And it’s been a working vacation:

You remember Nick Shirley, the brave young investigative journalist who reported on the Minneapolis Quality “Learing” Center and exposed widespread fraud in Gov. Tim Walz’s Gopher State. …

He next set his sights on California, and on Wednesday, he released a 40-minute video showing what he’s found so far:

? Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger… We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP.

We ALL work… pic.twitter.com/7nWX9jL6NI

— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) March 17, 2026

“Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger… We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP.

“We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening. These fraudsters have been able to defraud American taxpayers for years without any pushback from the public and politicians.

“It is time to EXPOSE IT ALL and end America’s fraud crisis.”

Apparently Governor Newsom was not especially pleased, because his press office countered with an AI-generated image that implied Shirley’s motive was some sort of unhealthy interest in children. I kid you not:

Nick Shirley, right now pic.twitter.com/vWrp34Dmfa

— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) March 17, 2026

Newsom’s clever little witticism didn’t get a whole lot of favorable responses, however.