Governor Tim Walz is suddenly very defensive — not over a cheap political hit or a partisan dust-up, but over something far more serious: the apparent theft of taxpayer dollars on a massive scale.

A now-viral investigative video showing empty or barely functioning daycare centers receiving millions in public funds has exposed what many Minnesotans have long suspected — that the state’s social-services funding pipeline has been riddled with fraud, lax oversight, and ideological blinders so thick they border on willful negligence.

Walz’s response? A mixture of denial, deflection, and self-congratulation for so-called “reforms.”

Frankly, it’s laughable.

Let’s start with the most obvious question: how does a “learning” center — misspelled “Learing” on the actual sign — manage to swipe roughly $1.9 million from taxpayers and still be standing? Not shuttered. Not raided. Not prosecuted. Standing.

That isn’t a paperwork error. That isn’t a clerical slip. That is a systemic failure so profound it demands criminal scrutiny.

The investigative footage that ignited this scandal wasn’t partisan spin or political theater. It wasn’t anonymous leaks or cherry-picked documents. It was video evidence — empty buildings, locked........

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