Ryan Holliday

[Ryan Holliday @rcholliday]

@SaltyBitch_52 @sportdrink

[Micah Beutell @Micah_CBC]

Dudy Noble Field

The Best Ballpark in College Baseball

[Micah Beutell @Micah_CBC]

I try to put into words this day at Dudy Noble Field & the weekend that was my @SECbaseball ballpark tour.

The Dude is a bucket list ballpark for all baseball fans.

[Christian Heiens 🏛 @ChristianHeiens]

Here's what Virginia Democrats have introduced so far. This list is truly insane:

>Bans future attempts to clean up voter rolls (HB111)
>Makes it illegal for state agencies distributing federal dollars to NGOs to investigate whether they're engaged in fraud (HB1369)
>Makes it illegal to hand-count ballots (HB968)
>Allows mail-in ballots to be counted one week after election day (HB773)
>Allows for absentee ballots to be received and counted for three days after election day (HB82)
>Gerrymanders the state with a 10-1 or 9-2 Democrat Congressional map (HJ4)
>Creates a state-level equivalent of the VRA (HB967)
>Eliminates the requirement that large last-minute campaign contributions have to be publicly reported at least 24 hours before election day (HB1348)
>Removes the State Board of Elections' ability to dispatch law enforcement officers to collect vote tallies from a locality that refuses to publish them (HB1321)
>Joins the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact for allocating Virginia's electoral college votes in presidential elections (HB965)
>Automatic restoration of voting rights for felons after they're released from prison and the mentally handicapped (HB964, HB963, & HB1014)
>Allows for votes to be cast "electronically through the internet" (HB493)
>Public funding of political campaigns at the local level (HB162)
>Abolishes all mandatory minimum sentencing for rape, manslaughter, assaulting a law enforcement officer, possession and distribution of child pornography, and all repeat violent felonies (HB863)
>Makes it harder for judges to deny bail, even in the case of things like aggravated assault, armed robbery, and drug trafficking (HB357)
>Gives convicted murderers, rapists, and terrorists a chance to get out of prison early (HB853)
>Drastically reduces the criminal penalty for robbery (HB244)
>Bars prosecutors from mentioning a criminal's prior convictions during the guilt phase of a trial, even if it's for the same crime (HB1070)
>Transfers the Department of Juvenile Justice from the Secretary of Public Safety's purview to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (SB21)
>Reduces the amount of time that the Commonwealth can compel a convicted criminal to pay court fees from 60 years to 10 (SB180)
>Taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries (HB1245)
>Bans most discretionary state contracting under $100K from going to businesses owned by White men and allows state agencies to award contracts to women or minority-owned firms that are 5% more expensive than a bid from a business owned by a White man (HB61)
>Punishes VMI for adopting an anti-DEI stance (HB1374 & HB22)
>Abolishes all Confederate-themed license plates (HB1344)
>Eliminates the tax-exempt status for all Confederate history groups (HB167)
>Renames Columbus Day to "Indigenous Peoples Day." (HB858)
>Makes it illegal to approach within 8ft of somebody within 40 feet of an abortion clinic (SB137)
>Enshrines a Leftist narrative about January 6 and teaches it in public schools (HB333)
>Allows localities to adopt rent control measures (HB1177)
>Increases the sales tax in Northern Virginia, adds an additional sales tax for home deliveries, raises the car tax for electric vehicles, and imposes new sales taxes for streaming services, concerts, gym memberships, nail salons, barber shops, tanning beds, tatoo parlors, dry cleaners, shoe repairs, carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, landscaping, and housekeeping work for homes, swimming pool maintenance, travel agencies, and shipping services (SB730, HB1179, HB900 & HB978)
>Creates a new tourism tax on event entrance fees (HB550)
>Raises the hotel tax in Arlington (HB524)
