and Minnesotans are paying the price.

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Federal Judge Just Smacked Down Biden's Transgender Overreach—Again

Will she get home in time to watch Judge Judy?

Oh, look, another day, another federal judge reminding the woke crowd that biology isn't a suggestion. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. tossed out a Biden-era rule that tried to shoehorn gender identity into Title IX protections and strong-arm doctors into performing transgender procedures like it was just another flu shot.

Guirola backed Tennessee and a posse of 14 other red states that dragged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to court over this nonsense. The judge basically said HHS went full rogue, twisting "sex discrimination" into something it was never meant to be.

"Congress only contemplated biological sex when it enacted Title IX in 1972," Guirola wrote, dropping truth bombs like it's 1972 all over again. "Therefore, the Court finds that HHS exceeded its authority by implementing regulations redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender-identity discrimination."

This gem of a rule dropped on May 6, 2024, back when Biden's crew was still pretending they could rewrite reality with a pen stroke. Fast-forward to the Trump era, and the states weren't taking any chances. They figured why wait for the next round of bureaucratic bullying? 

Trump's HHS lawyers tried to calm everyone down, swearing up and down that with the boss cracking down on transgender ideology, no one's getting sued over this. But Guirola wasn't buying the "trust us, bro" routine. He called the threat of enforcement "real" and said sorting this out now would finally give everyone the clarity they've been begging for.

Under this rule, states would've been stuck footing the bill for transgender surgeries through Medicaid and Medicare, while hospitals lost the right to keep bathrooms and locker rooms where they belong—segregated by actual biology. It would've nuked state health exchanges that dared to say no to the procedure parade.

Guirola laid it out plain: "When it enacted Title IX, Congress's concern was prohibiting sex discrimination in education. It was particularly concerned with inequality that female students experienced. It did not at that time contemplate gender identity, transgender status, or 'gender-affirming care,'" he wrote. In other words, Congress wasn't dreaming up a future where "sex" means whatever TikTok says it does.

Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti was popping champagne over the win, and who could blame him?

"When Biden-era bureaucrats tried to illegally rewrite our laws to force radical gender ideology into every corner of American health care, Tennessee stood strong and stopped them," Skrmetti said. "This decision restores not just common sense but also constitutional limits on federal overreach, and I am proud of the team of excellent attorneys who fought this through to the finish."

Skrmetti hammered home how this would've forced hospitals into sex-segregated space chaos and made states subsidize the whole "gender-affirming" circus via Medicaid. 

The suit had the full Republican AG squad from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia all piling on, because when it comes to fighting federal fairy tales, strength in numbers.Meanwhile, President Trump, never one to let Biden's legacy linger—is on a tear with executive orders to undo the transgender takeover. He's already kicked off a full audit of every Biden move on this front, making sure the madness gets the boot it deserves. 

Score one for sanity, zero for the ideologues.

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Minnesota’s Fraud Fiasco: Somalis Caught in Homeless Aid Scam After Food and Autism Schemes

"Minnesota is drowning in fraud," Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson declared, and guys, he is not kidding. 

The Land of 10,000 Lakes is swimming in a cesspool of scams, and the latest chapter in this saga is incredible. After the jaw-dropping $250 million "Feeding Our Future" fraud, where Somali groups allegedly pocketed a quarter-billion dollars by claiming to feed ghost kids, and a Medicaid autism scam that ballooned from $3 million to $400 million in just four years, we've now got a fresh outrage: housing fraud. This one’s yet another gut-punch to taxpayers.

Let's rewind. The "Feeding Our Future" scheme saw Somali-run non-profits fleece taxpayers for $250 million, with funds jumping from $3.4 million in 2019 to $197 million by 2021. Poof! Money gone, kids nowhere to be found. 

Then there's the autism racket. Medicaid claims for Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) in Minnesota skyrocketed from $3 million in 2018 to nearly $400 million in 2024, totaling over $1.4 billion. How? A 700% surge in providers, from 41 to 328 in five years, fueled by claims that 1 in 16 Somali four-year-olds (6%) suddenly had autism. That’s not a medical miracle; that's too crazy and a red flag.

