By Wayne Allyn Root

There is an exploding Somali immigrant scandal in Minnesota. It looks to be the biggest scandal in US history. Somalis appear to have scammed and looted more billions of taxpayer dollars than we gave Lehman Brothers during the 2008 economic meltdown.

And it appears this $9 billion scam is just the tip of the iceberg.

The amount stolen by Somali immigrants in Minnesota may be small compared to the amount stolen by Somalis in every state.

At this point, it’s fair to wonder if there is a single Somali immigrant who isn’t on the dole? How many Somali immigrants in the USA are not on welfare, food stamps, or free healthcare? How many aren’t scamming, or looting taxpayers? How many Somali immigrants pay more taxes into the system than they take out? I’m betting not many.

The exploding Minnesota-Somalian scandal is

Exhibit A proving a few important things….

First, not all immigration is good for America. We are better off letting no one in, versus letting anyone in.

Second, not all immigrants are equal. Some immigrants are better, and smarter, and more talented than others.

Some are unskilled, low IQ, and more apt to need welfare, or to steal and scam the American taxpayers once allowed in our country.

That brings me to number three- the conclusion…

We need standards. This is America. We can’t let just anyone in. We should never let low IQ immigrants into our country. It’s just asking for trouble.

Back in the early 1980’s I was a managing partner in a major nightclub in Manhattan. Even nightclubs had standards. Every night we put out the velvet ropes and positioned doormen and security behind the ropes. Every night crowds formed begging to get into our nightclub.

They were begging to pay a $20 cover charge (and this was 40+ years ago), and often waving $100 bribes in their hands to motivate the doormen to let them in. That was before they gained entry, and had to pay big money for drinks, and food.

And still, we didn’t let just anyone in. We turned away far more than we let in.

You had to be SPECIAL to get into our nightclub.

Why don’t you have to be special to get into America? Why do we have to let anyone in? Why shouldn’t they be “SSS- special, skilled, and smart?”

Liberals think people like me want every immigrant to be rich. Not true.

Liberals think people like me want every immigrant to be white. Not true.

Liberals think people like me want every immigrant to be from European countries. Not true.

I don’t really care if you’re rich, or poor, or white, or what country you’re from.

I only care that you’re smart, skilled, ambitious, hard-working, and SPECIAL.

Ironically, that’s the same kind of people we used to allow to enter our nightclub. No low IQ dummies, no lazy bums, no talent-less losers, and no criminals or scammers, were allowed into our nightclub. We had standards.

So, why would we allow just anyone into our great country?

What I’m proposing is that we demand IQ tests for anyone who wants to get into our country. We need standards. Like colleges, law schools, medical schools, and business schools used to require- before DEI. How’d that work out?

Or just like corporations used to require- before DEI. How’d that work out?

You got in only if you met a certain standard- based on test scores, or grades, or resumes.

First and foremost, we should test potential immigrants for IQ. We should not allow any dummies into America. You don’t have to be rich. But you need to be smart.

If your IQ is high enough, we know you’ll probably make it in America without welfare, food stamps, free healthcare, or scamming our taxpayers- like the Somalis of Minnesota (and maybe all 50 states).

If your IQ is high enough, we know you’ll stand a good chance of adding to our society, of bringing value, of paying taxes into the system, of getting a job, building a nice career, and keeping it.

Smart people are winners. Low IQ dummies are not. We need smart people in America. We already have enough “DDDD’s”- dummies, druggies, deadwood (lazy bums) and desperate welfare addicts.

Liberals might be shocked to learn I want immigrants from every country in the world. Even Somalia. As long as they’re smart and hard working. As long as they’re high IQ and self-reliant.

So, what we need, and should allow, and should recruit, is the smartest people from every country. I’ll take the top ½ of 1% of smartest people from Somalia, Haiti, Nigeria, Mexico, El Salvador, Venezuela, and China.

But not the other 99 1/2%. We don’t need the dummies, or lazy losers.

Guess what? No racism there. I don’t care about your skin color. I only care about your brainpower.

So, from now on, let’s demand an IQ test for immigrants who want to come to America. You don’t have to be white, or be European, or be rich.

But you need to be the best and brightest your country offers. You need a high IQ. You need to have the highest work ethic. You need to have skills we need in America.

You need to be special.

You can be from Somalia. But you better be the best and brightest ½ of 1% of Somalis. Or you don’t get into America.

That’s the mistake we’ve been making. We’ve been letting in the worst of the worst. Somalia isn’t the problem. It’s the kind of people Democrats welcomed in from Somalia- the worst of the worst.

