Holy cow, is Trump an idiot (just like his VP)? You folks remember Tim Walz from Kamala’s campaign. He’s very down to earth, has a great sense of humor, and makes succinct observations, such as “weird”. That one was great and hit Trump where it hurts. Mr. Walz has stated he will not be running for another term. Boo. But I digress. Well, idiot Trump has decided to go after Minnesota now, after making a mess of Illinois. And his first target is Minneapolis, sister city to the capital of St.Paul. Vindictive much? From MSN, via and with much appreciation to Raw Story:
The Trump administration is throwing its full force at Minnesota, reportedly deploying roughly 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of a sweeping immigration crackdown tied to allegations of mass welfare fraud. Trump officials have targeted Minnesota and its Somali community amid allegations of widespread fraud. Last month, President Donald Trump labeled the community “garbage“ and dispatched federal immigration authorities to crack down on the state. Now, an even stronger show of force is coming, CNN reported Monday, citing law enforcement insiders.
And more from CNN, just as a “by the way” (I *knew* I had seen something about this):
A conservative influencer’s viral video alleging widespread fraud at taxpayer-funded child care centers in Minnesota’s Somali community kicked off a political firestorm years in the making. The viral video, which had 132 million views on X as of Wednesday afternoon, added a new layer to the controversy that isn’t easily unpacked. The video was produced by Nick Shirley, a YouTuber who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content in the past.
many of its claims could not be immediately verified. Even so, the Trump administration halted federal child care payments to the state and launched an obvious response as Justice Department officials insisted they had been on top of the matter all along. At the same time, Walz turned to social media to defend his efforts to combat fraud while also seeking to shift public attention to Trump’s own actions.
Now that we’ve had the background, back to our original story. Two thousand agents. One town: Minneapolis. Good grief.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and US Border Patrol forces are flooding into Minnesota, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino. When pressed about the massive deployment, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told CNN: “While for the safety of our officers we do not get into law enforcement footprint, DHS has surged law enforcement and has already made more than 1,000 arrests of murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and gang members.”
Right. (They *really* shouldn’t have said anything about pedophiles.) They’ve just been sent in and already made more than 1,000 arrests. What’s wrong with this picture? They’re only sending in 1,000 agents, but have made more than that number of arrests. And we remember Bovino all too well. Excessive force and procedural errors *and* must show up for a judge Every. Damn. Day. Grrrrr. Thank heavens for US District Judge Sara Ellis. Time to leave that guy to the side, because ranting. ICE and CBP can wear masks to hide their identities. So, people won’t know if it’s “legitimate” officers or not. It could be bully boys who are happy to “help out” and beat people up. They must have the right to wear them to protect their identities and families. Okay, we can get that, but their >>>methods>>> need *immediate* improvement. (Gee, ya think?)
Beating people for the color of their skin? Check. Beating people when they stop a car and drag people out before they have their ID out? Check. Door-to-door looking for fraud (stupid, idiotic, waste of everyone’s time), and they get paid anyhow? Check. Doing the same to *US citizens*? Check. Hold people with no way to contact their families or a lawyer? Check. Not allowed to use bathrooms (ha!). Check. Kicked out of Hilton hotels? Check. General idiotic (see: people not passing background checks to join ICE) behavior, aka “big man on campus” trope? Check. Do they have *anyone* with a brain in this? Because their leaders don’t have any either? Nope. CHECK. CHECK. CHECK.
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Tim Walz is my Governor and I am proud of him. I voted twice for him and would gladly vote a third time for him. What has been going on here in MN, thanks to the idiot in chief, has been very disrupting. And that influencer was lying.
Oh I absolutely adore Tim. How anyone could say bad things about him is beyond me. Yup the influencer was lying, agreed, deepfake, could someone smack him? Yea the idiot is making a mess of your state. I wish I could help.
Vindictive, hollow shell of a man, convicted felon, overall POS, TACO Trump needs to be tied to a rack while people walk by announcing each of his failures and bad ideas. A mild form of torture, which would drive him right up the wall. Ha.
I LOVE IT! Ooooo my tiny little mean mind loves it! And always have tapes of “the weave” in the background. And have done to him what was done to the cops during the insurrection that they are now whitewashing and it made me literally scream. I didn’t want to even try and write about it because it would all be screaming.