It is absolutely true that Nick Shirley's one-day video blitz investigation of Somali daycares in Minnesota produced insufficient evidence to put anybody in jail.
It's even possible that he made a mistake or two, although given what we already know, the preponderance of the evidence says that most of these daycares are shell companies that exist only to fleece the government. It's not like Shirley's video is the only evidence—the US Attorney is actively prosecuting cases, and now citizen journalists around the country are revealing fake Somali daycares.
The State of Minnesota has taken the database of daycares offline, and already, legislators in other states are scrambling to hide their own databases to prevent investigations by ordinary people.
BREAKING: In response to the massive daycare fraud being exposed by independent journalists using state websites, WA State Senator Lisa Wellman has pre-filed legislation to hide information about daycares and their operators from the public pic.twitter.com/YBwyiiXaVJ
— Ari Hoffman 🎗 (@thehoffather) December 31, 2025
The scale of the fraud is difficult to comprehend. Seriously, I don't think people can wrap their heads around it because anything this large could only be accomplished with the implicit help of the government, and nobody likes the idea that the people whom they hand over a large percentage of their income to are helping others steal it.
But of course, that is what is happening. As the US Attorney for Minnesota has already revealed, somewhere around HALF of all Medicaid disbursements are fraudulent, the Feeding Our Future fraud was on a similar scale, and the daycare fraud has been known about for at least seven years. Law enforcement had videos proving fraud back in 2018, and even prosecuted a few fraudsters before giving up.
In other words, the Walz administration is in on the fraud. As I wrote yesterday in "They Can't Even Keep Their Stories Straight," the Walz administration tried to explain away a daycare without kids by claiming it was closed last week, but the daycare bused in kids the next day as proof they were open.
The gang that couldn't shoot straight.
As expected, Pravda is rushing in to defend the government fraudsters, and they trot out "proof" that nothing is going on here. And what proof it is!
I'm not sure the viral critique of Minnesota day cares is totally accurate.
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) December 31, 2025
I am certain that *according to the government, there's no fraud in this government-funded program* is the farthest thing from journalism. https://t.co/cZHGXerblJ
Nothing to see here! The Walz administration says that everything is perfect!
This is what counts for hard-hitting journalism these days. When somebody accuses a lefty government official of wrongdoing, ask that lefty whether they are guilty. And if they say "No," case closed.
To put just how bad the Pravda coverage of fraud in Minnesota is, let me present Exhibit A.
Here’s Senator Omar Fateh (D) celebrating with Feeding Our Future after they blocked the state from stopping fraudulent payments.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) December 31, 2025
He even bragged about lobbying Tim Walz’s office to keep the money flowing.
Feeding Our Future went on to steal $250 MILLION from taxpayers. pic.twitter.com/8HpGUoCdru
You may remember Omar Fateh as the Somali candidate for Mayor who was endorsed by the Minneapolis Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party for Mayor...so fraudulently that the state party vacated his endorsement. He remained a candidate and was quite competitive, and ultimately lost because Mayor Jacob Frey was able to cobble together a coalition between white liberals and members of Somali clans hostile to Fateh's.
Jacob Frey actually won a large section of the Somali community, there was huge division on clan lines. pic.twitter.com/4hu9OjIKSu
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) November 7, 2025
He was also an active participant in the Feeding Our Future scams, and his family has been involved in voter fraud. None of that came out in the campaign because everybody involved was complicit at some level. Frey needed Somali votes as much as Fateh did, and even campaigned in Somali himself.
Fateh is a State Senator, too.
Over a minute of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaking Somali to his constituents before he speaks English.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) December 29, 2025
This is what a conquered man acts like.pic.twitter.com/sASLzoQ2id
During the campaign, I saw more appeals for votes from Frey spoken in Somali than in English. I am not kidding.
Minneapolis Mayor Frey tries not to puke as he eats Somali slop. So incredible.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 5, 2025
pic.twitter.com/949xPq9wop
Tim Walz has doubled down on his commitment to Somalis, and of course, our Congresswoman Ilhan Omar regularly declares that her first loyalty is to Somalia (in Somali, of course). Our Lieutenant Governor, Peggy Flanagan, is running for US Senate and is now appearing in hijabs declaring her allegiance to Somalis.
Starting to wonder if the Somali community has some kind of insane dirt on Walz, Ellison, Peggy Flanagan and Jacob Frey.
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) December 31, 2025
This digging in is just so bizarre. https://t.co/duqkaF6OeD
Minnesota Lt Governor Peggy Flanagan put on a hijab to pander to Somalis
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 26, 2025
“The Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota” pic.twitter.com/aC37FIJekj
With all this evidence that SOMETHING is off, and that our government officials are tied to it, CBS wants us to believe that their deep investigation of asking the accused whether they are guilty is sufficient to dismiss all concerns.
Washington State Attorney General is now accusing journalists of “harassment” for investigating fraud and fake daycares
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 31, 2025
Democrats don’t want us uncovering fraud because they’re the ones committing it and benefiting from it pic.twitter.com/3ssudjHQa5
This is what is called "journalism" these days. People who immediately dismiss anything said by a Republican official as white supremacist threats to democracy will turn around and dismiss any accusations, however credible, of Democratic corruption based solely on the word of the accused.
There are 539 childcare centers in Washington state that list Somali as the primary language. Most don’t even give a street address.
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) December 28, 2025
I don’t know how many of these are submitting fraudulent claims for state grants and subsidies, but I have a strong hunch the number is not zero. pic.twitter.com/FoUQiFNqM6
There are arrests. Convictions. The US Attorney has said that the system was clearly designed to facilitate fraud. The evidence is everywhere.
And they ask us not to trust our eyes or the evidence, but the word of corrupt officials.
🚨 BREAKING: Political donations to a Somali candidate are being scrutinized because they came from "CHILDCARE" firms based in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 28, 2025
The money went to Ubax Gardheere, a "single black immigrant" from Somalia, in her Washington election
I wouldn't be surprised… pic.twitter.com/9ozT7HBhHH
I would say that it is pathetic, but the evidence appears to be that about 30-40% of the country still trusts the media and/or Democrats enough to swallow this, and enough of the rest will probably hear nothing about the scandal because Pravda will smother the story and use smokescreens to keep it from taking off in the mainstream.
Did I call it or did I call it? https://t.co/q6yi4Qum4R pic.twitter.com/Ii9UyuehbE
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) December 31, 2025
It's not just what they cover and how, but what they downplay or ignore that matters. I know lots of people who still think USAID existed to help starving people.
I met with Somali American community leaders today to discuss the deep damage inflicted by Donald Trump's harmful rhetoric and reckless deportations.
— Governor Bob Ferguson (@GovBobFerguson) December 30, 2025
Here in Washington state, we recognize that diversity is a strength. pic.twitter.com/wx1ikqa65t
By the time all this shakes out, I think we will find money trails that go from Somali frauds here and in other states to Democratic politicians around the country. Is there proof yet? Not yet, and I could be wrong. But as with USAID, the Democrats are circling the wagons. The media is working overtime to defend obvious fraud.
READ: https://t.co/AGLJMv5j0A
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) April 9, 2025
I have little faith that anybody high up in the food chain will go to jail. There will be sacrificial lambs, of course. There has to be to cauterize the wounds. But it will take a full-court press by the Trump administration on a scale we have yet to see to root this all out.
Will it happen? I am skeptical. I hope they prove me wrong.
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