The “Stop Nick Shirley Act” is Mind-Blowing

CChris Williamson
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00:00:00Did you guys hear about the stop Nick Shirley act in California?
00:00:03Dude, this is crazy.
00:00:06So there was, um, cause he's trying to do the same thing he did
00:00:08in Minnesota and California, right?
00:00:10He needs to do that in Puerto Rico, dude.
00:00:12Seriously, I mean, if you could list the places that California has this act now,
00:00:17who's this is it, this is the bill right here.
00:00:20They basically put, put together this legislation that says it's
00:00:24called the stop Nick Shirley act.
00:00:26It's like a draft.
00:00:27Existing law prohibits a person, business, or association from
00:00:29knowingly publicly posting a publicly disclosing or distributing on internet
00:00:32websites or on social media, the personal information or image of any designated
00:00:36healthcare services, patient, provider, or assistant or other individuals residing
00:00:40at the same home address with the intent to incite a third person to cause
00:00:45imminent great bodily harm to the person identified in the posting or display or
00:00:49to a co-resident of that person as specified or to threaten the person
00:00:53identified in the posting or display or a co-resident of that person as specified.
00:00:57So it's basically an extreme fascist bill that they're trying to pass to
00:01:02prevent people from exposing fraud.
00:01:05So you think that they're getting out ahead of having exposed in California,
00:01:11what was exposed in Minnesota and by making it essentially this kind of
00:01:15investigational legal.
00:01:16Yeah.
00:01:16And that's of interest to me, given all the financial stuff I've
00:01:23exposed down in Puerto Rico, but the, if you strap like that and map it onto
00:01:30freedom of speech as a whole, uh, this is a big problem.
00:01:33I mean, I, I don't know.
00:01:34This shit is fucking gnarly dude, having to read this thing, like the, here we go.
00:01:38This guy.
00:01:39Yeah.
00:01:39He explains it a little bit better here.
00:01:42It warns that it would restrict the release of investigative videos and impose
00:01:45penalties on watchdogs who expose fraud.
00:01:47Uh, it's a, I mean, I don't really believe in the two party system.
00:01:50I think they're all just too, everybody's full of shit, but it is a Democrat that
00:01:55put this out.
00:01:56And of course there's the, you know, the backlash from this guy is probably a
00:01:59Republican.
00:01:59So it sounds like what they're saying is when he exposed the Somali learning
00:02:03centers, that then creates sort of hostile potential violence against the Somali
00:02:08people.
00:02:09So in order to protect threats of violence against immigrants, uh, here's this act.
00:02:14Right, right, right.
00:02:15Which is totally like a load of bullshit because the real way you would protect
00:02:19from somebody being harassed like that is to stop the fraud in the first place from
00:02:24happening.
00:02:24Yeah.
00:02:26Or just separately prevent like violence in the way that we prevent assault.
00:02:29Yeah, yeah.
00:02:29Or, I mean, I'm just saying that, yeah, there's a number of other ways to handle
00:02:34it, but yeah, it's crazy, right?
00:02:35Yeah.
00:02:36I, um, I was looking at this the other day.
00:02:38I'm, I'm kind of interested in how it plays out, you know.
00:02:42You're, you're, you do a lot of investigative journalism, right?
00:02:45You were down in, uh, Palisades almost immediately after the fire exposing a ton
00:02:49of stuff around FEMA.
00:02:50Uh, you've done the Puerto Rico thing.
00:02:53What are the like big ones have you done recently?
00:02:55Um, well, after going to Puerto Rico, like I kind of, uh, was, I shelved the, the deep
00:03:03dive investigations because it's so much work to look through all the, just
00:03:08everything, dude.
00:03:08It was also really, it was fucked up, man.
00:03:10Like people in Puerto Rico don't have, we, we met a guy who doesn't have a fucking
00:03:15roof still, he hasn't had electricity for eight years.
00:03:18It's crazy, dude.
00:03:19I, you got to watch it.
00:03:21I don't know if I ever sent it to you.
00:03:22You didn't send me this one.
00:03:23Yeah.
00:03:23It's um, it's insane.
00:03:26I, I, in theory, I mean, I can give you the, the layout real fast.
00:03:31Basically in 2016, Congress with Obama's approval signed off on a financial board
00:03:36that more or less acts like the shadow government of Puerto Rico now, and they've
00:03:40funneled around $2 billion of taxpayer money, Puerto Rican taxpayer money off the
00:03:47island to wall street consultants, executives, uh, attorneys to consult on
00:03:54the bankruptcy down there because the whole island is bankrupt.
00:03:56And part of that process is to resolve the prep of bankruptcy, which is the
00:04:01Puerto Rican electric power authority.
00:04:03It's the government power company.
00:04:05And then it was privatized with this company, Luma and yada, yada, yada.
00:04:09The power is horribly unreliable down there.
00:04:12It's one of the most expensive in the entire country.
00:04:14And, uh, they're basically having money funneled off the island.
00:04:20Like, and they're all more or less connected to wall street, but it's crazy.
00:04:23And the reason I bring that up in relation to this is because, um, you
00:04:28know, the Somali and daycare thing.
00:04:29Sure.
00:04:30There's, there's some, some stuff going on there, but Puerto Rico has been
00:04:33basically getting shit on forever.
00:04:36And I think this is possibly an even worse situation that's going on down there.
00:04:39And they just revoked some transparency act down there too recently in
00:04:43the past like four or five months.
00:04:45They're going to try and get out ahead of people that are
00:04:46doing investigative journalism.
00:04:47I mean, that's what it seems like to me.
00:04:49They don't want, they want it to be more difficult for people to, to
00:04:52FOIA request stuff, essentially.
00:04:54Like one of the things they revoked on the transparency act down there in Puerto
00:04:57Rico was when you, when you request information, it doesn't show who you are
00:05:03specifically, right, to, to the, to the people that you're requesting it from.
00:05:07But they they're changing that so that they can see.
00:05:09So there'll be like, Oh, Gary Faust, the guy that's been talking a bunch of shit
00:05:13about us is requesting this information.
00:05:15We're going to, you know, deny that.
00:05:17It's crazy.
00:05:18But this is similar to that.
00:05:19And I think this is actually a branded as the transparency act.
00:05:22Cause who can, who can say it was an existing legislation that was good.
00:05:27Yeah.
00:05:27Yeah, yeah.
00:05:28They're yeah.
00:05:29Um, but yeah, this is, this is crazy.
00:05:32I don't even know what else to say about it.
00:05:33Cause not much has transpired, but in my field of work, I mean, that would, that
00:05:39would basically prevent me from doing my job.
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Key Takeaway

