A judge on Thursday sentenced the former leader of the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future to 41-and-a-half years behind bars for her involvement in a $250 million pandemic fraud case that sparked national attention and outrage.
The leader, who became known as the “mastermind” of the scheme, Amiee Bock, claimed the nonprofit helped feed children during the pandemic. She was convicted in March 2025 of wire fraud, bribery and conspiracy and must repay $243 million.
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American cities need bold renewal. What we need is a “MadeCity” vision — a vision for intentionally crafting or “making” cities that emphasize the enduring higher order potential within people.
Beginning to plan and build such cities as part of America’s upcoming 250th anniversary is a fitting way to extend John Winthrop’s vision for America as a “City on a Hill.” A MadeCity is a living monument to faith, freedom, and entrepreneurship — the very ideals that turned a collection of colonies into the greatest nation on earth.
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison, Federalist No. 47
Many rank-and-file Republicans and political commentators have expressed shock at the unprecedented lawfare being employed by the Democrat Party and its political allies against President Trump during his second term. Over 700 lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration, and the number of executive orders impeded/blocked by Democrat/left-wing activist judges currently exceeds 200 (full and partial).
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Many of the artists I now feature came to my radar because of a singing competition show. You may remember Jordan Rainer as the “girl in the sunglasses” from Team Reba on NBC’s The Voice. America fell in love with her instantly as the quick-witted, shoot-from-the-hip contestant who left producers sweating and never knowing what she would say on live TV. Now, three years later, this gritty, tele-slinging, fire-spitting outlaw country artist returns with her most fearless and defining work to date – an unapologetic record that pushes boundaries both sonically and culturally.
As always, I want to know how the artist got their start. She told me, “From the time I could toddle, my family had a family piano in the living room. I couldn’t even make eye contact with it, but I could reach above my head and play the keys, and I would just think on it. I’ve been drawn to instruments my whole life. From the time I was a kid, if there was a guitar in the corner somewhere, if there was a drumstick, I was hitting something. I just couldn’t make music.”
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