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2025-12-31 Government Corruption

Somali Congresswoman Ilhan Omar facing probe over how her family wealth rocketed from near-nothing to $30 million in just one year

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-31 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1811 views ] Top

1 Now
She said the rush to push out benefits during the pandemic resulted in a lack of guardrails for the programs.

Rep. Omar is center stage in massive Minnesota fraud scandal for her support of abused programs

Then
Omar introduced the Act with the goal of removing oversight barriers to the expansion of federally funded state meals programs amid the school closures of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-31 00:15|| 2025-12-31 00:15|| Front Page Top

2 COVID and the removal of rules allowed not only for massive fraud and theft of money, but theft of elections as well.

Posted by DarthVader 2025-12-31 00:42|| 2025-12-31 00:42|| Front Page Top

3 Take all their money and send all their ases back to their shithole.

Posted by chris 2025-12-31 01:51|| 2025-12-31 01:51|| Front Page Top

4 ...how her family wealth rocketed from near-nothing to $30 million in just one year

Peeked at Pelosi's notes?

Posted by Mercutio 2025-12-31 09:25|| 2025-12-31 09:25|| Front Page Top

5 ^ Cattle Futures™

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-31 09:31|| 2025-12-31 09:31|| Front Page Top

6 They will give her a lame fine and expect us to be happy with them for holding her accountable.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-31 10:14|| 2025-12-31 10:14|| Front Page Top

7 Cheatin' like I don't know how.

Keith Richards

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-12-31 13:16|| 2025-12-31 13:16|| Front Page Top

8 “The company is a winery in Santa Rosa, California. Its value is listed between $1 million and $5 million, according to Omar's financial disclosure form.”

Why do all Democrats launder their money through wineries? Pelosi, Newscum, etc?

Posted by Angiger Cheregum9753 2025-12-31 17:16|| 2025-12-31 17:16|| Front Page Top

9 There have been many who enriched themselves from government. Perhaps something will come from this probe but I am skeptical.

Posted by JohnQC 2025-12-31 18:28|| 2025-12-31 18:28|| Front Page Top

10 Family wealth rose to a bracket from 6 to 30 million. Husband's business seems to have been worth about 5 million. So did she amass 1 million (within reach of normal DC 'ethics?') Or 25 million (requiring some serious fraud?)

Posted by Glenmore 2025-12-31 21:27|| 2025-12-31 21:27|| Front Page Top

11 The Halal Winery

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-31 22:41|| 2025-12-31 22:41|| Front Page Top

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