Legislative efforts like California's Stop Nick Shirley Act and modifications to Puerto Rico's transparency laws restrict the ability of investigative watchdogs to expose public and financial fraud by creating legal barriers to information disclosure.

Highlights

  • California's proposed legislation, dubbed the Stop Nick Shirley Act, restricts the public disclosure of personal information regarding healthcare service providers, patients, and their co-residents on internet platforms.

  • The bill prohibits sharing this information with the intent to threaten or incite imminent bodily harm against individuals identified in the posting.

  • Critics claim the legislation effectively criminalizes investigative journalism by restricting the release of videos and data used to expose fraud.

  • Puerto Rico recently implemented changes to its transparency laws, requiring disclosure of the identity of individuals filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

  • Since 2016, a government-approved financial board in Puerto Rico has funneled approximately $2 billion in local taxpayer money to Wall Street consultants, attorneys, and executives related to the island's bankruptcy process.

Timeline

Legislation restricting investigative journalism

  • California is considering a bill that prohibits the online disclosure of personal information for healthcare-related individuals.
  • The legislation imposes penalties on those who share information with the intent to threaten or incite bodily harm.
  • Opponents argue this bill serves as a tool to prevent the exposure of fraud by restricting investigative watchdogs.

The proposed California legislation, informally called the Stop Nick Shirley Act, targets the public posting of personal data of healthcare providers, patients, and their co-residents. By making it illegal to share this information when the intent is to threaten or incite violence, critics believe the law provides a shield against accountability for fraudulent activities. The bill is viewed by some as an attempt to get ahead of investigations that could reveal malpractice or corruption.

Transparency and financial oversight in Puerto Rico

  • Puerto Rico modified its transparency laws to require the identification of individuals submitting FOIA requests.
  • A financial board approved by Congress in 2016 manages Puerto Rico's bankruptcy and has redirected $2 billion to Wall Street consultants.
  • Privatization efforts, such as the transition to Luma for electricity services, have resulted in high costs and unreliable power infrastructure.

Puerto Rico's recent changes to its transparency act now allow government entities to identify who is requesting information, which facilitates the potential denial of requests from specific investigative journalists. Parallel to this, a financial control board has overseen the funneling of $2 billion of local taxpayer funds to external consultants during the island's bankruptcy proceedings. These structural issues exacerbate ongoing challenges with critical infrastructure, such as the privatization of the power grid, which remains expensive and unreliable for residents.

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