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The battle between lies and truth in Minnesota
Kamel Aossey
Jan. 13, 2026 9:12 pm
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I have lived in Minnesota within the Twin Cities area for about 44 years and am terribly distraught at the lies upon lies coming from the White House and their staff. We do not know the whole truth yet about Renee Nicole Good’s killing, but we are not surprised by the zeal of the White House trying to discredit Ms. Good before she is even buried.
We have seen hundreds of examples flowing out of The White House of character assassinations, devious information, disinformation and lies coming from the president’s mouth, Kristi Noem, the vice president and JD Vance. They are masters at distorting the truth, corrupting a story and adding version after version and layers of wrong information to suit their own political needs and their passion for chaos.
We need a national day of reckoning for this odious and deceptive behavior. A growing public consensus believes our government is out of control. We need to get “mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore.”
Let it start here in Minneapolis and flow through the country like boiling lava coming out of a volcano. Lets turn the table and give or authoritative government a fight they wish they never started.
Kamel Aossey
Cedar Rapids native
Minnetonka, Minn.
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