On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 14:51:29 -0500, Wilson <Wilson@nowhere.invalid>
wrote:
https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-the-warmth-of-collectivism
The big bizarre news in our dear country, and what much of this
newsletter will be devoted to, is that the entire Minnesota economy is
built on scams.
Oh, dear. Too bad/good to be true, therefore? But it sure is
sensational. Good job reporters, your sponsors will be pleased.
A young independent YouTuber named Nick Shirley went
knocking on rCLday carerCY centers door to door but weirdly found that the >> places were closed or otherwise devoid of children. We need more
information but it definitely appeared he was finding scams, a bevy of
scams. At one point, he went to a building with apparently more than a
dozen supposed healthcare companies all located in the same building rCo
and he was ushered out.
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/dhs-on-the-ground-in-minnsota-following-fraud-allegations-in-now-viral-video-tim-walz-somali-americans-day-care-tom-emmer
He posted the 42-minute video investigation last week, and it went
enormously viral, with some 134 million views on X alone.
https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2004642794862961123
Days after Nick ShirleyrCOs video came out, two things happened. On the
one hand, a bunch of kids were brought to the center Shirley found
empty, to prove that it was, in fact, actively in use, so the press
could cover it as a totally normal day care. Around the same time, a
state agency claimed that that location had already shut down, so the
press could cover it as a problem that has been long solved, silly
gooses. The agency then said the center had rCLdecided to remain open.rCY So >> itrCOs not a problemrCobut if it were, itrCOs been solved. One Minneapolis day
care has now claimed that an unknown criminal broke in this week and
stole paperwork documenting enrollment and employee information. I, for
one, hate when that happens to my day care thatrCOs being investigated.
Here was Minnesota lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan showing solidarity
with the Somali community amid the probe.
https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/271eeaeb-3307-4821-81de-73d4fe7217c0_938x510.png
Anyway, the mainstream media was probably all over this, right? A
citizen journalist doing shoe-leather reporting. An inspiring story of a
young investigator, right? Wrong. HererCOs The New York Times: rCLA video
purporting to expose extensive fraud at child care centers in Minnesota
shows the relationship between the Trump administration and
self-described citizen journalists.rCY
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/business/media/trump-conservatives-videos-viral-loop.html
Self-described citizen journalists. ItrCOs obviously patronizing. No title >> on earth, however illustrious, can survive being preceded by
rCLself-described.rCY DonrCOt you know, to do interviews with people, you need
a journalist badge given by the secret society of journalisms? Nick
Shirley didnrCOt go to journalism school; someone confiscate his mic!
HererCOs CNN: rCLCNN Reporter Questions Nick Shirley.rCY
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/us/video/ac360-wild-mn-fraud-viral-video-nick-shirley
Or The Intercept: rCLRight-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud
Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History.rCY
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/31/nick-shirley-videos-minnesota-somali-day-cares-fraud-claims/
MS NOW wanted to remind viewers that we should be more upset about other
stuff: rCLLetrCOs recall too that thererCOs also other scandals in other
states, for example, the Mississippi welfare scandal.rCY
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2005667364789186623
Interesting. The local Minnesota papers didnrCOt seem too concerned about
it. Governor Tim Walz simply posted: rCLHappy Caturday,rCY which I assume is >> a deep reference to when Donald Trump said immigrants in Ohio were
eating cats, but werCOre so far down the rabbit hole, I canrCOt really tell. >> His office did put out a statement saying they already crack down on
fraudrCotheyrCOve got it under control, guys.
On 1/2/2026 2:51 PM, Wilson wrote:
https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-the-warmth-of-collectivism
The big bizarre news in our dear country, and what much of this
newsletter will be devoted to, is that the entire Minnesota economy is
built on scams. A young independent YouTuber named Nick Shirley went
knocking on rCLday carerCY centers door to door but weirdly found that the >> places were closed or otherwise devoid of children. We need more
information but it definitely appeared he was finding scams, a bevy of
scams. At one point, he went to a building with apparently more than a
dozen supposed healthcare companies all located in the same building rCo
and he was ushered out.
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/dhs-on-the-ground-in-minnsota-
following-fraud-allegations-in-now-viral-video-tim-walz-somali-
americans-day-care-tom-emmer
He posted the 42-minute video investigation last week, and it went
enormously viral, with some 134 million views on X alone.
https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2004642794862961123
Days after Nick ShirleyrCOs video came out, two things happened. On the
one hand, a bunch of kids were brought to the center Shirley found
empty, to prove that it was, in fact, actively in use, so the press
could cover it as a totally normal day care. Around the same time, a
state agency claimed that that location had already shut down, so the
press could cover it as a problem that has been long solved, silly
gooses. The agency then said the center had rCLdecided to remain open.rCY >> So itrCOs not a problemrCobut if it were, itrCOs been solved. One
Minneapolis day care has now claimed that an unknown criminal broke in
this week and stole paperwork documenting enrollment and employee
information. I, for one, hate when that happens to my day care thatrCOs
being investigated.
