Independent journalist Nick Shirley dropped a bomb on December 26, 2025, and Minnesota’s political class is still scrambling for cover. In a 42 minute video that quickly went viral, Shirley documented visits to multiple state funded daycare centers across Minneapolis that were supposedly operating during normal business hours. The problem was obvious to anyone with functioning eyesight. The buildings were empty. No kids. No parents. No activity. Just locked doors, dark rooms, and taxpayer money flowing like a busted fire hydrant.
Many of these centers cater primarily to the Somali immigrant community and receive funding through Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program, known as CCAP. According to records Shirley and his team uncovered, some of these “daycares” pulled in millions while showing clear signs of disuse. One standout example was the Quality Learning Center in South Minneapolis, licensed for 99 children. Shirley visited on a weekday afternoon and found it completely deserted. State records show that single location collected nearly $4 million in taxpayer funds in recent years, including $1.9 million in 2025 alone.
It gets better. When Shirley attempted to enroll a fictional child, staff claimed the center was “full.” That excuse might work on a bureaucrat who never leaves his office, but it collapses when the building is visibly empty. Shirley’s reporting was backed up by a local whistleblower named David, who said he had watched these locations for years without ever seeing children come or go.
Digging deeper, Shirley identified a web of overlapping operations. Multiple daycare addresses doubled as non emergency medical transport companies or home healthcare providers. Same buildings, same players, different government programs, all vacuuming up public money with minimal oversight. In a single day of research, Shirley says his team flagged more than $110 million in suspicious payments tied to these phantom facilities.
The fallout has been swift. Republicans like Tom Emmer have demanded answers, while figures including Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk, and President Trump amplified the story, calling Minnesota a hub of fraudulent money laundering. Governor Tim Walz and his team responded with the usual script, defending vague reforms and dismissing reporting as biased.
Federal agencies are no longer dismissing it. Kash Patel confirmed the FBI had already surged resources into Minnesota, citing prior success dismantling the Feeding Our Future scheme that led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions. Patel made it clear this investigation is ongoing and likely much larger.
CASE UPDATE: MINNESOTA FRAUD SCHEME
The FBI is aware of recent social media reports in Minnesota. However, even before the public conversation escalated online, the FBI had surged personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) December 28, 2025
The most telling detail is what comes next. Many individuals tied to these cases are being referred to immigration officials for possible denaturalization and deportation where eligible. After years of warnings ignored and whistleblowers brushed aside, reality has finally arrived. This is not about politics or optics. It is about fraud, accountability, and a state government that looked the other way until the evidence became impossible to ignore.
Get these thieving Somali’s out of our country and take Ilhan Omar and Tampon Tim with them. This fraud BS is getting ridiculous.