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An analyst Wednesday described how the ICE attacks in Minneapolis and deadly shooting of Renee Good were all prompted by a MAGA influencer "chasing clicks" — and showed the potentially grim future of MAGA journalism.

The Bulwark's Andrew Egger revealed how MAGA influencer Nick Shirley's "highly misleading gonzo video" led to the chaos in Minnesota. Shirley was confronting workers at Somali-run daycares and health care centers over claims of fraud in a now-viral video created unfounded allegations that spurred into a new campaign under the Trump administration to target the Somali community.

"Within days, the White House was surging immigration enforcement to Minneapolis; Vice President JD Vance said Shirley had 'done far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 [Pulitzer] prizes,'" Egger wrote.
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A right-wing YouTuber's "psychosexual’ obsession amid allegations that he perpetuated a fraud hoax at Somali daycare facilities has revealed MAGA's misogynistic attack on childcare and women, an analyst wrote Monday.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte wrote how Nick Shirley has attempted to use his virginity as a "nonsense" justification for his allegations.

"The YouTuber who moved from 'prank' videos to the more lucrative world of creating MAGA disinformation apparently believes that sexual inexperience is an armor against accusations that he’s a liar," Marcotte wrote....