Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Where It Came From

It starts there... Meanders here... These things are all connected. Wait for it... Wait for it... There. Tied up with a bow. 🙇‍♂️ Or bow. Whatever. Worth it. Right? Can’t stop, won’t stop. That opens another can of worms I don’t want to get into here. But it’s part of the connecting thread. Changing the subject, but... I mean, why not, really? Like the people who voted for Trump, thinking “criminals” were “bad people,” only to find out Trump meant “all non-white people are criminals.” These people never listen to what they are saying; only to what (they think) they mean.

None of this is exactly wheels within wheels:
Basically:
We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota.

You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade.

Today we have taken three actions against the blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country:

1. I have activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state.

2. Alex Adams and I have identified the individuals in @nickshirleyy 's excellent work. I have demanded from @GovTimWalz a comprehensive audit of these centers. This includes attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections.

3. We have launched a dedicated fraud-reporting hotline and email address at https://childcare.gov Whether you are a parent, provider, or member of the general public, we want to hear from you.

We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud. @ACFHHS

@HHSGov
They’re swatting a fly with a neutron bomb. For political purposes.
BREAKING: @MPRnews reports that Minnesota House GOP leader Lisa Demuth acknowledged the Repubican Party’s involvement in @nickshirleyy viral daycare video, saying, “We worked with Nick Shirley on this.” That matters, because the video has been widely framed as independent citizen journalism. Minnesota officials have said fraud investigations were already underway long before the video, and inspections have not backed up many of the claims made about the specific daycare centers shown.

Still, the video fueled widespread outrage and targeted scrutiny of Somali-owned childcare providers. With a top Republican now on record confirming coordination, this reframes the entire narrative. This wasn’t just a lone YouTuber uncovering something new. A political party acknowledges involvement in producing or shaping media that went viral (not organically) and helped drive public backlash.
Surprising absolutely no one. But now I know where the “fraud” is supposed to be. I also know where it came from.
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