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Who’s Responsible for Demonizing ICE So Much That Agitators Invaded a Church Service?

On Sunday, anti-ICE agitators invaded a church sanctuary in the middle of service, a shocking escalation arguably inspired by the Left’s extreme rhetoric against immigration enforcement.

“Justice for Renee Good!” shouted agitators as they walked directly into the middle of the sanctuary, surrounding worshippers in Cities Church, a non-denominational Christian church in St. Paul, Minnesota. (An ICE agent fatally shot Good while she was driving her car, right after her car hit him. She had been using the car for hours to frustrate ICE’s law enforcement efforts.)

The agitators targeted the church because one of the pastors, David Easterwood, also works with ICE.

An agitator who goes by the name “DaWokeFarmer” posted videos of the action.

DOJ Investigating Church Invasion

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is investigating the incident for potential violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced Sunday. While the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden used the FACE Act to target pro-life protesters who demonstrated outside abortion clinics, the law also protects houses of worship.

After the Biden DOJ weaponized the FACE Act to target pro-lifers, Dhillon seems ready to use the FACE Act for its intended purpose—to protect civil rights.

Former CNN host Don Lemon traveled with the agitators, and claims to have merely been reporting on the incident. Yet he clearly coordinated with Nakima Armstrong, the group’s leader who previously led Minneapolis’ NAACP chapter, ahead of the church invasion.

Whatever Lemon’s involvement, the agitators who desecrated a house of God deserve to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Innocent Victims

These agitators didn’t just confront a church that also employs an ICE employee. They harassed innocent men, women, and children for the crime of worshipping God. Little children do not deserve to have their songs of praise interrupted by aggressive chanting.

Of course, this church invasion does not represent the first time anti-ICE agitators have harassed innocent bystanders.

Agitators have also accosted a man for the crime of driving a Chevy Suburban, the same kind of vehicle ICE officers use.

In a separate incident anti-ICE agitators harassed tech workers at a deli, mistaking them for ICE agents.

While Lemon may cloak himself in the free speech rights of a journalist, these agitators showed no compassion for journalist Nick Sortor when he came by, asking questions. Agitators surrounded his vehicle, smashed his windows, stole his camera, and seem to have threatened his life.

Make no mistake: We have roving bands of Red Guards who make it their mission to oppose law enforcement and to terrorize ICE. They’re not afraid of harassing innocents to further their agenda.

Where Does This Come From?

This isn’t happening in a vacuum. Earlier this month, Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz—who has yet to condemn the desecration of the church—suggested that President Donald Trump was at war with him and threatened to call the National Guard to oppose ICE agents in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, also a Democrat, said ICE should “get the f— out of Minneapolis.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called ICE an “occupying force.”

This rhetoric comes amid the Left’s push for “sanctuary” policies that hamstring the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law and deport illegal aliens.

Democrat governors openly say that immigration law should not be enforced in their jurisdictions. On her very first day in office, Virginia’s new Democrat governor—Abigail Spanberger—rescinded the order directing law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.

Democrats have even whittled away at America’s sovereignty by making my birth state of Colorado a “sanctuary state.”

President Donald Trump returned to office in part because the Left had gone off the deep end on immigration. While former President Barack Obama enforced immigration law, the Left demonized immigration law under Trump, and Biden effectively opened the border, allowing millions of illegal aliens to pour into the country.

A vast network of left-leaning nonprofits has demonized immigration law in the name of compassion. The Center for American Progress and the American Civil Liberties Union urged Biden to open the border. Now that Trump has closed the border and sought to deport illegal aliens, the ACLU is hard at work challenging nearly every move in the courts.

Another network of nonprofits reaped rich benefits from federal grants in exchange for transporting immigrants across the country. Naturally, these groups complained to high heaven and sought to sue when Trump started clawing this money back.

Now, the Left’s dark money network is funding the groups organizing anti-ICE agitators—whose aggressive tactics Renee Nicole Good employed. While Good’s death was tragic, the ICE agent who shot her arguably fired in self-defense. The Left has seized on her death as some sort of gross miscarriage of justice, taking any opportunity to demonize Trump’s attempt to bring back law and order.

Trump has surged ICE officers to Minneapolis in part because local law enforcement will not work with ICE to enforce the law.

Whatever you think of Trump finally enforcing immigration law in Minneapolis, I hope you will stand with me in condemning the desecration of a church.

These agitators will consider no space sacred enough to trample on in their demonization of law enforcement. Americans across the country should pay close attention.

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Tyler O’Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.” Tyler on X: .

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The Insurrection Act Could Be Invoked Tomorrow

Minnesota is calling for  open revolt with corrupt Governor Tim Walz threatening to use the Minnesota Guard against federal officers.

We are a nation of laws—and the Democrat Party of treason intends to blow that foundation apart. Minnesota is now teetering on the edge of open revolt, with a corrupt governor threatening to deploy the Minnesota National Guard against federal officers.

Fort Sumter wasn’t just the first battle of the Civil War—it was the moment a state decided federal authority no longer applied, and backed that claim with force. The point wasn’t the fort itself; it was the precedent: if Washington can’t enforce federal law on federal property, the Union is no longer a union.

That’s why the comparison fits here. When a governor talks about being “at war” with the federal government and floats deploying the National Guard in response to federal officers enforcing federal law, it echoes the same escalatory logic: state power openly challenging federal supremacy, daring the federal government to either retreat or respond. Fort Sumter was the spark because it turned political defiance into physical confrontation. This kind of rhetoric—and any move to interpose state force against federal enforcement—risks the same dangerous slide from agitation to outright conflict.

Tim Walz has effectively declared Minnesota to be at war with the federal government.

As Newt Gingrich put it: Is Governor Tim Walz insane? When a governor tells the president and the secretary of Homeland Security, “You’ve done enough,” and announces preparations to deploy state troops against federal authority, sanity itself must be questioned. History is unambiguous. Andrew Jackson threatened to crush South Carolina for defying federal law. Lincoln fought a four-year Civil War to preserve the Union. Eisenhower sent troops into Arkansas; Kennedy did the same in Mississippi and Alabama—to enforce federal law against defiant states.

What does Walz think he is doing—or is thinking too generous a word? This is not protest. This is nullification. This is defiance of federal authority. And it is beginning to sound dangerously familiar—like Fort Sumter all over again.

Gingrich: Is Governor Tim Walz insane? When a Governor says ““We do not need any further help from the federal government,” the governor declared. “To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you’ve done enough. I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard. We have soldiers in training who are prepared to be deployed if necessary.” You have to question their sanity. Andrew Jackson threatened to crush South Carolina when it opposed federal law. Lincoln fought a four year civil war to force states to accept federal rules. Eisenhower sent troops into Arkansas and Kennedy into Mississippi and Alabama. What is Walz thinking or is thinking too strong a word for his behavior?

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Four Takeaways as Congress Investigates Walz, Minnesota Fraud

Congress probed the matter of what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz knew about the $9 billion fraud scandal in his state at a hearing on Wednesday.

Several Minnesota state lawmakers, who have investigated fraud in the state for the past year, testified at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about what they learned from whistleblowers.

