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In California, Nick Shirley’s expos\u00e9s of flaming fraud and open-air corruption annoyed a lot of special interests with powerful hands in the state’s political scene.<\/p>\n

Read more Meanwhile, at Commie Con \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

So, to stop the likes of Shirley and all his videomaking exposing huge swathes of fraud — by so-called daycare operators both in Minneapolis and San Diego, as he did — the state legislature, led by Mia Bonta, wife of the state attorney general Rob Bonta, who missed all of the\u00a0corruption, has put out a bill, AB2624, supposedly to protect immigration and other controversial NGOs from being exposed in the act\u00a0by video.<\/p>\n

Opponents call it the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act,’ and sure enough, California’s\u00a0ruling one-party legislature passed it.<\/p>\n

According to WABC Radio:<\/p>\n

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(Sacramento, California) \u2013 California lawmakers have passed AB 2624, a bill critics have dubbed the \u201cStop Nick Shirley Act,\u201d and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n

Supporters say the measure is designed to protect immigration-service providers, employees and volunteers from harassment, doxxing and threats.<\/p>\n

The bill would create new privacy protections for people connected to immigration-support services who face threats because of their work.<\/p>\n

Critics argue the legislation could chill undercover-style investigations, online expos\u00e9s and public scrutiny of immigration organizations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The timeline of this rubbish makes it pretty clear that the purpose of the bill was to shut down independent journalism of the high-impact kind that Shirley has perfected, and allow the corruption to fester, the better to harvest the votes that come of it.<\/p>\n

According to one of the rare Republicans in the California statehouse, Assemblymember\u00a0Carl DeMaio:<\/p>\n

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California Democrats are trying to intimidate citizen watchdog journalists and protect waste and fraud happening in far-Left-wing NGOs. AB 2624 can only be described as the \u2018Stop Nick Shirley Act\u2019 \u2014 a bill designed to silence citizen journalists exposing fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n

Instead of fixing the fraud problems being uncovered, Sacramento politicians are trying to shut down the people exposing them.<\/p>\n

AB 2624 would allow activists and taxpayer-funded organizations to demand the removal of video evidence \u2014 even if it captures misconduct in plain view \u2014 and threatens journalists with massive financial penalties.<\/p>\n

Read more The DSA wants to destroy the country, so when they tell you who they are, believe them<\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s not about public safety \u2014 it\u2019s about protecting powerful interests.<\/p>\n

If this bill becomes law, the message is clear to every journalist in California: expose corruption and you will be punished. AB 2624 is an unconstitutional direct attack on transparency and the First Amendment \u2013 and it needs to be defeated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Obviously, it’s not a safety matter, given that Shirley, not the NGOs, is the only one here who has been subject to threats, doxxings, and violence.<\/p>\n

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Meet the California State Assembly Chief of Staff\u2026 in Sacramento he printed and handed out, \u201cAllegedly Nick Shirley has a small penis, prove me wrong\u201d @TerrySchanz used tax-funded public resources to try to slander a journalist.<\/p>\n

A perfect example of California politics. https:\/\/t.co\/MBlt7imLxM pic.twitter.com\/ugxaCcuWEU<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) August 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

It’s the old argument that Republicans are ‘dangerous’ which debilitated the military and justified in the minds of FEMA operatives in Florida to bypass hurricane victims if there were any Trump signs in their yards.<\/p>\n

It’s garbage. The violence is coming from the left and all one needs to do is watch the above video.<\/p>\n

More important, it’s an unconstitutional law, given its naked violation of the First Amendment. I would assume it would be remedied in federal, rather than in state court at some point.<\/p>\n

But it highlights that Democrats have a stake in fraud and want the multibillion-dollar fraud that is debilitating their state and driving them to raise taxes to pay for it, to go on. Obviously, voters and campaign kickbacks are involved, which is why the fraud goes on.<\/p>\n

The rigging runs deep, and once more, Democrats are willing to shut down all other rights to preserve it.<\/p>\n

So now they’re trying to shut down free speech, upset at Shirley’s expos\u00e9s, and favoring keeping voters in the dark so the scams can go on.<\/p>\n

If this isn’t an argument for throwing every last one of these bums out in November, what is?<\/p>\n

Read more The government\u2019s recovery penalty, seen in disability benefits<\/a><\/p>\n

Image: Screenshot from Nick Shirley video, on X<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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