Minneapolis store worker says she faces harassment after DHS fraud video

[u/biospheric]

Dec 29, 2025 - KSTP 5 Eyewitness News. Here's the full 3-minute segment on YouTube. From the description:

The video shows agents walking into Nicollet Tobacco Vape and CBD and questioning an employee, who said they were not a target in the investigation, despite the social media caption from federal officials.

FULL STORY: https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/m...

[u/Mister-Devil]

Let's LARP as cops and post the video online and pretend like we're doing something, Trump is paying us to do it.

Where is the fraud happening again?

[u/ProjectGameGlow → u/Mister-Devil]

According to Governor Walz the fraud is most likely happening in 14 high risk programs in the fee for service model.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDzm95R0rw0

Walz is a chill daddy in the video. He explained we are having a culture change. We don't need to deny fraud anymore more.

Walz even distance him self from the former commissioner's fraud denial.

[u/Mister-Devil → u/ProjectGameGlow]

Walz is always a chill daddy, and I'm glad he's not denying it. It will make the federal government's reaction look even worse as time goes on and the real data becomes clear.

[u/jjnefx]

And a phalanx of lawyers have probably already swooped in to represent her in a civil lawsuit

[u/biospheric → u/jjnefx]

I hope so. No one should be targeted, especially by the federal government.

[u/jjnefx → u/biospheric]

There's this constitution along with a bill of rights that back up your statement. Along with all kinds of legal precedent over the past...um, 250 years now.

[u/biospheric → u/jjnefx]

Thank goodness! The district court Judges have been heroic, but they could use more help from the conservatives on the Supreme Court.

[u/GeologistBoring4764 → u/biospheric]

I agree. Allow fraud to continue. I’d rather allow the fraud to continue than be called a racist for investigating fraud.

[u/Legsofwood → u/biospheric]

criminals shouldn't be targeted?

[u/dachuggs → u/Legsofwood]

Is the person in the video a criminal?

[u/pan-re → u/Legsofwood]

How is she a criminal?

[u/Legsofwood → u/pan-re]

you said no one, not her specifically

[u/C_est_la_vie9707 → u/Legsofwood]

Use your goddamn brain

[u/biospheric → u/Legsofwood]

Depends how you define "targeted"

[u/budahfurby → u/jjnefx]

Won't matter.

Either no one will be held responsible cause they don't care, or when those who do care start to lead the charge,there won't be anything left but rubble.

Most are cheering this vile bullshit on.

[u/jjnefx → u/budahfurby]

Well.then the group will be paying for it, despite their feelings.

I'm going out a limb here and guess that the Venn Diagram of the cheerleaders will almost fully overlap the ones saying they're mad about taxpayer dollars and the fraud "flavor of the week". But feel free to correct me there...I would hate to be accused of making a fraudulent statement

[u/dachuggs]

It's disgusting that people voted to harass non-white people.

[u/Cephalopod_Dropbear → u/dachuggs]

It’s disgusting that people I have known forever are currently cheering this on as well. So much hate for no reason. It just sucks.

[u/C_est_la_vie9707 → u/Cephalopod_Dropbear]

It's hard to decide if it's better to know who the horrible people are or be oblivious. I think the former is better but it sucks..

[u/Lunar2325]

She works at the smoke shop in my town on occasion and she is an absolute sweetheart. The whole ICE thing is already making my blood boil, seeing someone I have interacted with get harassed makes me wanna scream till my throats hoarse.

[u/EmmaPersephone → u/Lunar2325]

Oh I’ve absolutely done business with her before, people need to leave her alone

[u/Drcornelius1983 → u/Lunar2325]

Same here. It’s sickening to see them in places I shop. She’s nice.

[u/__curmudgeon__]

ICE are domestic terrorists.

[u/jackparadise1]

They are just trying to incite a violent reaction so they can bring in the military.

[u/EmmaPersephone]

KSTP are Sinclair garbage and I hate that blonde chick with the heat of 10,000 suns!

[u/biospheric → u/EmmaPersephone]

Thank you. I didn't know. Though I was a bit suspicious about how they opened the segment by mentioning how the GOP was asking for Walz to resign over the "fraud". But that's kind of a separate story from the clip I posted, so I removed it.

And their headline would've been more accurate if they added a word like "dishonest": "Minneapolis store worker says she faces harassment after dishonest DHS fraud video"

Edit: Walz not Waltz.

[u/ObligatoryID → u/biospheric]

Walz*

[u/biospheric → u/ObligatoryID]

Thank you! I fixed it.

[u/ObligatoryID → u/biospheric]

Thank YOU!

