Liz Collin Reports
Meaningful Minnesota conversations with Liz Collin. New stories and guests every episode.Liz Collin is a Minnesota native raised in Worthington and a multi-Emmy-Award-winning investigative reporter and news anchor. She is the producer of The Fall of Minneapolis and Minnesota v We the People documentary films, and author of They’re Lying: The Media, the Left, and The Death of George Floyd. Her work has prompted important state laws. Yet perhaps most of all, Liz has been giving a voice to the truth—and helping others tell their stories—for more than 20 years.
Ep. 312: Assistant AG for fraud enforcement reveals more about ongoing investigations in Minnesota
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Colin McDonald, the assistant attorney general for the National Fraud Enforcement Division, spoke with Liz Collin about the ongoing efforts for accountability and the fight against fraud in Minnesota and beyond.
The National Fraud Enforcement Division has only been up and running for a little more than 200 days. However, McDonald explained that, “in the last about 115 days, there's been around 990 months of cumulative sentences handed out to 13 fraudsters in Minnesota from cases that the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Fraud Division have been working on for some time."
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Ep. 311: The 'Nolte 36': The story of 36 cousins from one Minnesota family who served in WWII with humility and hope
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Author Paul Wessel spoke with Liz Collin about "The Nolte 36" — the almost unbelievable story of the 36 cousins in his family who served in World War II and survived.
His book, "They All Came Home," explains how they served with humility, honor, and a sense of honest values during one of the most challenging times in our nation's history.
Wessel spoke about how his relatives immigrated from Germany and settled in Fairmont, Minn., in the late 1800s. Their descendants would later serve in WWII and survived more than a few ha...
Ep. 310 Two longtime Minnesota Democrats explain why they're voting Republican for the very first time
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Two longtime Minnesota Democrats are voting for Republicans for the very first time this election. The newfound Republican voters, Margie Simon and Anthony Walsh, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Simon and Walsh explained their reasons for making the switch this election — and their concerns for the future of Minnesota.
Simon explained that, "What we're seeing the DFL-DSA party evolve into is one that focuses on ideology rather than expertise. So we're getting a lot of people in offices who really aren't experienced and lack the expertise to do wh...
Ep. 309: Former Alpha News reporter looks back at breaking the Ilhan Omar scandal in 2016
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Ten years ago, Praya Samsundar was working at Alpha News when she began investigating allegations that U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her brother.
Ten years have passed and an official investigation is now finally underway. However, Samsundar — who was one of the first to break the scandal — remains the only reporter to ever receive a response from Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, the man at the center of the story.
Samsundar joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about the striking differences — and strange similarities — between then and now along...
Ep. 308: State auditor candidate Scott Jensen says opponent has ‘a fair amount to answer for,’ calls fraud an ‘existential crisis’
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Dr. Scott Jensen, the GOP endorsed candidate for Minnesota state auditor and a lifelong Minnesotan, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
“Every day I make diagnoses and I make prognoses. And honestly, if I were to make a diagnosis of Minnesota's situation today, I would say we have an existential crisis in Minnesota," Dr. Jensen said.
"I think most Minnesotans realize that the path forward has to look dramatically different than the last eight years," he explained.
He also highlighted some concerns in his opponent’s record and sa...
Ep. 307: ‘Fork in the road’: Fraud finder David Hoch issues dire warning to Minnesotans as elections loom
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David Hoch, the fraud researcher featured in Nick Shirley's viral videos about suspected fraud in Minnesota, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast.
Hoch, who hasn't stopped investigating fraud in all its forms in Minnesota and beyond, says now is a pivotal time in America — especially with the midterm elections coming up.
He spoke about some of the latest issues he’s investigating, how his family has disowned him, and how Minnesotans and Americans are standing "at that fork in the road."
"You gotta decide ... either with me a...
Ep. 306: 'She doesn't have any answers': GOP nominee slams Ilhan Omar's record, demands election debate
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John Nagel, the Republican nominee who is running against Ilhan Omar for the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota’s Fifth District, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
In speaking about Omar's congressional record — and the controversies swirling around her and her citizenship status — Nagel did not mince words
“She is the most anti-American person that I've ever met in my entire life. I can't believe that somebody like this was elected to represent Minnesota of all places. How did this happen?” he said.
He also explained h...
