Notes from a retired newspaper publisher
Monday, December 29, 2025
Tweets#
  • Biased or threatened?#
    • Worthy of investigation. — Come meet the Minnesota judges who have dismissed and overturned recent Somali fraud cases https://t.co/MSw8j7fVuC via @Not_the_Bee [Link]#
  • The problem seems not to be individual.#
    • @Iamjaneezy @CynicalPublius You have not addressed how honor is interpreted in the Somali culture and whether fraudulently obtaining money from governments is an honorable act. Be specific about flaws general to a culture. [Link]#
  • Sad but true.#
    • What legacy media? — PRIORITIES: https://t.co/qXkhoVOVkE https://t.co/AE32sF5ZJu [Link]#
Retweets#
  • Why do state governments seem not to be looking?#
    • RT @WallStreetApes: Attorney Mehek Cooke says massive fraud is taking place in Ohio... ... She says fraudulent Somalian healthcare companies are… [Link]#
  • Time to verify.#
    • RT @SecRubio: The United States remains the most generous nation in the world for lifesaving humanitarian assistance—but under @POTUS’s lea… [Link]#
  • Journalism fail.#
    • RT @RVPCommenter: @ComfortablySmug it’s almost like he doesn’t have to worry about local journos doing their job. Oh wait. https://t.co/yyK… [Link]#
  • Ouch!#
    • RT @HansMahncke: Given how quickly these scandals fade from memory, we should make “learing” a permanent addition to the English language.… [Link]#
  • Whose money is being stolen?#
    • RT @ThomasSowell: “Reaching into someone else’s pocket to assist one’s fellow man hardly qualifies as charity.”... ... — Walter E. Williams [Link]#
  • Cutting away at postmodern word games.#
    • RT @KatKanada_TM: Jordan Peterson educates Piers Morgan on why islamophobia is a nonsensical word, how the West is incompatible w/ Islam, &… [Link]#
  • Real journalism.#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Nick Shirley just DROPPED THE MIC on Tim Walz after he called anyone "racist" for pointing out Somali fraud... ... "… [Link]#
  • Not another state!#
    • RT @jabeale: Blinking red lights. This story‘s becoming too big to kill. Deep roots, loooong tentacles creeping out in all directions, ever… [Link]#
    • RT @TheChiefNerd: Q: “Why do you think local reporters weren‘t doing the work that you did?”... ... NICK SHIRLEY: “Because it‘s Somalians that ar… [Link]#
    • RT @shipwreckedcrew: I‘m not dumping on Nick -- he took his camera and went to the locations and knocked on doors. ... ... Great for him, and I… [Link]#

Last update: Monday December 29, 2025; 9:38 PM EST.