Tim Pierce

My deadline is getting the war ended.

So this investigation into Minnesota daycares that's racked up tens of millions of views online was done by independent journalist Nick Shirley.

His investigative video is over 40 minutes long, and from the time it was posted on the day after Christmas to Sunday, it had amassed well over 80 million views, not including the views it's gotten from being re-aired on places such as Fox News.

And the mega virality is well-earned.

Shirley claims that he uncovered over $100 million in fraud being run through fraudulent Somali-run businesses.

To take just one example, Shirley and his co-investigator David found a childcare center that has received millions of taxpayer dollars, but nobody has seen the children allegedly cared for there.

Here's Shirley and David talking to a man who lives near the center.

This has all led to more pressure on Governor Tim Walz.

Many noted online that in 2023, Walz actually led a push to surge over $300 million in state funding to child care providers.

And it's anyone's guess how much of that actually ended up lost as fraud.

Elon Musk, with his 230 million ex-followers, has already called for Walz to resign.

Yeah, this fraud is drawing a lot of eyeballs.

Estimates are that something like $9 billion in federal welfare has been lost to fraud, specifically in Minnesota's Somali community.

Here's GOP Senator Ron Johnson on Fox News on some of the actions he is taking.

The FBI is on this as well.

FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sunday that 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 exploiting federal programs.

And the White House is bringing attention to the scandal, too, with posts over the weekend from Vice President J.D.

Vance and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez de Riemer.

More than that, several federal departments have already taken steps to investigate fraud in Minnesota and potentially cut off taxpayer money from the federal government.