{"id":46876,"date":"2026-01-10T00:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=46876"},"modified":"2026-01-10T00:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:21:51","slug":"omar-tried-sneaking-in-1-million-earmark-for-east-african-addiction-center-it-got-axed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=46876","title":{"rendered":"Omar Tried Sneaking In $1 Million Earmark For East African \u2018Addiction Center\u2019 \u2013 It Got Axed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\"><!-- responsive 1 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Republicans didn\u2019t just block a spending line \u2014 they detonated a political time bomb. A $1 million earmark, quietly tucked into a bill by Rep. Ilhan Omar, was yanked after watchdogs discovered it was headed to a Somali-run \u201caddiction center\u201d operating above a Minneapolis restaurant, run by people sharing the same address. Now, with Somali-linked fraud scandals, eyebrow-raising photos, and Omar\u2019s sudden family wealth swirling together, critics are asking if this is incompetenc\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<p>The collapse of Omar\u2019s earmark is about far more than a single $1 million line item. It has become a symbol of how quietly taxpayer dollars can be steered toward opaque operations with minimal vetting, especially when shielded by identity politics and emotional appeals to \u201ccommunity need.\u201d Sen. Joni Ernst\u2019s intervention forced uncomfortable questions into the open: Why was a substance abuse clinic operating out of office space above a restaurant, run by three people tied to the same residence, fast\u2011tracked for federal cash?<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"trendusa1.online_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1590529\" data-uid=\"0bcaa\">\n<div id=\"mgw1590529_0bcaa\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1798842\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1663068\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans didn\u2019t just block a spending line \u2014 they detonated a political time bomb. A $1 million earmark, quietly tucked into a bill by Rep. Ilhan Omar, was yanked after &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46878,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46876\/revisions\/46878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}