News from the Crabby Coffee Shop

Curious about how government benefits really work? Rob Undersander breaks down exactly what he found, how the system is designed, why millionaires can qualify for food assistance, and what it says about broader issues with government benefits.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Minneapolis City Council Member Latrisha Vetaw (Ward 4) joins Jay and Kenny at the Crabby Coffee Shop for an in-depth conversation on the current state of Minneapolis politics.She opens up about the deep divisions within the City Council — particularly the split with the Democratic Socialists — and shares her perspective on how a city should actually be run. From public safety and housing to economic development and quality of life, Vetaw discusses what’s working, what’s broken, and the practical steps needed to create a safer, stronger, and more thriving Minneapolis for everyone.Raw, honest, and insightful — this episode pulls back the curtain on local governance in one of America’s most watched cities.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Liz Collin, a career investigative reporter in Minnesota, takes a step inside The Crabby Coffee Shop. Liz is the producer of The Fall of Minneapolis and Minnesota v We the People documentaries, author of They’re Lying: The Media, the Left, and The Death of George Floyd, and senior producer of Alpha News.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, in the Crabby Coffee Shop we host George Bumann, an animal language expert, sculpture, and naturalist. He provided intresting insight into his stories which compromised his book, Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn From Wild Conversations.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Crabby Coffee Shop hosts Faye Bernstein, a 20-year employee at the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Bernstein gives her first-hand report by telling you what happened when she questioned the suspicious activities occurring at DHS.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, we hear from a DHS whistle-blower who says he warned of fraud more than a decade ago. We had a friend join us from Channel 5 KSTP to give insight into yet another high-risk program which raises more questions than available answers. Deep insights and unasked questions were not uncommon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode we learn exactly what the title says. We wonder why the human services system is set up to dish money out as easily as a dog wags its tail. Lawmakers claim this way of conducting business opened the door to widespread massive fraud. We talked with Minnesota State Representative Patti Anderson whose committee assignments are as follows:Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight PolicyTaxesTransportation Finance and PolicySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

MN Whistleblower: Forensic investigator says 10's of Billions in Fraud dates back to 2009See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

EXCLUSIVE: Senator Heather Gustafson reacts to her anti-fraud bill being gutted. Here is a link to See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Linda Sears who shot a 700 lb black bear in 1963 joins to share her story. plus: Wisconsin woman's 911 call reveals terrifying bear attack outside her rural homeA 69-year-old woman from Barron County, Wisconsin, showed remarkable composure during a 911 call after being attacked by a bear outside her rural home.Karen Frye was outside her home in Comstock when she encountered a black bear that attacked her, leaving her bleeding from multiple wounds.Frye had dropped her cell phone during the attack but managed to reach emergency services. Despite her injuries, she remained relatively calm during the call.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former US Attorney Rachel Paulose speaks out on ICE, court rulings and fraud. Rachel Kunjummen Paulose is an American attorney. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as a United States Attorney. She was the youngest person and the first woman to lead the District of Minnesota and the first Indian American woman to be nominated by a president and confirmed by the Senate for any federal position.Paulose's legal career began in 1997 when she worked as a law clerk under Judge James B. Loken of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She then worked as a trial attorney in the Attorney General's Honors Program from 1998 to 1999. There, she prosecuted violations of the federal civil rights laws in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division.From 1999 until 2002, she worked as an Assistant United States Attorney. She first-chaired many trials in federal district court. She also briefed and argued many appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Cases involved narcotics, violent crime, economic crime. Jury trial and Eighth circuit appellate highlights: precedent-setting detention of suspect based on economic threat alone; precedent-setting appellate work rejecting expansion of alien criminal defendants' claims of rights under Vienna Convention.She worked in private practice after 2002 with the Williams & Connolly law firm in Washington D.C. until 2003, where her work focused on health care litigation and business.She was with the Dorsey & Whitney law firm in Minneapolis from 2003 until December 2005. Work included defense of health care providers, commercial litigation, and constitutional advocacy. Paulose was appointed as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota in August 2006 and remained in that position until November 2007.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.