Accountability NOW: Prosecute the Minnesota Fraudsters, their Funders & Organizers, and the Politicians Who were Complicit

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Fraud Allegations
- A reported $9+ billion fraud in Minnesota’s Medicaid and childcare programs.
- Fraud schemes allegedly involved fake daycare centers, autism centers, and home healthcare providers.
- Claims that funds were diverted to terrorist groups like Al Shabaab.
Actors and Accountability
- Somali immigrants are the primary perpetrators.
- Minnesota politicians (e.g., Governor Tim Walz) for alleged complicity or negligence.
- DOJ and FBI investigations mentioned, with 98 individuals charged, 85 of Somali descent.
Political Narrative
- Fraud was tolerated to secure votes and maintain political power by Democrats.
- Systemic corruption and links to Democratic strategies involving welfare dependency.
Media Criticism
- Mainstream media is ignoring or downplaying the scandal.
- There is bias and a political cover-up.
Federal Response
- Actions by HHS and other agencies are needed to tighten oversight and stop fraudulent payments.
- Highlights statements from officials and references to Elon Musk’s earlier warnings about entitlement fraud.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.4	Welcome, it is Vertiquist, Ted Cruz.
0:07.8	Ben Ferguson with you.
0:09.3	And for many of you listening on the radio right now, it is so nice to have you with
0:12.4	us as well.
0:13.0	I hope you had a great Christmas.
0:15.5	And depending on when you hear this, either getting ready for New Year's or a
0:18.5	happy New Year.
0:20.1	Senator, we have a brand new listener to the show, and since we are on video, I just thought
0:26.5	I'd let everybody know that we have a brand new listener.
0:29.9	Welcome to the family, the Verdict family.
0:32.2	That is my friend, Bertie, the new puppy.
0:35.8	She has been sitting up here quiet for an hour as we've been
0:39.0	getting ready, but I wanted everybody, can you say hi? There we go. Say hi to everybody. That's
0:43.1	Bertie for you. Okay, so Bertie, who named Bertie? What's Bertie short for? So Bertie, you know,
0:50.5	my family's, the boys are a bunch of golfers. And so Bertie was the chosen Georgie. Georgie was like, can we name her Bertie? And it just stuck and that's the end of it. So there you go. We got a new listener, Bertie, and you should watch the video of this because Bertie's a lot cuter than I am. That's for sure. All right. How surprised were the boys? They freaked out, Senator.
1:10.9	They were so excited.
1:12.4	So he woke up, the boys had been asked Santa.
1:16.0	And so George woke up and we're doing presents and Anna to throw them off, put a stuffy of a dog in their stockings so that they thought like you got a dog.
1:26.4	Like you asked for a dog, you got a dog.
1:28.0	And George just started walking around the house, looking under things, trying to find a dog. And then my mother-in-law ended up bringing the dog over in a box, and we delivered it, and they freaked out. It was pretty awesome. So was the box wrapped? Like, how was the reveal? So it had a big red bow and they went on a scavenger hunt that we had done and put different envelopes, and the last envelope brought them back to where the tree was. So we snuck her in the back door, had her in a box with a big bow on top, and then they all came running in the room, and then they got the box and opened it, and the dog was there. So we did it right. It was all caught on video. It was really, really fun. Well, Merry Christmas, and that is awesome. There's nothing better than
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