Explosive Undercover Video of Massive Somali Fraud and Democrat Complicity & Corruption

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Massive Fraud Allegations (WATCH NICK's VIDEO HERE!)
- Minnesota has spent $18 billion on Medicaid over several years, with up to $9 billion allegedly lost to fraud.
- Fraud reportedly involves fake daycare centers and autism centers receiving millions in state funds without providing services or having children present.
- Example: Facilities licensed for dozens of children but found empty, with windows blacked out and doors locked.
Political Corruption
- Democratic politicians, including Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, ignored or enabled the fraud.
- Stolen funds were used to influence elections and fund campaigns.
- We bring up Ilhan Omar and have questions about her financial gains.
Investigative Work by Nick Shirley
- A 23-year-old YouTuber, Nick Shirley, conducted undercover investigations, visiting daycare and autism centers, documenting the absence of children, and exposing suspicious operations.
- His video reportedly went viral, reaching over 90 million views.
Media Criticism
- Strong criticism of mainstream (called “Corporate”) media for allegedly ignoring the story.
- Praise for independent investigative journalism.
Security and Confrontations
- Confrontations with individuals at the centers, some becoming hostile.
- Police involvement when Shirley attempted to gather information at healthcare offices.
Financial Scale
- Examples of payments: individual centers receiving $1–$3 million annually.
- Autism-related Medicaid payments allegedly skyrocketed from $1.3 million in 2017 to $228 million in 2024.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.4	Welcome, it is Vertiquist Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. I hope you had a fabulous
0:10.2	Christmas with your family, your friends, and a holiday. And as we are getting back to the show,
0:15.5	as usual, I'm at the beach right now, so I've got a better tan than you do, Senator.
0:19.9	But you look professional today in the studio. So I'll give you props a better tan than you do, Senator, but you look professional
0:21.2	today in the studio, so I'll give you props for that as well.
0:24.0	Well, Ben, some of us actually have to work for a living.
0:27.9	And I, for one, on behalf of our listeners, but especially on behalf of our viewers, I want to say
0:33.9	thank you for not wearing the speedy, the speedo.
0:36.7	You're welcome. You're welcome. And especially for not wearing the speedy, the speedo. You're welcome.
0:38.1	You're welcome. And especially for not wearing the full bore at.
0:41.6	I mean, that would just be too much Ferguson.
0:44.7	That's only on Christmas Day.
0:46.7	I keep it special.
0:47.2	I would have to be Homer Simpson pouring bleach in the eyes to get that image out of my head.
0:52.7	I knew you were going to take your shots and nothing changed at the end of this year.
0:56.7	So this is how everything's right with the world and we know it.
1:00.6	We've got a lot to talk about on today's show outside of Borat.
1:04.4	And that includes, I would say I think probably the whole show today,
1:09.0	the amount of fraud that is being exposed in Minnesota is truly incredible.
1:16.4	And if you go back to the governor in his tweet that he put out on 1020 of 2023, he said, quote,
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