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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Minnesota Dems Looked Away from Fraud, Funds and Favors plus Seashells, Threats, and a Second Indictment

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

1. Major Minnesota Daycare Fraud Investigation

  • Federal authorities (FBI, DOJ, DHS, and local law enforcement) executed over 20 search warrants at daycare centers in Minneapolis.
  • The investigation centers on childcare providers allegedly billing the state for services not provided.
  • A focal point is the Quality Learning Center, mocked as the “Quality Leering Center” due to a misspelling on its sign.
  • The operation is uncovering multi‑billion‑dollar social services fraud, described as only the “tip of the iceberg.”

2. Alleged Targeting of Somali-American-Owned Businesses

  • Many of the raided childcare centers are described as Somali-American owned.
  • Fraud was systemic and involved false enrollments, inflated capacity billing, and nonexistent children.
  • Critics previously characterized the investigations as discriminatory; the narrative claims recent developments validate the fraud concerns.

3. Political Accountability and Reversal

  • Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz, are having previously dismissed fraud claims but now publicly supporting enforcement actions.
  • This is a political about-face, accusing state leadership of ignoring fraud while in power.
  • Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials are credited with pushing investigations forward.

4. Broader Pattern of Government Program Fraud

  • Specific attention is given to SNAP (food stamp) abuse, citing data suggesting recipients driving high-end luxury cars.
  • Blue states resist transparency, while red states that share data expose abuse.

5. Trump Administration’s “War on Fraud”

  • President Trump is launching an aggressive, nationwide strategy to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
  • Vice President J.D. Vance is described as leading a DOJ task force focused on enforcement.
  • The message emphasizes renewed data sharing, audits, and prosecutions as a central policy goal.

6. Accusations Against Democratic Leaders

  • Several Democratic figures (including Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz, and Keith Ellison) are accused of:
    • Benefiting politically from fraudulent networks
    • Covering up or downplaying financial misconduct

7. James Comey Indictment Coverage

  • Former FBI Director James Comey is reported as being indicted a second time, related to a social media post interpreted as a threat toward President Trump.
  • The phrase “86 47” is alleged to mean “eliminate the 47th president.”
  • We revisit Comey’s role in the Russia investigation, suggesting renewed scrutiny into FBI and intelligence leadership actions starting in 2016.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

The quality leering center in Minneapolis.

0:07.9

Remember the leering center?

0:09.2

You know where you send your kids to learn something,

0:12.2

but it's called the leering center.

0:13.8

It's not a joke.

0:14.4

It was on their sign.

0:16.0

Well, that center plus 20 other Minnesota daycares have now been rated by the FBI as part of a massive

0:24.8

fraud investigation. The FBI not only rated the infamous quality leering center, but they went

0:32.1

after the other ones as well. The FBI describing it is a multi-billion dollar social services fraud.

0:40.7

Now, the raids, they say, were focused on prominent businesses tied to the Somali

0:45.4

American community. Today, the FBI with federal, state, and local law enforcement is

0:51.1

involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an

0:56.2

ongoing fraud investigation is what a Justice Department official told the New York Post.

1:03.0

Agents used a battering ram to enter at least one of the alleged daycares, the Metro Learning

1:09.0

Center, no word if they used to call it the Learing Center or not.

1:13.2

Now, the targets included the Quality Learning Center, a Minnesota daycare that

1:17.3

misspelled the word learning in its signage, and collected a staggering 95 violations

1:24.0

from the State Human services agency between 2019 and

1:28.4

2023.

1:30.2

That according to the local ABC News affiliate there.

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