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![EXCLUSIVE: Tech workers say they were mistaken for ICE agents, accosted by anti-ICE mob What began as a casual lunch between five Twin Cities software engineers quickly escalated into a frightening encounter after the men were misidentified as undercover federal agents and protesters were alerted to the Minneapolis restaurant where they were dining. Alpha News obtained video and spoke with one of the men, Lee, a software engineer from Plymouth, who described how the situation unfolded. Lee said the group was eating lunch at Clancy’s Deli, near 38th Street and Grand Avenue South, when one of the men — who belongs to an anti-ICE Signal chat — received a message from a group labeled “SW Minneapolis Rapid Response” claiming that plainclothes ICE agents were dining at the restaurant. “My friend was shocked,” Lee said. “He’s on the [anti-ICE] side politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten there before. And suddenly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE.” The software engineers — all white males dressed casually in sweatshirts and jackets — were soon confronted by protesters who surrounded the restaurant, shouting insults and blowing whistles in their ears as they attempted to leave, according to Lee. Lee emphasized to Alpha News that the group’s political views were mixed, but said the encounter left some of them reconsidering their positions. “One of us is pro-ICE, one anti-ICE, others on the fence,” he said. “After this, I think some of them are rethinking everything.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2012610307663802819/amplify_video_thumb/2012609481025232896/img/yY7MGpZQHh_yg5IR.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE: Tech workers say they were mistaken for ICE agents, accosted by anti-ICE mob What began as a casual lunch between five Twin Cities software engineers quickly escalated into a frightening encounter after the men were misidentified as undercover federal agents and protesters were alerted to the Minneapolis restaurant where they were dining. Alpha News obtained video and spoke with one of the men, Lee, a software engineer from Plymouth, who described how the situation unfolded. Lee said the group was eating lunch at Clancy’s Deli, near 38th Street and Grand Avenue South, when one of the men — who belongs to an anti-ICE Signal chat — received a message from a group labeled “SW Minneapolis Rapid Response” claiming that plainclothes ICE agents were dining at the restaurant. “My friend was shocked,” Lee said. “He’s on the [anti-ICE] side politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten there before. And suddenly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE.” The software engineers — all white males dressed casually in sweatshirts and jackets — were soon confronted by protesters who surrounded the restaurant, shouting insults and blowing whistles in their ears as they attempted to leave, according to Lee. Lee emphasized to Alpha News that the group’s political views were mixed, but said the encounter left some of them reconsidering their positions. “One of us is pro-ICE, one anti-ICE, others on the fence,” he said. “After this, I think some of them are rethinking everything.”
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🚨WATCH: A Minnesota millionaire tells lawmakers that he legally received SNAP benefits "My wife and I received nearly $6,000 of SNAP benefits over a 19-month period ... my wife and I received these benefits as a wealthy couple because eligibility in Minnesota is based on income only, not assets," Rob Undersander said while testify in support of a SNAP reform bill. "When we have nearly 1 in 7 Americans receiving food stamps in the wealthiest nation on earth with historically low unemployment rates, something is wrong ... one might call the current eligibility rules fraud by design."
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🚨WATCH: Faye Bernstein, a state employee who blew the whistle on fraud in Minnesota, says "the vast majority of people who were involved in retaliation of me got either bonuses or promotions." "The message is very clear: sit down and shut up," Bernstein says in the new Alpha News documentary Minnesota Mao.
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Tou Thao slams Chauvin trial injustices: ‘They wouldn't know the truth if it hit them in the face’ Tou Thao, one of the four Minneapolis police officers sent to prison for being involved in the arrest and heart attack of George Floyd, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast. Thao was one of the officers sent to prison for being involved in George Floyd's arrest and heart attack. He spoke out about his political imprisonment, the weaponization of Minnesota's justice system, and his powerful message in the brand new documentary, Minnesota Mao. “I want to expose and give the truth because what they want is to smother the truth. And I think we can kind of see that last eight years in the Walz administration,” said Thao. Watch Minnesota Mao here:
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🚨 BREAKING: The Minneapolis City Council moves forward with the potential legalization of "adult bathhouses and sex venues." "The 1988 ban wasn't a neutral policy. It was written during a moral panic targeting gay men," says Council Member Jason Chavez. Do you think this is a good idea?
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🚨 BREAKING: Jay Swanson, a former state trooper who investigated child care fraud in Minnesota, provides damning testimony to the House fraud committee Scammers would "say they first heard about it while in the refugee camp in Kenya ... they had heard you could run the scam in a number of different states, but it was easiest and you could make the most money doing it in Minnesota." Swanson then detailed the retaliation he says he faced from Department of Human Services leaders and said he was told to delete some of his answers to an inquiry from the legislative auditor. "I soon had a senior DHS official in my office, angry, red-faced, and almost yelling. The senior DHS official told me to delete a number of paragraphs ... I then advised this official that I believed what they were telling me to do was illegal." "I told them that the fraud was so huge that sooner or later it would come to light."
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Minnesota News. Independent Journalism. Reporting what others won’t. Follow @alphanews
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Alpha News releases new must-see documentary, ‘Minnesota v. We the People’ The documentary is available to view for free.
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🚨WATCH: Assistant U.S. AG Colin McDonald says the fraud charges announced today "include the highest loss amount ever charged in a Medicaid case in Minnesota." "One patient was supposed to be receiving 24-hour care through this program, but he was actually being serviced by a fraudster and received no services. This patient was later found dead. "Meanwhile, the architect of this fraud scheme was billing Medicaid as if he was providing care to this patient." Federal authorities announced new fraud charges against 15 individuals today. According to McDonald, the fraudsters targeted $90 million in taxpayer funds with their schemes. "We will not, full stop, tolerate this greed and deceit," he said. "This is just the beginning."
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WATCH: "The mob mentality is stunning" Dr. Mehmet Oz (Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and Jim O'Neill (Deputy Sec. of HHS) explained how they were flipped off, followed, and their cars were surrounded while trying to investigate fraud at a building in St. Paul.
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BREAKING: Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who dropped his bid for reelection yesterday, appears to suggest that Joe Thompson, the top fraud prosecutor in the state, should be "let go." "You saw a US attorney stand up, which has been released by ... would have been let go by any other administration, speculating about things with no factual information. That's defamation, and that's coming from the US attorney. We are under assault."
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