Yes, the Renee Good story is very important, and one front in the ideological war. The shooting was a tragedy, the duelling narratives are driving massive political division, politicians are amping up the rhetoric, and even talking about a civil war. It's a story that is impossible NOT to cover, and cover heavily.
But one of the reasons why the Democrats are focusing so heavily on it is that they are being exposed as the ringleaders of a massive fraud operation that likely sucks up a massive chunk of the federal budget. They believe they are on far more solid moral ground talking about Renee Good than the corruption, so they want this story to get as hot as possible for as long as possible.
They need people looking away. Just as USAID was a piggy bank for radical politics, the welfare system in our country is a massive scheme to fund the left and the Democratic Party.
The fraud in Minnesota is hardly unique. Everywhere people are looking, billions of dollars of welfare dollars are being stolen. And it is not due to incuriosity or incompetence. It is planned.
Sarah Clarke, Mayor Jacob Frey’s wife, worked for Hylden Advocacy & Law. Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal and lobbying representation to Feeding Our Future ($250 million food aid fraud). Hylden is also listed as a paid lobbyist on a Somali Museum founded by Osman Ali (museum…
— Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) January 7, 2026
A perfect example of how deeply tied to the Democratic Party this fraud is can be seen in the case of Jacob Frey, the Mayor of Minneapolis, and his wife, who represented Feeding Our Future until the indictments and arrests started rolling in.
Now you might think it's bad that Frey was a recipient of multiple campaign contributions from the fraudsters, but politicians rarely look askance at contributions from anyone unless they present an obvious political problem.
If you want to understand why Democrats like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey constantly pandered (and still do) to Somali’s, look no further than all the fraud running rampant in Minnesota.
— Based Bandita (@BasedBandita) January 1, 2026
It’s all about getting access to the money and votes.pic.twitter.com/5GrZFk6IJL
But the contributions are almost a distraction. Frey's association with the Feeding Our Future fraudsters, and no doubt the daycare and other frauds, goes much deeper.
Sarah Clarke, Mayor Jacob Frey’s wife, worked for Hylden Advocacy & Law. Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal and lobbying representation to Feeding Our Future ($250 million food aid fraud). Hylden is also listed as a paid lobbyist on a Somali Museum founded by Osman Ali (museum received $4.5 million months after the owner plead guilty to fraud)
Clarke left Hylden’s firm in January when the investigation took off. Clarke’s exit was abrupt and without explanation, leaving many unanswered questions...
At least eight people named in the indictment donated $1,000, the maximum allowable contribution, to Frey’s 2021 mayoral campaign.
Three of Mayor Frey’s appointees were federally indicted.
Abdi Nur Salah, a former senior policy aide to then-Council Member Abdi Warsame, moved up the City Hall ranks into the role of Frey’s senior policy aide in 2018
Sharmarke Issa was appointed by Frey to chair the housing authority in 2019 and reappointed in 2021.
Abdikadir Ainanshe Mohamud was appointed by Frey to the newly created Minneapolis Community Safety Workgroup.
So let's get this straight. Far from being a bystander in the whole affair, his wife was making money representing the fraudsters, three of his appointments were INDICTED for stealing money from the taxpayers in the fraud, and Frey was collecting donations from the fraudsters, who happened to be funneling significant quantities of money to him through his wife.
This has to be the biggest fraudster we've ever investigated. Two of our former FBI forensic accountants are even shocked. https://t.co/Pv3oPusuTT pic.twitter.com/k2bIk2TcSK
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) January 9, 2026
Does that mean that Frey was "in on it?" Probably not in a legal, indictable sense, but in every other way he certainly was. Which explains why, in his campaign against Senator Omar Fateh in the mayor's race, Fateh's own relationship with the Feeding Our Future and voter fraud matters in Minnesota, the issue never came up.
For those keeping score at home, @ZaynabMMohamed 's brother - Muse Mohamed - is a voter fraud-related criminal who worked for @OmarFatehMN state senate campaign.
— MN Up North Lake Guy (@MNUpNorthLakeG1) December 4, 2025
Zaynab Mohamed and Omar Fateh are in-laws. pic.twitter.com/JsY7BfAbKF
Omerta.
.@Danaperino breaks down Keith Ellison‘s quid pro quo arrangement with the Somali fraudsters caught on leaked audio.
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) January 9, 2026
“[Keith Ellison] is on audiotape and he’s talking to the fraudsters. And he says, ‘I want to help you,’ and they discuss how. They say they’re being cracked down… pic.twitter.com/rWnnM97hdI
Keith Ellison, who is the Attorney General of our state who is now saying he was on top of the fraud, was actually meeting with the Feeding Our Future fraudsters and assuring them that he would keep the money flowing to them as the law was closing in.
🫢Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison caught on tape! pic.twitter.com/IqgsHuGgZ8
— The Evening Edit (@EveningEdit) January 8, 2026
In turn, they promised him money for his campaign, and they also contributed to his son's successful campaign to become a City Councilman.
Somali Daycare Fraud couriers moving luggage packed with over a MILLION in cash, through the MSP airport daily, moving up to $350 MILLION dollars a year.
— The SCIF (@TheSCIF) January 8, 2026
The worst part is that this broke 7 YEARS AGO, and they were tipped off 12 YEARS AGO about it. Our greatest enemy is from… pic.twitter.com/kkEI9m1PVa
Joe Biden's administration was well aware that millions of dollars were being flown out of the Minneapolis airport DAILY by Somalis to overseas banks. TSA agents were instructed to allow the transfers through.
Amy Klobuchar is expected to run for Governor of Minnesota to replace Tim Walz. Here’s that time she stood in a blizzard to lecture us about the importance of Somalis to this country. She’s deep in the fraud. pic.twitter.com/LKVIIjwPqQ
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) January 5, 2026
Everybody is focused on Tim Walz because he is at the top of the pyramid, but the reality is that the fraud is part of a nationwide scheme that is deeply intertwined with the Democratic Party.
Flashback: Jill Biden Once Praised Minnesota's Massive Daycare Spending
— NWRain-Judi (@RYboating) January 8, 2026
So were Jill and Joe in on the MN fraud?🤔pic.twitter.com/dGlMX5pgIX
You shouldn't wonder why Democrats across the country are circling the wagons, defending the fraud. It is their financial lifeblood, and they have been part of the scheme for years.
The fraud is the point. https://t.co/aQi88g5Nal
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 9, 2026
All they have to do is attach the spending to some worthy-sounding cause, and the looting begins. All the connections are there to see. There are so many, in fact, that it is hard to keep track of them.
Minneapolis Mayor, Jacob Frey, speaks Somali to his supporters.
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) September 20, 2025
FFS. pic.twitter.com/cuoyIYdHHI
That's why it's useful to drill down for an example like Mayor Frey. He is up to his waist in the scheme, even if he has no obvious indictable offense to hang on him. We can prove no actual quid pro quo, but when his top aides are involved (and indicted), his wife helped get the money flowing and was paid to do so, and all his political allies are in on it, it's hard not to conclude that he was involved at some level himself.
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