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American YouTuber (born 2002)
Nick Shirley, a 23‑year‑old YouTuber who styles himself an independent journalist, posted a viral video in late December 2025 alleging that Somali‑run daycare centers in Minnesota had been paid millio...
Nick Shirley, a 23-year-old YouTuber who bills himself as an independent investigator, released viral videos in late 2025 alleging extensive fraud in Minnesota’s child care, non‑emergency medical tran...
Minnesota has been the center of an expansive fraud investigation that federal prosecutors say involves dozens of defendants and potentially more than $1 billion in stolen public funds, with the major...
Minnesota’s recent scandals involve an array of fraud schemes tied to state social-service programs that prosecutors say have ensnared dozens of providers and generated staggering alleged losses; fede...
Minnesota investigators—primarily the state Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF)—conducted on-site compliance checks at nine child care centers named in Nick Shirley’s viral video and rep...
Nick Shirley is a young conservative influencer and self-styled investigator whose viral videos—most notably a December exposé alleging massive fraud at Minnesota Somali-run daycares—have thrust him i...
Allegations that "Google censors" center on three separate claims: that Google de-ranks or removes political content under pressure, that it suppresses individual accounts or investigative reporting, ...
There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that a "child kidney ring" has been exposed in Minnesota; instead the documents center on undercover operations that recovered trafficking victim...
Nick Shirley’s viral video accuses Somali-run Minnesota day cares of widespread, multimillion-dollar fraud, showing empty doors and citing large subsidy payments; independent reporting and state recor...
Available reporting indicates that ’s parents and extended family have circulated in online commentary and some news summaries, and at least one civil lawsuit from 2018 has been referenced in secondar...
The public record provided does not establish that Nick Shirley’s family was guilty of fraud; some outlets and commentators have pointed to past civil accusations against relatives, but those claims a...
Federal and state authorities responded rapidly after Nick Shirley’s viral videos: the Department of Health and Human Services froze child-care payments to Minnesota and federal law‑enforcement agenci...
Documented criminal fraud has occurred in Minnesota’s social‑services safety net: federal prosecutors charged and convicted dozens in the Feeding Our Future scheme and state investigators shut down se...
Allegations that “fake” daycare centers are siphoning taxpayer dollars in Minnesota have prompted federal and state probes after a viral video by independent journalist Nick Shirley alleged millions i...
Community groups and Somali‑American leaders report a sharp increase in threats, harassment and vandalism directed at Somali‑owned day cares and businesses since a viral video alleged widespread fraud...
Federal and local reporting documents a large, multi-pronged fraud investigation in Minnesota that has produced dozens of indictments and convictions tied to programs such as child nutrition, housing ...
A viral video by independent creator Nick Shirley alleging widespread fraud at Somali-owned daycare centers in Minnesota triggered state and federal scrutiny, but immediate inspections found many cent...
Nick Shirley traveled to Ukraine in 2024 and used short-form footage there to suggest that U.S.-backed aid was being diverted into luxury items for officials, a line of reporting critics say was persu...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been accused primarily of oversight failures — not clear-cut personal embezzlement — tied to a large, years‑long fraud scheme in state social‑services programs; critics say...
There is no evidence in the reporting provided that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ever wrote or posted the phrase "If we don't fund Somali Daycares, How will the children ever lear?"; mainstream outlets...