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The John Kobylt Show

John Filling In For The Clay & Buck Show! (12/29)

The John Kobylt Show

Premiere Networks

News

4.3799 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Hour 3 of John filling in for Clay Travis & Buck Sexton on the Clay & Buck Show! Hour 3 dives into explosive revelations surrounding a massive fraud scandal in Minnesota, where billions in taxpayer dollars were allegedly siphoned through fake nonprofits and childcare centers. Guest host John Kobylt from KFI Radio leads the discussion, joined by Joe Khalil of NewsNation, who provides the latest updates on the viral investigation that has captured national attention. A 42-minute video by independent journalist Nick Shirley, now surpassing 116 million views, exposed empty daycare facilities that received millions in state and federal funds—raising serious questions about oversight under Governor Tim Walz. The conversation highlights ongoing probes by the Minnesota legislature, the House Oversight Committee, and even DHS, which has launched door-to-door searches at suspected fraud sites. Beyond Minnesota, John shifts focus to California’s deepening crises under Governor Gavin Newsom. He outlines shocking statistics: California leads the nation in inflation, unemployment, homelessness, and tax burdens, including the highest income, gas, and sales taxes. Despite record spending, the state suffers from crumbling infrastructure, underperforming schools, and depleted public safety resources—issues compounded by sanctuary policies and billions spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants. John warns these policies could become a national flashpoint as Newsom positions himself for higher office, contrasting them with President Trump’s decisive border actions. The hour closes with a fiery critique of California’s proposed wealth tax targeting billionaires, which John argues would accelerate the exodus of high earners and devastate state revenue. He challenges progressive narratives demonizing innovators like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, emphasizing the economic consequences of punitive taxation. Key Topics Covered in Hour 3: • Minnesota daycare fraud scandal and Somali nonprofit schemes • Viral Nick Shirley investigation and its political fallout • DHS enforcement actions and congressional oversight • California’s economic decline: taxes, homelessness, and infrastructure failures • Illegal immigration costs and sanctuary state policies • Gavin Newsom’s healthcare spending and budget deficit • Proposed wealth tax and its impact on California’s future • Broader implications for national politics under President Trump’s administration

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.8

KFI AM-640.

0:06.5

You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the I-Hart Radio app.

0:10.8

Welcome to the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show.

0:14.5

And I'm John Cobalt from KFI Radio in Los Angeles, filling in today and happy to do it. I want to thank Clay and Buck and everybody

0:22.6

connected with the show for letting me have this opportunity. And we're going to keep rolling

0:27.8

along here. We've talked a lot in the first two hours about Gavin Newsom and the disaster

0:34.1

that California has become under his rule. Another disaster is Tim Walts, the governor of Minnesota, and this story took years to build,

0:44.8

finally became a criminal case, a set of criminal cases, just in the last year, and now it has exploded sky high because nobody

0:56.8

can believe the extent of the fraud.

0:59.3

And you've probably heard it's the Somali immigrant community was able to access billions

1:05.0

and billions of dollars of tax money.

1:08.4

And they created all kinds of fake nonprofits, fake charities.

1:13.0

These nonprofits are the scourge of the country.

1:15.5

It's a scourge here in California and in Minnesota.

1:20.0

And yesterday, well, just over the weekend, I should say,

1:25.3

Nick Shirley, a young independent journalist, released a 42-minute tape where in one day he went to a series of these daycare centers that were funded by Minnesota taxpayers.

1:39.0

It was $110 million of funding, and he showed that every single one of them were phony.

1:44.1

Sometimes they were just signs outside of... million dollars of funding and he showed that every single one of them were phony.

1:51.5

Sometimes they were just signs outside a doorway on the side of a, a lot of them were industrial buildings, warehouse style buildings, windows blacked out, no employees, no children being

1:57.6

taken care of.

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