The just keep messing with Minnesota….
They can’t help it…..
High stakes , bare knuckles politics screwing the by-standers….
All this ain’t gonna help Republicans come November…
I guess they just do NOT care if they are making things easier for Democrats by beating on their states?
Federal Courts gonna keep dealing with this stuff and Federal Officals’s in that state ARE getting beatdowns…
Federal Freeze on Minnesoat Medicaid Funding…
Vance said the decision could presage similar crackdowns in other states, including California, as part of a “war on fraud” that President Donald Trump announced in his State of the Union address Tuesday. Trump’s administration has been at odds on a wide range of fronts with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat.
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Walz late Wednesday called the move part of a “campaign of retribution.”
“Trump is weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota,” Walz wrote in a social media post. “These cuts will be devastating for veterans, families with young kids, folks with disabilities, and working people across our state.”….
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Trump Treasury official to exit after objecting to Minneapolis crackdown
A top Trump Treasury official is leaving his post after privately raising objections to White House-backed plans to crack down on alleged fraud within the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota, according to seven people familiar with the matter.
John Hurley, a donor to President Donald Trump who is serving as the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, began telling associates in recent weeks that he was leaving his post. Hurley had recently conveyed his concerns to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessentabout a project to enhance federal monitoring of international payments from the Minneapolis area, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
His departure underscores how some Trump allies in the federal government are uneasy with the extent of White House directives to deploy law enforcement tools against Minneapolis’s Somali community. Two of the people said he raised data privacy concerns over the plans in question.
Hurley’s internal objections to the Somali fraud plan haven’t previously been reported. His departure is the latest senior-level exit at the Treasury Department, which has seen the departure of two chiefs of staff under Bessent, as well as the resignation of his top deputy in August…..
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