The Trump administration suspended all USDA funding to Minnesota over an alleged massive fraud investigation involving billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars.
The day after Christmas, Nick Shirley, a 23-year-old MAGA-connected social media influencer, posted a video. He claims it shows Somali American-run day care centers are cheating the federal government out of millions of tax dollars. The video doesn’t offer clear proof, and it appears these social media claims have not yet been independently investigated or verified, but the video went viral.
NPR outed the sinfluencer that told the lie …
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/nx-s1-5664111/right-wing-influencers-fraud-claim-leads-to-threats-for-somali-daycare-owners