Walz's Minnesota Billion-Dollar Fraud Dance plus Tom Cotton ‘All Were Valid Targets’
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
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Minnesota Fraud Scandal
- Allegations of massive fraud in Minnesota’s federally funded nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, reportedly involving the nonprofit Feeding Our Future and members of the Somali community.
- Claims that as much as $1 billion in taxpayer funds were stolen, with over 50 convictions already secured.
- Criticism of Governor Tim Walz, a former vice-presidential candidate, for allegedly ignoring warnings and retaliating against whistleblowers.
- Suggests political fallout for Walz, including vulnerability in reelection and potential presidential ambitions.
- Mentions SBA Secretary Kelly Loeffler’s statement on X (formerly Twitter) accusing Walz of obstructing investigations and announcing probes into Somali-linked organizations.
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Media Controversy Over Military Strike on Drug Boats
- Discussion of NBC and Washington Post reports questioning legality of U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats under Trump administration orders.
- Senator Tom Cotton defends the strikes on Meet the Press, asserting all individuals on the boat were valid targets based on intelligence.
- Commentary accuses mainstream media of bias and attempts to undermine Trump and his administration.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.1 | There is a scandal that is brewing in Minnesota that is costing taxpayers hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. |
| 0:12.2 | It involves a man that the Democratic Party said should be the vice president of the United States of America, Tim Walts. |
| 0:19.2 | This scandal is now involving, as I mentioned, |
| 0:22.4 | hundreds of millions of dollars that were stolen from a federally funded nutrition program. |
| 0:29.8 | And him now may starve the Minnesota governor's chances of a political future. |
| 0:35.2 | The Hill newspaper is reporting this weekend. |
| 0:38.4 | The controversy involving Minnesota's influential Somali community |
| 0:42.5 | focuses on millions and millions of dollars stolen from the program |
| 0:47.8 | and has led to more than 50 convictions. |
| 0:52.0 | This was a massive fraud. |
| 0:57.6 | Federal prosecutors are now accusing dozens of people of stealing funds from a government program that was to feed children during the coronavirus |
| 1:04.8 | pandemic. What happened in reality? Anything but that. |
| 1:22.7 | Even the New York Times put the story on the radar of legacy media outlets on November the 29th with a report that federal prosecutor said as much as $1 billion. |
| 1:25.7 | I'm going to say that again. |
| 1:39.7 | As much as $1 billion, this is all taxpayer money, may have been stolen in separate fraudulent schemes. |
| 1:46.4 | Longtime allies are reportedly wondering if the governor should walk away from a re-election attempt for a third term as governor that according to dc political news outlet the hill |
| 1:52.4 | the hill also reporting it this way quote the governor i think has done a very respectable job |
| 1:59.6 | a good job in min Minnesota for the years that |
| 2:03.5 | he's been there. But he clearly is vulnerable, and in my view, he is riskier than any Democratic |
| 2:10.1 | candidate that might run. That is what a former Minnesota Democratic state senator and a political |
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