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Posted on 12/29/2025 2:45:08 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
A video that surfaced on YouTube this past weekend contained explosive allegations about Minnesota’s child care assistance program, raising new concerns about fraud and triggering a quick reaction from state regulators.
In the 43-minute video, which went viral on social media and currently has more than 1.4 million YouTube views since it debuted Friday, right wing influencer Nick Shirley alleges that a group of day care centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis have misappropriated “upwards of $100 million.”
In 2024, the program — which provides financial assistance to help low-income families pay for child care so parents can work — cost $306 million.
Despite registering concerns about the accuracy of the report, state regulators responded by sending inspectors to each of the centers featured in the video to see if there were licensing issues or other problems.
Tikki Brown, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, said at a Monday afternoon news conference that two of the Minneapolis centers closed this year, including Quality Learning Center in Minneapolis just last week. Quality featured prominently in the video.
“While we have questions about some of the methods that were used in the video, we do take the concerns the video raises about fraud very seriously,” Brown said.
The video has amplified national scrutiny on Minnesota over Medicaid fraud, which federal investigators say has swamped state programs, while also raising concerns that fraud has continued to proliferate in a program flagged for issues 10 years ago.
Shirley’s video prompted a response from Vice President JD Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel over the weekend. On Monday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X that ICE agents were knocking on doors in a “massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud.”
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wake me up when someone goes to jail.
If I were of Somalia Group Herd, I would be making my way to an airport and getting OUT... self deport and collect $3,000.
“Despite registering concerns about the accuracy of the report, state regulators responded by sending inspectors to each of the centers featured in the video to see if there were licensing issues or other problems.”
Isn’t the Star Tribune the newspaper that has been ignoring the fraud for years? Why, yes it is! When they are not ignoring it they are framing it as “just a little fraud” and “Republicans pounce”.
Trace the money at least 5 hops. A good percentage of those funds will end up in Democrat campaign coffers.
The feds need to start offering deals to the Somali people and organizations to turn on the state officials running these scams for kickbacks, bribes, and political donations.
Have the arrested Mr. Shirley for inciting Islamophobia yet?
It’s been happening for years and probably in other blue states too. Fedgov’s been too busy going after conservatives from the Tea Party to J6 MAGA grandmas.
The Somalis scams were often cash based so it’s going to be a challenge to trace a lot of the fraud
JUST IN: Minnesota’s Department of Children announces the “Quality Learing Center” has been closed.
I assume the money is in suitcases on its way to Somalia even as we speak (type). A few of the perps may be on their way out of the country as well.
They can lay low and return in time for the new rural health initiative that was just announced. I’m sure tons of money will be available in that program. Just ripe for the pickin’.
I’m sure the regulators would call the centers and schedule a time to meet with them, and when they showed up the centers were always full of kids.
Yep. Even when convicted corrupt judges overturn the verdict and let the criminals free.
Judge Tosses Conviction Of Somali Who Ripped Off Minnesota Taxpayers
https://www.aol.com/news/judge-tosses-conviction-somali-ripped-181608005.html
The answer is to wake up and demand justice.
There’s no fraud. That’s racist.
There’s some fraud. But just a little bit. It’s racist to notice.
There’s lots of fraud but it’s a good thing, Trump’s fault and racist to stop it.
And now sports!!!
give out millions without even a site inspection
a system built for fraud
Here is their next opportunity for fraud. Wanna bet that “refugees” from Somalia, Nigeria, Venezuela, etc. are even now being routed to red state rural areas in order to take advantage of the free money that is about to flow?
They can siphon off money AND vote in the 2026 elections, thus destroying the few remaining conservative hidey-holes remaining.
“U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell
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This significant investment in healthcare is a major win for Kentucky’s rural hospitals and providers. I was proud to help secure the Rural Health Transformation fund in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act that Congress passed earlier this year. This legislation helped strengthen safety nets for Kentuckians most in need and works toward a more sustainable and innovative healthcare system in rural areas throughout our country and the Commonwealth.”
Nick Shirley also went to the many Healthcare offices where nobody was inside or the doors were locked.
Did anyone besides me note that the Star Tribune said nothing about the Healthcare offices?????
The methods used in the video used to be called the Gold Standard of journalism when Mike Wallace and Morley Safer did it on 60 Minutes with their "ambush" interviews of CEOs out in public, often while about to get into their cars.
The methods only become "questionable" when they are used against the left.
-PJ
Have the arrested Mr. Shirley for inciting Islamophobia yet?
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They DID call the police , and the police made them leave.
The feds need to start offering deals to the Somali people and organizations to turn on the state officials running these scams for kickbacks, bribes, and political donations.
Excellent idea! Will it take a 23 year old to get them to do it?
This should have been investigated from the start.
Most somalis are on public assistance, which means they aren’t working.
And for sure the women aren’t working. Their only purpose is to stay home and crank out more jihadists.
So there’s no need for daycare centers in somali neighborhoods.
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