>Imposes a new 7.75% tax on incomes over $1 Million (HB1074)
>Creates two new tax brackets, one over $600K at 8% and another over $1 Million at 10% (HB979)
>Imposes a 3.8% investment tax on top of state income taxes (HB378)
>Allows every locality to raise the state sales tax by 1% (HB334 & SB66)
>Raises the sales tax for Stafford County (HB1000)
>Rounds up all state and local taxes by the nearest 5-cent increment (HB954)
>Allows localities to outlaw gas-powered leaf blowers (HB881)
>Imposes a new personal property tax on electric-powered lawn equipment (HB557)
>Limits the ability to use self-driving or autonomous vehicles (HB1124)
>Allows state and local government to implement traffic and speed cameras (HB1330 & HB994)
>Puts speed cameras on state highways (HB1220)
>Requiring a license to buy a firearm (HB1359)
>"Assault weapons" ban (HB217)
>Strips gun rights from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor "hate crime" (HB1015)
>Making it illegal to shoot a firearm on lot sizes less than 5 acres (HB926)
>Expands "gun-free zones" (HB626)
>Shrinks concealed-carry reciprocity with other states (HB24)
>Holds firearm manufacturers liable for gun deaths (HB21 & SB27)
>Imposes an 11% sales tax on all firearms and ammunition (HB1094)
>Imposes a $500 sales tax on firearm suppressors (HB207)
>Drastically raises the physical requirements to operate a firearms store (HB907)
>Makes it harder to obtain a concealed carry permit (HB916)
>Creates a new taxpayer-funded state propaganda "center" for the sole purpose of promoting gun control (HB969)
>Ends qualified immunity for police (HB 1314)
>Targets ICE by banning the use of facial coverings by law enforcement officers (HB7)
>Makes ICE agents liable for civil lawsuits filed by illegal aliens (HB1314)
>Prohibits ICE from arresting illegal migrants outside of courthouses (HB1265)
>Establishes a state propaganda commission to publicize the supposed negative impacts of ICE raids in Virginia (HB1264)
>Creates a state-mandated playbook for how schools must respond to ICE showing up on their campus and bans school employees from assisting ICE (HB1260)
>Unionizes government employees and gives them collective bargaining rights (HB1263)
>Unlimited taxpayer-funded home purchases for government employees (HB164)
>Preferential hiring in State government for Federal employees laid off by DOGE (HB494)
>Defers property taxes for Federal employees during shutdowns (HB915)
>Hikes Minimum Wage to $15/Hour (HB1)
>Eliminates the minimum wage exemption for farm workers (HB20)
>Mandates the hiring of a new bureaucratic position ("Career Coach") in every single public school (HB138)
>Mandates "mental health screenings" for all public school students between 6th and 12th grade (HB355)
>Drastically curtails home school and private school independence from the Virginia Department of Education (HB359)
>Raises the salaries of school board chairs and vice-chairs (HB382)
>Free public school education for illegal aliens (HB912)
>Allows out-of-state Indian tribe members to receive in-state tuition (HB287)
>Lets students graduate high school despite failing grades (SB147)
>Eliminates nearly all academic benchmarks for college students to continue receiving financial aid (SB167)
>Somali daycare fraud pilot program (HB259)
>Expands the eminent domain powers of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (HB446)
>Reclassifies Solar farms as an "agricultural operation", thus granting it protections under the Right to Farm law (HB1091)
>More than triples financial penalties from the Department of Environmental Quality to comply with environmental regulations (HB1350)
>Mandates all localities adopt an "environmental justice plan" (HB256)
>Allocates $100 million in taxpayer funding for the production of "sustainable aviation fuel" (HB1230)
>Eliminates the ability of a health insurance provider to charge a premium for smokers (HB220)
>Adds a new insurance mandate to cover over-the-counter condoms (HB1182)
>Mandates "unconscious racial bias" trainings for nurses to retain their license (SB22)

