3+ week, 7+ hour ago (45+ words) RELATED: Pro-Fateh group wins majority on Minneapolis City Council as Frey secures third term " The post Alpha News cartoon: The finish line appeared first on Alpha News MN. RELATED: Pro-Fateh group wins majority on Minneapolis City Council as Frey secures third term...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago (46+ words) RELATED: Candidate questions county's decision to send $38 million to nonprofits while hiking property taxes " The post Alpha News cartoon: Taxed out appeared first on Alpha News MN. RELATED: Candidate questions county's decision to send $38 million to nonprofits while hiking property taxes...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago (16+ words) The post Alpha News cartoon: Land of billions in fraud appeared first on Alpha News MN....

9+ hour, 43+ min ago (16+ words) The post Alpha News cartoon: Land of 10,000 frauds appeared first on Alpha News MN....

1+ week, 9+ hour ago (45+ words) RELATED: Minnesota Somalis allegedly sent welfare money to Al-Qaeda ally planning another 9/11 " The post Alpha News cartoon: Taxes for terror appeared first on Alpha News MN. RELATED: Minnesota Somalis allegedly sent welfare money to Al-Qaeda ally planning another 9/11...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (367+ words) David Wicklund, 43, was convicted in Hennepin County District Court in September 2022 on a felony count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. A Twin Cities "No Kings" protest organizer against President Donald Trump is a convicted sex offender who appears to be presenting himself using a name other than the one he was convicted under. David Anthony Wicklund, who goes by David Larklund on social media and in media reports, was listed as one of four organizers behind an Oct. 18 "No Kings" protest that took place at Lakeview Terrace Park near the border of Robbinsdale and north Minneapolis, which was attended by DFL Rep. Mike Freiberg. Wicklund was offered a plea deal in the case that called for a stay of execution on the 24-month prison sentence. Wicklund was instead sentenced to 60 days in the workhouse and was placed on probation for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (401+ words) Ousman Camara is the 77th defendant in the Feeding Our Future scheme. The U.S. Attorney's Office wrote that "Camara fraudulently claimed to be serving meals to 1,000 children a day, seven days a week, at his site." A man named Ousman Camara has been charged for his alleged role in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme. The 45-year-old is facing a nine-count federal indictment that includes charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and federal programs bribery. Camara is the 77th person to be charged in connection with the COVID-era scheme that saw fraudsters steal hundreds of millions of dollars from a federal child nutrition program which reimbursed participants for feeding hungry children. In short, fraudsters claimed they were providing meals to hungry children when few if any meals were actually provided. Feeding Our Future, a now-shuttered nonprofit, was at the center of the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (220+ words) Trump said "we've got to" continue to get prices "way down." (The Daily Signal) " Following Republicans" sweeping defeats this week in off-year elections, President Donald Trump says Republicans need to focus on affordability. Trump called it the party"s "biggest problem." "I think the biggest problem is Republicans don"t talk about it. They don"t talk about the word affordability. And the Democrats lie about it." "You know, [Republicans] have this new word called affordability and they don"t talk about it enough, the Democrats did," he continued. "And the Democrats make it up because we took over a mess. Think of energy. Energy was so expensive, and now I have it down to half what it was." Trump boasted that energy, gas, and grocery prices are down. "Groceries are way down, other than beef," he said. "Now, beef…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (1123+ words) The revelation follows other documents that point to Democrats continuing to interact with Epstein post-conviction, raising uncomfortable questions for the party keen to pin the disgraced financier on Trump. (Just the News) " Desperate to tie President Donald Trump to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats are ignoring their own ties shown in newly published documents to the deceased registered sex offender. "Dear Jeffrey " We are thrilled to announce that we are working with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, one of the rising stars in the New York Congressional delegation," a team at Dynamic SRG, a political fundraising and public affairs firm, wrote to Epstein in a May 2013 email. "Sometimes referred to as "Brooklyn's Barack', he is a staunch supporter of President Obama and a progressive voice for the people of New York City," the firm said, touting Jeffries in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (440+ words) "If people have taken anything that I have said out of context in a way that's caused harm, I apologize and I'm sorry for that because that's not my intention at all," said Chief Brian O'Hara. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara apologized on Wednesday following comments he made about "East African kids" and juvenile crime in Minneapolis. Last week, O'Hara spoke to WCCO about juvenile crime in the city and said those involved "aren't the poor kids from Minneapolis that are our residents, these are kids coming down in mommy's Mercedes-Benz to Dinkytown, and they don't know where they are." O'Hara elaborated and appeared to identify some of the juveniles, saying "Groups of kids, groups of East African kids that are coming from surrounding communities and not just one community, kind of all over the place." By Wednesday, the police…...