Now, the feds have dropped the hammer on what they're calling a "massive" fraud in Minnesota's Medicaid-funded housing stabilization program. On Thursday, eight people were charged in connection with schemes that allegedly siphoned off $10 million meant for the homeless. That's four times what the state expected to spend annually when the program launched. The state projected $2.6 million a year; last year, it ballooned to $105.4 million for 21,000 participants and 1,800 providers. Thompson didn't mince words: "As many of you know, Minnesota is drowning in fraud. The level of fraud in these programs is staggering. Unfortunately, our system of ‘trust but verify’ no longer works. These programs have been abused over and over to the point where the fraud has overtaken the legitimate services."

Federal prosecutors point to defendants like Moktar Hassan Aden, 30, Mustafa Dayib Ali, 29, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, 26, and Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, 27, tied to Brilliant Minds, a company that allegedly helped itself to $300,000-$400,000 per defendant. They even shared a Platinum American Express card, racking up nearly half a million in charges to live large. Then there's Asad Ahmed Adow, 26, whose Leo Human Services LLC reportedly pocketed $2.7 million for 250 supposed beneficiaries, and Anwar Ahmed Adow, 25, whose Liberty Plus LLC in Roseville allegedly grabbed $1.2 million for 200 people. Thompson noted the “significant” overlap with the Feeding Our Future case, where 75 people have been charged and over 50 convicted. "We saw bank records routinely where people were purporting to serve meals to thousands of kids a day and they’re also purporting to run an autism clinic or a PCA services program or home healthcare," he said.

The victims were everyday Minnesotans, often the most vulnerable. 

Rachel Lien told KARE 11 Investigates that Brilliant Minds billed her insurance over $2,000 for a Shark vacuum and zero housing help. Billing records showed the company claimed to be house-hunting for her, with notes like, "I visited these properties, I went in person on Rachel's behalf because these two options were strong matches for her housing criteria." Lien says it never happened. Another client, Julie, said Liberty Plus promised housing but left her and her dog living in her car. Steven Smith was stunned to find his name on Leo Human Services' documents, including a signature as "Steven Jr Smith" (not his name). "I did not sign this legal document," he told KARE 11. "Why would I say that I'm Steven Jr Smith? My middle name is actually Steven Dwayne Smith."

Metadata revealed the document was authored by someone named Wats Hanin, still a mystery.

It gets worse. Latasha, another client, said Leo billed $38,000 in her name for job-hunting services she never received, including absurd listings like police intern and ice-skating instructor, roles she was unqualified for. Investigators suspect AI was used to generate cookie-cutter service records, with identical language copied and pasted. Ben and Haley Gutoski, fresh out of addiction treatment, turned to Pristine Health for housing help in 2024. They got ghosted, yet Pristine billed Ben's Medicaid for 90 hours of "service" worth $6,318, and billed Haley's insurance separately for the same household.

This is a betrayal. Gov. Tim Walz and his allies have watched this train wreck unfold while cozying up to their political base. Over $1 billion in taxpayer money; gone. And Thompson says this is just the "first wave" of cases, with hundreds of companies under scrutiny. Minnesota's welfare system is being looted, and the folks paying the price are the poor, the needy, and the taxpayers footing the bill.

The point is, this isn't just about fraud, it's about a system that's been gamed repeatedly, with the same players popping up across schemes. The feds are connecting the dots, but the question remains: why did it take this long? Minnesota’s "trust but verify" model is broken, and the real cost is trust itself.

Ilhan Omar much?

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Planned Parenthood of Calif. lost $300 million after being defundedc

Alright, let’s get real about what’s happening in California. The state’s Planned Parenthood affiliates, the biggest baby-killing operation in the Golden State, just got hit with a $300 million gut punch. 

A new federal law, signed by President Donald Trump, called the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," because of course it is, yanked Medicaid reimbursements from any nonprofit health clinic that slaughters babies and rakes in over $800,000 a year from Uncle Sam. That means California’s 114 Planned Parenthood clinics are now cut off from the federal gravy train. 

Now, some liberal judge in Massachusetts, Judge Talwani, threw a tantrum and issued a preliminary injunction to partially block the law, letting a handful of Planned Parenthood's nearly 600 abortion mills across the country keep their taxpayer cash, for now. But here’s the kicker: none of California’s clinics made the cut for that exemption. Tough luck, Jodi Hicks, the president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, who’s whining that "the harsh reality is, the Planned Parenthood defund will be felt in every corner of the state." 

