HHS freezes child care payments to Minnesota

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9. Nick Shirley is NOT an "independent journalist"

He's a lying sack of shit.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS4FFf1jZcf/
dewforpolitics

A viral video by right-wing influencer Nick Shirley didn’t expose new fraud—it recycled old, previously investigated claims. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports the childcare centers had already been inspected, no payments were paused, and the “$100M” figure was earlier examined and found unsupported. Shirley, a former Mormon missionary, has a record of misleading content later dismissed as “satire,” including a Ukraine video falsely implying U.S. tax dollars funded luxury projects and content praising a Jan. 6 rioter. This wasn’t journalism—it was click-driven political theater.

https://www.startribune.com/viral-video-prompts-new-scrutiny-of-alleged-fraud-and-draws-quick-reaction-from-mn-regulators/601554058?utm_source=gift

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I see this slop picking up a ton of attention. And while I have a bunch of questions about a lot of the shoddy """journalism""" that was done for the video, here's an easy, quick question to demonstrate how bad faith the video was done -
@nickshirleyy
, why did you visit a place of business and not show the sign posted on the door that showed the hours of operation? Is it because it would have shown that you showed up a full hour before it even opened?

Images 1-2: A fan of mine drove to the business and took a photo of the posted sign you tried to hide, and it clearly stated the hours of operation were 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM.

Image 3: This is a photo of the phone screen of the lady who answers the door at the next place you visit. The time listed on the phone is 1:09 PM. This happens at 22:20 in the video.

Image 4: The next photo is the time being listed as 2:33 PM for the next place you visit. This happens at 33:08 in the video.