Minnesota

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AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Loeffler: SBA Uncovered $9B in COVID Fraud in California, $430M in Minnesota
“Turns out, four hundred and thirty million dollars of fraud in Minnesota. Then we go to California, nine billion dollars of COVID era fraud.”
Kelly Loeffler Mar 13, 2026 ▶ 17:17 Exposing a Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal (Using Palantir) · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
DHS deployed 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge
“The DHS started an operation called Metro Surge, sending 3000 federal agents into Minnesota to crack down on illegal aliens.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 10:07 ICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is Dropping
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Sachs: Minnesota released roughly 470 convicted illegal immigrants last year
“Last year, there was something like 470 convicts, ok, illegal aliens, criminals. And I'm not talking about that their crime wasn't breaking into the country. I'm talking about subsequent crimes that were released In Minnesota, so they cannot be rounded up by I…”
David Sacks Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 42:24 ICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is Dropping
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Minnesota state entitlement fraud reached $9 billion since 2018
“Okay, since 2018, Minnesota has seen nine billion, around nine billion in entitlement Frauds according to federal prosecutors. Just to give you guys a concept of what that means. That's half of the total amount spent on 14 entitlement programs in the state.”
Jason Calacanis Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 1:50 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Shirley: Massive welfare fraud is being committed via Minnesota daycare centers
“Massive welfare frauds being committed. People are opening up these daycares, home healthcare clinics, you name it. Anything that has anything to do with like health, welfare, or even just like helping people in general, like with daycare or with healthcare, t…”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 6:47 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shirley: Minnesota fraud video surpassed 500 million total impressions
“Over five hundred million people saw that video just alone, just from all the impressions, aside from the main video, getting a hundred million, hundred and twenty-five million views.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 10:08 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Gov. Tim Walz changed Minnesota's flag to resemble Somalia's
“And the really extreme example of this is that Tim Walts even changed the flag of Minnesota to resemble the Somali flag. I mean, he lowered the old flag and raised this new flag to that resembles the Somali flag, which shows the political clout of this communi…”
David Sacks Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 18:45 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Chamath: Minnesota Medicaid autism claims spiked 130x in five years
“Medicaid claims for autism in Minnesota spiked 130 X in five years.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 26:00 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Supported
Dye: Data center development is increasing across Ohio, Minnesota, and the Midwest
“There are parts of the country like Ohio and Minnesota, And some other areas in the Midwest that are really starting to see a lot more activity as folks are looking for some alternative solutions in the sense that like, hey, this is actually a cost effective p…”
AJ Dye Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 29:35 Bridging Investment and Operations: AJ Dye on Scaling Tech with Vertex Innovations and Unifi Ventures
CAPITAL ALLOCATORS Assertion Supported
O'Leary: Saint Paul Foundation is Minnesota's largest community foundation
“So St. Paul Minnesota Foundation is one of many community foundations in the state. We are the largest. We are statewide, which is a bit unique.”
Shannon O'Leary Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 23:31 Shannon O'Leary – Relationship Capital Investing at St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation (EP.435)
ALL-IN Opinion
David Sacks: Tim Walz was the biggest flop of 2024
“My biggest flop was the self-declared knucklehead Tim Waltz. From Minnesota.”
David Sacks Dec 25, 2024 ▶ 1:03:57 The All-In Holiday Spectacular
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Tim Walz set up a COVID hotline punishable by 90 days in jail
“He set up a COVID-spitch hotline so people could rat out their neighbors for leaving the house or having dinner parties or walking their dog without a mask. And it was real. I mean, violators could be punished by 90 days in jail.”
David Sacks Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 1:25:40 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
CATALYST Disclosure
DeLuca: Delta Is Pushing for Centralized SAF Blending Hubs in Key Markets
“And so we are really pushing to see blending hubs in some key markets, such as Minnesota. So that we've got just one place where all staff producers are able to blend in their staff, and then all airlines will be able to access.”
Amelia DeLuca May 16, 2024 ▶ 23:52 Understanding SAF buyers
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Sean Sherman: Minnesota wild rice is hand-harvested and distinct from commercial rice
“So, cause we have the true wild rice that grows here in Minnesota. That's completely different from any of the black rice that you see in the markets at all. Cause all this stuff is hand harvested. People are harvesting in canoes. We're buying directly from in…”
Sean Sherman Feb 2, 2023 ▶ 19:07 HIBT Lab! The Sioux Chef: Sean Sherman
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Sean Sherman: Food Lab sent 10,000 meals to Minnesota tribes during pandemic
“We got a small group of our team back together in our kitchen and started doing food relief all through twenty-twenty feeding a lot of homeless encampments, and then as the winter came around, we started sending food directly to tribal communities, so at the h…”
Sean Sherman Feb 2, 2023 ▶ 26:29 HIBT Lab! The Sioux Chef: Sean Sherman
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Newman: Minnesota was never competitive in the 2020 election
“I never thought Minnesota was in play the Republicans put a brave face on there and they are making some gains in the rural areas, but Minnesota was never in play.”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:43:02 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
ALL-IN Prediction Partly held up
Trump will lose Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Florida before he loses Georgia
“If you think that there is an even remote chance that Donald Trump loses Georgia, Don't even worry about Minnesota and Pennsylvania and Florida because he would have already lost those in order to lose Georgia.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 11, 2020 ▶ 1:29:16 E5: WHO's incompetence, kicking off Cold War II, China's grand plan, 100X'ing American efficiency
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
LÄRABAR's initial packaging print run cost up to $150,000
“Okay, cashew cookie, cherry pie, apple pie, banana bread, and chocolate coconut chew, and there was a minimum print run of all of those, and I actually printed at this company in Minnesota And I remember it costing somewhere around, you know, a hundred, a 150,…”
Lara Merriken Oct 28, 2019 ▶ 28:51 LÄRABAR: Lara Merriken (2018)

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