Cry me a river, Jodi. Maybe stop prioritizing the slaughter of the unborn over actual health care, and you wouldn’t be in this mess.

Let’s be clear, Planned Parenthood could keep the taxpayer funds if they just stopped killing babies. But no, they’d rather cling to their abortion altar than provide legitimate health services. Their own annual report brags about terminating over 400,000 babies in 2023 and 2024 while pocketing nearly $800 million from taxpayers. The Hyde Amendment supposedly stops federal funds from directly paying for abortions, but Planned Parenthood’s $700 million in Medicaid reimbursements and Title X grants conveniently frees up their budget to keep the abortion machine humming. Pro-life leaders have been saying this for years, and now someone’s finally doing something about it.

The national Planned Parenthood crew is crossing their fingers for some future court ruling to restore their funding, dreaming that California’s clinics might get back on the federal dole. Meanwhile, the Department of Health and Human Services is fighting back with an appeal, so this legal cage match is far from over. Hicks won’t say which locations might close, but pro-life folks are praying those abortion factories shut down for good.

This is what happens when you build an empire on the backs of the unborn. You can’t keep pretending it’s “health care” while the body count piles up. California’s Planned Parenthood is learning that the hard way, and I’m not shedding a single tear.

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Activist lefty judge blocks Trump's defunding of Planned Parenthood

"I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan

 
Well look who’s at it again. A federal judge in Massachusetts, an Obama appointee, naturally, decided to play superhero for Planned Parenthood, slapping a restraining order on a key provision in what Trump called his “big, beautiful bill.” This provision would’ve yanked Medicaid funding from the abortion factory for a year, but U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said, “Not so fast.” She likes dead babies.

In her ruling, the far leftist didn’t mince words: “Defendants shall take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed in the customary manner.” 

Translation: keep the cash flowing to Planned Parenthood like it’s just another Tuesday. Her order, which lasts two weeks, also bans the Trump administration, their agents, employees, or anyone else in cahoots with them from “enforcing, retroactively enforcing, or otherwise applying” the funding cut. 

Judicial overreach, at its worst, of course.

The Hill points out, “Talwani’s ruling still allows the administration to enforce the provision against other providers, but Planned Parenthood says it comprises almost the entirety of the impacted entities.” 

So, basically, this is a tailor-made carveout for the baby terrorist giant. 

Let’s talk numbers. Planned Parenthood’s 2024 annual report bragged about performing 392,715 abortions from October 2021 to September 2022, a 5% jump from the 374,155 the year prior. This, despite Roe v. Wade getting the boot from the Supreme Court in June 2022. The Catholic News Agency noted, “[T]he document says that locations in states ‘where abortion is protected’ saw a 700% increase in demand.” Oh, and they helped coordinate travel for over 33,000 abortions. Because nothing says “healthcare” like a cross-state abortion road trip.

Just last month, the Supreme Court reminded everyone that lower courts don’t get to play emperor over the Executive Branch. Justice Amy Coney Barrett put it bluntly: “federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them.” 

Apparently, Judge Talwani didn’t get the memo, but more likely disregarded the ruling.

So, for now, Planned Parenthood keeps its taxpayer-funded gravy train, courtesy of a leftist judge with a pen, a vendetta, and no love for the unborn. 

This is just the beginning and we need to wait and see how it pans out for our future children.

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Prisoners of Obama Love

Now this is how to check a prostate

It used to be "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, yadda yadda." Now it's everyone getting covered under this law, including the law-breakers. Yes, Obamacare is now being extended to cover prison inmates by the states. They will cover prisoner's costs by using a provision allowing states to shift the cost to the federal government. Neat trick--robbing us to pay them.

Of course, this includes mental health programs--and that's a good thing for prisoners because there is an inordinately high incidence of mental illness among this population like there is with the Democratic party. 

No More Free Rides

If you get something for free, you place less value on it than you would if you had to pay for it. This is just simple, common sense. So what makes anyone think that welfare and other entitlements is a good thing?

When I worked as a psychotherapist in New York City, a substantial number of the patients that came to the clinic were Medicaid recipients. They were seen once weekly and were given ongoing appointment schedules. If they had to cancel, they were asked to give the clinic at least 24 hour notice so that we could use their timeslots effectively. But cancelling appropriately was as rare as a liberal using facts to make decisions rather than feelings. Patients who paid out of pocket, or who had coverage through their employer (those with jobs often had coverage), were much more dependable when it came to showing up for session and for cancelling when necessary.

