excalibur
Diamond Member
- Mar 19, 2015
- 29,406
- 59,603
- 2,290
Sure, because of kickbacks. The MN AG, Keith Ellison, gave a sweetheart deal to at least one guy who was involved in an $11 million scam.
This is Cloward-Piven on steroids. The only way to end all this is to end the programs.
nypost.com
This is Cloward-Piven on steroids. The only way to end all this is to end the programs.
Last week, the FBI raided 22 shady day care businesses in Minneapolis, Minn., as the federal government expanded its investigation of social services fraud there.
On Monday, Vice President JD Vance added Columbus, Ohio, to his fraud task force’s agenda in the wake of a new report alleging a billion-dollar Medicaid scam.
Both investigations were spurred by the dogged work of citizen and independent journalists like Nick Shirley in Minneapolis and Luke Rosiak in Columbus, who knocked on doors and interviewed dozens of supposed service providers to uncover the truth about fraudsters who may have bilked the federal government of billions.
And up and down the West Coast, blue-state lawmakers have leaped to respond — by actively working to make it harder for journalists like me to do our jobs and expose fraud connected to day care centers, hospices, home health care businesses and more.
In California, Democrats are pitching AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” with claims that it’s a safety measure to protect immigrants and social service workers from harassment.
But media watchdogs say it, and Democrats’ efforts in other state capitals, constitute a crackdown on the independent and citizen journalists who are exposing fraud in government — and warn that it’s just the start of a trend that could spread nationwide.
...
California’s law would criminalize the online sharing of photos or personal information of “immigrant service providers” if it’s done for purposes of “harassment.”
But the bill leaves those terms undefined and open-ended.
It aims to shield providers’ home and work addresses while restricting the posting, display, sale or distribution of their personal information or images online if it makes subjects feel threatened or intimidated.
A law like this would expose any investigative journalist to ceaseless accusations of harassment and incitement simply for sharing publicly available information — information that any citizen at home could find for themselves on social media and government websites.
Meanwhile, Democrats in Washington state introduced SB 5926, legislation meant to conceal day care centers’ addresses and employee identities from public disclosure.
...
In late April, when Gov. Bob Ferguson awarded $55.8 million in grants to 74 Washington early-learning providers, his office redacted many of their names to “protect sensitive personal information.”
These people are getting public funds, but reporters and citizens can’t verify where their tax dollars are going.
...
On Monday, Vice President JD Vance added Columbus, Ohio, to his fraud task force’s agenda in the wake of a new report alleging a billion-dollar Medicaid scam.
Both investigations were spurred by the dogged work of citizen and independent journalists like Nick Shirley in Minneapolis and Luke Rosiak in Columbus, who knocked on doors and interviewed dozens of supposed service providers to uncover the truth about fraudsters who may have bilked the federal government of billions.
And up and down the West Coast, blue-state lawmakers have leaped to respond — by actively working to make it harder for journalists like me to do our jobs and expose fraud connected to day care centers, hospices, home health care businesses and more.
In California, Democrats are pitching AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” with claims that it’s a safety measure to protect immigrants and social service workers from harassment.
But media watchdogs say it, and Democrats’ efforts in other state capitals, constitute a crackdown on the independent and citizen journalists who are exposing fraud in government — and warn that it’s just the start of a trend that could spread nationwide.
...
California’s law would criminalize the online sharing of photos or personal information of “immigrant service providers” if it’s done for purposes of “harassment.”
But the bill leaves those terms undefined and open-ended.
It aims to shield providers’ home and work addresses while restricting the posting, display, sale or distribution of their personal information or images online if it makes subjects feel threatened or intimidated.
A law like this would expose any investigative journalist to ceaseless accusations of harassment and incitement simply for sharing publicly available information — information that any citizen at home could find for themselves on social media and government websites.
Meanwhile, Democrats in Washington state introduced SB 5926, legislation meant to conceal day care centers’ addresses and employee identities from public disclosure.
...
In late April, when Gov. Bob Ferguson awarded $55.8 million in grants to 74 Washington early-learning providers, his office redacted many of their names to “protect sensitive personal information.”
These people are getting public funds, but reporters and citizens can’t verify where their tax dollars are going.
...
Welfare fraud has blue states rushing — to shield the fraudsters
Democratic lawmakers are racing to make it harder for independent journalists and citizen watchdogs to ask questions, publish names and connect the dots.
nypost.com
