We're BACK in Minneapolis
After grifter right-wing YouTube "journalists" pushed misleading viral videos about mass Somali daycare fraud, we're back ON-THE-GROUND to deliver reality—while covering Trump's continued ICE terror.
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Status Coup is BACK ON-THE-GROUND in Minneapolis as our reporter Tina-Desiree Berg and videojournalist Jon Farina will cover accellerating ICE terror across the Twin Cities.
Our return comes in the aftermath of a highly misleading video, from a right wing “journalist,” going viral—and sparking MAGA hysteria—over what he falsely claimed was widespread daycare fraud being perpetrated by large swaths of the Somali community in Minneapolis (watch our JT Cestkowski break down and debunk the misinformation pushed by MAGA YouTuber Nick Shirley).
To be clear, the overwhelming majority of the Somali community Shirley—and the president of the United States—have been targeting is comprised of LEGAL U.S. citizens. Yet Trump, in a brazenly racist speech referred to Somali Americans as “garbage” and said he wants them out.
This has gone along with weeks of ICE terror perpetrated on Somali resident of Minneapolis— much of which we have exposed ON-THE-GROUND in Minneapolis—that continues to terrorize residents and activists in the Twin Cities.
We’ll be reporting for several days tracking ICE raids—as well as the unfortunate influx of right wing charlatans banging on doors at random daycares demanding to “see the children” (umm creepy!).
We want to continue to report ON-THE-GROUND keeping a spotlight on the increasing fascist terror perpetrated by the Trump administration on innocent immigrants, U.S. citizens, veterans, and more. But, as an independent outlet, we need more funding to afford the travel and staff necessary to deliver this reporting. If you value this INDEPENDENT, ON THE GROUND JUSTICE JOURNALISM, Sign up today as a Status Coup member for as low as $5 bucks a month.
Together, let’s keep waking up the masses.
-Jordan
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Super important work countering the disinformation machine. I've seen how these viral clips get weaponized to dehumanize entire communities without any context or fact-checking. What's especially damaging is when a single misleading narrative gets amplified by the president and suddenly becomes 'common knowlege' despite being baseless. Independent outlets doing boots-on-the-ground reporting to show what's actualy happening are crucial right now, especially when so much media just recycles the same viral content without verification.
Thanks for investigating the Somali fraud reporting. My instincts were right on, I immediately knew it was probably BS. I started looking for the truth and finally you got it! As one of DT’s targets, it’s hard to believe that community would try a stupid stunt to make themselves more of a target. I appreciate all your work - well done.