Ep. 305: Education advocate warns of ‘stunning’ rise of school board candidates with ‘ideological priorities’
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Cristine Trooien, the executive director of Minnesota Partnership for Achievement, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Trooien founded the Minnesota Parents Alliance and has been advocating for better public education for years.
With school board candidates supporting socialism, the Pledge for Transliberation, and other "ideological priorities," Trooien explained how the future of Minnesota will be decided in the upcoming school district elections.
"It is disappointing, it's stunning, and it doesn't need to be this way," Trooien said in discussing the situation before the upcoming school board elections.
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Ep. 304: 'We need strong prosecutors': Undersheriff speaks out on fight against Minnesota’s Somali gangs
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Undersheriff Mike Martin of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about the undeniable problems with Somali gangs and Somali gang violence.
Undersheriff Martin, who is also the Vice-President of the Midwest Gang Investigators Association and a gang expert with more than 30 years of experience, spoke about how some elected officials — including Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty — seem to be ignoring the problem instead of taking action to stop the problem.
"Mary Moriarty does not want to confront the issue and she has an agen...
Ep. 303: Demuth blasts DFL hypocrisy, urges voters to heed 'warning signs’ in Klobuchar’s record on fraud
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Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Republican nominee for governor, spoke with Liz Collin about fighting fraud and hypocrisy, and what it takes to win in November.
Demuth pointed out that the first time her opponent, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, talked about the widespread fraud in Minnesota "was after she had entered the race.”
“Minnesotans need to take that as a warning,” Demuth said.
"Anytime Democrats here in the state of Minnesota are talking about anything other than their hand in the record fraud...
Ep. 302: ‘Win for Minnesota’: Mayor celebrates victory in battle for paper voter rolls and election integrity
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Weston Rolf, the mayor of Oak Grove, Minnesota, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about how the city recently won a "David versus Goliath" battle for election integrity to use paper voter rolls — instead of electronic ones — in the upcoming election in November.
"I'm not looking for convenience as mayor, I'm looking to build trust and integrity in our election process. And if that means we have to do more work in order to do that, I'm fine doing that,” Rolf said.
Other cities and counties have reached out to...
Ep. 301: Public affairs director calls out food stamp fraud in Minnesota: 'It's really fraud by design'
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Matt Schmid, the public affairs director of Rural America and Security, Midwest at the America First Policy Institute, spoke with Liz Collin about the shocking amount of fraud involving SNAP benefits.
Schmid talked about some of the high-profile cases of fraudsters driving luxury cars, sending millions overseas — and still receiving food stamps.
"Minnesota taxpayers are on the hook for $130 million in new state spending as part of a cost share that Minnesota and other states who are not managing their program well,” Schmid explained.
“Any given welfare program...
Ep. 300: Husband calls out 'crime is down' hypocrisy after wife miraculously survives Minneapolis mass shooting
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Bob Peterson spoke with Liz Collin about how his wife Jan was shot six times while working at Loring Towers in MInneapolis — and her miraculous survival.
Peterson said there were plenty of warning signs that were ignored for months before the shooting took place.
Peterson also spoke about the hypocrisy of elected officials, like Mayor Jacob Frey, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, and others who claim that Minneapolis is safe and that "crime is down."
“It's just pure lies all the time. Like I said, I'll meet Mary...
Ep. 299: Former park board member slams the out-of-control unlicensed food vendor problem in Minneapolis
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Becka Thompson, a former Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Commissioner and former candidate for Minneapolis City Council, spoke with Liz Collin about the out of control problem with unlicensed food vendors in Minneapolis.
Thompson also spoke about the politicians who have been apparently encouraging the problem or turning a blind eye to it.
“The amount of laws that are broken ... the massive amounts of the fire codes being violated, the business codes being violated — it's obscene what's being allowed to happen,” Thompson said.
“I mean, dumping grease into our...
Ep. 298: EXCLUSIVE: Former therapist slams 'fraudulent autism centers' in Minnesota, including one run by Flanagan ‘friend’
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Grant Morgan, a former therapist in Minnesota’s autism program, spoke with Liz Collin about what he calls "fraudulent autism centers,” including one operated by Nimco Ahmed — a “friend” of Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan.
Morgan worked at both Spectrum Therapy Center and Milestone Development Center. According to state records, Ahmed is listed as the CEO of the Milestone Development Center.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) confirmed it has open investigations into both centers. DHS said it cannot provide further details on open investigations. Both centers denied any wrongdoing...