They testified two days after Walz dropped his reelection bid for a third term as governor amid years-long welfare fraud scandals in the state. Federal prosecutors have charged almost 100 in Minnesota so far with welfare fraud.

The witnesses claimed that Gov. Walz knew about fraud scandals as they were occurring, alleged that the state intimidated whistleblowers, and broached the possibility of funding of foreign terrorism.

Here are four key takeaways from Wednesday’s hearing.

1. ‘Any Doubt That Tim Walz Knew?’

The scandal hit home for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who blamed Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for not preventing it.

He asked the members of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee if they believed Gov. Walz knew about the fraud as it occurred.

The three state committee members were Chairwoman Kristin Robbins, and state Reps. Walter Hudson and Marion Rarick. Each said they had no doubt, or “none whatsoever,” that Walz knew.

Later, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., asked Robins, “Do you have any examples of how the Walz administration blocked investigators from moving forward?”

Robins said that an inspector general investigation of the state’s human services department–at the center of the state’s fraud scandals–was shut down.

“They were told they could no longer do criminal investigations,” Robins said.

For his part, Walz has said he is trying to root out fraud, and did not benefit from it.

2. ‘Constant State of Fear of Retaliation’

Minnesota state Rep. Marion Rarick, a Republican member of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee, gave several examples of state bureaucrats intimidating whistleblowers.

“They have explained that they live in a constant state of fear of retaliation,” Rarick said.

She gave the example of a state employee who notified supervisors at the Department of Human Services about “sloppy contracting practices,” and who was subsequently escorted from the building.

“In our face-to-face meetings with a group of whistleblowers, they reveal that retaliation now includes threats of being fired with cause, which means you do not get unemployment insurance in the state of Minnesota, being blacklisted from all state agencies,” Rarick continued.

Rarick noted that In April 2024, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan publicly called state employees who raised concerns about potential fraud “weirdos and losers sitting in their mother’s basement.”

3. Evidence of Terrorism Funding

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., asked about financial ties of fraudulent welfare recipients to international terrorist networks. Robins said that an informal network of money exchangers transmits money to Somalia.

“So, United States dollars that have been remitted into Somalia, in part, have been utilized, or have fallen into the hands of Al Shabbab?” Donalds asked Robins.

Al-Shabaab is a Somalia-based terrorist network linked to Al Qaeda.

Robins answered, “We have plenty of evidence of that from money directly going to Al-Shabbab, but then also indirectly because they take a cut of whatever gets sent to Somalia.”

4. Trump, George Santos, and Anything but Minnesota

Democrats on the committee used most of their time to talk about President Donald Trump and subjects other than the Minnesota fraud scandal.

Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said, “some of the worst fraud and corruption is actually found at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., called the witnesses “hypocrites” and asked them to comment on expelled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., as well as the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the Capitol.

After Pressley exceeded her allotted time, Comer stopped her to say, “You’ve already secured your MSNBC spot tonight.”

Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., was one of the only Democrats to acknowledge the Minnesota fraud, saying, “This, of course, comes after weeks of viral videos from a young man YouTuber who was literally creeping around daycares by himself.”

The lone Democrat-called witness, Brendan Ballou, former special counsel for the Justice Department, said, “I fear that the actions of a few people will be used to demonize an entire population, Somali, East African, Minnesotans.”

Robins said exposing fraud was not targeting the Somalian population.

“It is true that the majority of the fraud in Minnesota has taken place in the Somali community, and it is also true that some of our best whistleblowers are from the Somali community,” Robins said.

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Tim Walz Claims He Fired People Amid Fraud Scandals—But Won’t Name Names

Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, when announcing his decision not to run for reelection, said Monday that he has fired people for failing to combat his state’s many fraud scandals, but his office has declined to list the bureaucrats fired.

“We’ve fired people who weren’t doing their jobs,” he wrote in a statement Monday, in the context of combatting fraud.

The Daily Signal reached out to Walz’s office for a list of bureaucrats fired amid the fraud scandals, but the governor did not respond by publication time.

State Rep. Patti Anderson, a Republican and vice chair of the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee, told The Daily Signal she is “unaware of anyone who has been fired in regard to the ongoing fraud.”

Of Walz, she said, “I think he’s assuming that people are going to take his statement at face value and not look and see the fact that he hasn’t terminated a single person that allowed the fraud to happen.”

Anderson served as state auditor from 2003 to 2007, and then as commissioner of employee relations under the state’s last Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty. She told The Daily Signal, “It’s impossible that Walz himself wasn’t aware” of the fraud and alleged attempts to enable it.

“These things don’t just happen,” she said.

Walz’s tenure has been tainted with several fraud scandals, most notably a $250 million fraud scheme where the Minneapolis nonprofit Feeding Our Future reported fake food distribution sites while collecting federal child nutrition assistance. The office of U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen has charged at least 78 defendants connected to the scheme, and 56 of them have pleaded guilty.

Authorities have also filed charges in a $14 million fraud case involving an autism program and a multi-million dollar fraud case involving housing stabilization services.

One federal prosecutor has estimated Medicaid fraud in the state to have exceeded $9 billion.

Anderson said that whistleblowers, who have spoken with her committee, approached bureaucrats at many levels of Walz’s administration but were rebuffed. In a previous statement to The Daily Signal, the state’s Department of Human Services denied claims of retaliation against whistleblowers.

Bill Glahn, a policy fellow with the conservative-leaning Center of the American Experiment, noted that many staff have left Walz’s administration since the first indictments in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal in 2022, but added that Walz did not fire them; he instead allowed their appointments to expire.

“The governor now claims credit, well after the fact, for holding his appointees accountable for not stopping the fraud,” Glahn told The Daily Signal. “However, that’s not how these events were portrayed at the time.”

With Glahn’s help, The Daily Signal identified three bureaucrats who left Walz’s administration after the first indictments in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal were issued in September 2022. Walz did not state that fraud had anything to do with their departures.

1. Heather Mueller

Heather Mueller, former commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, claimed before a state Senate committee that a judge ordered the department to resume payments to Feeding Our Future despite serious fraud concerns. The judge released a rare public statement emphatically denying any such order.

Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller, a Republican, publicly called on Mueller to resign in September 2022.

Two months later, Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Petty Flanagan announced that Mueller had “chosen not to seek reappointment” in Walz’s second term.

In a press release thanking Walz’s cabinet for their service, the governor’s office gave Mueller a glowing endorsement.

“The governor and lieutenant governor are grateful for Dr. Mueller’s continued focus on helping all Minnesota students have access to a world-class education,” the release states.

2. Jodi Harpstead

Jodi Harpstead, commissioner of the Department of Human Services, also left Walz’s office amid the Feeding Our Future scandal, but Walz made no mention of fraud related to her departure.

“I want to extend my deepest thanks to Commissioner Harpstead for answering the call of public service five and a half years ago,” Walz said in a Jan. 13, 2025, press release. “I am proud of her work running the most complex and wide-ranging agency in state government.”

3. Eric Grumdahl

On Sept. 17, ahead of a hearing before the fraud prevention committee in which top housing regulator Eric Grumdahl was scheduled to testify, the agency notified the committee that Grumdahl had been terminated. The Department of Justice has brought fraud charges in housing cases.

