The Left's Performative Outrage |
What a news cycle we're having. In just the past week, we've had exposure of massive fraud in the state of Minnesota, the U.S. military's removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, widespread protests across Iran calling for the end of the Islamic regime, and the swearing in of New York City's new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
These seemingly unrelated items have one important thing in common, and that is that they reveal even more about the American Left, its disdain for liberty and the rule of law, and its love affair with authoritarian collectivism.
YouTuber Nick Shirley and his research partner, David Hoch, exposed more than $100 million in fraud being perpetrated by Somalis in Minneapolis, charging the state for empty child care centers, fake adult care facilities, and health care transportation services that provide no health care transportation.
Democrats went ballistic. Not, mind you, over the theft of taxpayer dollars, nor the corresponding impact on social services to Minnesota residents with actual needs. No, what really upset the Left -- including the reliably worthless legacy media -- was the fact that a young man armed with just a mic and a phone camera was able to blow the story wide open.
Despite their efforts to discredit Shirley, the conflagration has been too large to contain. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been forced to end his reelection campaign. (If the latest buzz is accurate, he'll be lucky if that's the worst of the consequences; more information is coming out indicating that Walz's office had been apprised of the fraud but did nothing.) And citizen journalists in other states are now conducting similar investigations.
Right on cue, here came the protesters, holding signs to allege "racism" and show their support -- not for beleaguered........