Whistleblower Alexis Poinsett Crushed by Minnesota’s “Human Rights” Bureaucracy: MDHR Protects Grifters While a Working Dad Loses Everything
St. Paul, MN – December 18, 2025
Alexis Poinsett is a Minnesotan father of three, a hardworking guy with autism who just wanted fair treatment after a workplace injury. Instead, he’s been run through the wringer by employers who retaliated against him – and now by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR), the very agency that’s supposed to protect people like him from discrimination.
Alexis filed multiple charges under the Minnesota Human Rights Act starting back in 2023. Case #76015 against Baldinger Bakery for denying him light-duty accommodations after an on-the-job injury, despite submitting medical documentation and staying in constant contact. Other cases hit Supervalu/Cub Foods and the ironically named “We Push for Peace” nonprofit – a group that’s supposed to stop violence but whose workers have a nasty habit of starting it.
He submitted over 81 documents, videos, texts, medical notes – ironclad proof of retaliation, lies from employers, and noncompliance. What did MDHR do? One investigator flat-out admitted he hadn’t read all the evidence. Misquoted dates, ignored recordings where bosses contradicted themselves, and seemed hell-bent on siding with the respondents no matter what.
Alexis begged for a new investigator, cited clear bias, asked supervisors to step in. Crickets. Supervisor Bryna Rabehl ignored his grievances and handed the file right back to the same sloppy investigator. Latest update from Gracia Johnson in November? “We’ve got your stuff, we’ll get to it eventually.” Since then – nothing. Zero contact, even as Alexis emails, calls, and pleads. His cases are now over two years old with no determination in sight.
This isn’t incompetence. This is systemic rot. MDHR has a long, documented history of dragging investigations into oblivion – backlogs, missed timelines, the works. While real Minnesotans like Alexis teeter on losing their homes and feeding their kids, the agency sits on its hands.
And who are they protecting? Take We Push for Peace. This “violence interrupter” outfit raked in state funding while their employees were caught on video beating a homeless man outside a St. Paul Cub Foods, punching and kicking him senseless. Another worker charged with assault for shoving a guy off his bike at the same store. They got fired (eventually), probation, slaps on the wrist – but the group kept operating.
Fast forward: main facility closed, but they’re still in business – tied to controversial liquor store operations in violence-plagued north Minneapolis neighborhoods, where community members begged to shut down booze sales that fuel the chaos. All while Minnesota taxpayers footed millions to nonprofits skirting registration laws and basic accountability – the same grifter networks that keep getting DFL handouts no matter how dirty their hands get.
That’s the racket: Fund connected “nonprofits” that deliver votes and photo-ops, then deploy agencies like MDHR to bury any complaints that threaten the flow. Whistleblowers like Alexis? Collateral damage. Break them down slowly – delay, ignore, gaslight – until they give up.
But Alexis isn’t giving up, and neither am I. This is exactly the organized criminal network looting Minnesota that I’ve been exposing: political machines, nonprofit hustlers, corporate enablers, all shielded by captured state agencies.
As a retired Navy intel officer, fraud whistleblower, and the 2026 Republican candidate for Governor, I stand with Alexis Poinsett. Real human rights mean justice for everyday Minnesotans, not endless protection for grifters and thugs masquerading as “peace” workers.
The Bible tells us: “Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue.” (Deuteronomy 16:20) It’s time Minnesota’s government remembered that – before more families get destroyed.
Demand answers from MDHR. Demand accountability for the millions funneled to questionable outfits. And come 2026, demand new leadership that dismantles this syndicate once and for all.
For press inquiries or to support Alexis Poinsett:
Email: phillip@parrish4mn.com or heidi@parrish4mn.com
Phone: 1 (612) 460-1717
Website: https://parrish4mn.com
X: @phillipcparrish
Phillip C. Parrish
Candidate for Governor of Minnesota 2026
Lifelong Minnesotan, Father, Farmer, Whistleblower
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