Democrats and legacy media really don’t want to keep talking about the Somali fraud scandal anymore, but the American people are stepping right around them.

That’s my take as the story about a colossal Somali fraud ring in Minnesota explodes to the point where similar programs in other states are now being rightly looked at with suspicion.

What’s incredible about this whole thing is not just the extent of the scams taking place in Minnesota, but how it’s now all being uncovered.

The most aggressive investigation and reporting on this issue hasn’t been traditional media. It’s a handful of conservative websites and legions of people on X and other social media simply looking through public documents, doing some on-the-scene investigations and asking questions.

It was an independent journalist, Nick Shirley, who blew up the Somali day care scam. He did some real shoe leather journalism with another investigative reporter but without any institution supporting him.

Sure, some outlets covered what was happening, but they downplayed or failed to follow up on the depth of the problem that exists in Minnesota as Drew Holden at American Compass pointed out.

Seeing some pushback about the existing legacy media coverage of fraud in Minnesota, particularly from @StarTribune.

Yes, they’ve reported on fraud. Yes, they’ve published hundreds of pieces about the fraud.

But they’ve repeatedly downplayed how pervasive it is, and earlier… pic.twitter.com/giTSdDJztm

And what’s happened in Minnesota........

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