The Weekly Scramble

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The Weekly Scramble features Mike Frattallone and Chris Reuvers’ light hearted look at daily life in the State of Minnesota. Twice a week they bring their unique, common-sense conservatives approach to the current headlines. Logical and witty, funny, smart and maybe a little too opinionated, Mike and Chris are here to help make sense of the nonsense facing Minnesotans.

4D AGO

School graduation celebrations have gotten completely out of control!!

School graduation celebrations have gotten completely out of control!! The founder of Feeding Our Future was sentenced to over 41 years (500 months) for her role in the sprawling fraud scheme on Thursday morning. Aimee Bock, 45, was convicted on all counts following a more than six-week federal jury trial last year. Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Bock to 50 years in prison, while her attorney asked for either time served or a maximum of 37 months. The former prosecution team, Joe Thompson, Harry Jacobs, Matthew Ebert and Daniel Bobier, attended the sentencing. Joining them were law enforcement who worked on the case, and even several jurors from the six-week trial. Top federal officials on Thursday announced prosecutions against 15 defendants accused of defrauding government services. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald, the head of the Department of Justice’s Fraud Enforcement Division, said the charges brought this week targeted “shocking” schemes that reaped $90 million in taxpayer funds. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

38 min
6D AGO

Blackstone to invest $5 billion in AI infrastructure venture with Google

Blackstone, the world’s largest private owner of data centers, will invest $5 billion in equity capital in a new artificial intelligence infrastructure company with Google, the New York-based asset management firm announced Monday. Google will supply the new U.S.-based company with its tensor processing units — chips purpose-built for processing artificial intelligence computations — bringing the first 500 megawatts of compute capacity online by 2027, with “plans to scale significantly over time,” Blackstone said in a statement. “This new company has enormous potential as it helps to meet the unprecedented demand for compute,” Jon Gray, President and COO of Blackstone, said in the statement. The unnamed company will be helmed by Benjamin Treynor Sloss, who most recently served as Google’s chief programs officer. A Google spokesperson declined to comment on whether Google would retain a direct leadership role in it. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the joint venture before Blackstone’s official statement, said the private equity giant would hold a majority stake, citing sources familiar with the matter. Blackstone did not disclose the venture’s ownership structure in its statement, and did not respond to CNBC’s request for comment by publication time. The Journal also reported that the joint venture has already identified likely data center locations, some of which are under construction. Blackstone, which manages more than $1.3 trillion in assets, has invested aggressively across the AI ecosystem and, earlier this month, established a similar venture with Anthropic. Shares of Alphabet and Blackstone rose by about 1% in pre-market trading on Tuesday. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

36 min
MAY 14

The Twin Cities media loses two legends in the past week

The Twin Cities media loses two legends in the past week. Final Walz fraud report rips ‘culture of tolerance’ as Minnesota taxpayers face billions in alleged losses A comprehensive final report released Tuesday by the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee concluding its work for the current session takes aim at a "culture of tolerance" under Gov. Tim Walz that it says allowed serial fraudsters to fleece taxpayers for billions of dollars. The Professional Women’s Hockey League postponed a playoff game Monday night “due to player safety concerns related to illness.” The Minnesota Frost and the Montreal Victoire were supposed to play a decisive Game 5 Monday, but the game was postponed two hours before its scheduled start. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

44 min
MAY 12

All candidates in the MN DFL party run the EXACT same playbook and it's hilarious!!!

All candidates in the MN DFL party run the EXACT same playbook and it's hilarious!!! Minneapolis grocery store owner charged in $1 million food assistance fraud. A Minneapolis grocery store owner faces felony charges in what investigators say was a million-dollar food assistance fraud scheme. Abdid-Wahid Mohamed is accused of using other people’s EBT cards to get more than a million dollars to buy items from wholesale stores that he later sold at his own store. EBT cards work like debit cards for low-income families who receive government-paid benefits. Investigators said Mohamed owned Minnesota Food Grocery LLC near West Lake Street in Minneapolis and was seen buying items such as energy drinks and baby formula with EBT cards that did not belong to him. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

37 min
MAY 7

'Drinko de Mayo' UMinn frat party gets hit with bias report........