A spokesperson for Grumdahl’s former office confirmed his ouster to CBS News, and cited a law stating the reasons for an employee’s separation are not public data.

According to Minnesota statutes, disciplinary action against a bureaucrat is considered public information if the bureaucrat resigns or is fired amid charges.

Rep. Kristin Robbins, a Republican and chair of the fraud committee, said at the time that she was “stunned” to hear the news.

“This is yet another example of DHS and the Walz administration dodging accountability for their failures,” Robbins said.

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Tyler O’Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.” Tyler on X: .

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WHEN GOVERNMENTS LOOK THE OTHER WAY: “The Crime Against Everybody”

In Minnesota something new has come to our attention with the revelation that perhaps billions of dollars or more have been scammed from taxpayers primarily by Somali-immigrant organizations claiming to provide social services that are non-existent.

If the crimes are left unchecked and unpunished] we will have resolved to be permanent, passive victims of fraud. We will have privileged those who will abuse the public trust at the expense of those who are working honestly to support themselves, their families, and their communities.

Now, it is time to reform a system that has all too clearly generated a perfect storm of moral hazard and abuse of the public trust.


The Crime Against Everybody

Democratic systems are terribly vulnerable to fraud. Interest groups can seek concentrated benefits from the political class while the broader public is rationally uninterested. They are uninterested because any particular payoff to a group amounts to little when spread across the entire body of citizens. As a result, there is a constant cycle of advantage-taking pushed by various groups, encouraged by political leaders who benefit from being the object of lobbying and favor currying, and largely ignored by a public who obviously cannot monitor all the activity carried out by self-interested benefit seekers.

Typically, when we think about this kind of activity we are focused on professional, industrial, or labor groups developing “iron triangles” of influence that tie together interest groups, legislative committees, and members of the bureaucracy. In Minnesota something new has come to our attention with the revelation that perhaps billions of dollars or more have been scammed from taxpayers primarily by Somali-immigrant organizations claiming to provide social services that are non-existent. Christopher Rufo exposed the scandal. The New York Times reported on it. Minnesota’s governor (and former Kamala Harris running mate) Tim Walz had to withdraw from his quest for a third term and is now fighting for his political life as the executive who allowed the theft of taxpayer money to explode under his watch. A YouTube reporter (essentially a man with a camera) re-ignited the outrage when he demonstrated that some of the grant claimants appeared to be running Potemkin villages of storefronts without actual service recipients. The video has generated over 3 million views on YouTube and is one of the most viral clips of all time on X.

The scandal has brought together a potent mix of American political pathologies that includes a major immigrant group highly concentrated in one state (Somalis in Minnesota), lopsided political support from that group for one political party (the Democrats), the abuse of taxpayer funds, the exploitation of compassion, and the use of claims of racism as a shield from criticism. In this case, the abuse has been so outrageous as to weaken the defense that might normally be raised. Now, the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, has announced he is pushing resources into the state to investigate the misuse of federal funds.

I mentioned at the beginning of this piece that this kind of misuse of taxpayer money can occur because the public is unable to monitor the actual use of budget dollars. We depend on the government to police expenditures. To say as much is to be descriptive about the situation. But what about the prescriptive? In other words, we can talk about what is, but we urgently need to talk about what should be. It is likely that this case will generate a typical American pop-up of intense concern that will have some short-term impact and then wash away in the ever-moving tide of public events. But if we let that happen, then we will have resolved to be permanent, passive victims of fraud. We will have privileged those who will abuse the public trust at the expense of those who are working honestly to support themselves, their families, and their communities.

All of this is to say that we need to stop being like dogs distracted by squirrels and think with sustained attention about the nature of government and how it must work. We do not live in a world in which taxes are collected for armies, police, and courts alone. Instead, we live in one in which a tremendous volume of dollars is extracted from citizens and is then redistributed into a vast variety of activities throughout the nation and its communities. To take a tax dollar is to claim it can be better spent by the government than by the citizen. If that is what we are going to do, then we must validate the use of those tax dollars and not allow them to line the pockets of fraudsters while simultaneously creating more public debt.

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PODCAST: DOJ Launches Criminal Probe Into Walz

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) regarding his knowledge of massive welfare fraud schemes that have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Monday evening. Leavitt made the announcement during an appearance on Fox News with host Jesse Watters, revealing that federal investigators are examining what Walz knew about the fraud and when he knew it.

The investigation comes on the heels of Walz’s stunning decision to abandon his reelection campaign, announced just days after independent journalist Nick Shirly’s report on widespread childcare fraud in Minnesota gained national attention. Gov. Walz addressed the fraud allegations by acknowledging their scope, but also accused journalist Shirley and the Trump Administration of trying to “exploit” vulnerable populations in the state.

“This is a man who can no longer even win the support of the voters within his home state because his policies have failed them. And now the great people of Minnesota, a state that was once known as the land of 10,000 lakes, has been turned into the land of 10,000 Somali schemes because of their governor,” she said.

The White House press secretary emphasized that federal prosecutors have already secured numerous convictions and continue filing new charges against individuals involved in the schemes.

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PODCAST: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz drops out of 2026 gubernatorial race

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he is dropping his reelection campaign amid increased criticism over his handling of fraud in the state.

Walz initially announced his run for a third term as governor in September, but says he reevaluated the decision over the holidays.

“I came to the conclusion that I can’t give a political campaign my all. Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences,” he said. “So I’ve decided to step out of the race and let others worry about the election while I focus on the work.”

He held a news conference after announcing he’d end his reelection bid. He took no questions, though he said he’d answer some on Tuesday while providing an update on the state’s new paid family leave program.

The two-term Democrat and former vice presidential candidate has faced scrutiny in the last several months over his handling of Medicaid fraud, which has cost the state as much as $9 billion, according to a top prosecutor. Walz has stated that his administration is taking aggressive measures to prevent future fraud.

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10 Times Democrats, Corporate Media Leaped to Defend Somalis Despite Massive Fraud Scandals

Democrats and the corporate media rushed to defend Somalis throughout the end of 2025 as reports emerged that they committed widespread fraud in Minnesota.

Federal prosecutors charged dozens of Somalis with stealing over $9 billion of taxpayer money intended for social services, including the nonprofit Feeding Our Future.

As more details have emerged about their fraudulent actions, Democrats accused President Donald Trump and conservatives of using Somalis as scapegoats and expressed their support for the population.

Tim Walz Pivots to Attacking White Peoples’ Crimes 

In response to a question about whether Somalis should be held accountable, Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who has faced scrutiny for his handling of the fraud, immediately pivoted to saying that white men have committed several crimes.

“Look, it’s not law-abiding citizens. If that were the case, there’s a lot of white men should be holding a lot of white men accountable for the crimes that they have committed,” Walz said during a Dec. 12 press conference.

“I think for the community to maybe educate their population, because I think what you’re seeing here is there’s secondary victims in this, that there’s providers inside the community that are then victimizing the community themselves by signing them up, because when we’re going to some of these people, they’re like, I had no idea I was in this program. So I think it’s asking us then, you know, for every crime, which of course the majority being committed by white men, asking us to do more about that. I think it’s crime in general.”

