Democrats Enabling and Complicit in Crimes
California State Democrats are trying to make it illegal to investigate fraud with bill AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.” This proposed new law represents a blatant attack on independent journalist Nick Shirley and the principles of free speech and transparency. Shirley has gained national attention for his viral undercover videos exposing hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud involving taxpayer-funded immigrant daycare and support services in California, where centers appeared empty or misused.
Yesterday, the bill advanced out of the California Assembly Judiciary Committee in a chilling 11-2 party-line vote. Under AB 2624 “Privacy for immigration support services providers,” which expands California’s “Safe at Home” address confidentiality program to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers. Entities that feel targeted would:
1. Seek civil penalties starting at $4,000 against anyone who films or posts videos they claim constitute “harassment.” 2. Obtain court injunctions banning further filming or exposure for up to four years. 3. Demand removal of online videos, with triple damages (up to $12,000) for non-compliance. 4. Escalate to criminal charges and $10,000 fines in cases involving alleged “doxxing” or “imminent threats.” 5. Potentially pursue misdemeanor charges or imprisonment against those who record or publish investigations.
The bill's prime sponsor is Assemblymember Mia Bonta, the wife of California State Attorney General, Rob Bonta, the same man who sought to remove a ban on members of the Communist Party working in state government. And the same man who is refusing to investigate possible Riverside County election crimes in the CA 2025 Prop-50 Gerrymander Election, where there were over 45,000 vote discrepancies in the final official vote count. That “election” also removed 5 Republican Congressional seats, changing a 43-9 map to a 49-4 map.
This bill is obviously unconstitutional under the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances (so you can expect lawsuits).
AB 2624 unfairly singles out all citizen journalists whose job is to serve as a check on an out-of-control, rogue, lawless, corrupt government, simply by exposing the waste of public tax dollars. The bill is about censoring journalists' ability to hold powerful interests accountable through legitimate public scrutiny.
The timing and targeting of AB 2624 make it obvious that California Democrats aim to protect fraudsters, cover up alleged misconduct, and hide evidence from public view. Shirley’s videos, which have amassed millions of views and prompted broader scrutiny, embarrassed the state’s handling of taxpayer dollars and government subsidies.
Rather than launching thorough investigations into the fraud evidence and claims, Democrats fast-tracked a bill through the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Critics, including CA State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, argue it shields government-funded entities from oversight, effectively prioritizing the privacy of those receiving public money over taxpayers’ right to know how it is spent.
During a recent Assembly committee hearing, DeMaio confronted Bonta over bill language that would allow individuals affiliated with certain organizations to demand the removal of video recordings — even if taken in public — and even impose costly financial penalties against those who publish the videos online.
DeMaio warned: “The bill would be used to block investigative reporting and intimidate journalists, watchdog groups, and members of the public documenting wrongdoing. AB 2624 claims to be about protecting immigrant organizations from ‘threats of violence,’ when in fact the legislation would apply to any left-wing group that claims to provide any services to legal or illegal immigrants. Entities like the Somali ‘Learing’ Daycare centers would all be covered if they operated inside California.”
DeMaio: “California Democrats are trying to intimidate citizen watchdog journalists and protect waste and fraud happening in far-Left-wing NGOs. AB 2624 can only be described as the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ — a bill designed to silence citizen journalists exposing fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
Instead of fixing the fraud problems being uncovered, Sacramento politicians are trying to shut down the people exposing them. AB 2624 would allow activists and taxpayer-funded organizations to demand the removal of video evidence — even if it captures misconduct in plain view — and threatens journalists with massive financial penalties.
That’s not about public safety — it’s about protecting powerful interests.
If this bill becomes law, the message is clear to every journalist in California: expose corruption, and you will be punished. AB 2624 is an unconstitutional direct attack on transparency and the First Amendment – and it needs to be defeated.”
Democrats want to Protect Fraudsters, Cover Up Fraud, and hide the Evidence - They are enabling and complicit in the fraud and in crimes, fearful that exposing systemic failures and continued misuse of taxpayer funds under Democrat/Marxist - Controlled governance could remove them from power.
AB 2624 restricts free speech and the press’s role in investigative journalism. True threats and genuine doxxing are already illegal, but weaponizing privacy laws against journalists documenting taxpayer-funded fraud operations undermines core constitutional protections.
If passed, the bill would set a dangerous precedent, proving Democrats prioritize shielding fraud over investigating fraud, open discourse, and accountability.
OBVIOUSLY THE BILL ALSO TARGETS JAMES O’KEEFE AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS EXPOSING THE MASSIVE AND BLATANT CA VOTER FRAUD CAUGHT ON VIDEO.
Democrats are terrified about what Nick Shirley, James O’Keefe, and other investigative journalists are finding and exposing, helping to take down the Democrats’ fraud empire and election cheating machine…So they are now literally changing the laws to silence them.
THE TRUTH IS EVIDENT - Democrats know their crimes are being exposed, so they’re doing everything in their power to criminalize the truth-tellers instead of ending the fraud and corruption. When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, we are all being ruled by criminals.
Of course, similar Democrat tactics are playing out in WA State. Recently, three prominent journalists—Ari Hoffman, Brandi Kruse, and Jonathan Choe—were denied legislative press credentials to cover proceedings at the WA State Capitol by Democrats, unhappy they were being exposed for their corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds.
Freedom of the press is now on life support, not just in CA but in WA State! Literally, one day after WA House Dems denied Brandi Kruse a press pass for engaging in advocacy, Democrats pushed a bill to award financial taxpayer grants to local newsrooms so they can engage in advocacy…
But Democrats have a problem - The more they try to silence us, the louder the truth gets!
Democrat One-Party Rule has DESTROYED most all Democrat-Controlled states for decades, and their record is abysmal: Terrible policies have only created more and more failing students, higher suicide rates, spiking crime, increased poverty & homelessness, skyrocketing taxes, rising cost of living, increased inflation, and a massive unaffordability crisis. To stop the train wreck, vote Republican!
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