Joe Senser, the well-known former Minnesota Vikings tight end and Twin Cities businessman, has died, the team announced Thursday. He was 69 years old. Someone reported a University of Minnesota fraternity to the campus Bias Response and Referral Network for a sign that said “Drinko de Mayo,” referencing the Mexican holiday. The unidentified person turned in the report last year on May 1, according to newly obtained bias response team documents. The College Fix acquired more than 100 reports submitted between July 30, 2024 and March 13, 2026. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

43 min
MAY 5

Minnesota sent $67 million to 9 daycare centers raided by federal agents, records show

From The Babylon Bee "We Asked AI To Show America Without Republicans" Minnesota sent $67 million to 9 daycare centers raided by federal agents, records show. Minnesota paid more than $67 million in public child care subsidies over the past eight years to nine day care providers raided by federal authorities last week as part of a sweeping fraud investigation, according to state data obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES. The payments flowed through the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, known as CCAP, which helps low-income families cover the cost of child care. The feds have not filed charges, and investigators have not said how much, if any, of the money paid to those providers may have been fraudulently obtained. Still, the records show dramatic financial growth at the nine centers, while the number of kids they served stayed relatively flat. Over the last two years alone, state payments to the nine providers more than doubled, rising from about $8 million in 2023 to more than $16 million in 2025, according to the data. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

41 min
APR 30

Ilhan Omar husband’s California winery suddenly closes amid investigation into her finances

A California winery co-owned by Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, has shut its doors for good amid scrutiny of the congresswoman’s family wealth. The winery ceased business operations on April 4, two months after Republicans sent a letter demanding answers into the discrepancies between Omar’s congressional financial disclosures for 2024 and the one she filed just one year earlier, according to California business records. In a February letter to Mynett, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said financial disclosures filed by his wife Omar “show eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC, which you hold ownership stakes in, went from being worth as much as $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024.” The United States has crossed a grim threshold: The national debt now exceeds the size of the entire American economy. As of March 31, debt held by the public stood at $31.27 trillion, while nominal GDP over the prior 12-month period was an estimated $31.22 trillion—pushing the debt-to-GDP ratio to 100.2%, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), based on new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

43 min
APR 28

The Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini story has had a new layer added to it

The Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini story has had a new layer added to it. Gov Tim Walz tries to take credit for a fraud crackdown that came from..........the feds. Kentucky man credits a Giants kicker for missing a FG and saving his life. No idea how but we get into the Vikings Love Boat scandal from 2005 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

44 min

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136 Ratings

Great show!! Informative and entertaining!

10/29/2025

Skasella

I absolutely love this show! Mike and Chris are a great team. Their commitment to sharing their honest thoughts on topics and current events is very refreshing. I finish every show laughing after Mike’s joke of the day. 😂Love it all!! ❤️
Meh

May 8

Gman’s little brother

Like the show for the most part but the host Chris seems to have his nose so far up the “orange mans” butt that he can’t see what’s really happening in the world. He also seems to lose his breath while doing over-dramatic reads,(kind of bad for a podcast host) The other host Mike seems to come at subject matter with a little more balance and seems like he payed attention a little in college . Keep up 1/2 of the good work
The show is less fun now.

10/30/2025

gregarcher123456789

Far more often now than before, Chris and Mike get too political. I now only listen to shows that are not political and not pointing a negative finger at people. Chris has become a hate monger to groups that don’t share his opinions or believe his conspiracy theories.
Great POD

09/12/2025

Bloom113

Only thing I can say is, I’d wish they add a second show a week!

The Weekly Scramble features Mike Frattallone and Chris Reuvers’ light hearted look at daily life in the State of Minnesota. Twice a week they bring their unique, common-sense conservatives approach to the current headlines. Logical and witty, funny, smart and maybe a little too opinionated, Mike and Chris are here to help make sense of the nonsense facing Minnesotans.