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Michele Bachmann—a former U.S. congresswoman who represented Minnesota's 6th District from 2007 until 2015, and a former Republican presidential candidate in 2012—joined Liz Collin on her podcast for an exclusive conversation on Minnesota fraud. 

As Governor Tim Walz announced he will not seek a third term and fraud continues to make national news, Alpha News has been taking an even closer look at the warning signs and the missteps to explain how things were allowed to get this bad. 

Bachmann was sounding the alarm more than a decade ago and says the multiple investigations getting underway are “long overdue.”

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Prompted by a flood of tips from readers about facilities that tipsters say do not appear to be providing services, Alpha News reporters Liz Collin and Jenna Gloeb visited more than a dozen autism centers and adult day care businesses across the Twin Cities during posted business hours on Monday, Dec. 15.

Vacant rooms and autism therapy centers with no children present were among the findings as the reporters examined concerns raised by tipsters about Medicaid-funded programs.

No children were observed at any of the autism centers visited. Only a few workers and a small number of elderly women were seen at the adult day care facilities. Many of the locations seemed empty.

At one location, a luxury sedan circled the Alpha News reporters in the parking lot. Shortly afterward, police were called to report the journalists.

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Jeremy Christenson, a former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent, joined Liz Collin on her podcast and explained how cases of cash smuggling and fraudulent day care centers were ignored by prosecutors.

Christensen said many of the cases he investigated “went away into thin air.” He had concerns ever since he started investigating cases of fraud in Minnesota some 10 years ago. 

But with Somali fraud making national headlines, he had to bring what he witnessed as an investigator to light.

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He once wanted to die for Allah, but courageously left Islam for Christianity and is now working to save Muslims around the world. Mohamad Faridi shared his journey and his message to Minnesota with Liz Collin on her podcast. 

Faridi pointed out that while the United States is a country founded on religious freedom, it seems that talking about the truth of Islam is somehow forbidden.

In speaking about his perspective of the truth about Islam, Faridi said, "There's nothing divine about it, it's just a political movement."

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A whistleblower who works in county government—and tried to call attention to fraud in Minnesota—joined Liz Collin on her podcast. She asked that we protect her identity for the interview, so we called her Susan. 

She spoke out on Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud, a program funded by Medicaid and administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The program was officially shut down on October 31st. 

“What I witnessed firsthand, there were a lot of red flags," she said.

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AJ Kern, who ran for congress herself, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about the shocking details in documents related to Rep. Omar's personal history and immigration status.

Rep. Omar has repeatedly "claimed that she became a citizen at the age of 17," Kern explained.

However, based on public records, Kern said it seems as though Rep. Omar "was actually 18 in the year 2000, when her father became eligible to apply for citizenship."

After requesting and reviewing official documents, Kern believes that Rep. Omar "actually wasn't a minor when her father could apply for naturalization. It kind of blows a hole in her story that she obtained naturalization or citizenship."

Kern also pointed out how the Minnesota Secretary of State does not verify the citizenship of candidates running for office.

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In hindsight, she says the suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash seem like an obvious connection to the estimated billions of dollars in fraud.

While traveling with large amounts of money is not illegal, as long as it's documented, she also explains how much money she saw, how law enforcement officers were contacted—and how little was done about it—during her interview with Liz Collin.

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A common language, a common border, but somehow worlds apart. 

A Somaliland activist offers some perspective on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Somali fraud in Minnesota, and more.

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An outspoken conservative professor has been taking on woke indoctrination and ideology at a Wisconsin college campus. His social media post in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination went viral as he’s pushed for more open dialogue. 

Dr. Trevor Tomesh is a computer science professor at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls. He joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Dr. Tomesh has been speaking out for some time on college campuses.

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Alpha News reporters Jenna Gloeb and Liz Collin provide an update on their investigation into a state autism program, prompting more questions than answers.

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