Minnesota, Nick Shirley, and the Demonizing of a Community @JoseBird
Minnesota, Nick Shirley, and the Demonizing of a Community  @JoseBird
Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Minnesota has been the victim of a massive disinformation campaign demonizing an immigrant community as pretext for its ICE invasion. This video looks at some of how that narrative was constructed.

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0:00 - Introduction
7:36 - Nick Shirley's Fraud "Investigation"
33:36 - The Media That Supports the Narrative

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docs.google.com/document/d/1SC2zY_DUE-jrSOttMzhiH2nReocV2QBfsAGhEDl6CLk/edit?usp=sharing
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Tony Websterfrom Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Minnesota, Nick Shirley, and the Demonizing of a Community

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