Fee for service therapists at the clinic only got paid when they actually had a patient session. There was no penalty for Medicaid patients not calling in to cancel--we call them "no shows," and this had become an ongoing problem. The situation became one in which the therapist was dependent upon the mental patient to do the right thing and allow a scheduling in the open timeslot. 

Entitlements like Medicaid, Food Stamps, and other programs that give away free stuff is fine and necessary, but it is all too easy to use these programs to create strong dependency and a nanny state. (I am not referring to Social Security--we've paid into that.) Moreover, in the case of psychotherapy, where clients pay nothing for treatment, there is a devaluing of treatment when it's free. I believe there should be a small penalty for being a "no show" and the patient must pay it by the following visit or be terminated from treatment.

The government has become too much like a rewarding parent, or Santa Claus. If you want to make people responsible adults, you need to hold them accountable for their actions. No more free rides. No more Obama phones. It's time for our nation to put on their big boy pants.

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Uh Oh ObamaCare

You can't swing a Democratic donkey by the tail without hitting an ObamaCare problem. The problems effect the public as well as the king. Now the king wants the people to come up with our ideas to help him with ObamaCare. Does he want our input so he can blame us for its failure like he blames the Republicans for magically screwing up the website? If the GOP actually had the powers needed to remotely screw up the ObamaCare website, Obama would have never been elected in the first place. So what are some of the problems with ObamaCare?

First and foremost, Obama lied. I don't care how the New York Times tries to spin it with: "he misspoke," "he told an untruth," "he was factually incorrect," "he didn't mean it that way," he deliberately lied to the American public because he knew that many many people would not be able to keep their doctors, period, nor would they be able to keep their healthcare plans, period. He freaking lied. People do not trust him. That's not good for the Democrats.

Second, the number of insurance company options available are anemic. There are so few choices and you can't even shop for choices until you've actually given your personal information and have signed up.

Third, speaking about giving your personal information is extremely risky, according to the four "white hat hackers" who testified to congress about this issue. Not one of them when asked, said he would be willing to put his personal information online at Healthcare.gov. Why should we?

Fourth, ObamaCare is acting almost like a shill for Medicaid. Millions of people are being enrolled from the site. One man, a retired owner of a $5 million home, was told that in order to enroll, he would have to do so with Medicaid as his provider. If you know anything about Medicaid, the quality of care is horrible.

Fifth, ObamaCare has negative incentive for upward mobility. If you get a raise, you pay more. If you get married, you pay more. If you are a small business owner and want to expand, there's a disincentive to hire more than 29 people.

Sixth, ObamaCare favors the secular sector and disrespects the beliefs of the religious sector. This has fast become a trend in America and it's a disgraceful trend. The group Freedom from Religion is the biggest perpetrator of attacking religious values, and Obama seems to be a big fan. One can only wonder what the outcome would be if Islam was staunchly against birth control and abortion, and that included shops that sold Islamic items. I suspect the secular left would do as much to ensure that they would be forced to provide employees of, say, an Islamic book store with Sandra Fluke condoms, as they are willing to stop a stoning of women.

Finally, business owners will tend to hire people part time in order to avoid having to pay for healthcare. It would be poor business sense to do otherwise.

It's obvious that when a website is put together in the private sector, like the ObamaCare website was, heads would roll like a bowling alley on Saturday night. But more than this, there is more to ObamaCare than just the website that sucks. What should be obvious is that a government that has over 3 years and more than $600 million to put a website together puts out what we have seen, you can be certain that the rest of the planning will be similarly suck-worthy. 

President Obama has gone on the offense today, (which means he's offensive, as usual), but now he pledges this law will not be abolished while he still is president. I say "let it burn." Let people sign up; let it go into effect; and let people judge whatever it turns out to be. I suspect it will turn out to be exactly what the Obama administration supports: an abortion.

My latest novel, Jihad Joe, is about Islamic terrorism and suspense.  In it I challenge the precepts of the religion through my protagonist, Zed Nill, a journalist, captured by terrorists and who is destined to be killed if the American President refuses to release three Gitmo prisoners.  Of course, American policy demands we never give in to terrorists, and for Zed, the clock is ticking.

                    

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