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Viral YouTuber Nick Shirley’s Minnesota Daycare Fraud Claims Trigger $185M Federal Funding Freeze

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Jan 01, 2026
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YouTuber Nick Shirley accuses Somali-owned day care centers of fraud | MPR  News

A viral video by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleging fraud at Minnesota day care centers has triggered federal funding freezes and a national political firestorm. In the widely shared footage, Shirley claimed several state-licensed facilities receiving taxpayer dollars were empty or inactive, assertions that now sit at the center of an unfolding…

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