Nick Shirley: Exposing Government Fraud, Suing California & Taking on the Media

The gist

1. California's high-speed rail has spent $15 billion over 18 years and has yet to connect a single destination, making it one of the most expensive infrastructure failures in history.
2. California passed a law criminalizing recording at taxpayer-funded immigrant-serving facilities, which Shirley calls a direct attempt to silence his investigations, and he is now suing the state.
3. Contractors on the rail project were paid around $170,000 a day for days they could not work, with one settlement alone reaching $500 million.
4. A video Shirley posted about Minnesota daycare fraud grew from a few million views to 140 million after X amplified it, showing how independent investigators can bypass legacy media.