Ep. 297: Attorney for Minneapolis teacher says ‘wildly excessive anti-white political correctness has gone too far’
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Mary Smith, a teacher in the Minneapolis school district, and her attorney, Andrew Parker — who helped her get her job back — joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Smith spoke about getting caught up in a perfect storm of cancel culture, woke ideology, hypocrisy, and anti-white racism in the Minneapolis school district back in September of 2025.
Smith accurately reported student misconduct, which included the student's use of the N-word. The student's behavior was not addressed by the school district. However, Smith was terminated — despite district policies and state law that prohibit...
Ep. 296: Human rights scholar calls on Americans to ‘stand up to the Chinese Communist Party'
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Bill Saunders, a scholar of religious liberty and human rights at the Catholic University of America, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Saunders told the story of Chen Guangcheng, aka the “Barefoot Lawyer"— a blind, self-taught lawyer who shares his journey from a remote Chinese village to dignity and freedom in America.
Saunders also spoke about how the Chinese Communist Party "spends a lot of money in the United States, millions and millions of dollars to influence everything you can think about, from Hollywood to Wall Street."
And...
Ep. 295: Police expert blasts Minnesota politicians for ‘lying to the public each and every day’
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Dr. Travis Yates, an expert on police leadership and training and a retired police major, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Dr. Yates, who first called out the lack of leadership in Minneapolis back in 2019 — and recently exposed the long list of complaints against former Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara — spoke about even more leadership failures.
These include how several police officers have been prosecuted without a grand jury indictment —and the fact that there are now 55% fewer Minneapolis police officers since the George Floyd riots.
However, Dr. Yates also p...
Ep. 294: Gone too far? GOP National Committeeman calls out ‘deranged behavior’ at Minnesota State Fair
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From drag shows for all ages to not-so-hidden threats in crop art and self-righteousness on full display, Republican National Committeeman for Minnesota and conservative podcaster AK Kamara joined Liz Collin on her podcast to offer his take on the state of affairs at the Minnesota State Fair.
“I think it's actually a reflection of just how gone the left has become in the state,” he said. “It’s deranged behavior.”
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Ep 293: Attorney says Minnesota prosecutors have been 'ignoring' the law in charging police officers
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Attorney Chris Madel spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about how Minnesota police officers have been prosecuted without a grand jury indictment — as required by Minnesota law.
Madel raised this issue while defending Minnesota Trooper Ryan Londregan before Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty dropped the charges in the case. However, the lack of a grand jury indictment —as required by Minnesota law — also affects the prosecutions of other Minnesota police officers, including Derek Chauvin, who raised this same issue in his latest petition.
“I think with respect to Minnesot...
Ep. 292: Author Mel K says socialists are ‘working hand in hand with the jihadi movement’ to seize power
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Filmmaker, author, and investigative journalist Mel K joined Liz Collin on her podcast. She spoke about her latest book — “Infiltration Instead of Invasion: America Betrayed” — and how Agenda 2030 is slowly taking hold in America.
She also spoke about how socialist efforts are growing in Minnesota, and how the Democratic Socialists of America are now "working hand in hand with the jihadi movement" to win political races throughout the country.
"It's just really time to stand up," said Mel K.
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Ep. 291: Former inmate says male prisoners are getting 'bottom surgery' to stay in Minnesota's women's prison
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Rebeca Warmbo, a former inmate, joined Liz Collin on her podcast with shocking new details about taxpayer-funded sex change surgeries for biological males being held at the Shakopee correctional facility — Minnesota's prison for women.
Alpha News asked Amy Klobuchar whether she would continue the controversial transgender policy if she were elected governor, but her campaign did not respond.
“It's shocking just that it's even continuing … These men are being rushed in to get this bottom surgery suddenly when normally to get this process… it takes years to do, but suddenly...
Ep. 290: Minneapolis business owner to politicians: 'You can only heap so much on us before we collapse'
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While Mayor Frey and the mainstream media want everyone to believe that crime is down, Dr. Moe Smith painted a much different picture with Liz Collin on her podcast.
Dr. Smith has practiced chiropractic and wellness care in Minneapolis for more than 20 years. She spoke about how crime and lawlessness have contributed to losing nearly 75% of her business since the George Floyd riots.