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable

We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening, the fraud must be stopped.

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

Here is a list of those 75 individuals charged so far in the massive $1 billion fraud scandal that unfolded on Tampon Tim Walz's watch:

The following individuals are named in the indictment United States v. Aimee Marie Bock, et al. indictment

— Aimee Marie Bock, 41, Apple Valley, founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future.

— Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 39, Burnsville, employee of Feeding Our Future.

— Salim Ahmed Said, 33, of Plymouth, owner and operator of Safari Restaurant.

— Abdulkadir Nur Salah, 36, Columbia Heights, owner and operator of Safari Restaurant.

— Ahmed Sharif Omar-Hashim, also known as “Salah Donyale,” 39, Minneapolis, creator of Olive Management Inc.

— Abdi Nur Salah, 34, Minneapolis, former senior policy aide to Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, acquired the nonprofit Stigma-Free International from its previous owner, listed in the indictment as “Individual A.”

— Abdihakim Ali Ahmed, 36, Apple Valley, creator of ASA Limited LLC.

— Ahmed Mohamed Artan, 37, Minneapolis, became the new president of Stigma-Free International and registered it with the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office.

— Abdikadir Ainanshe Mohamud, also known as “AK,” 30, Fridley, ran the Stigma-Free Willmar food site.

— Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir, 30, Minneapolis, ran the Stigma-Free Mankato food site.

— Asad Mohamed Abshir, 32, Mankato, ran the Stigma-Free Mankato food site.

— Hamdi Hussein Omar, 26, St. Paul, ran the Stigma-Free Waite Park food site.

— Ahmed Abdullahi Ghedi, 32, Minneapolis, created ASA Limited LLC.

— Abdirahman Mohamud Ahmed, also known as “Chef Abcos,” 54, Columbus, Ohio, owner Afra Grill.

The following individuals are named in the indictment United States v. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, et al.

— Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 33, Savage, owner and operator of Empire Cuisine and Market LLC.

— Mohamed Jama Ismail, 49, Savage, owner and operator of Empire Cuisine and Market LLC.

— Mahad Ibrahim, 46, Lewis Center, Ohio, president and owner of ThinkTechAct Foundation.

— Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 21, Shakopee, created Nur Consulting LLC.

— Said Shafii Farah, 40, Minneapolis, owner of Bushra Wholesalers LLC and brother of Abdiaziz Farah.

— Abdiwahab Maalim Aftin, 32, Minneapolis, owner of Bushra Wholesalers LLC.

— Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, 31, Bloomington, chief executive officer of Afrique Hospitality Group.

— Hayat Mohamed Nur, 25, Eden Prairie, sister of Abdimajid Mohamed Nur and participator in scheme.

The following individuals are named in the indictment United States v. Qamar Ahmed Hassan, et al.

— Qamar Ahmed Hassan, 53, Brooklyn Park, owner and operator of S & S Catering.

— Sahra Mohamed Nur, 61, Saint Anthony, ran Academy For Youth Excellence site.

— Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud, 32, Brooklyn Park, ran Academy For Youth Excellence site.

— Filsan Mumin Hassan, 28, Brooklyn Park, ran Youth Higher Educational Achievement site.

— Guhaad Hashi Said, 46, Minneapolis, ran Advance Youth Athletic Development site.

— Abdullahe Nur Jesow, 62, Columbia Heights,  ran Academy For Youth Excellence site.

— Abdul Abubakar Ali, 40, St. Paul, ran Youth Inventors Lab site.

— Yusuf Bashir Ali, 40, Vadnais Heights, ran Youth Inventors Lab site.

The following individuals are named in the indictment United States v. Haji Osman Salad, et al.

— Haji Osman Salad, 32, St. Anthony, principal of Haji’s Kitchen.

— Fahad Nur, 38, Minneapolis, principal of The Produce LLC.

— Anab Artan Awad, 52, Plymouth, president of Multiple Community Services.

— Sharmarke Issa, 40, Edina, creator of a company called Minnesota’s Somali Community and manager of Wacan Restaurant LLC.

— Farhiya Mohamud, 63, Bloomington principal and chief executive officer of Dua Supplies and Distribution Inc.

The following individuals are named in the indictment United States v. Liban Yasin Alishire, et al.

— Liban Yasin Alishire, 42, Brooklyn Park, president and owner of Community Enhancement Services Inc.

— Ahmed Yasin Ali, 57, Brooklyn Park, created a food site run by Lake Street Kitchen in the JigJiga Business Center.

— Khadar Jigre Adan, 59, Lakeville chief executive officer of food site run by Lake Street Kitchen in the JigJiga Business Center.

The following individuals are named in the indictment United States v. Sharmarke Jama, et al.

— Sharmake Jama, 34, Rochester, principal of Brava Restaurant and Cafe LLC.

— Ayan Jama, 43, Rochester, principal of Brava Restaurant and Cafe LLC.

— Asha Jama, 39, Lakeville, worked for Brava Restaurant.

— Fartun Jama, 35, Rosemount, worked for Brava Restaurant. (Court records from July 2023 show that Fartun has since died.)

— Mustafa Jama, 45, Rochester, worked for Brava Restaurant.

— Zamzam Jama, 48, Rochester, worked for Brava Restaurant.

The following individuals are named in criminal informations, another form of charging document. Each of the following people are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

— Bekam Addissu Merdassa, 39, Inver Grove Heights.

— Hadith Yusuf Ahmed, 34, Eden Prairie.

— Hanna Markegn, 40, Edina.

Two people were arrested and charged via complaint after buying tickets to leave the country.

— Mekfira Hussein, who was charged after buying one-way ticket to Ethiopia that was set to leave on the evening of September 20.