This has to end. We are America. We are the greatest country in the history of the world. We should have standards. We should only let in the best of the best.

Our standards should be at least as high as my old Manhattan nightclub.

Happy New Year!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at Noon ET and his video podcast “WAR Zone presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!

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Europe was once a Christian continent where the longest war ever fought, the Thirty Years’ War, was between Protestants and Catholics over who was worshiping God correctly. Over the past hundred years, however, Europe has moved increasingly toward secularism and liberalism, with social policies shifting further left.

Only 67 percent of Europeans now identify as Christian. Church attendance has fallen to single digits in many countries, while liberal policies such as same-sex marriage and abortion have become widespread.

Most European countries allow abortion on request, typically between 10 and 14 weeks. France, once a bastion of Catholic faith, made abortion a constitutional right. Ireland, a country which until the 1970s had the highest church attendance in Europe, voted to repeal its abortion ban in 2018. Twelve European countries allow individuals to change their official gender marker on documents without medical requirements.

All EU member states except Hungary, Latvia, and Romania provide access to drug therapies for gender transition, and in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Denmark it is paid for through national health insurance. Seven countries have legalized euthanasia or assisted dying, with Belgium including minors in certain circumstances. Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, while the Netherlands has tolerated cannabis in coffee shops since the 1970s and Germany legalized recreational cannabis in 2024.

Roughly 56 percent of Europeans say they do not identify with any religion. A 2010 Eurobarometer survey found that 51 percent of EU citizens believe in God, while 20 percent do not believe in anything. While it is no surprise that northern Europe and Germany have a very low percentage of people who believe in God, France was a major disappointment, with 56 percent no longer believing in God. Romania had only one percent non-believers and Malta two percent, while the Czech Republic is considered the most atheist country in Europe, with 80 percent saying they have no religion at all.

Slovenia prohibits religious education in public schools, making it one of very few European states with this restriction. The Organization and Financing of Upbringing and Education Act explicitly prohibits any religious activities in public schools. Strong separation of church and state follows the French laïcité model. One elective course called Religions and Ethics is offered as a non-confessional option in higher primary grades. Unlike all other former Yugoslav republics that reintroduced confessional religious education after 1991, Slovenia maintained its strict secularist approach.

Despite widespread secularization, some European countries retain formal Christian integration in government and education, with Greece enforcing it most strictly. The 1975 Constitution establishes the Greek Orthodox Church as the prevailing religion, and Orthodox religious education is compulsory in all public schools from third grade through high school.

A 2019 Council of State ruling held that religion classes are exclusively for Orthodox students, who cannot opt out, while exemptions are limited to atheists and non-Orthodox students. Schools verify baptismal records to deny exemptions, and the curriculum is mandated to develop Orthodox Christian consciousness.

About 90 percent of the population identifies as Orthodox Christian, and special legal arrangements between the state and Church exist across multiple policy areas. Greece is unique in Europe in legally requiring baptized Christians to receive religious education with no opt-out.

Poland has the strongest political rhetoric around Christian identity in Europe. Catholic education is offered in every public school with state funding and draws over 80 percent participation. The Catholic Church fully controls the curriculum, which the government cannot alter, and selects teachers who are paid by the state. A 1993 Concordat with the Vatican, ratified in 1998, guarantees Catholic education, and the 1997 Constitution explicitly permits religious instruction in schools.

President Andrzej Duda stated in 2024 that religion is an inalienable part of Polishness, while former Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek said Christian education is necessary to save Latin civilization. Parliament is debating a bill to require either religion or ethics classes. About 71 percent of Poles identify as Catholic, down from 88 percent in 2010, and the liberal government elected in 2025 is cutting religion classes from two hours to one per week over Church opposition.

Hungary presents an alternative for second place alongside Poland. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has described Hungary as a Christian democracy since 2018 and says the country is defending Christian Europe against a godless cosmos. Christianity functions as a core political ideology and policy framework, with the government promoting Christian values and using religious rhetoric to justify immigration restrictions and family policy. Churches receive preferential treatment and government support. Despite this, Christian identification fell from 92.9 percent in 1992 to 42.5 percent in 2022, reflecting a steep decline alongside the political rhetoric.

Denmark has strong constitutional integration of Christianity. The Evangelical Lutheran Church is established as the state church by the constitution, and the monarch is constitutionally required to be a member. Religious education is mandatory in the school curriculum. The state directly funds the national church, and the church–state relationship is formally embedded in constitutional and statutory law.