Here was Minnesota lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan showing
solidarity with the Somali community amid the probe.
https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/
images/271eeaeb-3307-4821-81de-73d4fe7217c0_938x510.png
Anyway, the mainstream media was probably all over this, right? A
citizen journalist doing shoe-leather reporting. An inspiring story of
a young investigator, right? Wrong. HererCOs The New York Times: rCLA
video purporting to expose extensive fraud at child care centers in
Minnesota shows the relationship between the Trump administration and
self- described citizen journalists.rCY
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/business/media/trump-conservatives-
videos-viral-loop.html
Self-described citizen journalists. ItrCOs obviously patronizing. No
title on earth, however illustrious, can survive being preceded by
rCLself- described.rCY DonrCOt you know, to do interviews with people, you >> need a journalist badge given by the secret society of journalisms?
Nick Shirley didnrCOt go to journalism school; someone confiscate his mic! >>
HererCOs CNN: rCLCNN Reporter Questions Nick Shirley.rCY
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/30/us/video/ac360-wild-mn-fraud-viral-
video- nick-shirley
Or The Intercept: rCLRight-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud
Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History.rCY
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/31/nick-shirley-videos-minnesota-
somali-day-cares-fraud-claims/
MS NOW wanted to remind viewers that we should be more upset about
other stuff: rCLLetrCOs recall too that thererCOs also other scandals in
other states, for example, the Mississippi welfare scandal.rCY
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2005667364789186623
Interesting. The local Minnesota papers didnrCOt seem too concerned
about it. Governor Tim Walz simply posted: rCLHappy Caturday,rCY which I
assume is a deep reference to when Donald Trump said immigrants in
Ohio were eating cats, but werCOre so far down the rabbit hole, I canrCOt >> really tell. His office did put out a statement saying they already
crack down on fraudrCotheyrCOve got it under control, guys.
Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists To Stop Investigating
Somali Daycares Or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges
The Washington state attorney general released a statement Tuesday
evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime. https://x.com/AGOWA/status/2006167557888454933
rCLMy office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused
of fraud with little to no fact-checking,rCY State AG Nick Brown stated.
rCLWe are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers. Showing up on someonerCOs porch,
threatening, or harassing them isnrCOt an investigation. Neither is
filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior.rCY
Harmeet Dhillon, the US Assistant Attorney General for Civil rights,
issued a warning of her own in reaction to the Washington state AGrCOs post.
rCLANY state official who chills or threatens to chill a journalistrCOs 1A rights will have some rCysplainin to do,rCY she wrote on X, Wednesday morning. [The DOJ Civil Rights Division] takes potential violations of
18 USC -o 242 seriously!rCY Dhillon added.
This statute, known as the Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law,
makes it a crime for any person acting under the pretense of law to willfully deprive another individual of rights, privileges, or
immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
The clash of the AGs came after Youtuber Nick Shirley exposed about a
dozen Somali-owned, state-funded childcare facilities in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that appeared to be completely deserted.
Shirley produced a 42-minute video, which has been viewed over 131
million times on X since it was posted on December 26,-a alleging that Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D.) rCLknew about the fraud but never
reported it.rCY
Inspired by ShirleyrCOs bombshell report, citizen journalists in multiple states with large Somali populations have launched their own
investigations in recent days.
In the Kent, Washington area Tuesday, YouTuber Chris Sims, a self-
described rCLgonzo journalist,rCY visited seven suspicious Somali childcare sites and reported that they were rCLvery unhappyrCY to see him.
Sims posted a video of him approaching a private home listed as a
childcare facility that appeared to be not as advertised.
rCLThere was no sign of kids or being a Daycare facility,rCY Sims wrote.
rCLI was told by a few they werenrCOt Daycares despite receiving tax payer dollars. One yelled rCyCall the policerCO behind the door.rCY https://x.com/ChrisxSims/status/2006184711119593477
On Monday, independent journalists Jonathan Choe and Cam Higby visited
an alleged Somali daycare facility in Seattle that receives hundreds of thousands in taxpayers funds and the person who answered the door said
there was no daycare there in the past or present.
Higby said rCLDhagash ChildcarerCY has received over $210,000 just this year alone. https://x.com/camhigby/status/2006098414660980899
Another listed childcare facility, a house in a residential neighborhood
in Kent, Washington, has received over $863,000 since 2023, according to Higby.
rCLResidents say there IS NO DAYCARE HERE,rCY the journalist said. https://x.com/camhigby/status/2006210635022098666
Another reporter reporting on potential fraud in the Rainier Vista neighborhood of Seattle on December 29th, faced hostile reactions from
the Somali residents, who called the police on him.
In his statement, the Washington State AG encouraged members of the
Somali community rCLexperiencing threats or harassmentrCY to call the police or his officerCOs Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline or report it to the staterCOs hate crime website.
Addressing the independent journalists, Brown added: rCLIf you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate.
Go to DCYFrCOs website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be
held accountable.rCY
The Post MillennialrCOs Andy Ngo responded to BrownrCOs threat on X, saying: rCLIt is the duty of journalists to visit taxpayer-funded nonprofits and businesses to investigate where you have failed. The journalists have documented their visits on camera and there is no harassing or
threatening behavior. You are trying to threaten journalists by telling people to call police with false allegations of a hate crime.rCY
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