Walz faced scrutiny from state officials who accused him of “willfully” disregarding “rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet.” The governor accused President Donald Trump of engaging in a “PR stunt” and of “indiscriminately targeting immigrants” as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramped up operations in Minnesota to detain Somali nationals.

Minnesota State Senators Tear Up as They Expresses Support for Somalis

Democrat state Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart tearfully apologized to Somalis and extended her support for them during an event at a Somali mosque on Dec. 12.

“We are heartbroken by the horrible actions of our government, and we want you to know that at the state level, we will do all that we can to support you. Whether you live in our district or not, we are here,” Stewart said through tears. “We are 100% committed to helping you. You are welcome here, you belong here and we are here for you. I apologize, I have to leave for another commitment.”

Democrat state Sen. Steve Cwodzinski then praised diversity and stated that America is a nation of immigrants.

“That’s what America is all about. We’re not a nation of ‘we’re all the same.’ We’re a nation of immigrants. We’re a nation of diversity. That’s our strength, not our weakness,” Cwodzinski said. “I really don’t know what to say.”

Their statements came after Trump referred to Somalia as a “garbage” country during a Dec. 8 Cabinet meeting. He also said that many Somalis, such as Democrat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, had no appreciation for the U.S. despite giving them everything.

In response to the fraud, the administration has also cracked down on detaining and deporting Somalis in the U.S. illegally. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Wednesday that Trump supports denaturalizing any Somali convicted of the crimes.

Ilhan Omar Claims Trump Is Only Angry About Somali Fraud Because He’s Racist 

Democrat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said Trump does not want Somalis in the U.S. because he is “bigoted” and “Islamophobic.”

“The president has always had very bigoted, xenophobic, Islamophobic comments when it comes to, you know, people who are of Muslim faith or people who are black. We’ve seen him call African nations as ‘shitholes.’ So it’s not really surprising,” Omar said. “But what is weird to me is just how creepy he’s been obsessed with me and the Somali community.”

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump’s recent comments about Somalis and said his focus on her is “creepy.” pic.twitter.com/mXLC0N1hve

— New York Post (@nypost) December 4, 2025

Omar, a Somali immigrant, has defended Somalis by saying they think of themselves as Americans and pay taxes. She has urged people not to blame the Somali community for the actions of a few.

Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent alleged on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that individuals charged with stealing from Minnesota’s “Feeding Our Future” donated to Omar’s campaign. Omar denied any wrongdoing.

Democrat Minneapolis Mayor Says Somalis Are ‘Welcome’ In His Community 

After Trump condemned the fraud and cracked down on Somalis, Democrat Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey affirmed his support for Somalis, saying they are part of the city’s “family.”

“Minneapolis is proud to be home to the largest Somali community in the country. They are our neighbors, our friends, and our family — and they are welcome in our city. Nothing Donald Trump does will ever change that,” Frey said.

Minneapolis is proud to be home to the largest Somali community in the country. They are our neighbors, our friends, and our family — and they are welcome in our city. Nothing Donald Trump does will ever change that. pic.twitter.com/3DmvQ4jRov

— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) December 2, 2025

Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Wears Hijab on Television 

Minnesota Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan appeared on the TV station, Somali TV of Minnesota, on Dec. 26 wearing a hijab, stating that Somalis are “part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota.”

“My name is Peggy Flanagan. I’m the lieutenant governor of Minnesota and I’m really honored and humbled to be here with you all today. I am incredibly clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota,” Flanagan said.

Boston’s Mayor Claims Somalis Are Responsible For City’s ‘Every Achievement’ 

Democrat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stated that “hate has no place in our society” without expressing any criticism for the crimes committed by the Somali population.

“You cannot talk about any achievement that the city of Boston has had in safety, jobs, and economic development, in education, without talking about the Somali community that has lifted our city up. We are proud and we are grateful for our Somali community and for our Somali American neighbors. Boston and the country are clear that hate has no place in our society,” Wu said.

“We will use every attack to actually strengthen and expand the services available, to empower and work alongside our community members who are already doing so much good in the world and setting the example for the rest of the country,” she continued.

MS NOW Analyst Laments How Somalis Are Allegedly Being ‘Scapegoated’ 

MS Now political analyst Mara Gay said on “Morning Joe” that Somalis were victims of the so-called far-right’s anti-immigrant narrative. She also downplayed the significance of the fraud by saying that these types of actions are “not unique to politics.”

“Let’s recall too that there’s also other scandals in other states,” Gay said. “For example, the Mississippi welfare scandal. This is not unique to politics. Americans know that. But of course, the other factor here is that because it looks like the Somali population in Minnesota, the Somali immigrant population may have been involved in some way, those people are being scapegoated.”

“And that community is being scapegoated in a way that certainly serves the far right. And so, that’s also something to keep an eye on. And that’s inappropriate, absolutely,” Gay added.

More reports of fraudulent crimes committed by Somalis have continued to emerge. While a majority of those stealing from social programs are Somali, YouTube Nick Shirley released a documentary on Dec. 26 which indicated that Somali daycare centers that receive taxpayer money are not actually providing any services.

CNN’s Abby Phillip Claims Somalis Are ‘Under Attack’ 

CNN anchor Abby Phillip criticized Shirley for exposing the daycare centers for their alleged fraud, saying that the population is “under attack” and receiving threats.

“But, you know, honestly, you knock on the door of a daycare center, and you’re like, let me in, let me in. What do you expect people to do? You know, in some of those cases, there were children in there. What do you want people to do in that situation? Open the door and say, come on in. When they know that the Somali community is under attack, is being threatened every single day, what is going on here?”

Politico Reporter Makes Thinly Veiled Threat to Nick Shirley 

Politico senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein claimed in a Monday X post that citizen journalists like Shirley could be shot under “stand your ground” laws.

“At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws,” Gerstein said.

At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws

— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) December 30, 2025

Minnesota is not a “stand your ground” state, but instead imposed a “duty to retreat” before using force, according to the United States Concealed Carry Association.

CNN Publishes Article About Somali Community’s ‘Anxiety’ 

CNN published an article on Dec. 4 titled, “Anxiety grips Somali community in Minneapolis as ICE agents zero in on the Twin Cities,” which claimed that Somalis in Minnesota were living in fear because of Trump’s crackdown.

“A young man working at a bakery at the Karmel Mall south of downtown Minneapolis said the shopping center on Tuesday night was dead compared to usual. The man, who only gave his first name, Fawzi, said he is nervous even though he was born in Minneapolis, CNN wrote.

The article detailed how Somali shops in the area were deserted and how many were carrying IDs and papers in case they were confronted by immigration officials. It also quoted local Somalis condemning Trump’s statement about them.

The outlet wrote a separate piece on Dec. 7, which said that Somalis were embraced by Minnesota after being “scorned” by Trump.

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Minnesota Fraud Controversy Shakes Capitol Hill

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, one of Washington’s top-ranking Republicans, says he is open to legal action against Minnesota’s Democrat leaders following the viral release of a video alleging fraud in state-funded day care centers.

Appearing on Fox News’ “Fox Report Weekend” on Sunday, Emmer praised YouTube content creator Nick Shirley’s recent report, which alleges that several state-funded day care and learning centers, largely operated by immigrants from Somalia, do not provide legitimate services.

