Posted on 01/01/2026 5:23:39 AM PST by MtnClimber
The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.
“My 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,” State AG Nick Brown stated. “We 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 someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior.”
Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil rights, issued a warning of her own in reaction to the Washington state AG’s post.
“ANY state official who chills or threatens to chill a journalist’s 1A rights will have some ‘splainin to do,” she wrote on X, Wednesday morning. “[The DOJ Civil Rights Division] takes potential violations of 18 USC § 242 seriously!” 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, alleging that Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D.) “knew about the fraud but never reported it.”
Inspired by Shirley’s 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 “gonzo journalist,” visited seven suspicious Somali childcare sites and reported that they were “very unhappy” 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.
“There was no sign of kids or being a Daycare facility,” Sims wrote. “I was told by a few they weren’t Daycares despite receiving tax payer dollars. One yelled ‘Call the police’ behind the door.”
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 “Dhagash Childcare” has received over $210,000 just this year alone.
Another listed childcare facility, a house in a residential neighborhood in Kent, Washington, has received over $863,000 since 2023, according to Higby.
“Residents say there IS NO DAYCARE HERE,” the journalist said.
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 “experiencing threats or harassment” to call the police or his office’s Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline or report it to the state’s hate crime website.
Addressing the independent journalists, Brown added: “If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF’s website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.”
The Post Millennial’s Andy Ngo responded to Brown’s threat on X, saying: “It 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.”
The problem boils down to these non profits and NGO’s. They should all be abolished because they’re just a way to fleece the taxpayers. Of course the Washington AG couldn’t care less about any fraud or grift and will go after anyone that upsets their scam because they all vote for democrats.
Date Contributor City State Type Election Employer Occupation Amount Report
Open extra data for 10/24/202410/24/2024 WA State Democratic Committee Seattle WA Cash General $80,000.00 View Report
Open extra data for 11/18/202411/18/2024 WA State Democratic Committee Seattle WA Cash General $15,000.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/21/202312/21/2023 Paul Brown Seattle WA Cash General Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $4,800.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/14/202410/14/2024 WA State Democratic Committee Seattle WA In-kind General $4,243.63 View Report
Open extra data for 07/12/202307/12/2023 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $4,235.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/02/202410/02/2024 WA State Democratic Committee Seattle WA In-kind General $3,141.82 View Report
Open extra data for 07/28/202307/28/2023 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,901.00 View Report
Open extra data for 05/14/202405/14/2024 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,844.00 View Report
Open extra data for 09/26/202409/26/2024 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,613.88 View Report
Open extra data for 11/01/202411/01/2024 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,596.50 View Report
Open extra data for 07/19/202407/19/2024 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,577.00 View Report
Open extra data for 03/14/202403/14/2024 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,574.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/27/202408/27/2024 SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS Cash $2,483.50 View Report
Open extra data for 08/13/202308/13/2023 Kenneth Polite Philadelphia PA Cash General Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/14/202308/14/2023 David Postman Olympia WA Cash Primary Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board CHAIRMAN $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/13/202308/13/2023 Kenneth Polite Philadelphia PA Cash Primary Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/15/202410/15/2024 Hospitals for a Healthy Future PAC Seattle WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/15/202410/15/2024 United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Washington DC Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 07/31/202407/31/2024 Sauk-Suiatle Indian Tribe Darrington WA Cash Primary $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/28/202312/28/2023 James M Kinsella Sammamish WA Cash Primary D4 LLC DATABASE DEVELOPER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/24/202410/24/2024 Sonja Roe Reno NV Cash General Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/28/202312/28/2023 Robert McNeal Sammamish WA Cash General D4 LLC DATABASE DEVELOPER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/28/202312/28/2023 James M Kinsella Sammamish WA Cash General D4 LLC DATABASE DEVELOPER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/28/202312/28/2023 Jd Smith Snoqualmie WA Cash General Law Office of JD Smith ATTORNEY - LAWYER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 07/31/202407/31/2024 Sauk-Suiatle Indian Tribe Darrington WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/28/202312/28/2023 Robert McNeal Sammamish WA Cash Primary D4 LLC DATABASE DEVELOPER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/29/202410/29/2024 Alexander Heckler Miami Beach FL Cash General LSN ATTORNEY - LAWYER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 11/17/202311/17/2023 Brian Sims Sandy Springs GA Cash Primary United Visual Communications MANUFACTURER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/03/202408/03/2024 Evelyn Richter Seattle WA Cash Primary Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/03/202408/03/2024 Evelyn Richter Seattle WA Cash General Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/31/202308/31/2023 Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Auburn WA Cash Primary $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 03/21/202403/21/2024 Erin Kenway Bellevue WA Cash Primary Erin Kenway SELF EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/23/202410/23/2024 Alaska Airlines Seatac WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/23/202410/23/2024 BNSF Railway Company Fort Worth TX Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 03/20/202403/20/2024 Donna Lou Seattle WA Cash Primary Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 03/19/202403/19/2024 Elizabeth Hubbard Seattle WA Cash Primary Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 09/13/202409/13/2024 WASHBANKPAC Seattle WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 08/28/202308/28/2023 Judith Bendich Seattle WA Cash Primary Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 07/14/202307/14/2023 Lucy Helm Seattle WA Cash Primary Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 07/13/202307/13/2023 Jd Smith Snoqualmie WA Cash Primary Law Office of JD Smith ATTORNEY - LAWYER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 07/14/202307/14/2023 Diankha Linear Seattle WA Cash Primary Community CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 09/13/202409/13/2024 Regence Seattle WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 07/13/202307/13/2023 Matt Steuerwalt Seattle WA Cash Primary Insight Strategic Partners OWNER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/14/202410/14/2024 Power Rogers LLP Chicago IL Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/14/202410/14/2024 James F Clayborne Belleville IL Cash General Clayborne & Wagner LLP PARTNER $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 10/14/202410/14/2024 Puget Sound Energy Bellevue WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 09/27/202409/27/2024 WA Beer & Wine Distributors Association Olympia WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 09/27/202409/27/2024 WA State Auto Dealers PAC Renton WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 09/27/202409/27/2024 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Kent WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 11/01/202411/01/2024 Washington State Dental PAC Seattle WA Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
Open extra data for 12/21/202312/21/2023 Paul Brown Seattle WA Cash General Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $4,800.00 View Report
This is Paul Joseph Brown, who is also one of Jay Inslee’s contributors (https://apollo.pdc.wa.gov/public/document?repno=100988000).
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https://inspirebrands.com/about-us/
Paul Brown
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Paul Brown serves as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Inspire Brands, a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants. In 2024, its brands achieved more than $32.6 billion in global system sales. Inspire is supported by about 650,000 company and franchise team members.
Inspire is a global restaurant company with a combination of strong, differentiated brands tightly integrated around a shared data and technology-enabled platform which drives enhanced value for franchisees and other stakeholders.
At Inspire, Brown led the transformation of the Arby’s brand as well as the acquisitions and integrations of Buffalo Wild Wings and Sonic in 2018, Jimmy John’s in 2019, and the $11.3 billion acquisition of Dunkin’ Brands in 2020.
Before Inspire, Brown served as President of Brands and Commercial Services of Hilton Worldwide. Brown was the company’s global leader in brand management, product standards, marketing, sales, pricing, e-commerce, loyalty programs, franchise relations, and information technology.
Brown also served with Expedia, Inc., the world’s leading online travel company, as President of Expedia.com and Expedia’s Partner Services Group. Before Expedia, Brown was a partner at McKinsey & Company. Based in London, he led the firm’s global travel and hospitality practice and served clients across the travel, hospitality, and retail sectors.
Brown is active in the community, serving as chairman of the board of directors of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He also serves on the boards of the Georgia Tech Foundation, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee, and several other community organizations.
Brown is an alumnus of Georgia Tech, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in management. He also received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Culinary Institute of America and has served as an executive-in-residence at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
Open extra data for 08/13/202308/13/2023 Kenneth Polite Philadelphia PA Cash General Not Employed NOT EMPLOYED $2,400.00 View Report
This is an out-of-state donation from Obama U.S. Attorney and Biden Assistant AG for Criminal Jutice Kenneth Polite, founder of Crescent City Keepers Mentoring Program.
Open extra data for 08/14/202308/14/2023 David Postman Olympia WA Cash Primary Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board CHAIRMAN $2,400.00 View Report
This is Jay Inslee’s former chief of staff and Inslee’s chair of Liquor and Cannabis Board—so why was the cannabis industry in Washington interested in donating to Nick Brown, hmmm. . .
Open extra data for 10/15/202410/15/2024 United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Washington DC Cash General $2,400.00 View Report
This is a labor union representing guess, who? The cannabis industry, among others.
Interesting. . .
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That’s a keeper!
Thank you.
Thanks for going the extra mile to provide us with the donors to the WA AG.
Since we have many FReepers that like to play around with AI,
I would like to see if AI can find if any of the 539 Somali daycare centers in WA got a SBA loan from the Feds.
THANK YOU NICK SHIRLEY - for doing the job the MSM's so-called journalists won't do.,..
Happy New Year...
That’s my thought as well. What I posted was just the first page from that link. I organized it by amount to prioritize, but the small miscellaneous contributions are often the most revealing if you can put the pieces together, which AI might be useful for.
Before Brown was AG, he was a partner at Pacifica Law Group. This firm was formed by former partners of K&L Gates, a law firm cofounded by the father of Bill Gates, a board member of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Planned Parenthood, and United Way; a partner in the buyout of Starbucks; a cofounder of Pacific Health Summit, etc.
. . .oh, and Jack Abramhoff’s lobbying firm.
Same to you.
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