Posted on 05/06/2026 6:09:46 AM PDT by Libloather
Last week, the FBI raided 22 shady day-care businesses in Minneapolis, Minn., as the federal government expanded its investigation of social-services fraud there.
On Monday, Vice President JD Vance added Columbus, Ohio, to his fraud task force’s agenda in the wake of a new report alleging a billion-dollar Medicaid scam.
Both investigations were spurred by the dogged work of citizen and independent journalists like Nick Shirley in Minneapolis and Luke Rosiak in Columbus, who knocked on doors and interviewed dozens of supposed service providers to uncover the truth about fraudsters who may have bilked the federal government of billions.
And up and down the West Coast, blue-state lawmakers have leaped to respond — by actively working to make it harder for journalists like me to do our jobs and expose fraud connected to day-care centers, hospices, home health care businesses and more.
In California Democrats are pitching AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” with claims that it’s a safety measure to protect immigrants and social-service workers from harassment.
But media watchdogs say it, and Democrats’ efforts in other state capitals, constitute a crackdown on the independent and citizen journalists who are exposing fraud in government — and warn that it’s just the start of a trend that could spread nationwide.
Shirley’s independent reporting on empty day cares like the now infamous “Quality Learing Center” helped expose $9 billion-plus in public funding provided to nonexistent child care centers, food programs and senior services in Minnesota alone.
His work — and its tens of millions of YouTube views — inspired other reporters to hit the streets across multiple states with cameras and stacks of public documents.
California’s law would criminalize the online sharing of photos or personal information of “immigrant service providers” if it’s done for purposes of “harassment.”
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While Republican candidates do what? Expect Nick Shirley to do their dirty work for them.
Is it any surprise that the party of slavery, the ku klux klan, infanticide, and election fraud would defend welfare fraud?
A lot of Politicians must go to jail
Nope. The entire Left is a taxpayer-supported organization.
Universities through grants and student loans, kick backs from criminals like this and NGOs, government unions, et al.
Poverty Pays. Handsomely.
Yup.
The GOP gets money from donors who believe in the GOP.
The Democrats are funded by the government through mandatory taxes, received by the Democrats through fraud.
“While Republican candidates do what? Expect Nick Shirley to do their dirty work for them.”
There’s a clear indication of who is on the take and who is not.
If these fraudsters were no integral to fund raising for the democrat left they would not be protecting them. The fraudsters know the routine, “share the loot with those that make the laws.”
“were no” = were not
The fraudsters are like the Mob in Al Capone’s Chicago and the police, judges and politicians have all been bought off. When you have billions being bilked it makes sense to bribe judges and politicians.
Welfare fraud and abuse goes beyond blue state/red state lines.
The uniparty is dedicated to the uncontrolled and unsustainable growth of the social welfare state, the corporate welfare state and the military industrial complex.
Democrat wing takes care of the social welfare state.
The Republican wing takes care of the other two.
In other words gubmint operates for the benefit of those who operate.
We common folk are just the suckers who keep the printing press rolling.
The uniparty is dedicated to the uncontrolled and unsustainable growth of the social welfare state, the corporate welfare state and the military industrial complex. Democrat wing takes care of the social welfare state. The Republican wing takes care of the other two. In other words gubmint operates for the benefit of those who operate. We common folk are just the suckers who keep the printing press rolling.
You're killing me Smalls.
Would purposes of investigative journalism be ok?
These same bastard lawmakers are perfectly happy with the serious, brutal, and vicious crimes committed by antifa terrorists and other leftists against investigative journalists. Their DAs and judges don’t lift a finger to hold them to account.
Exactly. Still ZERO "elite" arrests. Soros/Clinton/Omar/Singham and EVEN COMEY still walking free. Zero cuffs, zero perpwalks, zero mugshots.
The left is already shooting. I sure hope a couple ornery old veterans don't get stopped on the way home from the range at an antifa ch3ckpoint. I hope the next Kyle Rittenhouse doesn't get caught behind the lines during the next CHOPS. I hope the next Reginald Denny isn't a Ranger or Marine.
The left is already shooting.
The good guys need to see ARRESTS or they might lose hope and get involved.
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