— Mohamed Noor, a prominent community journalist and owner of a Xogmaal Media Group in Minneapolis who also goes by Deeq Darajo. Authorities arrested him September 26 in Chicago as he was on his way to Istanbul.

— Abduljabar Hussein, 42, faces charges of wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering. He is married to Mekfira Hussein.

The following individuals were charged on March 13, 2023.

— Mohamed Ali Hussein, Faribault, president and owner of Somali American Faribault Education (SAFE), a nonprofit organization that operated a food site under Feeding Our Future.

— Lul Bashir Ali, Faribault, owner of Lido Restaurant, a food site and meal vendor that purported to provide and serve meals at the Somali American Faribault Education site.

— Mulata Ali, manager of Franklyn Transportation in Minneapolis, which was previously identified as a shell company funneling food-aid money.

— Kawsar Jama, Eagan, principal of Gedo Community Services and Ahlan Childcare Center Inc.

— Abdikadir Kadiye, Plymouth, president of Hobyo Health Care Foundation.

— Abdulkadir Awale, Bloomington, principal of Karmel Coffee and Sambusa King, and the chief executive officer of Nawal Restaurant.

— Khadra Abdi, principal of Shafi’i Tutoring and Homework Help Center.

— Ayan Farah Abukar, founder and executive director of Action for East African People, a nonprofit that provided health, housing, and education services to East Africans across Minnesota. The defendant used the nonprofit to enroll multiple food sites.

— Sade Osman Hashi, chief executive officer of Great Lakes Inc., a food site that also operated as a vendor called Safari Express.

— Sharon Ross, executive director of House of Refuge Outreach, a nonprofit organization in St. Paul.

The following individuals were charged on January 24, 2024:

— Said Ereg, 45, owner of Evergreen Grocery and Deli in Minneapolis. His grocery store allegedly claimed $4.1 million in fraud through Feeding Our Future, and paid kickbacks to Abdikerm Eidleh.

— Najmo Ahemd, 34, wife of Said Ereg, who allegedly participated in the scheme with him.

— Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, 41, who worked as a consultant for Feeding Our Future. She allegedly opened many food sites as part of the scheme and used her family members’ names to register them.

— Suleman Yusuf Mohamed, 39, brother of Ikram Mohamed and owner of Star Distribution LLC, a food distribution business. Star Distribution allegedly received $10 million in federal food-aid dollars.

— Aisha Hassan Hussein, 71, sister of Ikram Mohamed and principal of United Youth of MPLS LLC. Aisha’s company allegedly received $2.1 million in food aid dollars, and she allegedly paid $166,000 in kickbacks to Ikram in exhange for enrollment with the program.

— Sahra Sharif Osman, 41, principal of Youth International Club LLC, which allegedly operated two food sites under Feeding Our Future and received more than $1.4 million in federal food-aid dollars. Sahra allegedly paid a $7,500 kickback to Ikram Mohamed in exchange for enrollment in the federal Child Nutrition Program.

— Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, 45, husband of Ikram Mohamed and owner of Inspiring Youth and Out Reach LLC. Shakur’s company allegedly received more than $1.5 million in federal food-aid dollars, and he allegedly paid a $21,000 kickback to his wife’s consulting company in exchange for enrollment in the Child Nutrition Program.

— Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf, 57, mother of Ikram Mohamed and owner of Active Mind’s Youth LLC, which allegedly received more than $1 million in federal food-aid dollars. Fadumo allegedly paid $166,000 in kickbacks to her daughter in exchange for enrollment in the Child Nutrition Program.

— Gandi Yusuf Mohamed, 43, brother of Ikram Mohamed and owner of GAK Properties LLC and GIF Properties LLC. Gandi allegedly used both companies to launder $1.1 million in federal food-aid dollars.

The following individual was charged on February 1, 2024:

— Hoda Ali Abdi, 53, owner of Alif Halal LLC grocery store in Burnsville. Hoda allegedly enrolled her grocery store into the federal Child Nutrition Program through Feeding Our Future and claimed to provide $3 million worth of meals to underserved children. She also allegedly claimed to serve 242,000 meals at her food site and collect more than $243,000 in food-aid dollars. Hoda is charged with an felony information, meaning she is expected to plead guilty.

