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   On Jan 11, 2026 at 1:54:22 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""  wrote:   
      
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >> 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!"   
   >   
   > In one case, the reporters were shown time-stamped security videos from   
   > the day Shirley was there, evidence of children.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > In the five locations the reporters got into, they saw stuff for kids   
   > that had been there a while and didn't think they were being suckered.   
      
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   >>> 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.   
   >   
   > Shirley was there at the specific times on his videos and not at other   
   > times. Surveillance would have required an entire day and then multiple   
   > days of observation.   
   >   
   > The Shirley videos are a distraction. The case that welfare abuse was   
   > committed had already been made by reporting by established media, so I   
   > wish you'd stop poo poohing legitimate journalism. This reporting   
   > brought down Tim Walz, not Shirley.   
   >   
   >>> 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   
   avc1/1280x720/1vJsNYAxqkjT2n5o.mp4   
   >   
   > I'm not arguing that politicians ever learn. If suspicious activity is   
   > brought to the attention of government, then it really is about fraud.   
      
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