California’s War on Nick Shirley, Explained

dubbed the “stop nick shirley act” by critics, california’s ab2624 has passed through the state assembly — a necessary protection from doxxing? or a middle finger to the first amendment?

Our story begins at the epicenter of almost all affronts to Constitutional rights / basic decency / shit-free sidewalks: the state of California, where Gavin Newsom and his henchmen of union mouthpieces in Sacramento sensed trouble was afoot.

A young, ragged, hoodie-donning agitator by the name of Nick Shirley, armed with an iPhone camera and a healthy distrust of government officials, had just completed a trip to Minnesota, during which our humble protagonist stumbled upon some curious findings.

Several government-funded daycare centers — all run by individuals who happened to be of a certain common ancestry, an ancestry that happens to be one known for piracy — were not only poorly-spelled… they also had a mysterious lack of children (typically found at daycare centers) and generally appeared to be vectors for outright fraud more than fun playplaces hosting Ms. Rachel singalongs.

This was on the heels of the Feeding Our Future saga, a bombshell scandal in which several Minnesota residents (who also happened to be of the aforementioned ancestry, curious!) stole millions of tax dollars designated for COVID relief in the state, using the money to splurge on cars, vacations, and other various luxuries. In other words, the land of “Minnesota nice” had a bit of a blindspot for scammer exploitation, it turns out, and Shaggy Shirley — “Skater S. Thompson,” they call him (they don’t) — was doing his part to uncover it through gonzo-style, on-the-ground reporting.

After subsequently racking up over 100 million views on YouTube, Shirley’s Minnesota exposé ultimately led to a full-scale response from the Trump administration, including an FBI raid of the “daycare centers,” a freezing of funds by the Department of Health and Human Services, and even the establishment of a Vance-led taskforce dedicated entirely to cracking down on fraud.

Continued:

Here, a California politician concerned about the prospect of widespread fraud in the state they were elected to serve might have welcomed Shirley’s arrival.
‘Hey Nick! Thanks for looking out for taxpayers, let us know if you come across any Quality Learing and we’ll be happy to take a closer look (btw, here’s where the Somalis live).’

Such was not the response of Assemblywoman Mia Bonta — the wife of California Attorney General Rob Bonta, aka the man presumably in charge of prosecuting crimes such as widespread welfare fraud in the state.
On February 20th, a mere MONTH after Shirley posted the above selfie announcing his arrival in California, Assemblywoman Bonta introduced AB2624, officially titled “Privacy for immigration support services providers.”
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As the bill’s text states: “A person, business, or association shall not knowingly publicly post or publicly display, disclose, or distribute on the internet the personal information or image of any designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer” with the intent to threaten or cause harm (more on this later).

The measure’s critics, however, have since taken to calling it the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” claiming that this would in effect punish the work of journalists like Shirley, preventing them from uncovering the type of fraud found in Minnesota’s lovely misspelled daycare centers.

This week, Bonta’s bill passed in the State Assembly in a 57-19 vote. While it still must pass through the Senate and receive the careful read and blessing of dyslexic Governor Newsom before becoming state law, let’s take a look at the case for and against in the meantime, with all the investigative scrutiny of Nick Shirley standing outside a Somalian afterschool program.

"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."

Should about cover it.

Not surprised about “bobble-head” Bonta - husband is Newsom’s AG puppet - I suspect all three of them are getting kick backs from the massive fraud.

Newsom got the $$ for his new $9M digs from somewhere - something he couldn’t afford on his governor’s salary.

New governor Becerra will continue the tradition - except he is incompetent, according to those who worked with him in the Biden admin:

“Multiple former Biden administration officials have described Xavier Becerra as ineffective and unprepared during his tenure as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.”

Yeah, so he’ll fit right in as California governor - and keep Bonta on as his “attack dog” - and the fraud will continue.

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