John Bickley

And they actually supposedly pay Somalis who are hungry or starving $5 each to take photos pretending to be receiving these meals as a donation.

And then after the pictures are taken, they yank it back and they sell it at the markets for a profit.

And so by diverting aid for up to 12,000 families, the Klan generates about half a million dollars each month for itself, the member of parliament said.

Foreign aid money has also been wasted as Somalis inflate the cost of items, charging, for example, $300,000 for ambulances and fire trucks that really only cost $100,000, he said.

All right, so for those saying the U.S.

is now contributing to the starvation in Somalia, the money we were spending may never have been used to address hunger to begin with.

Yeah, I think that's right.

And by the way, suddenly Minneapolis's quality leering center doesn't seem like a fluke.

It seems like part of a pattern, right?

I mean, Somalia's problems are due to endemic corruption.

And what we've got to consider is when we're asked to take in refugees as a result of that corruption, I think it's fair to ask, how are we actually differentiating those who morally reject that whole culture from those who are simply part of it?

Certainly, this gives some insight into why the Trump administration decided to abolish USAID altogether.

Luke, thanks so much for reporting.

Thank you.

In December of 2022, Amber Levine got a huge surprise while cleaning her young daughter's bedroom.

She discovered clothing used to flatten breasts.

She was even more surprised to hear her daughter had gotten it from her school social worker.

Now, Amber is asking the Supreme Court to make sure this doesn't happen to another parent.

That was the scene outside the U.S.

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