‘Panicking’: Minnesota daycare licensing site goes down while Quality ‘Learing’ Center trucks in children after viral fraud video
Minnesota’s government website allowing citizens to look up licenses of daycare centers was temporarily down on Monday and Tuesday as the Quality “Learing” Center in Minneapolis reportedly trucked in children to make it appear the facility was actually in business.
The state posted a message on its Licensing Information Lookup page stating: “The Minnesota Department of Human Services has seen an unprecedented high volume of traffic to this website causing service disruptions and website outages. We are actively working on this issue. This message will be removed when it is resolved.”
The site’s operation was restored Tuesday.
Citizen journalist Nick Shirley, whose mega-viral video exposing fraud at daycare centers in Minnesota, took aim at Gov. Tim Walz, alleging the Democrat intentionally took down the searchable site.
“Tim Walz and his fraudsters have taken down the childcare licensing page,” Shirley said. “@Tim_Walz what do you have to hide?”
Tim Walz and his fraudsters have taken down the childcare licensing page@Tim_Walz what do you have to hide? https://t.co/qBnvyyR9k8
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 30, 2025
“Tim Walz is panicking,” noted political commentator Gunther Eagleman.
But others took issue with the assertion the outage is intentional.
“How do you know it was Tim who ordered that or did it? Until you have proof- you’re just assuming,” said @MaileonX.
“Look, I want the fraud stomped out too. Prosecute ALL the fraud. But you’re getting sloppy. Cite your sources instead of making assumptions on WHO did WHAT. Journalism 101: you need to source the whole, what, when, where.”
Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable
We ALL… pic.twitter.com/E3Penx2o7a
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025
Meanwhile, the New York Post is reporting children were “trucked” into the misspelled Quality “Learing” Center in Minneapolis Monday to make it appear the closed daycare center was actually operating.
The Quality “Learing” Center Minneapolis, a purported day care flagged in a viral video designed to expose fraud, may have been bustling with kids Monday, but it is typically such a ghost town that it appeared closed, a local told The Post.
The resident called the kiddie scene at the site Monday – a few days after explosive footage called it out and suggested it was part of widespread state fraud – “highly unusual.”
“We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed,” the person said. …
Monday’s busy parking lot and the roughly 20 kids streaming in and out as The Post staked out the site were in stark contrast to the neighbor’s description and YouTuber Nick Shirley’s video showing what appeared to be a facility that wasn’t in use.
Hahaha now they don’t know what to do… should they stay shut down or continue learing???https://t.co/3m2LXcp8hO
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 30, 2025
Resurfaced video from a 2018 Minnesota criminal prosecution against Somali daycare fraudsters shows Somali parents taking their kids to a daycare center, checking them in, and then leaving with them moments later.
This is from a 2018 Minnesota criminal prosecution against Somali daycare fraudsters.
In surveillance video, Somali parents would take their kids to the daycare, check them in, and then leave with them moments later.
The owners of the daycare would then bill the state for a… pic.twitter.com/oXgbl2qtYj
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 29, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday issued a statement on the Minnesota fraud, saying Shirley’s work “has helped show Americans the scale of fraud in Tim Walz’s Minnesota.
“The Justice Department has been investigating this for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals – 85 of Somali descent – and more than 60 have been found guilty in court.
“We have more prosecutions coming … BUCKLE UP, LAWMAKERS!”
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