Operation Cold SNAP: USDA Targets 20 SNAP
Fraud Hotspots in Minnesota
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/18/2026 8:17:15 PM
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has come under significant national scrutiny in the past few months after revelations of mass fraud and waste. In Minnesota, the Trump administration is taking action to punish retailers who facilitate and practice the fraud. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins celebrated, “Operation ‘Cold SNAP’ was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!” Agents from her department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) joined Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on April 16 to go after SNAP/EBT fraudsters at 20 different Twin Cities locations, according to a USDA press release. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office have been working with their partners in law enforcement
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Minnesota GOP Senate candidate Michele Tafoya signaled openness to a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants when pressed on Republican amnesty legislation.
During an April 9 appearance on Will Cain’s radio show, the former sports broadcaster was asked where she stood on the DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act — legislation backed by several Republican lawmakers, including Florida Rep. Maria Salazar and New York Rep. Mike Lawler, who insist it is not amnesty. Tafoya responded that parts of a bill could be acceptable, even if she disagrees with others. Tafoya said she would need to see the specifics on the Dignity Act, telling Cain, “A bill can be really good
An illegal alien who has been deported twice snuck back into the country with about 30 kilograms of cocaine. Now, he's sentenced to 14 years in prison.
On April 14, 2026, United States District Judge Byron B. Conway sentenced Ruben Salgado-Espinoza, 51, to 169 months of imprisonment for conspiring to distribute cocaine and illegally re-entering the United States after being removed. Court records say that Salgado-Espinoza, a twice-deported Mexican National, led a large-scale drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.
He operated from a compound in Rockford, Illinois, where he received bulk shipments of cocaine from a source of supply in Mexico. Salgado-Espinoza also modified vehicles
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While Ukraine has yet to enter the European Union, Kyiv appears intent on mimicking the globalist economic ethos of Brussels and replacing its fallen men with African migrants.
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Great news!
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Trump admin sees record of 8,000 air traffic
controller applicants after effort to
hire gamers 9 replies
controller applicants after effort to
hire gamers 9 replies
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has come under significant national scrutiny in the past few months after revelations of mass fraud and waste. In Minnesota, the Trump administration is taking action to punish retailers who facilitate and practice the fraud. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins celebrated, “Operation ‘Cold SNAP’ was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!” Agents from her department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) joined Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on April 16 to go after SNAP/EBT fraudsters at 20 different Twin Cities locations, according to a USDA press release.
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Omar's revised financial disclosure form
shows sharp drop in her and her husband's
net worth 17 replies
shows sharp drop in her and her husband's
net worth 17 replies
The office of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is saying that the figures on a previously filed financial disclosure that showed a net worth of up to $30 million were due to an accounting error and don't reflect her actual financial situation with her husband Tim Mynett.
The original disclosure prompted criticism and calls from some GOP critics for further investigation.
Since then, Omar submitted an amended filing showing much lower assets of about $18,000 and $95,000.
According to her office, the discrepancy was the result of incorrect valuations from financial professionals tied to her husband’s business interests, including a venture capital firm and a winery in California.
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But the policy provoked a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the National Park Service, and other defendants.
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A Kansas City woman accused in a 2020 fatal shooting barely had time to make the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list before she was behind bars.
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That’s one way to get on the New York Times best seller list. It’s not honest, but it’ll probably work.
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Omar's revised financial disclosure form
shows sharp drop in her and her husband's
net worth 17 replies
shows sharp drop in her and her husband's
net worth 17 replies
The office of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is saying that the figures on a previously filed financial disclosure that showed a net worth of up to $30 million were due to an accounting error and don't reflect her actual financial situation with her husband Tim Mynett.
The original disclosure prompted criticism and calls from some GOP critics for further investigation.
Since then, Omar submitted an amended filing showing much lower assets of about $18,000 and $95,000.
According to her office, the discrepancy was the result of incorrect valuations from financial professionals tied to her husband’s business interests, including a venture capital firm and a winery in California.
Trump Admin Caves to Slew of LGBT Lawsuits,
Reinstalls 'Pride' Symbol at National Monument 17 replies
Reinstalls 'Pride' Symbol at National Monument 17 replies
Trump administration officials agreed on Monday to allow the “pride” flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City to fly once more.
The change comes after the Trump administration had removed the flag earlier this year, a move which immediately sparked legal challenges from LGBT activist groups.
The Department of the Interior had directed the National Park Service to remove the controversial flag, contending that non-agency flags could not be officially flown, according to a report from CBS News.
But the policy provoked a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the National Park Service, and other defendants.
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Mejia’s decisive win in the seat formerly held by New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill should send political shockwaves because I think it is more than fair to say that she will likely be perhaps the most socialistic member of Congress.
When asked if she would join “The Squad” shortly before the election,
CAIRO — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz quickly escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade choking off Iranian ports.
Confusion over the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes, threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict. The ceasefire between them is due to run out by mid-next week, and Pakistani mediators were working to put together a new round of direct negotiations to keep the truce going.
John Thune’s Senate has delayed weaponization
prosecutors in John Brennan probe for
two months 16 replies
prosecutors in John Brennan probe for
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Justice Department asked two Senate committees to provide transcripts and records of contacts with former CIA Director John Brennan regarding the now-discredited Russia collusion allegations, signaling there was an active investigation into whether the former spy boss had misled or obstructed Congress. The letters gave a hard deadline of Feb. 23 for compliance.
Two months later, the body run by Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has not complied, slowing a key angle of a grand jury investigation based in Fort Pierce, Fla., into whether Obama and Biden-era government officials engaged in a conspiracy —
At least eight children — ranging in age from one to 14-years-old — were killed early Sunday in what police describe as a sprawling domestic‑violence shooting that stretched across four separate crime scenes in Shreveport.
Shreveport Police Corporal Chris Bordelon told reporters officers were first dispatched just after 6 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 300 block of West 79th Street, where they located the initial scene. As officers canvassed the area, they discovered additional connected locations, including one on Harrison Street, all tied to the same domestic disturbance.
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Ilhan Omar Blames ‘Accounting Error’
For Financial Disclosure Showing Multimillion-Dollar Wealth 15 replies
For Financial Disclosure Showing Multimillion-Dollar Wealth 15 replies
Rep. Ilhan Omar has dramatically revised financial disclosures that previously showed multimillion-dollar assets, now claiming the figures were the result of an “accounting error.”
The far-left Somali Democrat, who regularly demands that lawmakers raise taxes on the super-rich, had reported assets between $6 million and $30 million in a prior filing.
Yet according to The Wall Street Journal, an amended disclosure now places total assets at just $18,004 to $95,000.
There are numerous headlines like the one above out there Friday, so I won’t pick on one particular outlet. There are longer ones like “European Leaders Welcome Hormuz Reopening and Push for Permanent Navigation Security.” Why did this make me chuckle? Because of course they’re pleased — and they had nothing to do with it.
But don’t worry, they’re going to have meetings about the situation very soon: I can barely contain my excitement. And Macron has “demands”: