Derrik Pinckney

[Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary @Minnesota_DHS]

Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response. Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. Instead of partnership, we got the full weight of retaliation by Tim Walz, certain DFL members and an indifferent mainstream media. It’s scary, isolating and left us wondering who we can turn to.

In addition to retaliating against whistleblower, Tim Walz disempowered the Office of the Legislative Auditor, allowing agencies to disregard their audit findings and guidance. Media and politicians supporting Tim Walz or the DFL-agenda attacked whistleblowers who were trying to raise red flags on fraudulent activities.

This is a cascade of systemic failures leading up to Tim Walz. Agency leaders appointed by Tim Walz willfully disregarded rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet - even to the extent of threatening families of whistleblowers. These same leaders are not qualified for their jobs, instead getting leadership jobs via Tim Walz’s friendship so state government were left floundering. DFL lawmakers refused to acknowledge fraud and deflected any serious conversation to stop fraud. Biased mainstream media such as WCCO and MPR showed absolutely no interest in covering fraud happening in our own state. Programs, especially in behavioral health and disability services were built without any guardrails against fraud, all in an attempt to extract more funding from legislature and the federal government.

As staff, we firsthand witnessed and observed fraud happening yet we were shutdown, reassigned and told to keep quiet. Sometimes more. Leadership did not want to appear to discriminate against certain communities and were unwilling to take action, such as stopping fraud, that would have an adverse impact on their image. To date, no single agency leader has been held responsible for their role in fraud whether it’s Shireen Gandhi, Jess Geil, Jodi Harpstead, Natasha Merz, Eric Grumdahl or others.

It is a structure created and maintained by Tim Walz who has created an environment of inter-related agencies and institutions including the media - that help foster fraud through retaliation and turning a blind eye in exchange for political gain in the form of high power agency leadership jobs or other perks.

Fundamentally, Tim Walz is dishonest, lacks ethics and integrity, has poor leadership abilities, and has never taken any accountability for his role in fraud. Instead, Tim Walz deflects by blaming national politics for his own failings and distracts the public with inveterate lying. These lies include his reference of a budget surplus under his tenure. Fact is, Minnesota never had a surplus, we had been given federal ARPA funds that were conflated as surplus money otherwise, we’d be in a deficit. And those ARPA funds, which were meant to be temporary funds were used to create more leadership positions for Tim Walz “buddies.”

As such, we can’t fight fraud in Minnesota alone hence why we’re appealing to the federal levels of government. We need all the help we can get as Tim Walz’s agency leaders have upped their brazen approach in covering up their knowledge of fraud.

We are grateful to numerous solid politicians (esp the Fraud Committee) and media outlets who are trying to halt fraud. We are also grateful to other whistleblowers who are bravely stepping up.

Thank You NY Times for bringing the plight of Minnesota to the national stage.

@nytimes

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@GovTimWalz And you are cutting chiropractic care for any Minnesotan over the age of 21 that is on Medicaid or Minnesota care starting January 1, 2026. Who does that benefit other than your own pockets getting stuffed by big pharma?

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

I’m betting my whole bank account on the blonde

[Marshall Tigers Activities @MarshalltigerAD]

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[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

Patrick Mahomes Ankle

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@AB84 @GamebredFighter Was anyone really surprised?

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@BillToulouse Originally added to water to strengthen tooth enamel but more recently has been found to weaken bones and be a neurotoxin if ingested in excess

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

Donald Trump has been the President-Elect for not even two days:

- Steve Madden is halting manufacturing in China by half in a yr
- Hamas calls for an end to the war in the Middle East
- The Iran backed Houthis announced a ceasefire.
- Putin said he’s ready to work toward peace

[Breit Nelson @BreitNelson]

Kezlyn Pinckney is a 2027 libero who just doesn't let the ball drop for @mpstigers
@PrepDig @PrepDigMN

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@mattmfm Those were the same hand-picked clowns they interviewed before the debate

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@GovTimWalz Exporting more jobs than anything else

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@elonmusk Once upon a time, the United States would have stood up for the citizens of Brazil to fight this tyranny. Unfortunately, our leadership now wants the same thing.

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@BillToulouse My Humps- Black eyed peas

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@GovTimWalz Have you watched “The Fall of Minneapolis” yet? I think you would like it

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@HumansNoContext

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@Bwebby2 Must’ve been sick that day

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@sosarick Jim Brown?

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@covid_clarity @GovTimWalz Let’s use some of that 18 billion dollar surplus to put an armed security guard in every school. You don’t plan on cutting taxes so it should be affordable

[Derrik Pinckney @Derrik8]

@jmichaelberg @Patrick_Reusse Correct. That is why they were called that but the mascot was a Great Dane