BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: TPM's @KatieDaviscourt investigated Somali home daycares in Seattle. Could there be millions of dollars of potential misuse of taxpayer funds? When she knocked on doors, often no one answered and if they did they were hostile and defensive. Neighbors say they have never seen any kids! These individual daycares are receiving $40,000 - $70,000 per month.

Sep 21, 2026 · 3:57 PM UTC

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Why are the state officials in Washington not doing anything about this? What a waste of their tax payer dollars
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What language are they speaking??? PURE FRAUD
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Rage-baited enough to ignore that you're going broke with higher prices, runaway inflation, and stagnant wages. Really, the government lacks the moral authority to root out corruption.
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Here's my question. If Somali's have low IQ, to the extreme that in the U.S. they would be considered special needs, how are they able to come up with a successful scheme that is able to steal from WA government? When my mom or I apply for anything, we're tripled checked.
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Deport every last one of these scumbags! Send the DNC the bill for all their corruption!
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We could balance the budget it appears if we simply deported EVERY Somalian. HIGH HIGH percentage is on benefits being taken care of by the govt BEFORE they steal MILLIONS in fraud in every state. They are not only group but let's start with them.
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This makes me so fucking furious. @vp Vance - you think one of your 500 fraud employees could do what @KatieDaviscourt is doing? Too much to ask? Will it interrupt one of your BA press conferences on all the work you guys have done? 106 Indictments in 9 months? Pathetic.
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All Muslim Somalis. I can't imagine how bad the fraud is in Dallas and Houston @KenPaxtonTX
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This is disgusting fraud & waste - great investigative reporting. She might get a little more respect & response if she wasn’t wearing a skin-tight low-cut cami, tight jeans, exposed midriff. Extremely unprofessional and revealing even to Western standards. I get the impression she is trying to draw attention to herself as much as the fraud.
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You don’t have to watch the whole thing, but look how many Somali cares there are? There’s hundreds more than this, my arm was getting tired from holding the camera. They don’t even speak English, so therefore you know @waDCYF is making these profiles, sending taxpayer funds
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maybe normal people should start opening these things up and donate to conservative candidates
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Screw the hapless bureaucrats (middlemen), put the Somali's in charge. Our cut alone should support the dividends needed to support our lifestyle.
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Hey I got an idea, how about we stop all federal funding for daycares. If states want to fund they can, but the federal government should not be funding in my view!
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They ALL need to be out business, EVERYTHING taken through Civil Asset Forfeiture, and ALL of them Deported!
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of course step one in government spending "issues" is STOP THE FRIC/KEN STEALING FROM THE TREASURY"
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Need more of these in Europe too .. citizen journalism and some lawyer/law enforcement backup
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Americans are sick of this FRAUD. how much more can we take up the A$$?!?! WTF
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@grok how do I open up a daycare and bill the government?
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Federally subsidized Home Daycare Centers have gone the way of "Honor Snacks" apparently with no accountability or oversight by State or local officials 🤔💭🥴
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Why do you care?! That is the question these people ask because we pay for you as a foreigner! That is why we care! This is the biggest BS I have ever heard!
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Genuine question: Is there anything left in America that isn’t a scam?
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All of these criminals need to be rounded up and kept in FEMA camps!
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WTF @WhiteHouse. My taxes just going to Somali fraudsters?!?
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par for the course
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The primary federal funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (@HHSGov ), @HHSResponse specifically through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) by the Administration for Children & Families (ACF) /Office of Child Care. @JDVance put in better rules!
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Our dear friends living the American dream. Nothing to see here the ruling elite would say. Ha they use these folks to gather ballots from their migrant communities. They should be locked up for decades along with the corrupt government officials. Won’t happen though. Move on!
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Somalis are the worst culture, lowest IQ and offer no benefit to any nation. They systematically destroy cities and communities with fraud and their disgusting presence alone is beyond disturbing.
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People from mud huts in a wasteland somehow end up all over the USA living in homes most Americans can't dream of. This is a sign of serious political rot. Electrical lineman works hard as possible and a Somali scammer lives in a bigger house and drives a better car
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Why you VOTE BLUE you are voting for Democrat fraud, waste, and abuse of our TAX DOLLARS, never ever vote BLUE.
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Hold the auditors and oversight organisations legally responsible too
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So sad. Theft going on all over the country by so many different people, mostly by foreigners. The Chinese and Koreans are stealing from the government in Queens, NY. Somalis are stealing in Maine, Minneapolis, Seattle and maybe Ohio.
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This, @seattletimes, @MayorofSeattle, is real journalism. Thank you @KatieDaviscourt & @TPostMillennial for bringing this fraud in Seattle to light.
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: TPM's @KatieDaviscourt investigated Somali home daycares in Seattle. Could there be millions of dollars of potential misuse of taxpayer funds? When she knocked on doors, often no one answered and if they did they were hostile and defensive. Neighbors say they have never seen any kids! These individual daycares are receiving $40,000 - $70,000 per month.
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Why do we pay taxes when the stewards of our money have no idea where it goes?! We are being robbed and the sad part is we know it! When are we going to stop this?
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Great job! This is unbelievable that we allow this!
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When is our government, “protector of our tax dollars” going to step in and demand our money stop being sent to other countries! Every day another story of corruption, while Americans can’t even buy gas or groceries! It’s ridiculous
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