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An intense White House response from a single viral video
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The former home of Mako Childcare Center in Minneapolis. Equipped with little more than iPhones, right-wing content makers zigzag around the country in search of politically charged footage.
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Ken Bensinger and Ernesto Londono
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WASHINGTON – A 43-minute video posted online in the past week, purporting to expose extensive fraud at Somali-run child care centres in Minnesota, has been viewed by millions of people.
It has also set off a series of events that show the symbiotic relationship between the Trump administration and self-described citizen journalists.

