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Federal Judge Bars Immigration Officials From Detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A federal judge ordered Friday that U.S. immigration officials could not detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after his release from immigration detention.

Illegals Have Taken Over America.

 Abrego Garcia was appearing Friday morning for a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, some 14 hours after he was released from detention on a judge’s orders. His lawyers asked the judge to block authorities from detaining him again.

Officials cannot re-detain him until the court conducts a hearing on the motion for the temporary restraining order, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland said.

 

 Nomination by Democratic President Barack Obama.

She wrote that Abrego Garcia is likely to succeed on the merits of any further request for relief from ICE detention.

“For the public to have any faith in the orderly administration of justice, the Court’s narrowly crafted remedy cannot be so quickly and easily upended without further briefing and consideration,” she wrote.

Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown earlier this year when he was deported to a prison in El Salvador. He was last taken into custody in August during a similar check-in.

Abrego Garcia on Friday stopped at a news conference outside the building, escorted by a group of supporters chanting “We are all Kilmar!”

“I stand before you a free man and I want you to remember me this way, with my head held up high,” Abrego Garcia said through a translator. “I come here today with so much hope and I thank God who has been with me since the start with my family.”

He urged people to keep fighting.

“I stand here today with my head held high and I will continue to fight and stand firm against all of the injustices this government has done upon me,” Abrego Garcia said. “Regardless of this administration, I believe this is a country of laws and I believe that this injustice will come to an end.”

After Abrego Garcia spoke, he went through security at the field office, escorted by supporters.

The agency freed him just before 5 p.m. Thursday in response to a ruling from Xinis, who wrote federal authorities detained him after his return to the United States without any legal basis.

Abrego Garcia is a Salvadoran citizen with an American wife and child who has lived in Maryland for years. He immigrated to the U.S. illegally as a teenager to join his brother, who had become a U.S. citizen. In 2019, an immigration judge granted him protection from being deported back to his home country, where he faces danger from a gang that targeted his family.

While he was allowed to live and work in the U.S. under ICE supervision, he was not given residency status. He was deported earlier this year.

Facing mounting public pressure and a court order, Trump’s Republican administration brought him back to the U.S. in June, but only after issuing an arrest warrant on human smuggling charges in Tennessee. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges and asked a federal judge there to dismiss them.

The 2019 settlement found he had a “well founded fear” of danger in El Salvador if he was deported there. So instead ICE has been seeking to deport him to a series of African countries. Abrego Garcia has sued, claiming the Trump administration is illegally using the removal process to punish him for the public embarrassment caused by his deportation.

In her order releasing Abrego Garcia, Xinis wrote that federal authorities “did not just stonewall” the court, “They affirmatively misled the tribunal.” Xinis also rejected the government’s argument that she lacked jurisdiction to intervene on a final removal order for Abrego Garcia, because she found no final order had been filed.

ICE freed Abrego Garcia from Moshannon Valley Processing Center, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh, on Thursday just before the deadline Xinis gave the government to provide an update on Abrego Garcia's release.

He returned home to Maryland a few hours later.

Abrego Garcia's attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said he’s prepared to defend his client against further deportation efforts.

“The government still has plenty of tools in their toolbox, plenty of tricks up their sleeve,” Sandoval-Moshenberg said, adding he fully expects the government to again take steps to deport his client. “We’re going to be there to fight to make sure there is a fair trial.”

The Department of Homeland Security sharply criticized Xinis' order and vowed to appeal, calling the ruling “naked judicial activism” by a judge appointed during the Obama administration.

“This order lacks any valid legal basis, and we will continue to fight this tooth and nail in the courts,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the department’s assistant secretary.

 

Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin Makes First In-Court Appearance, Shows Why Cameras Are Necessary

On Thursday, Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) co-founder Charlie Kirk, made his first in-person appearance in a Utah courtroom. Robinson's parents and brother were there for support, and nine Utah County Sheriff’s deputies were also present as security. In prior hearings in this case, Robinson had appeared via video or audio feed from jail.

 The main focus of this hearing was to address the request by Robinson’s attorneys and the Utah County Sheriff’s Office that cameras not be allowed in the courtroom during the trial, and that media access be strictly limited. 