“It’s amazing to me that a 23-year-old journalist, a YouTuber who’s now got over 80 million views on this thing, found more in a matter of hours than Tim Walz and Keith Ellison, our attorney general, found in seven years,” Emmer, R-Minn., said on Fox.

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“Whistleblowers are coming forward,” said Emmer, who added that he would support the prosecution of Walz and Ellison if there was documented evidence of their retaliation against whistleblowers.

“What they’re saying is they told Tim Walz, they told Keith Ellison about the fraud when it was happening. And they not only didn’t do anything, they retaliated against them,” Emmer said.

“If that’s true, if that can be documented, these guys need to be prosecuted—held accountable and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who chairs the House Oversight Committee, has already announced he intends to subpoena Minnesota state officials and whistleblowers in a wider probe of the day care fraud issue.

A spokesperson for Walz has called the oversight probe “a coordinated political attack to try to silence one of the President’s most effective critics” in a statement appearing in The Minnesota Star Tribune.

A Walz spokesperson also defended his conduct in a statement to The Daily Signal, saying, “The Governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and asked the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action.”

The spokesperson added, “He has strengthened oversight – including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed. He has hired an outside firm to audit payments to high-risk programs, shut down the Housing Stabilization Services program entirely, announced a new statewide program integrity director, and supported criminal prosecutions.”

FBI Director Kash Patel on Sunday revealed the bureau had expanded its investigation of alleged fraud schemes involving federal programs in the state.

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Killings at Bondi Beach, Brown U, Syria, Somali Embezzlement. What’s the Connection?

Brown University shooting: 2 dead, 9 injured in an economics exam-prep class; a suspect was later found at a hotel south of Providence; motive and affiliation are described as unknown at the time of recording.

Australia shooting at Bondi Beach: 16 dead, 40 injured; allegedly conducted by a father–son pair targeting a Hanukkah gathering; the hosts frame this as clearly motivated by anti-Semitism.

Syrian ISIS ATTACK: Two US army soldiers and one American civilian interpreter have been killed and several other people wounded in an ambush on Saturday by the Islamic State group in central Syria.

Somali Embezzlement: Massive fraud blamed on hundreds of Minnesota residents of Somali descent has jumped to national attention, with House Republicans launching an investigation into how pervasive corruption in the state’s social-services system was allowed to fester under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s administration.

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America’s Generosity and the Somali Question: Accountability Must Come First!

America remains one of the few nations on earth where people of different religions, cultures, and backgrounds can arrive with nothing and still build a successful life.

The institutions are designed to give ordinary people a fair chance at the American Dream. That is why millions fleeing war, poverty, and religious extremism have found hope on American soil.

Somali immigrants are no exception. Many from Somalia have built successful lives in the United States, contributing to their communities and strengthening the economy. As a Nigerian, I have seen countless members of my own community transformed by the opportunities United States of America provides. They work hard, give back, honor the nation that welcomed them and became Americans in flesh and blood.

In truth, no country is as accommodating as the United States. America is so open that even visitors sometimes accuse citizens of not doing enough for newcomers. For many immigrants, the safety and opportunities in America far exceed what they had in their home countries.

Yet fairness demands honesty. A system that appears to prioritize the needs of immigrants over those of its own citizens and veterans can feel unjust, and that perception fuels resentment. If the roles were reversed, few countries that benefit from America’s generosity wouldn’t extend the same level of charity to United States.

This context makes the recent allegations of large scale fraud in Minnesota especially troubling. Reports involving individuals connected to the Somali-American community in Minneapolis some allegedly linked to figures associated with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar have raised deep public anger and concern. The idea that Americans taxpayer funds could be siphoned, misused and diverted to found it way to Alshabab terrorist organisation in Somalia in ways that harm United States interests is deeply distressing. Americans deserve clarity, accountability, and due process, regardless of who is involved.

President Donald Trump has openly criticized the situation, pointing to failures under Minnesota’s Democratic leadership, including Governor Tim Walz. Many Americans, especially taxpayers and veterans, view this as a breach of trust.

Equally troubling are statements from Somalia Americans community suggesting openly the desire to impose Shariah laws, use only native-language systems, or make religious dominance an eventual goal. These sentiments, even if held by a minority, undermine the shared values that unite the country. They disrespect the sacrifices of the American Founding Fathers and countless veterans who defended the nation with their lives.

America does not ask immigrants to abandon their heritage. It simply asks that those who live it’s country should respect American values, honor the Constitution, and contribute constructively to society.

Living in the United States is not a Rights but a privilege one built on sacrifice, service, and the belief in equality under the law.

To Somali Americans and indeed all immigrant groups the message is clear: America offers opportunity, but it expects loyalty and patriotism in return. Support the country that opened its doors and accepted you with an open arms, Stand for its values, Contribute to its progress and live your life as an American.

For those unwilling to do so, the path forward will be very challenging, especially under the current leadership of President Donald Trump that is committed to strict immigration enforcement.

The greatness of America lies in its generosity. But generosity must never come at the expense of accountability. For America to remain a beacon of hope, every community must uphold the principles that make this nation exceptional.

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President Trump Is Right About Tim Walz

Great article below explaining that Minnisota Governor Tampon/Stolen Valor Tim Walz deserves the tag of “Retarded” given to him by POTUS Trump. This name was not meant to be a slam against people who are mentally disadvantaged but as an ample description of Walz as an individual with idiotic tenancies.

I mean what man exclaiming to be an “every man” doesn’t even know how to load a shotgun and/or puts their image on a challenge coin as a Sergeant Major when; in fact, he declined this promotion when he decided to retire rather than go to the middle east with his national guard unit ? Or who recommended placing tampons in men’s bathrooms in schools and/or embellished his reputation as a volunteer football coach. Not to mention gleefully accepting becoming the VP running mate for the Queen of Worthless Word Salads, Commie Kamala Harris.

Now he denies any culpability or even knowledge of a $1B fraud scandal right under his nose in Minnesota by a large Democrat voting block e.g. Somalians.


President Trump Is Right About Tim Walz

They say you should not “hate” your opponents, that it will cloud your judgment. That’s probably true, at least to a certain point, but up to that point it is a helpful motivator in your quest to defeat them. Besides, some people simply deserve the hatred – the type that is passed on from generation to generation, the stuff of legend – and so much more. Those people are a special kind of evil and can go straight to hell without passing “Go” and without collecting $200.

Who deserves such condemnation? A lot of people, actually. Every new day, it seems like there is an ever-growing conga line of Democrats dancing along to imaginary music, desperately competing for the title of “Biggest Idiot” or “Largest Pile Of Watery Excrement” in a game every loses because it exists. Some are famous, some are not. Some were always radicals; some were just opportunistic con artists. Every single one of them deserves a first-class cabin on the train to hell.

On top of the deserving list is Tim Walz. The Governor of Minnesota oversaw the largest welfare fraud scheme in history, but because it was done by black people from Somalia – and Somalis are an important voting demographic in the state for Democrats – he looked the other way. Either that or he has the IQ of someone who was weaned on lead paint chips, which is also a real possibility.

