Christopher Rufo has a story that, at this point, should no longer be shocking. In a rational world, it would have come to light years ago, as all the information has been publicly accessible for quite some time, and the US Attorney’s office has been methodically targeting individuals connected to the offenses in recent years.
Bill Glahn, who has been toiling away on the narrative with little recognition, has been thoroughly investigating and unveiling the decay and the Somali crime syndicates that have been profiting themselves, their families, and terrorist groups back in Somalia. Somalis have been gaining control of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, which is a strangely named mirror to the Democratic Party only in Minnesota, and it has become such a critical voting bloc for Democrats that even white politicians are actively campaigning in Somali communities.
This universe is far from rational. Our media predominantly serves to support the agendas of the Democrats, resulting in billions of dollars being funneled from state budgets into Somali gangs in a quid pro quo that is widely recognized and accepted within the Democratic Party.
Consequently, the taxpayers of Minnesota are effectively the primary financiers of an ongoing civil conflict in Somalia. We are literally providing funds to terrorists, and both our government and the Democratic Party establishment are aware of it and have concluded that it works to their advantage:
Minnesota is drowning in fraud. Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Governor Tim Walz alone. Democratic state officials, overseeing one of the most generous welfare regimes in the country, are asleep at the switch. And the media, duty-bound by progressive pieties, refuse to connect the dots.
In many cases, the fraud has allegedly been perpetrated by members of Minnesota’s sizeable Somali community. Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab. As one confidential source put it: “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”
I have a disagreement with Rufo: bureaucrats are not “asleep at the switch.” Their political leaders have frequently pressured them to maintain the funding despite clear evidence of fraud. But he adds:
If you were to design a welfare program to facilitate fraud, it would probably look a lot like Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. The HSS program, the first of its kind in the country, was launched with a noble goal: to help seniors, addicts, the disabled, and the mentally ill secure housing. It was designed with “low barriers to entry” and “minimal requirements for reimbursement.” Nonetheless, before the program went live in 2020, officials pegged its annual estimated price tag at $2.6 million.
Costs quickly spiraled out of control. In 2021, the program paid out more than $21 million in claims. In the following years, annual costs shot up to $42 million, then $74 million, then $104 million. During the first six months of 2025, payouts totaled $61 million.
On August 1, Minnesota’s Department of Human Services moved to scrap the HSS program, noting that payment to 77 housing-stabilization providers had been terminated this year due to “credible allegations of fraud.” Joe Thompson, then the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, went even further, stating that the “vast majority” of the HSS program was fraudulent.
On September 18, Thompson announced criminal indictments for HSS fraud against Moktar Hassan Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, Christopher Adesoji Falade, Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, Asad Ahmed Adow, and Anwar Ahmed Adow—six of whom, according a U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesperson, are members of Minnesota’s Somali community. Thompson made clear that this is just the first round of charges for HSS fraud that his office will be prosecuting.
The Housing Stabilization Services fraud is by no means the initial or most serious instance of corruption. In reality, it represents a minor issue in comparison to the Feeding Our Future fraud, which is the largest COVID-era fraud case to date, the Daycare fraud scandal that received minimal coverage, or the frauds related to autism services.
Fraud is pervasive, including within electoral processes. It serves as the foundation for the Somalis who currently lead the Democratic Party in Minneapolis, where Ilhan Omar plays a significant role as the Congresswoman representing the 5th District. The influence of Somalis has grown to the point that our political landscape is shaped by which competing clan can gather the most strength. Even Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis who just barely secured reelection against a Somali opponent, campaigns in Somali.
After years of permitting the fraud to exploit taxpayers’ funds, the inquiries by the US Attorney have cast a (rather inadequate) light on the extent of the exploitation occurring. Seeking reelection after an unsuccessful attempt for Vice President, Tim Walz is attributing the fraud to unspecified organized crime figures that he and our Attorney General, Keith Ellison, have inadvertently supported.
Makes you wonder just how much Omar knows about all of this. Maybe our Justice Department should find out.