A frightened squid pumps out a cloud of ink as a distraction so it can zip away from danger.
That’s a big part of what’s happening in Minnesota right now.
The state’s Democratic political machine is reacting like a spooked squid to revelations that the machine and its clients are complicit in multi-billion-dollar frauds against the federal government.
And the “ink” being squirted is the not-at-all spontaneous wave of riots erupting against federal authorities in Minneapolis.
The surge came after series of exposés by independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed rampant childcare and Medicaid fraud in Minnesota, focusing public outrage on the abuse of federal funding as an estimated $9 billion of aid meant to educate autistic children and care for the poor went instead into fraudsters’ pockets.
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