LOOP: FBI updates public on Minnesota fraud case

The LOOP MONDAY DECEMBER 29 FBI ISSUES UPDATE ON MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDAL  FBI Director Kash Patel yesterday issued a statement updating the public on a sprawling fraud scandal in Minnesota. "To date, the FBI dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID," he wrote.

View in browser MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 FBI ISSUES UPDATE ON MINNESOTA FRAUD SCANDAL  FBI Director Kash Patel yesterday issued a statement updating the public on a sprawling fraud scandal in Minnesota. "To date, the FBI dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID," he wrote.  READ TRUMP-ZELENSKYY MEET REPORTEDLY PRODUCTIVE  "Sunday's talks between President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy could pave the way for the first call between Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in more than five years," a source told Fox News. Trump touted the meeting ahead of time as a step that could lead to a quick resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine.  READ RFK MAY OVERHAUL CHILD VACCINE SCHEDULE  "A new childhood vaccination schedule under Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could look a lot more like Denmark's schedule — meaning more parental control, fewer overall shots, and nixing very early doses," Amanda Prestigiacomo reports.  READ GOP GOVERNOR TOUTS MEDICAID REFORMS  Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Braun last week touted his administration's efforts to eliminate waste and fraud. The efforts stand in sharp contrast to the unfolding scandal in Minnesota. "We found folks that should have been on Medicare that were still on Medicaid. People double-dipping Medicaid through a couple of different states, pharmacies with a 340B program, buying drugs at a discount, selling them at high margins," Braun said. "We're just picking that low-hanging fruit, and that's why we're going to lead the country."  READ EXORCISMS ARE EXPLODING ACROSS AMERICA  "From Michigan to Melbourne, exorcisms are rising — an odd trend in an age when Christianity is supposedly retreating," writes John Mac Ghlionn. He recently reached out to Catholic clergy for insights. Here's what he learned.  READ POPE LEO CALLS FAMILIES TO FOLLOW MARY & JOSEPH  Marking the Feast of the Holy Family yesterday, Pope Leo urged families to ground their lives in the Gospel and guard the "flame of love" in their homes against modern myths of worldly success and power that he warned can foster isolation and despair.  READ SOROS REPORTEDLY SPENDS BIG TO REELECT LETITIA JAMES  George Soros and his family have reportedly "lavished more than $71,000 into New York Attorney General Letitia James campaign coffers since 2019, including a robust $31,000 to help the longtime adversary of President Donald Trump get re-elected next year," Breitbart reports.  READ AD: THIS YEAR, RESOLVE TO PRAY  Start the New Year by building your prayer life. Commit to daily prayer with beloved devotions like The Angelus, the Surrender Novena, the Holy Face Chaplet or a weekly Holy Hour. Simple commitments, Eternal impact.  GET STARTED NOW POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II'S DECEMBER FORGIVENESS  Forty-two years ago, on Dec. 27, Pope St. John Paul II showed the world that radical forgiveness is possible when he visited his would-be assassin in prison. Rediscover the inspiring story here.  READ WHERE IN EGYPT DID THE HOLY FAMILY LIVE?  Did Jesus take His first step in Egypt? Did He see the Great Pyramids when He was little? Where exactly did the Holy Family live while they were in exile? Philip Kosloski explains.  READ FIRST CHRISTMAS AS A MOTHER  "This year, I have the privilege of celebrating Christmas with a baby boy in my arms," writes Grace Porto for CatholicVote. "As I hold my wide-eyed son up to a Nativity scene, showing him the angels, the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, and the Child Jesus, I reflect on what Mary must have felt in her pregnancy and motherhood."  READ CATHOLIC 101  "The murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket stunned the whole of Christendom. All across Europe, he was acclaimed as a martyr, and in 1173 Pope Alexander III… canonised him." Get to know the inspiring saint honored by the Church today.  READ SAINT OF THE DAY  Today the Church honors St. Thomas Becket. Thomas' close friend King Henry II promoted him to be the archbishop of Canterbury in a bid to consolidate power. The king was soon enraged, however, because Thomas took the role seriously and protected the Church from secular incursions. Thomas died in Canterbury Cathedral at the hands of the king's knights.  READ DAILY PSALM  "Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!" (Psalm 96)  READ DAILY READINGS  Today's Mass readings.  READ DEVOTION  Don't let go of the Gift we all received this holy season.  SHARE Paid for by CatholicVote Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) organization., PO Box 3310, Carmel, IN 46082 (317) 669-6127 Unsubscribe Manage preferences