She also said she believes that elected officials "are more interested in adhering to some ridiculous pie-in-the-sky ideology than actually focusing on making coalitions between different g...
Ep. 289: BREAKING: Derek Chauvin's attorney seeks dismissal: 'The charges are illegal, the trial was a fraud'
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Greg Joseph, the attorney for Derek Chauvin, spoke with Liz Collin about alleged violations of Minnesota state law by Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, the Hennepin County Attorney, and the court.
Joseph argued that along with violating rights to due process, the charges Chauvin faced were "unsupported by probable cause." Joseph also said that Walz's reassignment of the case to Ellison was "unlawful" —and the failure of the Hennepin County District Court to convene a grand jury violated state and federal rules and laws.
The petition further arg...
Ep.: 288: New lawsuit attacks the lack of transparency with Minnesota absentee ballot boards
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Attorney Greg Joseph joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about a new lawsuit headed to the Minnesota Supreme Court that aims to take down the wall of secrecy surrounding absentee ballots — and who decides whether your vote counts or not.
Joseph, who represents the Minnesota Voters Alliance, explained how "cities and counties are exercising local authority in areas where they don't have any local authority to exercise" and that "the guidance that the Secretary of State provided to all these cities and counties across Minnesota is bad guidance."
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Ep. 287: Tafoya says Minnesotans want change, will be ‘disturbed’ by Flanagan’s record
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Fresh off her primary win, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michele Tafoya joined Liz Collin to discuss her campaign against Democratic nominee Peggy Flanagan, the current lieutenant governor.
“We have had a crisis of leadership in this state, and it started with Tim Walz and Flanagan's been at his side the entire time,” said Tafoya.
“I just couldn't watch it anymore. We've tried it their way, the way of the Democrat establishment, this single-party rule for years. We've tried it their way. And here is where we are. I want to...
Ep. 286: ‘Huge issue’: County commissioner raises concerns about election integrity, ‘uncertified’ machines
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Anoka County Commissioner Jeff Reinert joined Liz Collin on her podcast to discuss some new information about elections and voting machines that he believes Anoka County residents and beyond need to be aware of after it came to light at a recent city council meeting.
“When I first found out that our voting system is uncertified, I really didn't believe it. We are the fourth largest county in the state, and certainly we'd have certified voting equipment. But then I asked our elections team here at the county and was verified tha...
Ep. 285: 'Don't Sharia my Texas': Film director explains how Sharia law would destroy Western civilization
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Film director Chris Burgard joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Burgard is the director of the new documentary "Remember the Alamo - Don't Sharia My Texas" that looks at how Sharia law and mass Muslim immigration represent a battle for the soul of Texas.
“We know that they are targeting Texas because they absolutely believe that if they take down Texas, they can take down the whole United States and once the United States is gone, they've got Western civilization,” Burgard said.
He also spoke about the parallels to Minn...
Ep. 284: EXCLUSIVE: Sergeant details the deadly consequences of drugs, illegal immigration in rural Minnesota
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Sgt. Bryan Savaloja from the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He explained some of the details involved in a drug bust in rural Minnesota and the law enforcement partnership that nabbed five suspects, including two illegal aliens, who were collectively sentenced to more than 43 years in prison.
"This was a huge case," he said. "We have dangerous people who are entering our country illegally and committing crimes that are killing our citizens."
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Ep. 283: EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota's top federal prosecutor speaks out on Antifa indictment, political violence
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Daniel Rosen, the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Rosen provided explained more about the indictment of Antifa-related groups that were allegedly behind the threats, the stalking, and the violence that played out in Minnesota earlier this year.
Rosen explained why the 95-page indictment against 15 defendants should be "mandatory reading"—especially since it includes details that people are "just not going to learn by looking at some of the typical media outlets reporting on this.”
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Ep. 282: ‘Absolute shakedown’: Shiloh Hendrix attorney talks about ‘civil liberties case of the century’
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Attorney Brian Karalus joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He represents Shiloh Hendrix, the Rochester woman who was recently convicted of one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct after she used a racial slur when confronted by a man who used the same racial slur and recorded her while taunting her to repeat it.
Karalus talked about how the case raises important questions about freedom of speech, the mainstream media, and a troubling legal shift in America.
“It seems like Minnesota's on the front lines of every single major political cu...