The hearing was only briefly open to public, as 4th District Judge Tony Graf

 

explained he will be hearing arguments on three issues: a request from the media for access to what occurred during a closed hearing on Oct. 22; a request from prosecutors to amend or clarify the publicity or “gag” order in the case, which governs attorneys and the media; and a request from a group of news organizations, spearheaded by The Salt Lake Tribune, who have asked Graf to allow them to weigh in on any closure requests or any other proposed limitations.

In a phone hearing in October, Judge Graf granted the request by Robinson's attorneys that Robinson be allowed to appear in street clothes during his in-person appearances at hearings and during the trial. However, Graf ruled that Robinson must remain shackled for safety of the witness and everyone in the courtroom. 

A coalition of national and local news organizations is standing on the side of media access being allowed, and Jeff Hunt, a legal intervener the coalition had retained, was present at the hearing. Graf included in the standing decorum order required by the media that they could not produce video or still images of Robinson's restraints. 

The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the middle of a college event looked calm and chuckled with his lawyers as he appeared for the first time in person in a Utah court — with his family in the gallery.

Tyler Robinson, 22, was brought into the Provo courtroom wearing a simple blue button down and tie as his lawyers prepared to argue that media shouldn’t be allowed to film his hearings by claiming they could potentially taint a jury.

Judge Tony Graf allowed cameras to film for part of Thursday’s proceedings. The judge said he would hear from both sides behind closed doors and then open the courtroom back up to the public afterward. Even Robinson’s family was barred from the secret hearing, despite his lawyers request the kin be allowed to remain.

Robinson looked calm behind the defendant’s table flanked by his attorneys, and even smiled as he appeared to whisper joking comments to one before the hearing began.

Other images show Robinson smirking at times.

 

 Not a very good look when your attorneys are pleading for your life in front of a jury. Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, stated in a November interview on Fox News that she wanted the trial to be televised. Kirk said she wanted everyone to "see what true evil is."

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After the initial proceedings were concluded, Judge Graf directed a closed session with Utah state attorneys, Robinson, and his defense attorneys. Once that meeting was completed, Graf gaveled back into a public session in order to address the other issues at hand, which included his ruling on media access.

Judge Graf was then made aware of a violation of the standing decorum order that had occurred in the earlier public part of the hearing. Defense attorneys claimed that media that were live streaming had aired images of Robinson in shackles. Defense attorneys also claimed that conversation they had at their counsel table had been taped, and images of their computers had been generated. Defense attorney asked for remedial measures.

Jeff Hunt, the attorney intervener representing the coalition of media interests, stepped up to address the alleged violation. Hunt said it was the first time he had heard about it, but did acknowledge that pool photographers had inadvertently filmed the shackles, and measures were taken that the pool videos that were to be disseminated would not show the shackles. Hunt also claimed that any audio from counsel came from their microphones.

Hunt reiterated, as soon as he heard about it from state's attorney Ballard, that he conferred with the pool representatives. Hunt said, "[T]his is very important to follow to the letter," and affirmed that he did not think termination of media from the hearing would be an appropriate remedy.

Judge Graf ruled that the standing decorum order had been violated, but terminating filming at this hearing would be a disproportionate punishment. He made it clear that transmission of any hearing cannot begin until court is in session, and must end when the court session is adjourned. Graf recessed briefly in order for cameras to be relocated away from the defense table to a location that was more suitable. Graf then warned that if further violations occurred, the court maintains the right to terminate any broadcast of the proceedings. 

"This court takes this very seriously. While the court believes in openness and transparency it needs to be balanced by the constitutional rights of all parties," Graf said.

On the issue of media access and cameras in the courtroom for Robinson's trial, Graf heard arguments from the state's attorneys and defendant's attorneys. Once both sides aired their arguments, Graf said he wanted to deliberate further on the matters before him. Graf said a ruling could be expected by February 2026.

Robinson is facing charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.

After Robinson's first physical appearance in the courtroom, it is clear why defense attorneys have petitioned to not have cameras present. Robinson presented as an empty husk with soulless eyes. At times he appeared disconnected from the proceedings and the people around him. Should Judge Graf rule to allow cameras in the courtroom during trial, Robinson's attorneys will be required to have him undergo serious coaching to improve his demeanor. However, death and evil cannot be easily disguised.  

