The show says it’s about the internet with unbiased takes, but it’s just another left wing political show. I really wanted to like it, but their coverage of Minnesota fraud was a joke.
I genuinely appreciated the way they humanize the Somali community and show the harm in the stereotypes that have come as a result, but the fact they gloss over the reasons Nick Shirley and federal politicians think fraud is occurring is ludicrous.
I appreciate that they included the Feeding our Future fraud and Somali involvement to give context from where the accusations may have started, but they’re acting as if the case is closed because one layer of review was signed off on. There’s been a lot more damning evidence than Nick saying “show me the kids” and they’re lying to their audience by holding that back. There are (non-AI) videos of these daycares’ playgrounds covered with glass and garbage all across unusable playgrounds from before the story broke and then all cleaned up, repaired, and usable the next day.
Neighbors site never having seen kids there until this week. There are obvious typos in the signs like “learing” center and other things that make the operations seem dubious. Daycare operators are making statements about losing all attendance records.
CNN: “A spokesperson for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, told CNN two of the centers in the video were closed. But a Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families spokesperson later clarified that one — Quality Learning Center — ultimately decided to remain open, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune.”
It’s extremely suspicious and worth reporting that one day care closed and then reopened following this scandal breaking and warrants waiting for the full investigation before reporting this as a closed case with no fraud.
I hope YOU do a full episode and beg for apologies/offer corrections if any of this proves to be false since you mentioned it in the episode.
