{"id":2583195,"date":"2026-03-24T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/independent-journalist-nick-shirley-says-he-needs-security-to-continue-investigations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T08:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:58:01","slug":"independent-journalist-nick-shirley-says-he-needs-security-to-continue-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/independent-journalist-nick-shirley-says-he-needs-security-to-continue-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Journalist Nick Shirley Says He Needs Security To Continue Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findependent-journalist-nick-shirley-says-he-needs-security-to-continue-investigations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583195&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Independent journalist Nick Shirley says he needs security to continue investigating welfare fraud in blue states after releasing a 42\u2011minute video about Minnesota facilities described as Somali-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-announces-statewide-vaccine-mandate-for-california-healthcare-workers\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom Announces Statewide Vaccine Mandate For California Healthcare Workers\">day care centers<\/a>. The expos\u00e9 drew national attention, and Shirley said he had to turn to followers to fund security after facing doxxing and threats linked to his reporting. he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-audio-garcias-wife-describing-brutal-abuse-she-suffered-from-dems-maryland-man-hero\/\" title=\"Heartbreaking Audio: Garcia&#039;s Wife Describing Brutal Abuse She Suffered from Dems&#039; &#039;Maryland Man&#039; Hero\">describes multiple incidents<\/a> of intimidation in different cities and notes that security costs can be considerable, with one hospice investigation costing about $15,000 for three days of filming. The piece also references other reporters who have confronted violence while covering immigration enforcement, underscoring a broader risk to journalists. The article, produced by the Daily Caller News Foundation and republished by The Western journal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-loses-it-on-caller-who-says-biden-didnt-open-borders\/\" title=\"Stephen A. Smith Loses It On Caller Who Says Biden Didn&#039;t Open Borders\">includes standard licensing disclosures<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Nick Shirley told Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany Saturday he requires security to continue investigating welfare fraud in blue states. Shirley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nickshirleyy\/status\/2004642794862961123\">posted<\/a> a 42-minute video on YouTube on Dec. 26, featuring him visiting multiple Minnesota facilities run by Somalis advertised as day care centers.<\/p>\n<p>The expos&eacute; caused the issue of welfare fraud in the state to erupt into national story. McEnany asked Shirley about a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nickshirleyy\/status\/2034446261240426935\">post<\/a> of his on X asking his followers for help fund his security.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You posted this after your video. You said, &lsquo;After last night and the constant doxxing attempts and threats from people who want to attack me largely due to politicians and leftist hate-filled rhetoric as I exposed billion dollar fraud schemes stealing from taxpayers, I&rsquo;ve decided it&rsquo;s time to raise money for security costs,&rsquo;&rdquo; McEnany said. &ldquo;What happened?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, so, people try to dox my location live, especially in a lot of times when I go to these cities now. It sucks because I&rsquo;ll go to a city, I&rsquo;ll go be out filming, I will take a photo. Some activists, some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >left-wing activists<\/a>, will then take a photo, [and] put me in a Reddit group chat,&rdquo; Shirley responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This happened to me in Baltimore. It just happened this last weekend in California, and they&rsquo;ll say, and they say, &lsquo;Run Nick Shirley out,&rsquo; or they&rsquo;ll say, &lsquo;If you see Nick Shirley, it&rsquo;s on site.&rsquo; And so this has happened in multiple cities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Shirley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nickshirleyy\/status\/2033708929398845886\">posted<\/a> a 40-minute video Monday on X showing his investigation into Los Angeles hospice centers, claiming he uncovered at least $170 million in fraud. Shirley then said in his Wednesday post he needed to pay for three days of security.<\/p>\n<p>Facing similar danger, a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation was assaulted Feb. 2 by anti-ICE rioters near a makeshift roadblock, which Minneapolis police later cleared.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalists Cam Higby and Nick Sortor also survived an attack by a mob of rioters opposed to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in January.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had money for security. After Minnesota, that money went down to pretty much nothing, so, unfortunately, I had to raise funds again to be able to have security, to be able to go film these videos, [and] to film one of these videos now,&rdquo; Shirley told McEnany.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I used to be able to film these videos without security. Now it costs anywhere from&mdash; the last hospice video cost $15,000 to go film because I had to have security for three days to go film this video. And so it&rsquo;s extremely hard to go out and do that, so I asked my fans and viewers if they could help me out with the security costs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of announced he would drop his bid for a third term in a Jan. 5, 2026, statement, days after Shirley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nickshirleyy\/status\/2004642794862961123\">released<\/a> the video probing Somali day care centers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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He had posted a 42-minute YouTube video on December 26 in which he visited Minnesota facilities operated by Somalis advertised as day-care centers, an expos\u00e9 that helped push Minnesota welfare-fraud coverage into a national story. McEnany questioned a recent post on X in which Shirley asked followers to fund his security, and he explained that after last night\u2019s doxxing attempts and threats tied to his reporting-and the perception that politicians and left-wing rhetoric are fueling intimidation-he decided to raise money for security costs. He described being targeted with doxxing in multiple cities-photos of him captured by activists and shared in Reddit group chats with threats like \u201cRun Nick Shirley out\u201d or \u201cIf you see Nick Shirley, it\u2019s on site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shirley later posted a 40-minute video about his investigation into Los Angeles hospice centers, alleging at least $170 million in fraud. He said he then needed funds to cover three days of security for that reporting, noting that the earlier hospice project cost around $15,000 for three days of security. He cited dangers faced by other journalists, including a Daily Caller News Foundation reporter who was assaulted on February 2 by anti-ICE rioters near a makeshift roadblock in Minneapolis, and other independent journalists such as Cam Higby and Nick Sortor who survived a mob attack over ICE operations in January. Shirley told McEnany that his security budget had dwindled after Minnesota, forcing another fundraising appeal to cover security costs for future videos. He also mentioned that Governor Tim Walz announced on January 5, 2026 that he would end his bid for a third term, days after Shirley released the Somali day-care video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2583196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7296.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76436,5157,76435,3646],"class_list":["post-2583195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-independent-journalist","tag-journalism","tag-nickshirley","tag-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7296.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583195"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583200,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583195\/revisions\/2583200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}