The following individual was charged on May 29, 2025:

— Hibo Daar, 50, served as executive director of the Minneapolis-based Northside Wellness Center. Her organization contracted with Feeding Our Future and allegedly received $1.7 million in federal funding through the organization between 2021 and early 2022. She allegedly claimed that the federal government owed her another $700,000 on top of that — a total of $2.4 million — for meals she purported to serve to underprivileged children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following individual was charged on June 6, 2025:

— Dorothy Jean Moore, 57, allegedly used Jean’s Soul Food, a catering company run out of her apartment, to defraud the federal government of more than $1.4 million. She is charged with three counts each of wire fraud and money laundering. Moore enrolled two sites at metro churches and claimed that Jean’s Soul Food provided the food served there. From February to June 2021, Moore allegedly claimed to serve more than 300,000 meals at a site in Burnsville and another 300,000 meals at a church in Minneapolis.  She is accused of claiming to provide more than 1,500 meals a day, seven days a week.

The following individual was charged on August 5, 2025:

— Hussein Farah, executive director of New Vision Foundation, allegedly received $2.7 million from the federal government in food money between 2021 and 2022. Hussein Farah operated two food sites and allegedly submitted fake meal counts and attendance rosters. He is charged with one count of wire fraud via an information charge, which means a guilty plea could be on the way. Hussein Farah served on Sahan Journal’s board of directors from 2018 to 2024. Sahan’s board members are not involved in news coverage and day-to-day operations.

The following individual was charged on September 3, 2025:

— Ahmednaji Sheikh, 28, allegedly helped his brother Abdiaziz Farah launder millions of dollars in cash overseas to Kenya. Ahmednaji Sheikh, who lives in Kenya, then helped his brother invest fraud proceeds into a 20 percent stake in a Kenyan real estate business. That included Abdiaziz Farah’s purchase of an apartment complex Nairobi National Park. Ahmednaji Sheikh is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The following individual was charged on September 3, 2025:

— Muna Wais Fidhin, 44, ran M5 Café and M5 Care, two food sites where she allegedly claimed to serve 300,000 meals during the pandemic. She allegedly received $1 million in federal food aid money and spent it on personal items like her mortgage and her car. She also allegedly paid $27,000 to Feeding Our Future, her sponsoring organization, in kickbacks. Muna Wais Fidhin is charged with wire fraud, federal programs bribery and money laundering.

Source: https://t.co/Em44koH0QY

[Ryan Holliday @rcholliday]

@Markets360 @KeithCarterOM

[Aaron Lubeck @aaron_lubeck]

This is student housing.
It was built FOR STUDENTS.

#cottondistrict #DanCamp #MissState
photos Jeff Kirton

[J. Otto Pohl @JOttoPohl1]

Okay this is an experiment. If all of my followers retweet or quote tweet the link below I think I can get it to go viral. This costs absolutely no money and only takes a second of time. But, it may get me noticed.

https://t.co/VpIir7DM3v

[Ryan Holliday @rcholliday]

@catsnsats @SteaknShake Should’ve gone to whataburger instead

[AgroVita Farm Directory @AgroVitaDotOrg]

Every US cattle producer must pay $1 per head to the 'Beef Checkoff' supposedly to promote US beef.
But ~65% of that $38M annually flows INTO the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), which lobbied AGAINST country-of-origin labeling and promotes cheap foreign imports.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

If we want to stop political violence like what happened to Charlie Kirk, we have to be honest about the people who are celebrating it and the people who are financing it.

My closing remarks on today's episode of the Charlie Kirk Show:

[Ryan Holliday @rcholliday]

@joshkaye I ordered 3 cans yesterday, will I get one with my order?

[Rooster capital @rooster_capital]

Wonder if the the illegal immigrant that killed three people was the same Harjinder Singh that destroyed a bridge in Arkansas five years ago by negligently driving his truck over it w

[Secretary Michael Watson @MichaelWatsonMS]

Just want to leave this here for all to see…and add a big thanks to the @msdemocrats for beautifully making the case against their own position. Whoops!

[Slazac 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🌐 @TrueSlazac]

@ColinDreams @grok Holy shit

[Bachman @ElonBachman]

I didn't know that Marxists shot down two civilian airliners in Rhodesia in 1978 and 1979, and that there was no general denunciation from the West. Generally I had no idea that the UK so overtly sacrificed a piece of its own civilization to utter darkness.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Think about how many criminal illegal aliens you could fit in this bad boy!

https://t.co/nZkBEj4evQ

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Remember your Homeland’s Heritage.

New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling

[Pope Respecter @poperespecter1]

Anyone who grew up in the 1990s is surprised to see Belgian King Leopold II on the list of worst genocides in history. This is because his "genocide" is a fraud invented by Adam Hochschild in 1998. 🧵