Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
The changes to US childcare services as part of a response to a viral video, made by a self-described “independent journalist” and rightwing influencer, that purported to discover massive fraud at daycare centers operated by Somali Americans in Minneapolis.
However, other news outlets have not been able to verify the claims made in the video. Allegations of exploitation of Minnesota’s social safety net have also been extensively covered by local and national news media over the past several years, and prosecutors brought charges over one allegedly massive scheme during the Biden administration.
In recent weeks, Trump has intensified his xenophobic attacks on Somali Americans, including his long-running nemesis Ilhan Omar, a representative from Minnesota who is Somali American and came to the US as a refugee. He has said that Omar is “garbage” and said Somalia is “no good for a reason”.
Not sure I understand the background here, but I was reading a thread on r/vegan and there was a buffet of food, with a portion of it marked “vegan”. It was mostly untouched, because there are lots of idiots that think “vegan? gross!”
The label was removed - not clear if that was intentional or accidental - and it got cleared out. Because it was just completely innocuous stuff, actually, but people have been programmed to think vegan is some kind of foreign concept. Labeling something that has not been tainted with animal products as “vegan”, even if it’s, say, a bunch of apple slices, causes people to steer clear.