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Nick Shirley, an independent journalist and YouTuber known for his fraud exposés in Minnesota and now California, went out to confront California legislators over Assembly Bill 2624, which many have dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.”
The legislation is framed by the state’s Democrats as a measure to protect the privacy of businesses and those who provide immigration support services. It would allow certain covered workers and organizations to withhold personal details such as home addresses, and would restrict the posting of their images or personal information online when done to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence.
Failure to comply with the bill could result in thousands of dollars in fines or up to a year in jail.
Exposing California’s corrupt “Stop Nick Shirley Act”, instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud.
This bill AB 2624 will:
– Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown
– Let immigrant based NGOs’ funding be confidential
– Take away freedom of the press from journalists
– Protect any “immigration support services” information from being public (healthcare, legal services, etc)This bill was created by the Attorney General’s WIFE Mia Bonta to stop fraud from being exposed. Please like and share this video everywhere! By trying to silence and intimidate journalists, they are trying to hide the truth from you. EXPOSE ALL THE FRAUD.
🚨 Exposing California’s corrupt “Stop Nick Shirley Act”, instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud.
This bill AB 2624 will:
– Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown
-… pic.twitter.com/XurajSpofS— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) April 18, 2026
In one clip, Shirley confronted a California state senator and the Speaker of the Assembly, Robert Rivas.
The state senator insisted that Shirley’s understanding of the bill was a misinterpretation and told him she was willing to sit down and go over it in greater detail. The Speaker, however, ignored his questions and quickly retreated to his car.
HOLY CRAP! Nick Shirley FOLLOWED the California Speaker of the House and a Senator for pushing the Stop Nick Shirley Act, which CRIMINALIZES anti-fraud journalism
They were stumbling, panicked, REFUSING to acknowledge that levying up to $50K fines for journalism is TYRANNY
SHIRLEY: “Speaker Rivas…AB 2624? Is there a conflict of interest with Mia Bonta, and her husband being the ATTORNEY GENERAL?”
RIVAS: “I don’t know.” *Runs into car* 🤯
SHIRLEY: “These people won’t even answer the questions.”
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Nick Shirley FOLLOWED the California Speaker of the House and a Senator for pushing the Stop Nick Shirley Act, which CRIMINALIZES anti-fraud journalism
They were stumbling, panicked, REFUSING to acknowledge that levying up to $50K fines for journalism is TYRANNY… pic.twitter.com/FCYebyZQUB
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 18, 2026