When not lying about his military service or raising entitled, exceedingly ordinary children, Walz spends his time smearing half the country. He calls everyone not on the left a “Nazi” or “Gazpacho,” being too big a moron to be able to pronounce “Gestapo” phonetically written out on a teleprompter.

President Trump recently called him “retarded” because, well, it’s actually the perfect word to describe Tim Walz. Walz, who has all the mannerisms of a coked-out Muppet, was outraged over the use of the word, but the President meant no offense to those with intellectual disabilities, and I understand how that could be offensive – no one wants to be compared to Democrats. But where the word no longer is the acceptable word for its old usage, it remains the perfect one for people like Walz.

Tim claimed that people were “driving by my house and using the ‘R’ word.” This is the first recorded incident of a drive-by “retarding.” Let there be no confusion: people should not do this. They stop the car, get out and then yell it. There is no reason to speed past, yelling. When driving, your focus should be on the road…the person in the passenger seat can do the yelling.

Walz called this “shameful,” adding, “We know how these things go. They start with taunts, they turn to violence.” It’s the old “Stick and stones may break my bones, but words are the real problem.”

Yet, Timmy has spent the better part of a year smearing people as Nazis, which actually did lead to violence. His team almost killed President Trump and ICE agents; they did kill Charlie Kirk.

They’ve terrorized students on college campuses and business owners with the misfortune of opening in Democrat-controlled cities. None of this bothered Tim Walz or his equally lead-infused wife – she gleefully “opened the windows” of their home to get the smell of their burning city inside, speaking of it like it was Spanish Fly or something.

These are gross people, these are bad people. When the President called Tim Walz “retarded” he was simply using the perfect word to accurately describe someone who has actively campaigned for the assassination of his political opponents. That he hopes to inspire it for the sake of plausible deniability, rather than call for it directly, is irrelevant. The end result is the same.

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PHOTOS ROCK MINNESOTA: Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz With Illegal Somali Fraudster in Massive Minnesota Scam

Minnesota is engulfed in a massive welfare-fraud crisis that has flourished under Governor Tim Walz’s and jihad Rep Ilhan Omar, costing taxpayers billions. Their ties to these criminals are undeniable.

Once again, massive wrongdoing meets zero accountability.

This is what routine impunity looks like: enormous crimes and no consequences.

Somali illegal Abdul Dahir Ibrahim who was involved in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme poses with all his Democrat friends:

  • Gov Tim Walz
  • Rep Ilhan Omar
  • Secretary of State Steve Simon
  • Senator Tina Smith

Somali illegal migrant fraudster photographed with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar

By: Victor Nava, NY Post, Dec. 5, 2025:

An illegal immigrant from Somalia with a long rap sheet for fraud and apparent ties to Democratic politicians in Minnesota — including Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar — was arrested Friday as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Abdul Dahir Ibrahim was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and is being held at the McCook ICE facility in Nebraska, dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink” by the Department of Homeland Security, records show.

Ibrahim has an extensive criminal history and has had removal orders against him since 2004, according to Fox News.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest a Somali immigrant in handcuffs.

Prior to entering the US, Ibrahim was convicted of asylum and welfare fraud in Canada, the outlet reported.

The Somali national was also busted for providing false information to police and driving without a valid license in Dakota County, Minn., in 2002.

He accumulated 12 traffic or parking citations while in the US.

During this period, Ibrahim has been photographed with several high-profile politicians in Minnesota.

DHS shared images of Ibrahim posing with Walz, Omar and former Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh on social media.

“Criminal illegal alien, Abdul Dahir Ibrahim has been linked to Minnesota’s top sanctuary politicians,” read the DHS post.

“Ibrahim was convicted in Canada for Asylum and Welfare Fraud prior to his entry into the United States,” the post continued. “On April 3, 2004, an immigration judge ordered Ibrahim removed, citing the significant amount of fraud associated with him.

“Bye-bye, Abdul.”

DHS also included a photograph of Ibrahim in handcuffs and being loaded into an unmarked vehicle by federal agents.

Three Somali men, one a fraudster, posing together.

Fox News reported that Fateh, a Somali-American socialist, wrote a letter of recommendation for Ibrahim during his immigration proceedings.

Ibrahim entered the US through New York in 1995, after being deported from Canada.

In one of his rejected petitions for asylum, Ibrahim claimed his sister and her five children to be his spouse and his own kids, documents show.

The judge cited Ibrahim’s “complete lack of credibility,” in rejecting his petition.

Ibrahim, however, was later granted temporary protective status (TPS), providing him with deportation protections for 10 years, according to Fox News.

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‘Cascade Of Systemic Failures’: Minnesota State Employees Blast Walz For ‘Massive Fraud’ In Social Services

Minnesota state employees accused Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of bearing full responsibility for massive fraud that drained the state’s social services programs, claiming he retaliated against whistleblowers who tried to sound the alarm.

“Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota,” the employees wrote in a statement posted to social media. They described a “cascade of systemic failures” and alleged Walz “systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports.”

The accusations come as federal prosecutors pursue cases involving more than $1 billion in stolen taxpayer funds across three separate schemes. Prosecutors have secured 59 convictions so far in fraud tied to pandemic feeding programs, housing assistance and autism therapy services.

The whistleblowers claimed agency leaders appointed by Walz “willfully disregarded rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet” and were “not qualified for their jobs, instead getting leadership jobs via Tim Walz’s friendship.” Staff who witnessed fraud were “shutdown, reassigned and told to keep quiet,” according to the statement.

The employees named several officials they say have escaped accountability, including Shireen Gandhi, Jess Geil, Jodi Harpstead, Natasha Merz and Eric Grumdahl.

Walz has denied that concerns about racism allegations slowed his administration’s response. He told the New York Times his administration “erred on the side of generosity” during the pandemic and pointed to new fraud prevention measures.

President Donald Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal, calling Minnesota “a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” and Walz “seriously retarded” in a Truth Social post. Asked by reporters if he stood by the remark, Trump replied, “Yeah, there’s something wrong with Walz.”

The whistleblowers said they are now appealing to federal authorities for help. “We can’t fight fraud in Minnesota alone,” they wrote.

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A History of Trans Mass Murderers

On August 27th, 2025 Robert “Robin” Westman, a transgender man, killed two children and wounded 17 other Catholics while they attended Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Westman then committed suicide, an act forbidden by the Catholic Church.

A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis.

WATCH: TRANSGENDER SHOOTER SLAUGHTERS KIDS AT MINNESOTA CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Democrat Minnesota Governor Tim Walz supports transgenders and has earned the nick name “Tampon Tim” for requiring tampons be placed in all public school boy’s bathrooms. Walz signed a law in 2023, requiring public schools to provide menstrual products — including pads and tampons — to students in 4th through 12th grades.

Westman carefully plotted out the attack, writing about visiting the church, diagramming the interior and testing out weapons, the shooter also hinted at a desire to be caught. After describing a family member who had remarked on “dark energy” surrounding Westman, the shooter wrote: “FIND ME I AM BEGGING FOR HELP, I AM SCREAMING FOR HELP.” “Every school I went to, I have some fantasy at some point or another of shooting up my school,” Trans Westman added. “Even every job.”