Italy maintains cultural integration despite constitutional secularism, with about 80 percent of the population identifying as Catholic. Crucifixes in classrooms are no longer legally mandatory following a 2021 Supreme Court ruling but remain widespread through school community choice. In 2011, the European Court of Human Rights ruled 15 to 2 that crucifixes may remain as passive symbols of Italian cultural identity.

Catholic religious education is mandatory for schools to offer but optional for students, with 86 percent participation in 2020. The Hour of Religion provides one hour per week throughout primary and secondary education. Teachers are selected by the Catholic Church and paid by the state, with the curriculum jointly approved by the Ministry of Education and the Italian Episcopal Conference. Italy has had no official state religion since the 1948 constitution, but the Concordat with the Vatican grants the Catholic Church special privileges.

Slovakia has a 62 percent Catholic population and operates a mandatory either-or system in which all public elementary students must take either a religion class, usually Catholic, or an ethics class, with no full opt-out allowed. Parents choose between the two, but complete exemption is not permitted, making Slovakia’s system distinct from most European countries.

Finland requires religious education as mandatory in comprehensive schools for ages 7 to 16 and secondary schools for ages 16 to 18 or 19. Eleven different approved religious education curricula exist, with Lutheran dominant, but other registered religions can request their own instruction. Two national churches exist: Evangelical Lutheran and Finnish Orthodox.

Norway’s Church of Norway has special constitutional status despite disestablishment in 2012 but retained privileges. The King must be a church member as a constitutional requirement. Since 2007, students can opt out of Christianity, religion, and philosophy courses.

England has the Church of England as the official established church. Religious education is compulsory by law under the Education Act of 1944. Christianity must have predominant place while teaching other religions. The monarch is Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

The Fundamental Law of Hungary establishes the country as founded on Christian values, and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has described Hungary as a “Christian democracy” since 2018. Despite this political rhetoric emphasizing Christianity’s role in Hungarian identity, Christian identification fell dramatically from 92.9 percent in 1992 to 42.5 percent in 2022, representing one of Europe’s steepest declines alongside the political emphasis on Christian values.

Hungary operates a mandatory either-or system requiring one hour per week of education in faith and ethics or general ethics through the first eight grades of public school, established by the Act CXC of 2011 on Public Education. Parents and students must choose between faith and ethics classes offered by any of the 32 legally recognized religious groups or a secular ethics course taught by public school teachers, with no full opt-out allowed.

Church schools have expanded significantly, operating approximately 17 percent of elementary and secondary schools as of 2019-2020. Churches or religious associations receive state subsidies based on enrollment, with “established churches” receiving preferential supplementary subsidies for operating expenses at an estimated 3:1 ratio compared to secular schools. Religious schools are free to conduct their own religious teaching without government input and can make faith education mandatory and not substitutable with an ethics class.

Based on the evidence, Greece is arguably the most religious country in Europe, as it constitutionally establishes the Greek Orthodox Church as the prevailing religion, mandates Orthodox religious education with no opt-out for baptized Christians, and reports about 90 percent Orthodox identification, the strongest enforcement on the continent.

England and Denmark retain state churches, while Hungary’s Fundamental Law defines the country as founded on Christian values. Poland combines strong political rhetoric linking Christianity to national identity with over 80 percent participation in Catholic education and 71 percent Catholic identification.

Finland requires mandatory religious education in primary and secondary schools, offering eleven approved curricula across two national churches. Italy remains culturally Catholic, with about 80 percent identifying as Catholic, widespread crucifixes in classrooms by local choice, and Catholic religious education offered in all schools with 86 percent student participation.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has backed down on federal enforcement of commercial driver’s license revocations, announcing a delay in the cancellation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) issued to immigrant drivers — now postponed until March 6, 2026.

The move comes only after immigrant advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit and secured a temporary reprieve against the state’s efforts to comply with federal safety and immigration rules.

The Gateway Pundit reported in November that California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) had confessed to illegally handing out 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) to dangerous foreign drivers who have no business operating massive semitrucks or school buses on American roads.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blasted California for “illegally issuing 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses” to individuals whose credentials did not meet federal requirements, even threatening to withhold up to $160 million in federal highway funds if the state refused to act.

“After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now that we’ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. “This is just the tip of the iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”

Each of the 17,000 non-domiciled CDL holders has been issued notice that their license will expire within 60 days, as it no longer meets federal requirements.

FMCSA is now requiring the California DMV to hand over a full audit of all non-domiciled CDLs to verify that every unlawfully issued license is revoked and that the state corrects the systemic failures that allowed this fraud to occur.

