The article never once mentions them actually securing an indictment against Lemon.

More: A 2024 audit report by the Minnesota legislature examining the Feeding Our Future scandal said officials with the Education Department complained that the USDA was unresponsive when they asked about how to deal with problems presented by the nonprofit.

"For example, one MDE official told us that in communications between MDE and USDA about initiating administrative action against Feeding Our Future, USDA pushed responsibility back to MDE, telling the department that it should make decisions consistent with federal regulations," the report said.

The report also said that when the state asked about unusual attendance patterns reported at child meal sites namely, perfect daycare attendance over an extended period, which was a red flag for fraud the USDA said the attendance pattern was plausible under pandemic rule changes in effect at the time. "When MDE reached out to USDA to notify it of unusual attendance patterns, USDA responded that perfect attendance would be possible due to the waivers," according to the report.

In April 2020, after the state hesitated to approve eight new feeding sites for Feeding Our Future, the organization threatened to file a lawsuit accusing the government of racial discrimination against the Somali community that the organization served.

A former USDA official, who requested anonymity during an interview with HuffPost, recalled a state official asking the federal government for support to defend against the allegations. The state sought a letter of support from the USDA saying the number of meals Feeding Our Future claimed to be serving was implausible and could be a sign of fraud. "These numbers don't look right, and the state is justified in taking the action that it is taking," the former USDA official recalled thinking. "We discussed it as being fraud."

The official urged higher-ups at USDA to support the state's suspicion of fraud, but they declined. They didn't want to get involved.

"I was very frustrated and disappointed that we didn't act faster," the former official said. "We were waiting for it to hit the papers. When it did, nobody was surprised."

More: The protesters interrupted a service at the church, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor, and chanted "ICE out." Afterward, the Trump administration sought to charge eight people over the episode, including Mr. Lemon, citing a law that protects people seeking to participate in a service in a house of worship.

But the magistrate judge who reviewed the evidence approved charges against only three of the people, rejecting the evidence against Mr. Lemon and the others as insufficient. The Justice Department then petitioned a federal appeals court to force the judge to issue the additional warrants, only to be denied.

Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Mr. Lemon, vowed to fight the charges.

"Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Mr. Lowell said in a statement on Friday. "Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done."

Mr. Lowell added, "This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court."

"We need a list of all the Jews to, uh, make sure no one, uh...picks on them - yeah, picks on 'em, that's it! Macht schnell!"

How many of the agents in this video were present for Pretti's murder? Does this show their motive for his killing?

More: "Either Director Gabbard believes there was a legitimate foreign intelligence nexus " in which case she is in clear violation of her obligation under the law to keep the intelligence committees fully and currently informed' of relevant national security concerns " or she is once again demonstrating her utter lack of fitness for the office that she holds by injecting the nonpartisan intelligence community she is supposed to be leading into a domestic political stunt designed to legitimize conspiracy theories that undermine our democracy," he wrote in a response to his first post.

"Either is a serious breach of trust that further underscores why she is totally unqualified to hold a position that demands sound judgment, apolitical independence, and a singular focus on keeping Americans safe," he added.

From the Times' comments section: "The best line I've heard so far: 'If they showed it on an airplane, viewers would still walk out.'"

Yeah it's fairly common gear for the gun nut crowd but I think the more important point is our police should not be showing up to do routine work armed like soldiers.

I've said it before, but this lunatic sounding like a voice of reason just shows you how detached from reality the GOP has become.

I'd glad is speaking out against American fascism but holy ---- does Bruce Springsteen's music suck. I never understood how he became so popular.

Not to mention feeding the world required USAID and the vast amount of goods they purchased and distributed.

America has no left to speak of. Democrats would be a center right party anywhere else in the world.

Hulk Hogan has been dead since last July.

Border Patrol just shot someone else.

A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona on Tuesday, according to a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.

The individual, who has not been identified, was shot in southern Pima County near milepost 15 of West Arivaca Road at around 7:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Rita Fire District. The fire department said it transported the person in critical condition.

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Yep. He'll be able to retire and collect a check from the US taxpayers every two weeks for the rest of his miserable life. Probably while also working at Palantir or Flock or a16z or whatever.

At the end of the day, Madel said, "I have to look my daughters in the eye and tell them, I believe I did what was right.' And I am doing that today."

The man couldn't look his children in the face and continue to call himself a Republican.

Sounds like this is the one Republican who should be running in Minnesota. Further proof that the GOP is completely incompatible with American values.

I can deal with the cold, but that much ice will likely knockout power all over the place. That part will suck.

I'm worried about keeping my aquarium heated and the pumps running if the power drops for a long time. I just added three beautiful new juvenile discus fish to the tank.

I need to bite the bullet and get a Generac this year.

bleeding from the nose and vomiting blood, as they struggled to stand

Sounds like a war crime in all but name.

They're calling for up to an inch of ice from freezing rain here in Charlotte. Not looking forward to the next few days.

From the article: He is not just joking. He is not just trolling.

He is not owning the libs. He is not simply toying with the mainstream media.

He is not playing 3-D chess.

He is not a master of the art of the deal. He is not a business genius. He is not a political savant.

He is not a peacemaker. He does not believe in "America first" or even know what it means. And he has no intention of making America "great again."

No matter who you are, no matter how close you are to him, he does not represent you or even care about your interests.

No. He's none of the good or great things the slavering -------- in his Cabinet or on his White House staff make him out to be. And none of the defenses his enablers on Capitol Hill and in the press and across the country have used in the past work any longer.

I heard the same thing about Beto. I'll believe it when I see it.

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We'll have to source peons from somewhere after we send all the cheap labor that was already here to foreign gulags.