Newest entry to the Right-Wing Hall of Punchable Faces:

[Tommy Carcetti]

Nick Shirley, the guy who's all over social media claiming to have broken some big story about daycare fraud in Minnesota amongst Somali immigrants.

I'll be completely honest I haven't been following that story too closely other than the fact that--true or not--it seems to be used as some basic excuse for right-wingers to get some cheap shots out at the Somali immigrant community as a whole.

But this guy's face turned up and good God, just on obnoxiously smug looks alone I wanted to punch him through my computer screen immediately.







I'm getting serious, serious James O'Keefe vibes from this guy.

Also, according to some on social media, he's previously been out there trying to push false narratives about the war in Ukraine:

Link to tweet

I'm not one to judge a book by its cover, but if this guy doesn't scream disinformation prop, I don't know what does.

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. Holy shit, I knew this guy was a skeeze.

From 2024:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pro-trump-influencers-fire-up-fears-migrant-invasion-ahead-us-election-2024-06-13/

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera, holding signs with slogans like "I Love Biden" and "I Need Work Permit for My Family."

The stunt was orchestrated by Nick Shirley, a pro-Trump online influencer who often asks migrants on camera if they support Democratic President Joe Biden or think he made it easier for them to come to the U.S.

"We want to take you to the White House," Shirley told the men he recruited at a Home Depot parking lot, where day laborers typically wait for jobs, in a video later posted to YouTube. "What (Biden) did for migrants is very kind, right? Letting everyone come in? So we are going to show him and say thank you."
Shirley, a 22-year-old with more than 318,000 followers on social media, is among a new class of influencers supportive of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who are helping shape the immigration debate as the U.S. election campaign heats up.

[Turbineguy]

2. "And don't call me Shirley"

[chouchou]

3. As soon as I saw the Blue Suit and the Red tie (Donny Trump's outfit)...

My chainsaw wants to party!

[Wiz Imp]

4. Nick Shirley is a lying sack of shit.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/29/youtuber-nick-shirley-accuses-somaliowned-day-care-centers-of-fraud

Demuth: GOP caucus directed Youtuber to Minnesota. A professor explains why it went viral
Gov. Tim Walz has said payments are suspended when fraud is suspected. Broader examinations of suspicious billing claims are in progress. Demuth is among the Republicans challenging Walz in the governor's race.

University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley said the video is flashy, but not meaty. There aren’t a lot of facts to back up the claims.

“It’s a lot of rhetoric with relatively little substance behind it,” Kirtley said.

She spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters about why this video and others like it are going viral within a new media ecosystem.

[DET]

5. Dime a Dozen

Just another up and coming amoral grifter trying to make a name for himself.