From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 11, 2026 at 12:46:56 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   wrote:   
      
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The legacy corporate media on the Minnesota Somali fraud scandal:   
   >   
   >> (1) Diversity is our strength!   
   >   
   >> (2)  Immigrants are the fabric of Minnesota.   
   >   
   >> (3) Only $9 billion was stolen.   
   >   
   >> (4) If you notice it, you're racist.   
   >   
   >> (5) Somalis are the real victims here.   
   >   
   > At first, I though Nick Shirley did legitimate reporting but now it   
   > sounds like the whole thing was a cheap shot. Also, Shirley was led to   
   > these day care centers by David Hoch and didn't choose them himself. In   
   > fact checking the ten locations, the fact-checking reporter, another   
   > reporter with Meitrodt, was able to obsrve five locations. There were   
   > children.   
      
   Most of those children were brought in after Shirley's expose as props to   
   pretend to the public that "Look, we're not criminals, we do have children   
   here!"   
      
   The infamous "Learing Center" was one of them. No children for the entire time   
   (about a week) that Shirley observed them. Neighbors and other business owners   
   in the area said there were never any children. Then after Shirley's video   
   went national and they became a laughing stock, suddenly there were parents   
   making a big show of dropping off their kids. But even that only lasted for a   
   week or so. Now the "Learing Center" is listed as closed on the state web   
   site.   
      
   > That's not quite debunking Shirley but that does tell us that   
   > Shirley was not perforning the days-long surveillance necessary to announce   
   > that no children were being cared for.   
      
   It actually doesn't tell us that.   
      
   > More than half way into the interview, the reporter is finally asked   
   > about the fraud. Remember, the fraud was ignored by state government;   
      
   Looks like the mayor of Seattle is even more determined to let the Somalis get   
   away with fraud in her city than the Minnesotans were. She outright stated in   
   an interview that despite reputable media uncovering evidence of significant   
   benefits fraud among the Somalis in Seattle, she has absolutely no interest in   
   investigating it.   
      
      
   https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2009747275623403520/vid/av   
   1/1280x720/1vJsNYAxqkjT2n5o.mp4   
      
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