Quick Hits: Volume CDXIV

 - Perhaps we're beginning to see why Minnesota Democrats invoked a "nuclear option" to replace the current Governor with Amy Klobuchar. 

A Republican-led congressional oversight report alleges that senior Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., failed for years to act on warnings about fraud in the state’s social services programs, allowing hundreds of millions of dollars in confirmed or alleged losses and placing billions more at risk.

The Walz administration had the power to stop fraudulent payments to high-risk entities receiving federal nutrition and Medicaid funds, but the state "repeatedly failed to act" after officials raised concerns, according to a 205-page final staff report released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday.

Congressional investigators found that concerns about potential racial discrimination claims — rather than legal constraints — contributed to the Walz administration's decision to continue paying providers suspected of fraud. The committee also spoke to nearly 30 whistleblowers, some of whom accused the Walz administration of retaliation against state employees for sounding the alarm about potential fraud.

Hey, c'mon now. Isn't this kind of backdoor redistribution a show of neighborliness???? 

But seriously, it's not a stretch to believe Walz was willing to turn a blind eye when he's basically gone on national television touting his state as not so much fraud-ridden but rather "generous." 

The more that is being revealed about Minnesota's fraud problem, it's all the more incomprehensible the magnitude of Walz's arrogance regarding his initial intention to seek a third gubernatorial term. 

- Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig is seeking the Democrat nomination to be the state's next U.S. Senator. I recently happened to see one of the TV ads put forth by a leftist PAC supporting Craig. In it, they touted her commitment to no longer fund I.C.E. So passionate was she over this stance, that Craig even got into a shouting match with fellow Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer on the House floor. 

Footage of that dustup was featured in the aforementioned TV ad. 

Knowing she has to get to the left of Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in order to secure the Dem nomination this August, Craig is also attempting to disavow her "yes" vote on the Laken Riley Act. 

I ask you to keep all of the above information in mind as you read this post from Emmer: 

Always great to see my friend and fellow Minnesotan, Angie Craig, around the halls of Congress. She's one of the few Democrats who's willing to work across the aisle to get important legislation like the Laken Riley Act across the finish line!

We will miss you around here,… pic.twitter.com/NYWmA0NHCu

— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) June 10, 2026

I'm not a big fan of our elected officials' constant "trolling" of each other. I firmly believe it's beneath the office. But that said, even I have to concede that Emmer's work here is PhD level. 

- Despite donning a Nazi tattoo on his chest, being tagged with multiple allegations of domestic abuse and sexting women other than his wife, Graham Platner easily won the Democrat Senate primary in Maine on Tuesday night. 

The official statement from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and DSCC chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. 

Keep in mind that it was Gillibrand who 8-1/2 years ago was on the forefront of efforts to oust then Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) after multiple women came forward with allegations of inappropriate touching. Fast forward to today when she's essentially welcoming with open arms a guy who's been alleged to have committed far more egregious offenses in an effort to unseat a sitting female U.S. Senator. 

Life comes at ya fast. 

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