Update (2028ET):
The dominoes are beginning to fall in the Democratic-run stronghold of Minneapolis, where federal investigators were on the ground earlier today as part of expanded investigations into childcare centers and other widespread alleged fraud schemes by Somali-linked operators.
By evening, Nick Shirley, the citizen journalist who brought the "empty" childcare companies into the national spotlight with a video that has received 121 million views in just three days, revealed that one of the Somali-linked childcare centers had been shut down by the Minnesota Department of Children.
Earlier today at the "Quality Learing Center" - and yes, it is supposed to be "learning" - the owner's son blamed the misspelling on a graphic designer.
This is damning for Gov. Tim Walz and the Democrats.
Walz blamed "white supremacy" for the targeting of Somali-linked childcare centers, which appear to be front companies.
We assess that the manufactured political backlash against DOGE from Democrats and left-wing NGOs is likely to fade rapidly as Shirley's viral, on-the-ground reporting continues to highlight the scale of the fraud.
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Update (1315ET):
Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, the primary investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are on the ground in Minneapolis Monday morning, conducting what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem described as a "massive investigation into childcare and other widespread fraud."
"Homeland Security Investigations @ICEGov are on the ground in Minneapolis right now conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud," Noem wrote on X, adding, "More coming."
Homeland Security wrote on X, "The American people deserve answers on how their taxpayer money is being used and ARRESTS when abuse is found. Under the leadership of @Sec_Noem , DHS is working to deliver results."
Meanwhile.... This X post did not age well.
Nor did this one.
While allegations of Somali-linked welfare fraud in left-wing-controlled Minnesota have been known for years, the timing of Nick Shirley's bombshell investigation suggests the federal government needed positive sentiment in the news cycle to begin the action phase on the ground. That's usually how these types of operations work.
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A viral video that has topped 76 million views on X within 48 hours has significantly heightened public scrutiny of multiple Minneapolis daycare centers linked to Somali operators that received millions in state and federal funding despite showing minimal operational activity. The apparent mismatch between allocated taxpayer funds and observable services strengthens a recent report by Christopher F. Rufo, which alleges that Somali-linked fraud in the left-wing-controlled state may involve front companies potentially diverting taxpayer funds to at least one overseas terrorist network.
Update: And according to FBI Director Kash Patel, the agency will "continue to follow the money" in Minnesota, and their investigation is "ongoing." (And why did it take Chris Rufo cracking the case before they took action?)
"To date, the FBI dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID. The investigation exposed sham vendors, shell companies, and large-scale money laundering tied to the Feeding Our Future network," Patel said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party and its PR machine across left-wing corporate media outlets, including CBS, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, 60 Minutes, The New York Times, and the Associated Press, have largely remained silent on citizen journalist Nick Shirley's investigation.
We assess that as the dominant narrative of the widening Somali-linked fraud scandal in Minneapolis continues to go viral on X through "America First"-linked accounts, Democrats and their PR machine will move to advance a counter-narrative, given how optically damaging these revelations are ahead of the midterm cycle.
The days of Democrats defaulting to labeling opponents as "racists" or "fascists" appear to be over. They will likely need to develop new pejoratives to target those investigating allegations of welfare fraud on a scale larger than Somalia's GDP.
In just one day, Shirley and a private investigator visited Somali-linked businesses operating in the child daycare, adult and autism care, home healthcare, and non-emergency medical transportation industries. They say they uncovered $110 million in highly questionable payments, largely because many of these companies were not operating as they should during peak hours of operation and appeared mostly inactive.
The next critical step, and one we suspect federal investigators are already pursuing, is comprehensive entity mapping of the targets Shirley identified.
This analysis moves beyond isolated entities and enables the detection of network behavior, including shared addresses, recycled officers, repeated vendors, circular payment flows, and clusters of entities with minimal real-world operations. Such pattern recognition is essential for identifying front companies.
Here is the network mapping of Shirley's identified targets:
Mako Childcare Center, Inc.
Mini Childcare Center Inc.
Pattern detection: Both Mako and Mini share the same address.
Sweet Angel Child Care Inc.
Quality Learning Center Inc.
And now the fun begins.
Future Leaders Early Learning Center
Shirley and the private investigator note that Creative Minds Daycare L.L.C. was shuttered due to violations and reopened the next day as Super Kids Daycare Center LLC.
Creative Minds Daycare L.L.C.
Super Kids Daycare Center LLC
Minnesota Childcare Center Inc.
And this.
To sum up, this data transforms fragmented public records into actionable network intelligence maps, enabling X users to dig deeper and understand how money, control, and influence actually flow across Shirley's target entities.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/network-mapping-nick-shirleys-empty-minnesota-daycares
