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The “Quality Learing Center”

1. Fullgoldcrown says:

   December 28, 2025 - 11:36 am at 11:36 am

   Speaking of conservative influencers, Nick Shirley is a 23-year-old independent journalist and YouTuber, known for his on-the-ground reporting and street interviews. Almost 600,000 follow him on Twitter, and 1.1 million follow his YouTube account. The UK Daily Mail reported the story this morning, headlined, “Fury grows over ‘empty’ Minnesota daycare with misspelled sign accused of receiving $4m in taxpayer funds”

   In his latest investigative video, titled, “I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal” and released the day after Christmas, Nick delivered a gripping 42-minute exposé on widespread welfare fraud in Minnesota. Accompanied by a local tipster, Shirley conducted on-the-ground visits to a long list of taxpayer-funded childcare centers, many Somali-owned and licensed for dozens of children, only to find them eerily empty during business hours— no kids, no staff, locked doors, and darkened windows.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8AulCA1aOQ

   Highlighting cases like the hilariously misspelled “Quality Learing Center,” which reportedly received nearly $2 million in 2025 Child Care Assistance Program funds alone, Shirley’s team claimed to have uncovered over $110 million in suspicious payments in a single day of research.

   The video, which has amassed tens of millions of views and drew endorsements from folks like Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk, accused state oversight under Governor Tim Walz of enabling what Shirley calls potentially “the largest fraud scandal in US history,” sparking national outrage and renewed calls for federal audits.

   

   All it took was one man and a camera to expose what the state either ignored or allowed,” Benny continued. “If officials weren’t complicit, this would have been stopped long ago.”

   It was so simple. All Nick did was get a list of day care centers receiving aid and go around Minneapolis, knocking on their doors in the middle of a workday. Whenever someone did answer, Nick said he wanted to sign his son Joey up for childcare. They universally refused to talk to him, show him the facility, or explain why there were no kids anywhere around.

   In this short clip, an Affluent White Female Liberal (AWFL) warns a daycare center by shouting, “don’t open up! we have ICE here!” when Nick approaches the door. It’s truly pathological.

   There is much about this developing scandal that could be said, is being said, and hopefully will be said. I’d like to focus on the uselessness of corporate media. The fact that a young independent journalist with a small crew and basic tools uncovered over $110 million in suspicious payments in just one day of research raises an awkward question: Why hasn’t any major news outlet with vast resources done this basic investigative work?

   Where, oh where, is 60 Minutes? You would think that the program that once exposed tobacco coverups could send over a camera crew or two. But no. And if 60 Minutes won’t touch it, don’t hold your breath waiting for the New York Times or Washington Post. Or even the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

   Thus we observe the greatest single development in news media since the pandemic. What James O’Keefe pioneered in 2009 with his ACORN takedown, other young people like Nick Shirley are running with. The corporate media is killing itself in DEI-inspired ritual suicide. Gallup’s 2025 poll shows Americans’ trust in mass media hit a historic low of 28% (down from 68% in 1972 and even lower than last year’s record low). The Reuters Institute’s 2025 Digital News Report noted stagnating subscriptions, rising social media dominance, and independents/influencers gaining ground while traditional outlets hemorrhage engagement.

   One analysis concluded that legacy media’s loss of trust is the core reason for decline— rather than tech disruption. Indeed, conventional media could publish interesting content to YouTube and Twitter just like Nick Shirley. They have massive resources, professional cameras, editing teams, and established brands. But nobody wants them there, either.

   In other words, the audience isn’t just scrolling past; they actively resent the messenger.

   Which brings us to Governor Walz. We’ve shot right past calls for his resignation. The conservative sphere wants him arrested. The perfectly understandable theory seems to be a form of res ipsa loquitor —a latin phrase used in highbrow legal briefs that means “the thing speaks for itself.” How else could this have happened under Walz’s tenure without his direct involvement somewhere along the line?

   Of course, real arrests are burdened by little concerns like the presumption of innocence and due process. But a massive investigation is underway. At least six federal agencies are actively involved in investigating various aspects of Minnesota’s widespread welfare and social services fraud scandals (including the original Feeding Our Future meal program fraud, autism services, housing stabilization, childcare assistance/daycare programs, Medicaid billing, unemployment insurance, and related allegations).

   The following agencies have all announced ongoing investigations: the DOJ/FBI, the IRS, HHS’s Office of Inspector General, the Department of Labor (unemployment and benefits fraud), the Treasury Department (overseas links), the Small Business Administration (covid-era loans and small business fraud), the USDA (child nutrition programs), ICE/DHS (immigration angles), and the House Oversight Committee.

   It’s interesting to imagine how this would have played out had Tim Walz been elected vice president as Democrats hoped. On one hand, he’d now be facing an immense scandal. On the other hand, the investigation would have been much more muted, and Somalis would still be pouring into Minnesota and spreading the grift around.