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I used to care but as it became a political tool, it became too much effort to care.
As far as i know, the only exposure is in Minnesota, but that can't be the only place that these federal dollars were being misused. It smells funny.
The journalist you're probably referencing is a YouTuber/influencer and has no journalistic credentials that I can find. It feels like an opportunistic popularity grab. Strike 2.
I read that the guy making the video was invited to produce a piece by a possible candidate for governor, opposing Gov. Walz. This tells me that it's now a political advertisement and has lost any credibility and I don't care enough to fact check everything,so I've stopped paying attention.
The whole thing bothers me. I don't like it when people don't follow the rules. Right now, it's too hard to know the truth, so I'm closing my eyes. There's enough other stuff to be upset about in life.