Federal auditors found that over one in four foreign driver records sampled in California failed to comply with federal law, including CDLs that extended beyond the expiration of a foreign worker’s visa, a blatant violation of federal safety regulations.

Now, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) confirmed that the previously scheduled cancellation, originally set to begin in early January, will now be deferred while legal challenges play out in court.

This stunning reversal follows a wave of legal filings by organizations such as the Asian Law Caucus and the Sikh Coalition, who rushed to court arguing that the state’s actions threatened the livelihoods of thousands of “hard-working” immigrant truck drivers and bus operators.

Their lawsuit claimed that the DMV’s enforcement actions were unlawful and violated due process, alleging that drivers were not financially or legally equipped to respond to abrupt cancellation notices.

Newsom’s announcement provides additional breathing room for the state, which had been under immense pressure from the Trump Administration — and the U.S. Department of Transportation — to clean up a disastrous licensing program that federal auditors found had issued CDLs beyond the lawful terms of the drivers’ immigration status.

KTVB reported:

The Sikh Coalition, a national group defending the civil rights of Sikhs, and the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the California drivers. They said immigrant truck drivers were being unfairly targeted. The driver in the Florida crash and the driver in another fatal crash in California in October are both Sikhs.

Immigrants account for about 20% of all truck drivers, but these non-domiciled licenses immigrants can receive only represent about 5% of all commercial driver’s licenses or about 200,000 drivers. The Transportation Department also proposed new restrictions that would severely limit which noncitizens could get a license, but a court put the new rules on hold.

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Guest post by Bob Cushman – Investigative Reporter – The Freedom Press – (https://michiganscorruption.com)

The Senate Leader has been accused of massive money laundering!

One of the best Freedom Fighters in America just dropped a “Truth Bomb”.

Investigative Reporter Peter Bernegger just released information that pertains to the “Pretend Republican” that is the “Senate Majority Leader.”

In this recent complaint to the FEC, Bernegger names both Thune and his treasurer.

In a December 26, 2025 dated tweet, Peter Bernegger stated the following:

“Senator @JohnThune I named your Treasurer, Nicole Weyers, in my complaint to the FEC on the money laundering into your campaign. I’m also referring her for alleged felony crimes from her position as Treasurer in your campaign committee. It’s going to be interesting about your bank your campaign committee used to launder the money.

Interesting John you went from college right into politics and never worked in the private sector. Then called for President Trump to drop out and let judas Mike Pence run for President instead.

‘Republican’ John Thune: never worked a day in the private sector for 40 some years yet wants to play with all our lives. He’s is also a big supporter of the fake, corrupt, Ukraine war — which the USA’s 3 letter agencies started. He is the one who has been blocking the vote to stop the weekly $40 million to the Taliban.”

Senator @JohnThune I named your Treasurer, Nicole Weyers, in my complaint to the FEC on the money laundering into your campaign.

I’m also referring her for alleged felony crimes from her position as Treasurer in your campaign committee.

It’s going to be interesting about your… https://t.co/axOw8G7Q2a pic.twitter.com/2x2d3mmDxJ

— Peter Bernegger (@PeterBernegger) December 26, 2025

A little history about Peter Bernegger

Bernegger has been investigating and documenting money laundering of Democrats (ActBlue) for several years now.

More recently he has become aware of the Republican money laundering through WinRed. I too have been investigating and analyzing money laundering for quite a few years.

I can state that Peter Bernegger is, to the best of my knowledge, the most knowledgeable person on this subject and has been fighting to make the world aware of this vicious practice where money is laundered to re-elect the persons that can be counted on to vote the way that they are “told”.

Peter Bernegger is the best “smurf finder” in the world!

Consider Peter’s recent history in this regard:

Timeline of Allegations

12/26/25 – US Senator John Thune
From Peter Bernegger — A complaint was filed this morning against US Senator John Thune — the Republican Senate Majority Leader — to the FEC for Smurfing $1,148,902 into his campaign. Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns. Much of the money is coming from the US Treasury = you. @AGPamBondi unfortunately is not stopping this money laundering. So we are going to stop it.

12/22/25 – US Senator Mark Kelly
From Peter Bernegger — An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Mark Kelly for Smurfing, totaling a stunning $41,300,637. Political Committee C00696526, MARK KELLY FOR SENATE, has accepted 790,641 smurfed donor transactions totaling $39,246,003 from 46,697 unique smurfing donors. These transactions encompass 68.3% of the 1,157,117 available committee transactions and 36.6% of the $107,149,771 full committee transaction valuation.

