Nick Shirley

10 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 31, 2025 by Nick Shirley · said 16 times in 8 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Dec 31, 2025
Disclosure
Nick Shirley discloses he now requires security for investigative reporting
“Yeah, now I have to.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 27:32 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shirley: Minnesota fraud numbers came from an insider state capitol leak
“The man who helped me like lead the investigation himself, David, he had all the paperwork from the Capitol. He had somebody from inside the Capitol leaking in the information. So there was my like fact check per se was he had a source from inside the Capitol.…”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 9:19 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025
Disclosure
Shirley: Independent journalists are exploring Qui Tam whistleblower lawsuits
“Yeah, I actually had somebody reach out to me the other day about it, so I'm gonna actually hop on a phone call with that guy.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 32:57 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025
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Shirley: Minnesota fraud video surpassed 500 million total impressions
“Over five hundred million people saw that video just alone, just from all the impressions, aside from the main video, getting a hundred million, hundred and twenty-five million views.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 10:08 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025
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Nick Shirley: Minnesota grocery shops are used to wire money to Africa
“I've talked to people as well inside of these grocery shops where they have 10 different stores, and I ask them, like, what do they do? And they have these shops where they wire off the money to Africa.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 41:44 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025 negative
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Shirley: Mayors say insiders channel government funds through family nonprofits
“I've had mares in California tell me about that who've given me firsthand accounts of them knowing the family members of people inside of the government opening up nonprofits, and then that's how they get a lot of campaign money.”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 44:02 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025 bullish
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Calacanis sees massive investment opportunity in small independent journalism teams
“We could see massive opportunity for investment in new publications and new news sources that take folks like Nick, pair them with two or three other folks, and now you got a team, which it seems like you're building, and then you could have a permanent fundin…”
Jason Calacanis Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 30:13 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Shirley: Massive welfare fraud is being committed via Minnesota daycare centers
“Massive welfare frauds being committed. People are opening up these daycares, home healthcare clinics, you name it. Anything that has anything to do with like health, welfare, or even just like helping people in general, like with daycare or with healthcare, t…”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 6:47 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Dec 31, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shirley: Minnesota funds repeat fraudsters despite severe daycare violations
“Yeah, 100%, because a lot of these daycares, there's six, seven violations, and they're still continuing to give funding to these daycares. And they have the same name, the same person has opened up. I was in one of their fraud committee meetings, the same per…”
Nick Shirley Dec 31, 2025 ▶ 37:26 Massive Somali Fraud in Minnesota with Nick Shirley, California Asset Seizure, $20B Groq-Nvidia Deal
Mar 18, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Fetterman: Gavin Newsom released a video smearing investigator Nick Shirley
“Governor Newsom put out a disgusting video implying that he's, you know, a pedophile or he's that, that like, Why? You know, like, I mean, like, that's, like, kind of a smear.”
John Fetterman Mar 18, 2026 ▶ 35:24 John Fetterman: 'I'm the Only Democrat in Congress Saying This'
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