Mid-Day Update： December 29, 2025
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Summary
On today's show, John Fawcett is joined by Mike Lillell, who is running for Governor of Minnesota, to talk about the massive Somali fraud uncovered by a citizen journalist named Nick Shirley. Plus, President Trump gives Hamas another chance to disarm, and asks what will happen if they refuse.
Transcript
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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Monday,
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December 29th. Happy Monday, folks. I hope you all had a great Christmas and you're ready to
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have a great New Year's. A lot of news happening over the weekend, folks. If you guys haven't been
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paying attention, it's time to get back to work and pay attention to what's going on.
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Agents with the Department of Homeland Security are on the ground going door to door
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at suspected Somali fraud sites all throughout Minneapolis following a report from a citizen
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journalist named Nick Shirley. He put out a viral video, over 100 million views on Twitter alone,
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revealing the rampant fraud in the Somali community that we've been hearing about
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inside of Minneapolis. Now, tonight on the Great America Show at 6 p.m. Eastern time,
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we're going to be live with Mike Lindell, who's running for governor of Minnesota to get his take
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on what he thinks of it all and what's going to happen there. FBI Director Cash Patel has taken
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spearhead of this investigation, says that they're way ahead of it, putting out this statement,
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quote, the FBI is aware of recent social media reports in Minnesota. However, even before the
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public conversation escalated online, the FBI had surged personnel and investigative resources to
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Minnesota to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs. Fraud that steals from
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the taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide.
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To date, he says, the FBI has dismantled the $250 million fraud screen that stole federal food aid
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meant for vulnerable children during COVID. The investigation exposed sham vendors,
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shell companies, large-scale money laundering, tied to Feed Our Future, a network that was used,
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supposed to be used at least, to feed children who are in need. The FBI believes that this is just
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the very tip of the large iceberg in Minnesota. He says they'll continue to follow the money and
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protect children. This investigation very much remains ongoing. Furthermore, many are being
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referred to immigration officials for possible further denaturalization and deportation proceedings
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where eligible. Governor Tim Waltz, who seems to be at the middle of this whole fraud scheme,
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was asked about the reporting of the man named Nick Shirley, who did this massive investigation that we
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just told you about. Waltz's response, I guess, expected. He called Nick Shirley a white supremacist.
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Go figure. We're going to be taking all this up tonight, folks, on The Great America Show. Like I said,
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we're going to be joined by Mike Lindell, who's running for governor there, to get his take on
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what happens next and where we go from here. Over at Mar-a-Lago, it's been a busy week for
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President Trump yesterday meeting with Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine to try to get a solution to
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what's going on over between Russia and Ukraine. President Trump remains steadfast in getting that
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war ended over there so they can finally have peace in the region for the first time in years.
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This afternoon, meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to discuss the Israel-Gaza
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situation that seems to still be going on. President Trump seemingly giving Hamas another
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chance to disarm. He was asked by the media, because of course, President Trump, the most
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transparent president in history, gives the media a chance to ask questions after any bilateral
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meetings or anything of that sort. He was asked what will happen to Hamas if this time around they
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decide not to disarm. Take a listen. If you don't see Hamas disarm in that short amount of time
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they're giving them, can you tell us what the next steps would be? It'll be horrible for them.
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Horrible. It's going to be really, really bad for them. And I don't want that to happen.
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But they made an agreement that they were going to disarm. And you couldn't blame Israel. By the way,
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we have other countries that will come in and do it. They said, let us do it for you if they don't.
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countries that were with them wanted the deal to be made, agreed that they would disarm. And now if
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they say they're going to disarm, that's fine. If they say they're not going to disarm, those same
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countries will go and wipe them out. They don't even need Israel. You know, we have many countries,
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59 countries that are in agreement. This is a real peace in the Middle East. And Hamas is a small part of
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it, but it's still a part of it. But we have 59 countries that signed on big countries, countries
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that are outside of the Middle East, as you know, the Middle East. They want to go in and wipe out
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Hamas. They don't want Israel. They don't need Israel. They want to do it because it's the right
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thing to do, because they were for the deal based on the fact that Hamas pledged. They swore
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that they were going to disarm. Now, if they're not going to disarm, those same countries will wipe
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There you have it, folks. Seems to be their last living lifeline. It's up to them on what they want
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to do. Please be sure to join us tonight, 6 p.m. Eastern time for The Great America Show, Rumble,
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YouTube, Twitter, wherever you guys join us. We'll be there live, 6 p.m. Eastern time with Mike Lindell
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to get an update on what's going on in his home state of Minnesota. And what's going on with that
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Somali fraud? That's tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern, folks. We'll see you then. I'm John Fosso with
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