 

J6 Chair Makes Jaw-Dropping Claim: Pipe Bomb Videos Outside RNC and DNC Deleted—‘Doesn’t Exist’

Barry Loudermilk, Chairman of the new House Republican-led Select Subcommittee on January 6, claims that key surveillance footage showing areas near the RNC and DNC where pipe bombs were placed the prior evening was not preserved.

 Republican Rep. Loudermilk (GA-11) made the jaw-dropping accusation in a recent interview.

"There's still so many questions regarding this, because one of the things that has raised our eyebrows is as we go and we look for video on January 6th, because we want early morning video on January 6th to see, did anybody go back to these locations?" he said.

"Unfortunately, that video apparently doesn't exist anymore," he stated. "We do have the January 5th video, but we've been told that no one ever preserved January 6th."

"So that does raise our eyebrows a bit."

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Loudermilk stops short of asserting that the surveillance videos outside both the RNC and DNC were intentionally deleted. But the gap in footage certainly raises many questions, especially when the FBI, before recent events, had identified over 39,000 video frames of the suspect, but had made no arrests.

That changed earlier this month with the arrest of a suspect, 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr., nearly five years after the incident.

Cole allegedly placed the pipe bombs outside both parties' committee headquarters on the night of January 5th. They were not discovered until around 1 p.m. the following day. So the footage in these locations might have provided a wealth of information. Did Cole return to the scene? What were people doing at these locations? Why did nobody see the devices until mid-afternoon the following day?

As to that last point, Loudermilk went on to explain that there are Capitol Police cameras that picked up footage of the "walking paths" the alleged wannabe bomber took that day. But no, in the areas that would seem critical, those clips are missing. Which is crucial because bomb-sniffing dogs and witnesses somehow missed the devices that day.

"None of the camera angles, like behind the RNC, behind the DNC, that we know of that exists today of where this person would have been, had the closest angles," he continued. "And so that has inhibited our investigation into this theory of maybe they were placed back out again."

39,000 video frames, and these, in the most vital locations from January 6th, are missing.

Loudermilk does offer vaguely plausible theories as to why the bombs might have been missed—the dog's handler might have been distracted when he hit on one device, a witness may not have seen the other device originally—but the fact that the videos apparently don't exist is quite a hindrance to finding out any information.

This also raises new questions that need to be looked into. Particularly, who removed these videos and why? Was it intentional and with a reasonable explanation, or did somebody go out of their way to suppress evidence? What happened to the chain of custody with these videos?

Cole was arrested at his family home and charged with transporting explosives across state lines with intent to kill, injure, or cause damage, and with attempted malicious destruction of property using explosive materials. Investigators reportedly linked him to the pipe bombs via credit card purchases, cellphone data, and surveillance efforts.

Cole made his initial court appearance on December 5th. He did not enter a plea and was ordered detained pending trial; his next court date is a detention hearing on December 15th.

As RedState has reported, Cole reportedly admitted to committing the crime.

 

The Morning Briefing: The Quiet, Captivating Genius of Kamala Harris 😲

Top O' the Briefing

Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Chullahnisc preferred that his weekends be focused on cheese-filled snack options and inconsequential pants. 

Let's make it light and mostly fun, then run headlong towards the weekend. I've got family coming down from Tempe today and we're going out for tacos. 

 It is impossible to avoid mocking the Democrats these days. Yes, they're infuriating, but, in their most clown car-ish moments, it's important to make fun of them. The Dem clown car has a bunch of buffoonish cartoon characters pouring out of it here in 2025. When I read about them during the work days, it's as if every news source has turned into a satire site.

So much of what the United States went through when the desiccated husk of Joe Biden was playing president had a surreal, dystopian hellscape quality to it. One of the more nightmarish things we had to endure was having the demonstrably unstable Kamala Harris one heartbeat away from the presidency when the president seemed like he may not have many heartbeats left. 

While the Dems' flying monkeys in the mainstream media were pretending that Biden was "sharp as a tack," they were also carrying on the fiction that Kamala Harris was deep, intellectual, and qualified for the job. They doubled-down on the idea that she was a woman of substance when she was installed as the Democratic nominee after Biden shuffled off with his baggie of Cheerios. 

