A several-billion-dollar welfare scam hit national news shortly before the riots erupted in Minneapolis. And the people egging on the protesters seem to be directly involved in this fraud.Punching Upwards, Episode 23 for 15 February 2026Topics: Politics / Minneapolis Protests🦉 No AI ContentCreditsThanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!See Also* Punching Upwards 19: The Death of Renee Good* Punching Upwards 21: The Death of Alex PrettiSources* The Shame of Our Cities, County Highway (Volume 3, Issue 3), 12 November 2025* Tweet by Walter Kirn on County Highway story (archived copy), 1 December 2025* Ilhaan Omar oo ka qayb qaadatay Cunto Siinta ilmaha ee Safari Restaurant (video of Ilhan Omar preparing and delivering meals at the Safari restaurant during the pandemic), Somali TV of Minnesota, 3 May 2020* I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal, Nick Shirley, 26 December 2025* Verdict reached in Feeding Our Future trial of Aimee Bock and Salim Said, KARE 11, 19 March 2025* Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Mastermind and Co-Defendant Guilty in $250 Million Pandemic Fraud Scheme, US Department of Justice, 19 March 2025* F.B.I. Sees ‘Massive Fraud’ in Groups’ Food Programs for Needy Children, The New York Times, 8 March 2022* Justice Dept. Charges 48 in Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud in Minnesota, The New York Times, 20 September 2022* How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch, The New York Times, 29 November 2025* Children in headscarves seen being brought into notorious Minneapolis daycare hit by fraud allegations as local claims misspelt sign was just a ‘printing error’, The Daily Mail, 31 December 2025* Federal authorities announce end to immigration crackdown in Minnesota, The Associated Press, 12 February 2026The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules! Get full access to Punching Upwards at punchingupwards.substack.com/subscribe