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Just 10 days ago, a 23-year-old citizen journalist named Nick Shirley posted a video of empty state-funded “daycare centers” run by Somali immigrants across Minnesota.

Abuse of government programs by Somalis in Minnesota is not a new story. Yet the video became a national sensation. Shirley captured the brazenness of the apparent fraud, and the video has now been viewed 138 million times on X.

By this weekend, Minnesota governor Tim Walz was calling Shirley a “delusional conspiracy theorist” on X. News flash: if you are the governor of a state with almost 6 million people and you’re arguing with a 23-year-old online, you’ve already lost.

This morning Walz announced he was dropping his bid for a third term as Minnesota governor, a move that would have been unthinkable even a month ago.

In 2022, Walz won reelection by almost 8 percentage points; in 2024, he ran alongside Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for vice-president. No politician has seen his career blow up this fast since… well, since Joe Biden had to quit his own presidential campaign.

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