But this in  not new. Trans mass murderers have happened many many times before in America.

They must be stopped, at all cost!

A History of Trans Mass Murderers

In 1995 Vernon J. Geberth, M.S., M.P.S., Former Commander, Bronx Homicide, NYPD wrote a paper titled “Homosexual Serial Murder Investigation“.

NYPD Commander Geberth wrote:

Homosexual homicides are relatively common and may involve male victims killed by other males, or female victims, involved in some sort of lesbian relationship, who are killed by another female. Homosexual related homicides, like all sex-related homicides include, interpersonal violence-oriented disputes and assaults, killings that involve forced anal and/or oral sodomy, lust murders and other acts of sexual perversion, and serial killings. This article will address the subject of homosexual serial killers. It should be noted that uncomplicated homosexual male and female relationships as well as sexual orientation are not the subject of this article.

Homosexual Serial Killers in the U.S.

Homosexual serial murders involve sadomasochistic torture, lust murders, thrill killings, and child killings as well as robbery homicides which are homosexually-oriented. Homosexual serial killers can be loosely divided into three groups: (1) The homosexual serial killer, who exclusively targets other male homosexual victims, (2) The homosexual-oriented serial killer, who attacks heterosexual and homosexual victims, (3) The male pedophile homosexual serial killer, who attacks young males and boys.

It should be noted however, that these three categories presented by the author are not mutually exclusive due to victim opportunity and victim availability. For instance, JOHN WAYNE GACY and WAYNE WILLIAMS, who were basically homosexual male pedophiles, sexually assaulted and killed children and young adult males, who were heterosexuals as well as homosexuals. JEFFREY DAHMER, solicited homosexual young men, but he also was charged in the death of heterosexuals as well as a young boy.

The author’s research yielded a listing of 37 known and documented homosexual serial killers, which represent 30 cases of homosexual serial murder. These 37 offenders were charged with the deaths of approximately 280 male victims and were actually suspected of murdering approximately 755 victims.

Seven of the offenders, worked in teams. Offender WILLIAM BONIN worked with three other males. Offender DEAN CORLL worked with two other males, and KELBACH and KEARNEY each worked with a partner.

The most frequent motivation was sadomasochistic sexual acts followed by male pedophilia. Lust murders and robbery accounted for the balance. Twelve pedophile homosexual serial killers were suspected in the deaths of 126 young males and boys. JOHN WAYNE GACY, for example killed 33 young men and boys. He was executed in 1994. DEAN CORLL, with the assistance of ELMER WAYNE HENLEY and DAVID BROOKS killed 27 young men and boys.

Homosexual Lifestyles — Investigative Considerations

There are some homosexuals whose appearance, dress and demeanor fit the exaggerated effeminate and butch gestures and dress of homosexuals or lesbians. These individuals are highly visible within the general population due to these attributes. Male and female homosexuals might dress as “bikers,” and other macho types or “femme” and “fruit” depending upon what role they assume in their sexual exploits. These lifestyles represent specific subcultures within the subculture of homosexuality.

In addition, there are many male homosexuals, who engage in brief casual sex with multiple partners. They participate in what is called “cruising,” as they seek out a homosexual pick-up or partner for a brief sexual encounter.

There are a number of “gay bars” which cater to different segments of the homosexual community. For instance, there are lesbian bars, leather bars, business suit bars, drag bars, dancing bars, etc. These locations provide gays, who have a specific orientation, a place where they can be themselves. However, there are other establishments which exist exclusively for cruising opportunities which make multiple sexual encounters convenient and easy. There are back rooms and stalls where patrons can participate in various sexual activities privately with a partner or publicly, while other patrons stand around and watch. It is not uncommon for some of the more active patrons to have several sexual encounters throughout the evening.

Cruising or tricking by male homosexuals, who hang out at gay bars, gay baths, rest rooms, bus stations, amusement parks, truck stops and other kinds of public places looking for casual sex represent a high-risk victim group. Serial killers, who “work” these locations can operate anonymously among their victims. The impersonal nature of cruising; where participants meet to engage in sexual acts with complete strangers, affords the clever serial murderer with a number of killing fields of opportunity. Approximately 70 of the victims were “cruising” before they got killed. Approximately 80 of the males were victims of thrill killings and were selected because they were homosexual.

JEFFREY DAHMER, who engaged in necrophilia, anthropophagy and other bizarre activities with the bodies of his victims, is recognized as one of America’s most notorious male homosexual killers. He had managed to kill seventeen young men and boys over a thirteen year period before he was apprehended by authorities on July 22, 1991. Police found the body parts of eleven victims in Dahmer’s Milwaukee apartment. There were four male torsos stuffed into a metal barrel, two heads in the refrigerator, two heads in a freezer and seven skulls. There were boxes of bones and severed hands, a man’s genitals in a lobster pot, a freezer packed with lungs, intestines, a kidney, a liver and a human heart that DAHMER told police he was “saving to eat later.” (Davis, p. 143.) He confessed to drugging, strangling, dismembering and cannibalizing his victims. Police found photographs of some of the victims in various stages of mutilation.

DAHMER had decapitated some of his victims, boiled their skulls to preserve them, and then painted the skulls, which he kept as trophies. DAHMER reportedly had tried to create homosexual love slaves or “zombies,” by drilling holes in the victim’s skulls and pouring acid into the holes while they were still alive. In addition, he performed sexual acts with some of the bodies of his victims after they were dead, including an act of anal sex with one corpse.

JEFFREY DAHMER was killed in prison on November 28, 1994 by another inmate, who was serving time for murder.

ROBERT BERDELLA, who killed six male victims, was also interested in creating “sex slaves.” Police recovered 357 photographs at his residence which depicted twenty-three persons in various states of sexual torture. Six of these twenty-three people were identified as homicide victims. The other persons in the photos had been consensual partner’s of BERDELLA, who engaged in sadomasochistic activities with his “guests.”

BERDELLA established “Rules of the House” for his sex slaves, who were punished by beatings and electric shock. BERDELLA, who would put bleach into his victim’s eyes and inject different types of drugs and caustics into his “slaves” recorded the effects in a diary. He experimented by injecting his captives with Thorazine, animal tranquilizers, curare, and other unknown type drugs. He also injected “Drano” into their throats. He anally raped his victims and submitted them to the insertion of foreign objects into their anal cavities.

LARRY EYLER, was responsible for the sadistic murders of 23 young men in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin. His killings started in 1982 and ended with his arrest in 1984. In a stunning jailhouse confession, which Larry Eyler made through his attorney on December 4, 1990, law enforcement authorities were provided with a vivid insight into the sadistic murders of young gay men by Eyler and an associate.

Eyler described how a young man named Steven was brutally killed during an evening of sadistic sex orchestrated by an associate, who was a college professor. The professor was subsequently acquitted of murder. The author will refer to him as John in this case history. Lt. Perry Hollowell, who had originally investigated the homicide in 1982 was provided with this information during an interview with Eyler and his attorney in December, 1990. Lt. Perry Hollowell, now with the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and Trooper Frank Turchi, Indiana State Police provided the following details, which the author has edited for brevity and legal considerations due to the acquittal of the associate who is referred to as John.

