The new Minnesota state flag has an eight-point-star set in a dark blue Minnesota shaped wedge suggesting our Wisconsin border. The “Etoile du nord” (French for star of the north) comes from colonists who got along well with Indians.

As for Minnesotans – our old flag depicts the Sioux being chased out. I call it “the fleeing Indian flag” with a resting rifle aimed at an Indian whose head seems bowed down in defeat. If it has a message it’s, “Goodbye and good riddance!”

Like a middle finger to its politically-correct successor, it still flies from many porches.

The Supreme Court recently ruled that America is over its racism as it defanged the Voting Rights Act. That set off a mad scramble in southern states to eliminate black congressional districts.

Many of these states are rewriting U.S. history so white people’s feelings won’t be hurt. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is draping house-sized pictures of himself everywhere and restoring slave owner’s names to federal forts.

Republicans kicked me out of their precinct caucuses but they still send me lots of email – non racist, of course.

In one anonymous email, fans of GOP Attorney General candidate Ron Schultz described Minnesota’s black AG Keith Ellison as a healthcare fraud cheerleader. I sent the email’s full text to Google’s AI, Gemini. I asked for a non-partisan appraisal of its merits and/or deficiencies. The email read:
“They texted each other: “We gonna party.” Then they stole $11 million from Minnesota taxpayers. And Keith Ellison failed us again.

Law enforcement warned Ellison and the judge: he’s a flight risk. Keep his passport. Bond was given anyway. The ringleader kept his passport, skipped court and fled to Kenya.

The other fraudster who helped steal millions? No jail. Just probation.

Minnesota’s largest Medicaid fraud case ever and nobody is behind bars. Who is Keith Ellison working for?

Keith Ellison is not The People’s Lawyer. He is The Fraudsters’ Best Friend.
Gemini wrote back:
An objective, non-partisan evaluation of the political text message reveals that while it is built upon a real, high-profile Minnesota legal case, it strips away critical institutional context and legal procedures to place the blame entirely on State Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Here is a breakdown of the merits (what is factually accurate) and the deficiencies (what is misleading or legally inaccurate) in the text’s claims.

The Merits:
The Scheme and the “We gonna party” Quote: In December 2023, Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office charged three individuals in an $11 million scheme to defraud the Minnesota Medicaid program (the state’s largest-ever Medicaid fraud prosecution handled by the AG’s office). Investigators did uncover incriminating text messages between the co-conspirators planning the fraud and explicitly discussing overbilling.

The Suspect Fled: The principal defendant, Abdirashid Ismail Said, did fail to appear for his April 2026 pre-trial hearing and has fled the country.

The Flight Risk Warning: Investigators from the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit formally warned the court that Said was a flight risk, noting that his wife and children live in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Passport and Bond: Said was indeed allowed to keep his passport because of the specific bail structure used.

The Deficiencies:
1. Blaming Ellison for the Bail Decision
The Claim: “Keith Ellison failed us again... Bond was given anyway. The ringleader kept his passport...”
The Reality: In the American legal system, prosecutors do not set bail or determine bond conditions; judges do.

Under Minnesota law, judges are required to offer two bail options: a lower “conditional” bail and a higher “unconditional” bail. Prosecutors initially pushed for a $1 million bail due to the flight risk. However, Hennepin County District Judge Juan Hoyos ultimately set the unconditional bail at $150,000.

Because Said was able to pay the full $150,000 unconditional bond, the law permitted him to walk free without travel restrictions or surrendering his passport. While the prosecution deferred to the judge’s ultimate statutory authority during the hearing, the framework that allowed Said to flee was a judicial decision, not an executive failure by the Attorney General’s office.

2. “Nobody is Behind Bars”
The Claim: “Minnesota’s largest Medicaid fraud case ever and nobody is behind bars.”

The Reality: This claim is highly misleading regarding the timeline and status of the case. The case has not concluded. Mr. Said fled just days before his trial was scheduled to begin in April 2026. A felony warrant has been issued for his arrest, his $150,000 bond was forfeited, and the AG’s office is working with federal authorities to track him down. Furthermore, trials for his co-defendants are still pending (scheduled for June 2026). Nobody is permanently “behind bars” yet because the judicial process is still actively unfolding.

3. Political Framing vs. Agency Action
The Claim: “Who is Keith Ellison working for? ... He is The Fraudsters’ Best Friend.”

The Reality: This is standard campaign

rhetoric designed to elicit an emotional response. Paradoxically, the text uses a case that Ellison’s own office actively investigated, uncovered, and brought to light to argue that he is protecting fraudsters. It was the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that built the 24-page probable cause statement and initiated the prosecution.

Summary
The text message functions as a piece of political campaign literature. It takes a genuinely frustrating and high-profile systemic failure — a high-stakes fraud suspect exploiting unconditional bail to flee the country — and simplifies it by attributing the actions of an independent judge to the state’s chief prosecutor.

Harry hates to spread excreta at Lincolndemocrat.com