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Joni Askola@joni_askola · Jan 5, 2026

1/6 Nick Shirley claims to be an independent journalist. He is not. He is a grifter, a right-wing industry plant, and…

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A Twitter user accuses Nick Shirley of being a right-wing propagandist and grifter rather than an independent journalist, claiming he's funded by billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk to spread disinformation on topics ranging from Ukraine to election fraud. The thread argues that Shirley's visits to various locations and claims are fabricated or misleading attempts to push a right-wing agenda.

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  1. #1

    1/6 Nick Shirley claims to be an independent journalist. He is not. He is a grifter, a right-wing industry plant, and a PayPal Mafia disinformation agent 🧵

  2. #2

    2/6 He was invited to the White House in October 2025 and gets boosted by Trump’s team and the PayPal mafia. He wears a Polymarket hoodie to show who owns him. His job is to push lies that fit the right-wing agenda

  3. #3

    3/6 Foreign powers have influencers in the West. So do billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. We do not know who pays Shirley but we know he is an industry plant lying for a living

  4. #4

    4/6 He went to Ukraine to film Kyiv’s richest street pretending there is no war. He claimed he visited the front while filming a trench in Kyiv far from the fighting

  5. #5

    5/6 He went to Minnesota to “expose fraud” that was already public. He filmed that video while accompanied by a right-wing lobbyist, which real independent journalists do not do. He also went to Israel, El Salvador, and the border to push right-wing propaganda

  6. #6

    6/6 Vance and Musk promote him for a reason. He claims to have no vices, but he does. His vice is lying for money. Do not take him seriously