Again, the Democrats act as if none of us has internet. 

We all saw Harris for four years. Rare was the occasion when she could string together three coherent sentences. Typically, she would get stuck on a word or phrase and then repeat it. I called it the hamster wheel in her brain. Once she realized that she wasn't getting off the wheel, she would begin gesticulating wildly, as if that made everything clearer. 

Then the cackling would begin. 

This pattern was repeated pretty much every time Madame Veep got withing sniffing distance of a camera. 

Good news America, there is a completely different Kamala Harris when the cameras are off, according to Rachel Maddow. This is from Matt:

Of course, Maddow made it clear that she's only interacted with Kamala Harris "a handful of times" in private settings. "I'm not, like, friends with Vice President Harris," Maddow claimed up front. "I've spoken to her a handful of times in non-public settings, you know, like in preparing for interviews, you know, or at the White House or whatever. But it's not like we have a close personal relationship." Yet somehow, from these limited glimpses, Maddow claims she's discovered the real Kamala, someone who's apparently "sharper and more blunt, and honestly more cutting, and more incisive, than she is when she knows the cameras are rolling."

Cool story, huh? Harris has been a prominent public figure for almost 26 years but she's somehow just never gotten comfortable in front of a camera. If she'd been elected president, all we would have had to do was keep her out of the public eye and she may very well have been the next Abraham Lincoln.

Maddow is so deep inside of her bubble that she doesn't realize that her water-carrying services for Kamala Harris are no longer required. Every Democrat except Kamala Harris has moved on from Kamala Harris. Rachel doesn't need to play make believe anymore. At least not for Harris. She should rest up for all of the work she'll have to do for Gavin Newsom or whichever white guy the party of youth and diversity ends up running in 2028.

I'll leave you with a little extra entertainment this Friday morning. Maddow's tale of Kamala Harris's behind the scenes brilliance reminded me of this classic Phil Hartman Saturday Night Live sketch. Oh, Phil, we miss you. 

 

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Plotting Something Totally Insane Against Speaker Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is only weeks away from retiring from public life. The Georgia Republican and once MAGA stalwart has gone on a weeks-long campaign of self-sabotage. Ingratiating herself with the likes of the women of The View, apologizing for being raucous and outspoken against Democrats, and being one of the most vocal Republicans calling for the release of the Epstein Files. The latter story led to a conspicuous silencing from Democrats and the media since the files produced more incriminating stories about Democrats and their liberal allies than about Trump. The View isn’t going to save her, and neither will liberal America.

 Greene also blamed Republican leadership for the shutdown caused by Democrats, opting, I guess, to support opening a window for $1.5 trillion in additional monies to be allocated for illegal alien health care benefits and NPR funding—two of the Democrats' top demands during that showdown. She recently did a photo op with Code Pink. And now, MS Now is reporting that she will attempt to destroy Speaker Mike Johnson 

 

before she leaves Congress, which will be right when her congressional pension vests: 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may be resigning from Congress next month, but she’s weighing one last act of defiance: a longshot bid to topple Speaker Mike Johnson.

In recent days, the controversial Georgia Republican has been working behind the scenes to gauge whether there’s support for a motion to vacate the chair, three sources familiar with her efforts who spoke on the condition of anonymity told MS NOW. 

Under the House rules adopted at the beginning of this year, nine Republicans are needed to trigger such a vote — and Greene is trying to figure out who might be willing to sign on. 

“Marjorie is approaching members to get to nine who will oust the speaker,” one of the sources said. “And if we don’t get to work on codifying Trump’s agenda, anything can happen.” 

Although several House Republicans have become increasingly frustrated with the speaker, complaining about some of his recent decisions, the sources who talked to MS NOW stressed that Greene’s effort was likely to fail — if she even tries to bring a motion at all. 

Of course, Greene denied it. Johnson’s office didn’t respond to the outlet’s request for comment. Mr. Johnson was at the White House yesterday for the congressional Christmas ball, where Trump showered him with praise.  

Before her resignation, Trump rescinded his endorsement of Greene. He later said in an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns that Greene turned on him after he stopped taking her phone calls, which at times were up to three times a day, something the president felt was inappropriate. 

