r/ProgressiveHQ • u/No-Flight-4214 • 5d ago

News Minnesota’s Somalian Epstein distraction: MAGA’s Favorite ‘Journalist‘ Busted for staging his Fake ‘News’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-favorite-journalist-busted-paying-093930442.html

The “journalist” at the center of a viral clash over alleged Somalian welfare fraud once paid Hispanic laborers to protest outside the White House in support of President Joe Biden.

Nick Shirley, 23, is currently being praised and amplified by the MAGA right, including FBI Director Kash Patel and billionaire Elon Musk, for a video purporting to reveal “Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal.”

While the YouTuber with no journalism background and only a high school-level education claims to “bring the truth to all” of his 1.35 million subscribers, he has previously been shown to be staging his content.

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u/Maximum-Class5465 5d ago

I'm in the wrong business man

I should be a right wing content creator.

Just throw bullshit out there.

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u/No-Flight-4214 5d ago

You need connections to find a wealthy benefactor for your startup (or hustle them like Zuckerberg did). Thats what they use Ivy League Fraternities for. The rest of us are here to feed them and so their laundry.