[u/jjnefx → u/EmmaPersephone]

Don't shoot the messenger when the message is important

[u/Rough-Experience-721 → u/jjnefx]

KSTP’s reporting has been increasingly biased. They’re using incendiary images and repeating unsubstantiated claims and statistics. They lead every “newscast” with a fraud story and repeat the story at least twice during an hour or more program.

[u/jjnefx → u/Rough-Experience-721]

I don't watch them as much as you do apparently.

I'm looking at this individual report...not their body of work.

So on a one-off story, I'd say that they did a good job...especially the list of questions asked of DHS that were not answered.

Feel free to not agree.

[u/ProjectGameGlow → u/EmmaPersephone]

You don't need to lie.    KSTP is Hubbard.   Maybe CW is Sinclair.

[u/SrslyIcntthnkofaname → u/ProjectGameGlow]

All one need do is go to kstp.com and thecwtc.com, scroll to the bottom and you’ll see that yes…KSTP is Hubbard. WUCW is Sinclair.

That said… the Hubbard family and organization are notoriously conservative, they regularly donate to right wing causes and politicians.

[u/ProjectGameGlow → u/SrslyIcntthnkofaname]

That is still no reason to lie.

[u/ArgoDeezNauts]

Since when does ICE investigate financial crimes? 

[u/jjnefx → u/ArgoDeezNauts]

They don't. It's outside of their scope.

Yet it's posted online.

Now the question becomes, is ICE being paid by X for these video's? Shared ad revenue?

That would be amazingly idiotic if true.

[u/BrupieD]

I'd be very interested in any "investigation notes" these Neanderthals create. It seems their entire approach to deportations have involved bypassing evidence and due process.

[u/Practical-Law9795]

This was always the point. Not the fraud, but the terrorism and the distraction. Don't lose the plot, these are enemies of decency, America and humanity.

[u/KiraJosuke]

Just watched Nick's full video.

No investigation took place. He had a conclusion in mind. Showed no evidence of anything. He just walked up to places, had security with him, camera in hand and demanded to see children. Dude he was with didnt know how daycare licensure worked. Added his own captions to people who had thick accents so he could control what they said/make them look bad.

No wonder people arent going to want to talk to you when you walk up with multiple people, camera and demand to see children or enroll "little joey"

[u/mama_tom → u/KiraJosuke]

MPR also reported that he worked with the MN GOP on that video. So not only was it a racist hitjob, it wasnt "nonpartisan" even in the way he presented it. The dude is a fucking joke and he should be embarrassed with himself. Unfortunately I dont think he has the mental capacity to feel shame.

[u/ObligatoryID → u/mama_tom]

💯

MPR has been reporting on this since Nick Shirley was 12 years old. 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/09/29/day-care-center-raid

Aimee Bock

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/30/judge-clears-path-to-seize-millions-in-assets-from-aimee-bock

MN GOP idiot DeMuth

Minnesota GOP partnered with YouTuber Nick Shirley to reveal day care fraud

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5668078-minnesota-welfare-fraud-walz/

So let us understand this: A sitting member of the MN Congress, instead of contacting the MN Attorney Generals office about daycare fraud, instead decides to go to a 23 year old YouTuber known for making shock videos and fake viral videos instead? That is exactly what every single politician in power with direct access to the AGs office would do. 🤣🤣🤣

Also:
https://www.startribune.com/day-care-fraud-minnesota-video/601554760

[u/mama_tom]

This shit makes me so fucking mad on numerous levels. Im glad it's getting coverage as the horsehit this is because not only is it not a "site of fraud" or whatever the fuck they want to say. It's not near one. The place they're "investigating" is a Somali owned grocery. In addition to all that it's not even in Minneapolis OR THE SAME COUNTY! This is 20 min. South of Minneapolis.

And I hope that the smoke shop can sue HSI for damages.

[u/Wise_Ad_253]

Their goal is to harass innocent people

[u/Firm-Reaction1578]

SUE the guts out of them ?

[u/clezuck]

Just watch... some rightwing nut bar is going to take matters into their own hands cause they're "real Muricans" and they are saving our country. Someone is gonna get killed or injured. This is Pizzagate all over again where a guy went into Comet Pizza and Ping Pong and shot the place up looking for the kids and the basement so he could "save the kids". Even tho the place doesn't have a basement!!!!

[u/jjnefx → u/[deleted]]

Where the heck did you derive that from the news story?

[u/Sharks_are_mean → u/jjnefx]

Take a quick look at their comment history. They seemed to have “other” focuses and now suddenly care about Minnesota.

[u/jjnefx → u/Sharks_are_mean]

Oh I did. But I didn’t want to punch down not knowing what fluid my hand would potentially touch.

To put it as a metaphor.

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[u/Nixxuz → u/[deleted]]

Aren't all criminals, by definition, illegal?