Ep. 281: EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Tom Emmer blasts Somali gang violence, fraud, and the rise of communism
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Congressman Tom Emmer, a Republican who represents Minnesota's Sixth District and serves as majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Rep. Emmer spoke about the rise of Somali gang violence, socialism and communism in America, and some of the failures of the Walz administration.
He also spoke about assimilation and Sharia law and said, "we are not creating a new Somalia ... If you do not want to be an American, you do not want to assimilate and become an American and b...
Ep. 280: Maple Grove homeowner says Somali neighbors bragged about profits from Medicaid businesses
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Anthony Sinople joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He’s a Maple Grove resident who lives in the Evanswood neighborhood, which includes more than 200 homes with prices advertised from $600,000 to more than $1 million.
Sinople and several others in Evanswood who reached out to Alpha News are concerned about ties to potential fraud. They say there are dozens of businesses—from group homes, to daycares, to foster homes—that can be traced to Somali homeowners.
“Members of the East African community started to open up to me about what exactly was occurr...
Ep. 279: US veteran born in China explains how rise of socialists 'might kill the Democrat Party'
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Allen Shen joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He’s a Republican candidate for District 40B in the Minnesota House. Shen is also an Army veteran, yet he knows communism quite well as he was born in China.
Shen appears in the Alpha News documentary “Minnesota Mao.” But now, after speaking in classrooms and at political events across the state, Shen believes he’s seen how people now seem ready to heed the warnings about rising socialism and communism in Minnesota and elsewhere in America.
“If we keep strong Christian v...
Ep. 278: Police leader blasts ‘spineless’ Minneapolis officials for Somali gang problem, staffing woes
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Fraternal Order of Police, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Gamaldi weighed in on some of the problems with policing in Minneapolis as yet another violent summer in Minneapolis unfolds on the heels of an alleged sex scandal that led the former chief of police to pack his bags.
He also discussed problems with crime and leadership as as the department continues to struggle meeting minimum staffing levels.
“It’s very clear that they are willing to put their failed ideology over the safety of their community member...
Ep. 277: Minnesota mom continues fight for industry safeguards after losing son to cannabis-induced psychosis
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Heather Bacchus joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Bacchus lost her son, Randy Michael, to cannabis-induced psychosis and suicide at the age of 21. Since then, she has been a brave voice in Minnesota, battling through her own grief to help others and advocate for better laws and safeguards in the cannabis industry.
Bacchus spoke about parallels between how tobacco products were marketed in the past and how cannabis-based products are being marketed today. She also talked about the need for warning labels and potency limits, and her latest efforts to educate...
Ep. 276: Rep. Robbins answers questions from Alpha News audience on fraud, Minnesota’s ‘slide into socialism'
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Rep. Kristin Robbins, Chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to answer lingering questions about fraud submitted by the Alpha News audience.
Rep. Robbins spoke about accountability, the handling of whistleblowers by Gov. Walz's administration, and the need to push back against rising socialism in Minnesota and throughout the nation.
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Ep. 275: 'State of Deception': Former congressman takes on ‘one of the great scandals’ in new COVID movie
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With more and more information about the COVID pandemic being released, Jason Lewis, a former Minnesota congressman , joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about his new feature film project, "State of Deception."
The film aims to provide much-needed perspective about the scandals and so-called conspiracies of the COVID era.
“This is really something that I think is going to go down, quite frankly, as sort of the beginning of the end for my home state of Minnesota," Lewis said of the COVID era.
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Ep. 274: Minnesota mom warns parents about school trans policies after her son ‘transitioned’
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Linda Hunsberger, a Minnesota mom who was shocked to learn that her son identified as trans, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast.
She shared her story publicly for the first time —and warned other parents to avoid being left in the dark while children are preyed upon.
“There really is a silent majority that is not for this, but you wouldn't think that just by hearing what the media is saying,” Hunsberger said.
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Ep. 273: Taking punches from patients: nurse speaks out on alarming assaults at Twin Cities hospital
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Heidi Linhoff, a registered nurse, spoke with Liz Collin about how young patients assault hospital staff without consequences.
Heidi Linhoff, a registered nurse at Fairview Riverside Children's Emergency Department in Minneapolis, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Linhoff spoke about some of the harrowing stories of young patients assaulting nurses and hospital staff without consequences.
She explained how some staff members have had their jobs ended due to the injuries they suffered—and how others have chosen to leave out of fear.
She detailed stories of nurses and...
