Liz Collin Reports

Send us Fan Mail Jenny Liang, a 21-year-old graduate of the University of Northwestern, and a research assistant for the University of Minnesota Law School, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Liang is the GOP endorsed candidate for House District 40A in Minnesota. After learning about what her family went through during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, she's trying to make changes at the Capit...

Send us Fan Mail A Minneapolis police officer who worked on the streets for decades spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast. Due to anti-law enforcement hostility and retaliation, he asked to remain anonymous. But he spoke candidly about a wide range of topics, including the shocking problems with retirements and recruits, Somali fraud, cars that have been stolen more than a few times, and more. But,...

Send us Fan Mail Mary Restrepo joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about how her daughter Cristina was killed by a negligent driver—and how the Hennepin County Attorney's Office has made the family's nightmare even worse.  She explained how prosecutors, under Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarity, apparently have been doing more for the negligent driver than seeking justice for Cr...

Send us Fan Mail Edwin Reed, who had to shut down his business near George Floyd Square, and Michael Healy, his attorney, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.  Reed explained that the city is "picking and choosing who's more important" as Minneapolis pushes funding for businesses following ICE's Operation Metro Surge. He also talked about how he and eight other business owners are...

Send us Fan Mail Rebecca Delahunt, director of public policy for Minnesota Family Council, joined Liz Collin on her podcast and talked about the latest developments with the so-called Equal Rights Amendment. Among her many concerns, Delahunt explained that "if this were to pass, it would give much higher legal protection for males to be housed at Shakopee,” Minnesota's prison for women....

Send us Fan Mail Cristine Trooien, executive director of Minnesota Partnership for Achievement, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. She's been an advocate for better public education and student achievement for quite some time, including as the founder of the Minnesota Parents Alliance. But with Ethnic Studies legislation set to take effect, Trooien said parents, political leaders, and legislat...

Send us Fan Mail Mille Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton, who puts public safety before politics, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.  Sheriff Burton offered his perspective about the hard-won cooperation with ICE—and the chaos caused by anti-ICE rhetoric—as Operation Metro Surge comes to an end. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The St. Paul Field Office Director for ICE details some of the anti-ICE attacks and the rhetoric from Minnesota politicians as Operation Metro Surge comes to an end.  Alpha News has been the only Minnesota media organization granted a behind the scenes look at the work ICE officers do in the state.  Liz Collin first rode along with officers in September and this week we went back...

Send us Fan Mail Anti-ICE activism has been causing chaos in the streets and creeping into classrooms in Minnesota and beyond.  Pushing back against the political nonsense and the propaganda takes courage, as Alvin Lui, president of Courage is a Habit, explained to Liz Collin on her podcast. To help parents and concerned citizens, Courage is a Habit has released seven questions that parents can se...

Send us Fan Mail Tim Macklin, a pastor and former father-in-law of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis during anti-ICE activities, shares his message about faith and what really matters during trying times. Macklin spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about matters of faith and his fight to gain custody of Renee's son—his grandson. "It's horrible that...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Birt, a Minnesota photographer, author, speaker, and consultant, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about his recent work during weeks of anti-ICE protests and riots.  Along with capturing photos on scene at the Renee Good shooting, an Alex Pretti memorial and march, and his photo from an anti-ICE riot that was featured during a White House press conference, Birt spoke abo...

Send us Fan Mail Rep. Pam Altendorf, a Republican who represents the Red Wing area and is vice chair of the Minnesota House Elections Committee, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about her concerns with election integrity in the state.  While three counties provided partial data, Hennepin County provided her with full voter rolls. Having reviewed the data with her team, Rep. Altendorf shared so...

Send us Fan Mail A student at the University of Minnesota tells Alpha News she had to take part in what her professor called an "'ICE drill" during class.  The student said it was meant to teach students how to respond if ICE ever came to the class—and how white students needed to use their bodies to "cover" and "shield" other students who may be likely targets o...

Send us Fan Mail Alleister, a citizen journalist and videographer, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about what happened behind the scenes of some of the viral videos he recorded. Alleister captured a man being beaten with a flagpole by an angry mob after an anti-ICE protest, a viral fist fight outside ICE headquarters at the Whipple Building in St. Paul, and more. He also offered his persp...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Branca—an attorney, author, and internationally recognized expert on self-defense—joined Liz Collin on her podcast to explain.  Branca also talked about mainstream media propaganda, "SignalGate," the Insurrection Act, and other issues that may affect this case. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In publicly telling his story for the first time, former GOP candidate Paul Wikstrom spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about how his challenge to election fraud ultimately helped shine a light on all the other kinds of fraud in Minnesota. Wikstrom explained how he was running against DFL opponent Curtis Johnson to represent District 40B in the Minnesota House. But something was...

Send us Fan Mail Somali American Abdi Nor Iftin is a naturalized U.S. citizen and the author of a memoir titled "Call Me American."  Iftin has also been outspoken about Somali fraud—and facing threats from the Somali community. He spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about the consequences of telling the truth instead of taking sides. Iftin admitted, “What's bothering me — it's...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Dr. David Feinwachs joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He is former general counsel of the Minnesota Hospital Association. He was fired for asking too many questions after four HMOs in Minnesota were making an extraordinary amount of money from the state Medicaid program.  The federal government has put Minnesota on notice: fix the fraud or lose the federal funds.  Dr. Fei...

Send us Fan Mail Dr.  Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Jim O'Neill, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), met with Liz Collin for an interview.   Dr. Oz and Deputy Sec. O’Neill talked about what they saw when they visited daycare and autism centers in the Twin Cities for themselves.    They told Collin that while checking out sus...

Send us Fan Mail Minnesota, Maine. Two different states, but they have a lot in common when it comes to Medicaid fraud. Steve Robinson, an independent journalist and editor-in-chief of the Maine Wire, has been sounding the alarm and pointed out some of the incredible similarities with Liz Collin on her podcast. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Chris Madel, a prominent defense attorney who won a high-profile case for Trooper Ryan Londregan, explains how once again politicians are ignoring the facts and the presumption of innocence with the shooting involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis.  Madel joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He also represents Alpha News and is a republican running for governor of Minnesota.  In talkin...

Send us Fan Mail Michele Bachmann—a former U.S. congresswoman who represented Minnesota's 6th District from 2007 until 2015, and a former Republican presidential candidate in 2012—joined Liz Collin on her podcast for an exclusive conversation on Minnesota fraud.  As Governor Tim Walz announced he will not seek a third term and fraud continues to make national news, Alpha News has been taking...

Send us Fan Mail Prompted by a flood of tips from readers about facilities that tipsters say do not appear to be providing services, Alpha News reporters Liz Collin and Jenna Gloeb visited more than a dozen autism centers and adult day care businesses across the Twin Cities during posted business hours on Monday, Dec. 15. Vacant rooms and autism therapy centers with no children present were among...

Send us Fan Mail Jeremy Christenson, a former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent, joined Liz Collin on her podcast and explained how cases of cash smuggling and fraudulent day care centers were ignored by prosecutors. Christensen said many of the cases he investigated “went away into thin air.” He had concerns ever since he started investigating cases of fraud in Minnesota some 10 years...

Send us Fan Mail He once wanted to die for Allah, but courageously left Islam for Christianity and is now working to save Muslims around the world. Mohamad Faridi shared his journey and his message to Minnesota with Liz Collin on her podcast.  Faridi pointed out that while the United States is a country founded on religious freedom, it seems that talking about the truth of Islam is somehow forbidd...