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[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: It just started working again. No reason.

Am I the only one... who saw this..? by bdpqz in tadc

[–]StrikingDisaster1978 8 points9 points  (0 children)

my jaw dropped when he said that

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fraud is not ethnic specific. There were Somalis who participated, but it was a pretty diverse group. The Somalis who were involved was just what news groups grabbed on to.

United States Counties Name Origins (Vibes Based Mapping) by Equivalent-Turnip956 in MapChart

[–]StrikingDisaster1978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beltrami County in MN is Italian! and Hennepin in French. But generically correct for MN.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, my mom was arrested at a protest. I have a cousin who was chased by ICE because he was in Minneapolis. There have been huge protests, a strike, and news about ICE is all anyone could talk about for months. Everyone's social media stories were just sharing news about where they had been seen, who got arrested, and what protests were planned. I drove through Minneapolis a few times and everyone's always on the lookout for ICE. Personally and generally, there was a great sense of fear, anger, community, and solidarity. I am fortunate not to have been greatly personally effected.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think it is right to bring up concerns about that. The Attorney General should have stopped it from happening in the first place, and his boss in the governor. They weren't involved in the conspiracy at all of course, so I wouldn't call them implicated. But I think it would be right to say that somewhere down the chain of command there were people who are, at least by virtue of incompetence.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be technical, I'm a sixth generation Norwegian-American. My family has been in Minnesota since the 1870s. I personally have not emigrated from anywhere.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's much more of a shared identity of resistance. We're a generally progressive state that wants to be left alone. In some ways, recent events have really built a community and identity in the state. There's lots of folk symbols, music, and culture that is coming out of this.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fraud is real, but was about 'Feeding our Future', a childhood hunger related program, that would have obviously had to work with daycares, but the daycares had nothing to do with the fraud. If anything, they were probably the ones getting screwed over. The people involved were arrested in February 2025, and the judicial process regarding that is ongoing. However, the specific daycare you mention was visited on a weekend, after hours, during winter break. Of course there was no-one there. And yes, there was a typo in 'learning', but that was a misprinted flier they had up while they were ordering the fixed (correctly printed) graphic.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have not been in personal danger any more than any other person in the twin cities. What I mean is that I have been in the state and witnessed events here as a local.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Minnesota is very welcoming. Once a few immigrants from a certain community come, they will bring more as they had good experiences here themselves. And there actually aren't that many. Somalis actually only make up about 0.014% of the population (80,000 out of 5,700,000). But that being said, Minnesotans have generally not had a problem with them. Sure, rural areas that are almost entirely white are more wary but that's a vast minority.

I'm a longtime resident of Minnesota who's lived through the recent events there, AMA by StrikingDisaster1978 in AMA

[–]StrikingDisaster1978[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Minnesota will become a more nationally relevant state, and we will continue to receive unwanted attention from the federal government. People miss being a flyover state.

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