9/18/25 – US Senator Adam Schiff
From Peter Bernegger — Caught US Senator Adam Schiff smurfing $20,332,426 into his campaigns. Smurfing is structured criminal money laundering by politicians into their political campaigns. They do it by stealing the identities of senior citizens. “Smurfs” are the victims — the elderly.

5/16/25 – Senator Tammy Baldwin
From Peter Bernegger — Exclusive: I have filed a complaint to the FEC against US Senator Tammy Baldwin for criminally laundering $36,820,755 into her campaigns since 2017. This is smurfing by Baldwin, where she is stealing the identities of senior citizens — called smurfs — who are victims in this scheme. Tied in is the corrupt DNC.

2/27/25 – US Senator Tammy Baldwin
From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed, lawsuit filed: $36,820,755 criminally laundered.

2/27/25 – US Senator Lindsey Graham
From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed, lawsuit being filed within days: $11,090,385 criminally laundered.

2/27/25 – US Senator Amy Klobuchar
From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed, lawsuit being filed Jan 2nd, 2026: $9,633,912 criminally laundered.

2/27/25 – US Senator Elissa Slotkin
From Peter Bernegger — FEC complaint filed: $16,126,348 criminally laundered.

2/26/25 – US Senator Patty Murray
Peter Bernegger reports: Senator Murray caught smurfing — criminally laundering money into her campaigns.

2/25/25 – US Senator Raphael Warnock
From Peter Bernegger — Political Committee C00736876, WARNOCK FOR GEORGIA, has accepted 969,936 smurfed donor transactions totaling $57,345,638 from 65,074 unique smurfing donors. These transactions encompass 64.9% of the 1,494,773 available committee transactions and 35.3% of the $162,521,122 full committee transaction valuation. After the FEC does nothing, then I’ll file suit.

2/25/25 – Senator Ruben Gallego
From Peter Bernegger — Caught smurfing, i.e., criminally laundering money into his campaign. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

2/24/25 – Senator Jon Ossoff
From Peter Bernegger — @SenOssoff caught smurfing. The top 20 smurfs made a minimum of 197,223 contributions to Ossoff’s campaign just via ActBlue.

Why do you think that the Senate has stonewalled Trump’s appointees?  Why do you think we are still funding the war in Ukraine? Did you know that John Thune posted the following tweet in October of 2016?

“Donald Trump should withdraw and Mike Pence should be our nominee effective immediately.”

It should come as no surprise to anyone that both Democrats and Republicans are afraid to admit that Massive Money Laundering has been going on quietly but powerfully for years now.

The recent revelations in The Gateway Pundit have led to a very large increase in Public Awareness.

Consider the following GP revelations in the past few weeks:

• Fani Willis Hit With Explosive New Allegations Tied to MASSIVE Democrat Money Laundering Scheme
• ‘The Seditious Six’ Face New Legal Challenges — Massive MONEY LAUNDERING Allegations Emerge
• TGP Was First to Report on Democrat Money Laundering Using ActBlue – President Trump Called for an Investigation – The Seditious Six Now Implicated

Now consider the fact –  President Trump ordered an investigation into the unlawful Voter Mule activity using ActBlue in April.

Now here the “confession” of a seasoned campaign operative!

In a very informative news discussion between Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Charlie LeDuff in a “No BS Newshour Episode #395” and campaign strategist Jason Roe (Fraudette Smurf – YouTube) , it was stated that ActBlue has allegedly received over 16 billion dollars since 2004.

It was also revealed that several senior members of ActBlue have abruptly resigned since allegations of fraud have come forward and several federal investigations have begun in 2025.

Jason Roe stated that people working within political campaigns for many years have been aware of the money laundering that was enabled by ActBlue and that Charlie LeDuff had, within the first few minutes of Episode 395, done a far better job of explaining how ActBlue had laundered money than any mainstream media ever had!

Jason Roe further states that:

• This activity is fraud
• This activity is money laundering
• This activity is funneling money from outside the US
• That Republicans are now outraising Democrats for the first time in a decade

 

What we have at this juncture is the making of a “Perfect Storm”!

• Neither Democrats or Republicans want to admit to this massive wide-spread fraud!
• The public is becoming very aware of this illegal practice.
• President Trump has ordered Pam Bondi to investigate this very troubling situation!
• Politicians in both parties have been named in formal complaints to the FEC for Illegal money laundering.
• Michael Flynn Issues Urgent Open Letter to President Trump — Says “We The People Demand ACCOUNTABILITY!” (12-29-25)

The obvious question is: “Will President Trump force our government to rectify this cancer in our Constitutional Republic?”

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This is a Gateway Hispanic article.

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