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Who is Nick Shirley, the 23-year-old MAGA journalist whose Minnesota fraud story went viral?
CNN ^ | 12/30/2025 | Hadas Gold

Posted on 12/29/2025 9:59:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

One week ago, 23-year-old Nick Shirley was relatively unknown in the public sphere. But in recent days, he has gained hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views, amplified by Elon Musk, Vice President JD Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel.

The MAGA leaders promoted Shirley’s video of himself and a Minnesota activist investigating federally funded facilities in the state that allegedly posed as daycares without any children present. It’s part of what many on the right say is widespread government assistance fraud perpetuated by the Somali community there.

Shirley’s experience could only happen in today’s media and political environment – where seemingly anyone can go viral, helped along by social media gatekeepers like Musk. His Minnesota investigation video has garnered over 116 million views on X and 1.6 million views on YouTube - a number that most traditional newsrooms would trumpet as a major success.

Shirley and others like him present themselves as the future of journalism. They often claim the lack of traditional editing, fact checks and guardrails makes them more trustworthy. Meanwhile, the audience for mainstream media has been falling for years, and public trust in traditional journalists is at historic lows, amplified by political figures who make denigrating journalists part of their brand.

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1 posted on 12/29/2025 9:59:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Omygosh. Instead of doing a deep dive on the fraud they dug into the guy doing the diving. As Greg Gutfeld says, we don’t hate the media enough.


2 posted on 12/29/2025 10:01:43 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Who is Nick Shirley

I'd like to know who his parents are and give them an honorary prize. I wonder if Trump will invite him to the WH.
3 posted on 12/29/2025 10:02:00 PM PST by know.your.why
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To: MinorityRepublican

Which politician makes denigrating comments of the poor helpless media?


4 posted on 12/29/2025 10:05:11 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’s a guy who should win the Pulitzer Prize.


5 posted on 12/29/2025 10:10:15 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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Now when I see sources like CNN using the term “MAGA”, I can only think of people like Mara Ghey and how she pronounces MAGA as “Mah-ga”.


6 posted on 12/29/2025 10:11:36 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: MinorityRepublican

My hero, that’s who this boy is.


7 posted on 12/29/2025 10:20:13 PM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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Handsome young fella. Gotta have a lotta new girlfriends.


8 posted on 12/29/2025 10:22:33 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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🚨 Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable

pic.twitter.com/E3Penx2o7a— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025

123M views now

9 posted on 12/29/2025 10:26:36 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who’s Hadas Gold, and why is he more interested in Nick Shirley than in the billions in fraud committed by Somalis in Minnesota?


10 posted on 12/29/2025 10:37:24 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: MinorityRepublican

And stop calling him Shirley.


11 posted on 12/29/2025 10:37:58 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who is Nick Shirley ?

A real reporter who had more viewers on X and YouTube over the last 48 hours than all of CNN’s shows combined.


12 posted on 12/29/2025 10:47:28 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Shirley’s experience could only happen in today’s media and political environment – where ... the MSM's primary job is to take a dive worthy of a mob paid boxer.
13 posted on 12/29/2025 10:50:22 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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To: know.your.why

His parents get an A++++!


14 posted on 12/29/2025 10:58:08 PM PST by lizma2
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Meanwhile the Somalians and Tim Walz whistle past the graveyard.

Get those baftards and indict them.


15 posted on 12/29/2025 11:06:19 PM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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This CNN "report" is beyond disgusting. None of the MSM will touch this story, but they take the time to denigrate and besmirch a true independent investigative journalist. The unsung here behind the scenes is the guy who accompanied Nick on his tour -- "David." David has been watching this fraud unfold for (I think) ten years! But it seems he was never able to get any traction on getting the story out until Nick filmed his day in Minneapolis first-hand.

I fear for the lives of Nick and David. David himself said in the video that "these people are dangerous." They come from a land governed by violent warlords and bring those ways with them -- along with all the greed, graft and corruption endemic to their shithole native country. There are billions of dollars at stake for Somalis and all the crooked politicians getting their palms greased. They will not take lightly to their income stream being threatened.

I just watched Nick Shirley's YouTube report. It's worth watching. Here's the link:

I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal

What is perhaps even more infuriating than these tens of billions of dollars of fraud is that the Democrats imported these worthless crooks to get votes to stay in power. It again proves that Democrats don't give two shits about the American people or the success of the USA. All they want is pure, unadulterated power and will get it by any means necessary.

16 posted on 12/29/2025 11:13:23 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Steve Drenker)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’d like to see him beat the crap out of Harry Sisson.


17 posted on 12/29/2025 11:14:12 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who is he?

He’s the man who should be wearing his Kevlar vest at all time, flanked by security.

Doing the job journalists and law enforcement should be doing.


18 posted on 12/29/2025 11:17:42 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: mbrfl

LOL


19 posted on 12/29/2025 11:18:36 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who is Dan Rather?

Just some loose cannon fanboy of Fidel Castro with no fact checker or traditional guardrails, but the media never reported that until their nose was rubbed in it.


20 posted on 12/29/2025 11:20:32 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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