The idea of our government funding terrorism is (sadly) not as surprising as it should be. However, did you know that one deep blue state is pouring massive amounts of money into African terror?

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From City Journal:

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.”

Our investigation shows what happens when a tribal mindset meets a bleeding-heart bureaucracy, when imported clan loyalties collide with a political class too timid to offend, and when accusations of racism are cynically deployed to shield criminal behavior. The predictable result is graft, with taxpayers left to foot the bill.

In its investigation, City Journal reveals how programs and nonprofits were taken advantage of by fraudsters. For example, Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program was abused so badly that state officials moved to scrap it in August of this year, citing “credible allegations of fraud.” Likewise, City Journal also highlights Feeding Our Future, a Minnesota nonprofit that diverted hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding toward “lavish lifestyles,” “luxury vehicles,” and real estate both at home and abroad.

According to City Journal’s investigation, it is impossible to ignore Minnesota’s Somali community’s involvement in this fraud. In the case of the HHS fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Joe Thompson brought charges against 8 individuals, 6 of whom were Somali. Kayesh Magan, a fraud investigator in the state’s Attorney General’s office and a Somali-American herself, stated this issue plainly last year: “We must grapple with something that is uncomfortable and true: Nearly all of the defendants in the cases I’ve listed are from my community. The Somali community.”

Of course, the heavy involvement of Somali-Americans has allowed this defendants hide behind accusations of racism. When Minnesota officials raised questions about Feeding Our Future in 2020, the nonprofit filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. According to David Gaither, a former state senator, the Somali community is also a vitally important electoral block in Minnesota, which is why both the media and the Democratic establishment have shied away from criticizing the rampant fraud in the community.

But where exactly is this money going? According to City Journal, much of it is being sent back to Somalia. And Minnesota taxpayers’ money isn’t just funding Somali households, it’s also funding terror in the nation. City Journal’s investigation revealed that “Minnesota’s Somali community has sent untold millions through a network of “hawalas,” informal clan-based money-traders, that have wound up in the coffers of Al-Shabaab.”

Thanks to City Journal, we know this fraud is funding terror overseas. Now that the information is out there, let’s pray that our leaders step in to fix it. Let’s pray for truth, transparency, and an end to wasteful and fraudulent spending!

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(Excerpt from City Journal. Photo Credit: Radio al-Andalus)