What to know about Nick Shirley, the YouTuber alleging day care fraud in Minnesota: https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662600/nick-shirley-mi...

Nick Shirley’s Somali Daycare Fraud Video Is Bullsh*t. Here’s Why It Worked Anyway: https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/nick-shirleys-somali... :

> Shirley‘s video has now been pretty thoroughly taken apart by numerous news organizations, and many of his core claims have been debunked or at least called into serious doubt. In one case, Shirley arrived when the facility was closed. In another instance, security footage from the daycare center shows children being dropped off on the same day Shirley was there claiming that no children were anywhere to be seen. In two other cases, Shirley showed up to non-operational child care facilities.

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