Liz Collin Reports
Meaningful Minnesota conversations with Liz Collin. New stories and guests every episode. Liz Collin is a Minnesota native raised in Worthington and a multi-Emmy-Award-winning investigative reporter and news anchor. She is the producer of The Fall of Minneapolis and Minnesota v We the People documentary films, and author of They’re Lying: The Media, the Left, and The Death of George Floyd. Her work has prompted important state laws. Yet perhaps most of all, Liz has been giving a voice to the truth—and helping others tell their stories—for more than 20 years.
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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 of immigration enforcement.
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 perspective on the failed...
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.
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 wasn't right. Johnson didn&...
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 just the fact that ...
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. Feinwachs said a recent...
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 suspected fraud in St. ...
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.
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 talking about the constitu...
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 an even closer look at the wa...
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 the findings as the reporters examined ...
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 ago.
But with Somali fraud ma...
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 forbidden.
In speaking abou...
A whistleblower who works in county government—and tried to call attention to fraud in Minnesota—joined Liz Collin on her podcast. She asked that we protect her identity for the interview, so we called her Susan.
She spoke out on Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud, a program funded by Medicaid and administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The program was officially ...
In hindsight, she says the suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash seem like an obvious connection to the estimated billions of dollars in fraud.
While traveling with large amounts of money is not illegal, as long as it's documented, she also explains how much money she saw, how law enforcement officers were contacted—and how little was done about it—during her interview with Liz Collin.
AJ Kern, who ran for congress herself, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about the shocking details in documents related to Rep. Omar's personal history and immigration status.
Rep. Omar has repeatedly "claimed that she became a citizen at the age of 17," Kern explained.
However, based on public records, Kern said it seems as though Rep. Omar "was actually 18 in the year 20...
A common language, a common border, but somehow worlds apart.
A Somaliland activist offers some perspective on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Somali fraud in Minnesota, and more.
An outspoken conservative professor has been taking on woke indoctrination and ideology at a Wisconsin college campus. His social media post in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination went viral as he’s pushed for more open dialogue.
Dr. Trevor Tomesh is a computer science professor at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls. He joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Dr. Tomesh has been speaking out for some time on co...
Alpha News reporters Jenna Gloeb and Liz Collin provide an update on their investigation into a state autism program, prompting more questions than answers.
A bombshell filing alleging prosecutorial misconduct in Derek Chauvin's trial has gone viral, with people like like Elon Musk, Jack Posobiec, and Tim Pool weighing in. However, Minnesota’s corporate media has yet to even mention the latest filings regarding the state’s highest profile murder case in history.
Meanwhile, the city of Minneapolis has dismissed a formal complaint against their assistant pol...
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