Case History

According to Larry Eyler, he and John were driving around in Eyler’s Ford pickup truck in an area frequented by gays. They had decided “to play a scene.” John liked to play ‘director’ and create sexual scenes which he photograph. John liked everything to follow a sequence. They saw the victim (Steve) who they recognized to be homosexual. Eyler nodded his head at him and he nodded back. They made some small talk with the victim and asked him if he wanted to take a ride. They rode around for a while and talked about doing some sex. John said something about being horny and he wanted ‘get his dick off.’ The victim, Steve stated that he was also horny. According to Eyler, they asked Steve if he wanted to fuck around with them and the victim reportedly agreed. They told him that they were looking to get into ‘bondage.’ Eyler explained that they would tie him up and one of them ‘would suck him off.’ Steve agreed to participate. John told the victim that he would be paid for participating in the sex game. Both offenders then drove off with Steve sitting between them in the front seat of the truck. They made a brief stop so that John could pick up a bag. (Author’s note: Murder Kit) The bag had rope, tape, handcuffs, knife, a beige wrap. John also brought along his cameras – a Polaroid and a Nikon camera with its own flash. All three end up at an abandoned farm house. John told Steve they were going to tie him up to some beams. Steve agreed and Eyler tied Steve to the beams. Eyler wrapped duct tape around Steve’s head four or five times and then placed the ACE bandage around his eyes. According to Eyler, John had an erection at this point and he began taking pictures of Eyler removing Steve’s clothes. John then switched cameras from the instamatic to the Polaroid camera. John told Eyler to “Get the knife.” John then took pictures of Eyler holding the knife against Steve’s stomach. After a few minutes John said, “O.K. kill the motherfucker.” Eyler then stabbed Steve in the stomach. John took pictures of the stabbing. John then took the knife and he also stabbed Steve. According to Eyler, Steve’s body went limp. John then started to masturbate over it. Eyler then cut the body down with John. Eyler stated that he suddenly felt this rage build up so he took a piece of wood and began to beat Steve’s dead body. John then took pictures of this beating. They then took the body behind the house, where Eyler took out his knife and cut open the body open. John took pictures of the eviscerated body. Both offenders then “cleaned-up” the crime scene by collecting all of the evidence in plastic bags which they took from the scene. Eyler wore Platex gloves. Both offenders then went to John’s house where they cleaned up and washed their clothes. According to Eyler, John kept the pictures of the murders in his bedroom closet. John would periodically look through these pictures and masturbate to them. Eyler stated that after he was arrested in Indiana the police went to John’s house to search it for evidence and missed the box with the pictures of the murder victims.

LARRY EYLER was unknown to authorities in Indiana and Illinois, who were investigating a series of homosexual homicides in varying jurisdictions. In fact, during Christmastime, 1982 three different bodies including that of “Steve” were found in Indiana. A Multi-Agency Task force was formed to investigate these series of murders in Indiana. The body count continued to rise into the Spring of 1983. Many of the bodies were mutilated and disemboweled and in an advanced state of decomposition. In early June of 1983, a man who was upset with Eyler for taking his male lover, called the Task Force office and informed authorities that he believed that LARRY EYLER was responsible for the recent murders. Authorities began to “look” at EYLER, whose name appeared in a number of police reports. However, the evidence was at best circumstantial. The Multi-Agency Task Force began surveillance on EYLER and alerted various Troop Barracks to report any unusual activities of EYLER to the Task Force. An immediate problem occurred when a Indiana trooper observed LARRY EYLER and another male park a truck on the side of an Interstate and walk into the wood. The trooper, who went to investigate asked EYLER for identification. When the trooper called in the information, he was erroneously informed that “LARRY EYLER was ‘wanted’ by the Multi-Agency Task Force.” At this time, EYLER was placed under arrest and brought into the barracks. The Task Force responded and EYLER was ‘unarrested.’ However, during the interview of the other male, it was learned that EYLER had made a homosexual proposition to the male. The authorities searched the pick-up truck with EYLER’s permission. They siezed a pair of boots, surgical tape, rope and a hunting knife stained with blood. Unbeknownst to Indiana officials, LARRY EYLER was also quite active in Illinois. The body of Ralph Calise was found dumped in a field on August 31, 1983 in Lake County, Illinois. Calise had been bound with clothesline and surgical tape. He was stabbed 17 times and his pants were pulled down to his ankles. Ironically, the Calise homicide appeared to have the same signature of the slayings in Indiana. Authorities finally made the connection. The evidence siezed by Indiana authorities was forensically matched to the Calise case. EYLER was charged, but the evidence was excluded and EYLER was acquitted on the Calise case. On August 21, 1984 LARRY EYLER was arrested for the murder of fifteen year-old Danny Bridges, a street hustler in Chicago, Illinois. Danny Bridges, whose dismembered body had been wrapped in garbage bags and placed in a dumpster, had been lured by EYLER and an associate to an Eyler’s apartment in Chicago. EYLER was convicted and sentenced to death on this case. LARRY EYLER died of AIDS while in prison in March of 1994.

Investigative Significance

It should be noted that in each of the three serial murders cases discussed in this article the behaviors of these offenders can appropriately be described as psychopathic sexual sadism.

There was a style and pattern to their killings which involved domination, control, humiliation and sadistic sexual violence. The murders were committed without the least sense of guilt or shame and the killers displayed a total lack of remorse. The victims were chosen at random and the murders carried out in almost an obsessive manner.

Sexual sadists rely heavily on fantasy and ritual to obtain sexual satisfaction. There is an element of compulsivity as well as an obsession on the part of the sexual sadist to keep trophies and recordings of the event. Photographs of the victims played a significant part in their rituals as well as their ability to recall their sadistic acts.

Therefore, the author recommends that any search warrant applications in these type cases should certainly reference photographs as well as any records, scripts, letters, maps, diaries, drawings, audio tapes, video tapes, and newspaper reports of the crimes as possible evidence to be seized.

Conclusion

The circumstances and dynamics involved in homosexual serial murder investigations require detectives to be able to effectively communicate with the homosexual community. They must be able to break through various subcultures in a non-threatening and non-judgmental manner in order to open up critical lines of communication in pursuit of the necessary information relating to the murder investigation.

The Bottom Line

In a video, titled “Gay Serial Killers: How Sociology and Psychology Created a Phenomenon that Changed the Profile We Understood,” Ashley Torres uses cases like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy to explore how a lack of cultural and historical context in psychology limited the understanding and prevention of serial murder, advocating for a broader approach to profiling that includes cultural and sociological factors.

Key Themes

Flawed Scientific Approaches:

The video argues that focusing solely on scientific or psychological terms to understand serial killers is insufficient and overlooks crucial sociological and cultural elements.

Broader Context for Prevention:

Torres suggests that by incorporating cultural knowledge, historical perspectives, and an understanding of police awareness of victim selection, these crimes could have been prevented earlier.

Focus on Specific Cases:

The work examines the historical context of paraphilias such as cannibalism and necrophilia in the context of famous serial killers.

Emphasis on Social Construction:

The research builds on the theory that serial murderers learn violent behavior and are a product of their societal environment.

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