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MyPillow founder Mike Lindell officially announces Minn. Governor bid, challenging Tim Walz

Anyone that does not vote for Mike has to be a Retard.😏

Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, announced on Thursday that he is officially launching a Republican bid for Minnesota governor in 2026, challenging Democrat incumbent Tim Walz.

 Walz (D-Minn.) most recently ran on the losing 2024 presidential ticket with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Meanwhile, Lindell made the highly anticipated announcement on Thursday from his MyPillow factory, located near Minneapolis, one week after news leaked that he filed paperwork to run for office.

“I’m officially running for Governor of Minnesota. After prayerful consideration and hearing from so many of you across our great state, I’ve made the decision to enter the 2026 gubernatorial race. I’m still standing and I’ll stand for you,” Lindell said in a video statement posted on X.

In the video announcing his new political venture, Lindell highlighted his journey from overcoming drug addiction in 2009 and founding companies like MyPillow, to providing aid to natural-disaster victims, finding faith and becoming a Christian in 2017, and meeting President Trump in 2016 — a moment he says made him a target.

“Then along came the 2020 election,” Lindell said, “And you all know that I have been relentless in making people aware of the fraud in our elections. You know that others have used lawfare to tear me down because of my efforts. Our own federal government under Joe Biden launched Operation Arctic Frost to target me and others who wanted to secure our elections.”

“They tried to take away my voice,” he added. “They targeted my banks, they targeted my suppliers, they even took my phone — and I run my entire business enterprise off my phone.”

Lindell asserted that despite the “left’s efforts to cancel” him and his companies, he is “still standing” strong.

The Republican has since vowed to confront the “rampant fraud under Governor Walz.” He cited reports that more than $1 billion in fraud has already surfaced during Walz’s administration, also noting that Minnesota whistleblowers suggest the total could reach as high as $8 billion.

“The price of our state government has been inflated due to this fraud,” He noted. “This means that families have been paying too much for government. Families have been taken advantage of and others have not been taken care of. This means that businesses are drained of all the financial resources to hire new employees, to invest in new products and to modernize existing operations.”

Similar to Trump, who ran for president with no experience in public service, Lindell plans to take office as a businessman, not a “career politician” who profits from fraud — presumably referencing Walz.

“Let me be clear: I don’t want to be like a politician,” he said. “It’s professional politicians that have gotten us into all this trouble.”

“Together we will restore respect for law and order. If you are here illegally, now’s the time to leave, or you’re gonna be sent back where you came from. If you’re stealing from Minnesota taxpayers, you need to be put in prison. If you’re committed to increasing the tax burden on Minnesotans, you need to find a different line of work,” Walz asserted.

Walz, however, fired back at his newest competitor on Thursday, stating on X, “We’ve seen what happens when we elect a con man to the highest office in America. We can’t let it happen here in Minnesota.”

He also posted a link to donate to his campaign with the caption: “Help keep Mike Lindell far away from the Governor’s Office.”

 

Immigration Crisis: What America's Future Could Mirror from Europe's Mistakes

Americans watching the recent Rufo & Lomez discussion featuring immigration expert Mark Krikorian should wake up to what’s already happened to Europe and what could happen here if we keep pretending open borders are innocent. The show pulled no punches about how mass migration has strained social cohesion, overwhelmed public services, and tested national identities across the continent.

Fact: The population of Whites on Earth is 8% compared to the 92% that are dark skinned. Yet the Whites have to feed, and take care of the 92% that want to kill them. WTF 

Krikorian’s argument is blunt and correct: mass immigration as practiced today is not merely a matter of numbers, it’s a structural change that clashes with the institutions of a modern welfare state. He’s warned for years that unrestricted inflows, especially when paired with weak enforcement, erode sovereignty, raise fiscal burdens, and weaken assimilation. Conservatives who still treat this as a culture-war talking point instead of a national-security and policy emergency are behind the curve.

One of the core problems Krikorian and other sober analysts point to is incentives: generous welfare systems and lax employment verification create a magnet that encourages long-term dependency rather than rapid assimilation. If you want a healthy immigration system, it must reward integration, self-reliance, and respect for our laws — not reward circumventing them and then expect assimilation to magically follow. That reality is inconvenient to the elites who profit politically from open-borders fantasies.

