Posted on 12/29/2025 7:34:04 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
A daycare facility allegedly involved in Minnesota's ongoing fraud scandal has hit back at criticism over a misspelled sign as staff reportedly 'truck in' children.
The Quality 'Learing' Center in Minneapolis was thrust into the spotlight last week after Nick Shirley shared footage of the facility apparently devoid of children despite receiving millions of dollars in funding.
When video emerged of the childcare facility, eagle-eyed critics also noted the sign above the door misspelled the word 'learning.'
On Monday, the New York Post observed staff 'trucking in' dozens of children, despite locals admitting they thought the facility had been 'permanently closed' because they never saw kids being dropped off.
'We've never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed,' one resident who lives nearby said.
As many as 20 young children and toddlers were seen walking into the facility on Monday morning, prompting Ibrahim Ali, the son of the facility's owner, to hit back at reports it is usually a ghost town.
'Do you go to a coffee shop at 11 p.m. and say, "Hey, they're not working?,"' Ali said.
He argued that when Shirley arrived and began filming the near-deserted facility, it had simply not yet opened for the day.
He said there were 16 children being taken care of inside the center on Monday.
Ali shifted blame for the incorrect 'learing' sign, accusing a graphic designer that had been hired of making a spelling mistake.
'What I understand is [the owners] dealt with a graphic designer. He did it incorrectly. I guess they didn't think it was a big issue,' the 26-year-old said.
'That's gonna be fixed.'
The center claims its opening hours are 2pm to 10pm, Monday to Thursday.
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The Lear(n)ing Center. Spelun is knot gud hear.
Keep an eye on Minnesota.— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 17, 2013
So predictable
Plausible
The center claims its opening hours are 2pm to 10pm, Monday to Thursday.
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LOL
I guess it’s for 2nd shifters only
And I guess only if you work a 6 hour 2nd shift since you have to drop off and pick up your kids
Oh and if you work 2nd on Friday - too bad
Whoa!
Wait, children entering Monday MORNING but hours begin a 2 pm?
A phony Somali daycare center called the Quality Learning Center, which is tied to Minn’s Somali community and a broader fraud investigation, reportedly accumulated 95 violations from the state Department of Human Services (DHS) between 2019 and 2023.
The violations, according to media reports citing state records, included
<><>instances of failing to keep hazardous items away from children
<><>and lacking records for more than a dozen children.
The phony facility has recently come under intense scrutiny in the context of a massive, separate federal investigation into alleged fraud in Minnesota’s federal food aid program, which prosecutors say has involved the theft of over a billion taxpayer dollars.
A video of the center appearing empty....... despite allegedly receiving millions in tax dollars......went viral, prompting calls for investigations.
The 95 violations are separate from the ongoing federal fraud charges.
The Quality Learning Center’s license remains active until the end of 2026.
Minn state officials are conducting investigations into the fake daycares but, as of recent reports, no consequences related to the alleged fraud have been publicly attached to the center
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I was expecting this to happen.
Because those are the normal working hours for parents.
-PJ
Rent-a-Kid on speed-dial.
Oops...trying like hell to look good....musta got a letter
demanding tax funds sent to Somalia terrorists be returned.
Wait, children entering Monday MORNING but hours begin a 2 pm?
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To be fair maybe the hours are Mogadishu time zone???
😜
A 10pm "day" care for children? Is that child care or child abuse to keep young children up at that hour of night?
-PJ
I bet a whole bunch of politicians got rich from this scheme including tampon Tim
This seems really interesting at how it’s paced out. I bet the GOP/Trump thinks they can have a red wipeout in Minnesota. Who knows.
Sssssh
Sssssh
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