Europe shows another ugly lesson: migration can be weaponized by hostile regimes and used to impose costs on democratic societies, a tactic already witnessed in several geopolitical flashpoints. Krikorian highlighted how states have used migration flows as leverage, proving this is not an abstract fear but a real, strategic problem that demands firm policy responses. Letting migration be a tool of coercion is something no serious government should tolerate.

The policy answers are unglamorous but effective: enforce our laws at the border, roll out mandatory work-verification systems like E-Verify, end chain-migration and visa loopholes that let employers game the system, and stop treating amnesty as a first resort. These are the measures Krikorian and other conservative thinkers consistently recommend because they rebuild trust in the system and remove the incentives that fuel mass irregular flows. Any talk of mass legalization without enforcement is a recipe for repeat disaster.

Politically, the elites keep pushing narratives that would normalize amnesty and expand guest-worker programs while simultaneously signaling weakness on enforcement, a cynical double game that risks handing away the country’s future. Even some in the center who claim to want order turn a blind eye when corporate interests demand cheap labor; conservatives must name that betrayal and oppose it fiercely. Voters who care about national identity, public safety, and economic fairness deserve leaders who will act, not placatory policy theater.

This is not a call for cruelty but for common sense patriotism: honor the rule of law, prioritize citizens first, and design an immigration system that serves the nation rather than hollowing it out. That means deportation where appropriate, honest limits on intake, and a clear pathway that rewards assimilation and contribution. The alternative — a slow surrender of civic culture and public order — is what Europe is still wrestling with, and America should refuse that fate.

If conservatives fail to make this case with moral clarity and political muscle, the next generation will inherit a country less united and less secure. Rufo & Lomez invited Krikorian to remind us that this is still solvable, but solvable only if we muster the will to act decisively, restore enforcement, and put the American people and American identity first. Hardworking patriots must demand nothing less from their leaders.

 

Dr. Oz Sounds Alarm on Massive Medicaid Fraud Threatening Taxpayers

Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared on Greg Kelly Reports this week to sound the alarm about what he called a staggering assault on American taxpayers, warning that “our most vulnerable people are at risk” as crooked operators siphon off Medicaid and Medicare dollars. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services boss said the administration will hold Minnesota accountable and is scheduling a major press briefing to outline a nationwide crackdown on these criminal networks.

 Oz told viewers that career officials inside CMS were stunned by the scope and sophistication of the Minnesota schemes and that investigators are uncovering ties to organized criminal groups operating across state lines. He singled out suspicious patterns in home health, hospice, and durable medical equipment billing and warned of foreign criminal involvement that must be stopped before more taxpayer dollars vanish.

This isn’t conjecture — federal prosecutors have already unmasked massive fraud rings, including the Feeding Our Future indictments and other prosecutions that stole pandemic-era funds meant for children and the needy. The Department of Justice and local prosecutors have filed sweeping charges and secured convictions that demonstrate these weren’t isolated mistakes but deliberate, organized thefts from programs designed to help Americans in need.

Minnesota officials have prosecuted individual scammers and state authorities have tied schemes to brazen billing for programs like home and community-based services, but questions remain about who benefited and where the money flowed. Oz has even warned some stolen funds may have reached foreign terror-linked networks, a claim that has alarmed Washington; at the same time, national outlets note prosecutors have not yet proven a direct funneling of funds to terror groups, which makes urgent federal investigation and transparency all the more necessary.

This crisis in Minnesota is the poster child for a larger national rot: Dr. Oz has previously warned that millions of people are enrolled fraudulently in exchange and Medicaid systems, a figure that should make every taxpayer furious and every responsible official redouble enforcement. If the federal government is to protect seniors, veterans, and working families, it must root out fraud, close loopholes, and stop the waste draining local hospitals and services.

Conservatives should demand nothing less than accountability: governors and state bureaucracies that let these scams flourish must answer to voters, and the federal government should cut off funding streams to jurisdictions that fail to act. Dr. Oz and the administration are doing the right thing by exposing the rot; now it’s on patriotic Americans and principled leaders to press for prosecutions, reforms, and the return of stolen dollars to the people they were meant to serve.

 

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