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    Ethics Complaint Claims Booker Improperly Linked 25-Hour Talkathon With Fundraising
    While Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., spoke for 25 hours on the Senate floor last week, a series of emails with contribution links and links to his campaign store was sent out, according to an ethics complaint from the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust.  FACT, a conservative nonprofit watchdog group, says that violates Senate ethics…
    Fred Lucas
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    Luigi Mangione’s Defense Fund: A Symbol of Society’s Distrust of Wealth
    The Left’s embrace of an assassination in the name of equality shows how much contempt it has for success.  The recent creation of a defense fund for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shines light on an uncomfortable truth that much of American society has a violent disdain for businessmen,…
    Paula Stenkamp
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    How 2 Democrat Governors Handled Popular Bans on Foreign Election Funding
    One Democrat governor signed a bill banning foreign funding of ballot initiatives, while another begrudgingly allowed it to become law, in what is becoming a national trend.  While such bans have gained bipartisan support, they have been largely driven by Republican lawmakers and conservative groups, citing the influence of foreign money in recent state ballot…
    Fred Lucas
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    Who’s Funding the ‘Burn a Tesla, Save Democracy’ Protests?
    Americans took to the streets Saturday for the latest round of protests targeting Tesla and condemning Elon Musk for his work with President Donald Trump, but these protests trace back to a larger movement with funding from the Left’s dark money network. Some of the organizations that encouraged and helped organize the protests have raked…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    USAID Funded Pet Apps, Fashion Companies, Designer Furniture, Sen. Ernst Reveals
    The U.S. Agency for International Development funded a pet tracking app, fashion companies, specialty food companies, and firms making designer furniture, according to records reviewed by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. “USAID was wasting tax dollars like it was going out of style,” Ernst, who chairs the Senate DOGE Caucus focused on rooting out waste and…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘RELENTLESS LAWSUITS’: Ted Cruz’s Warning About Soros-Funded Activists and Left-Wing Judges
    OXON HILL, Md.—As President Donald Trump reforms the executive branch, rooting out gender ideology, “Marxist equity,” and waste from the federal government, Democrats and leftist groups have filed lawsuits to block him, and some judges have abetted these efforts. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has predicted that this lawfare will not stop. “The entire four years…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Senate GOP Not Backing Down From Budget Proposal Fearing Funds for Trump’s Border Security Agenda Could Run Dry
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Republicans are plowing ahead with their budget proposal despite President Donald Trump throwing his weight behind the House version, arguing their plan will allow federal immigration authorities to execute the president’s border security agenda with full force. As Trump moves to secure the border following his predecessor’s failure to stem the…
    Adam Pack
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    This Group Is Suing Trump Admin After Cuts to Refugee Program Slush Fund
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the State Department cutting funding for refugee assistance. The lawsuit alleges USCCB “faces irreparable damage” due to the loss of funds, with millions of dollars already spent on nearly 7,000 refugees that will no longer be reimbursed following the Jan. 24 refugee…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    Schools That Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine Run Risk of Losing Federal Funds Under Trump Decree
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to defund schools with COVID-19 vaccination mandates. The directive comes one day after the confirmation of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has raised questions about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. The executive order also applies to education service agencies, and…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Foreign Funding, Ranked Choice Voting Top Election Integrity Concerns, Report Finds
    The 2024 election concluded with few complaints or disputes from either side—but key improvements still need to be made to ensure free and fair contests, according to a new report from an election integrity watchdog.  “The election integrity movement has had enormous success over the last four years. But make no mistake: The fight is…
    Fred Lucas
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    ¡No Mas!: Time to Halt Funding of Smithsonian’s Latino Museum
    On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump decisively dismantled the Biden administration’s wasteful and immoral “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives. An easy and obvious next step in this bold effort to “dewokefy” federal institutions and cut waste would be to put a halt to the recently established Smithsonian Museum of the American…
    Alfonso Aguilar | Mike Gonzalez
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    Here’s How Trump’s Move on USAID Will Impact George Soros’ Funding Empire
    By pausing foreign funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, President Donald Trump has dealt a major blow to the ecosystem of nonprofits that promote woke ideology against America’s interests. It is no accident that USAID’s funding has dovetailed with the grantmaking of leftist billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundations—and the foreign funding pause…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Who Are the Nonprofits That Sued to Block Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze?
    The Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump ordered a temporary freeze of federal funding Monday, aiming to prevent taxpayer dollars from supporting "Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering." While that order has since been rescinded amid a legal challenge, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that efforts to "end…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Why Do Red State Policymakers Fund DEI Required Course in Public Universities?
    No one is surprised that the cows in the Chik-fil-A ads advocate for eating more chicken. It would be shockingly irrational, however, if the chickens joined the campaign by paying the cows to carry their “Eat Mor Chikin” signs. Yet, this is exactly what Republican state legislators in 10 conservative states are doing when they…
    Jay Greene
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    Why Is Congress Funding the Failing Department of Education?
    Since its creation in May 1980, the Left has demanded Republicans justify opposing federal intervention in U.S. education. However, with President-elect Donald Trump‘s Department of Government Efficiency now promising to “outright delete” the Department of Education, it’s time to flip the script. The real question isn’t, “Why should we eliminate the Department of Education?” It’s, “How can Congress possibly…
    Kevin Roberts | Lindsey Burke
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    California’s Downfall Funded by ‘George Soros and the Cartels,’ Former Democrat Claims
    Following Donald Trump‘s election victory in November, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, convened a special session of the California Legislature to “Trump-proof” the state. At the top of the agenda: Newsom’s effort to prevent the second Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens who live in California.  “This is going against the rule of law and…
    Virginia Allen
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    Congresswoman Sounds Alarm on Fundraising Platform Under Scrutiny for Raking in Millions With Thousands of Tiny Donations
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—How did fewer than two dozen people give almost $1 million through controversial Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue with political donations as small as $5?  Federal Election Commission records show that in recent elections, some elderly Americans made thousands of small donations to Democrat fundraising political committees through ActBlue—which currently is under…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    House Panel Demands Democratic Fundraiser Disclose Verification Practices in Probe of Possible Foreign Campaign Cash
    The House committee that oversees election integrity demanded Monday the massive online Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue disclose to Congress how it verifies the identity of donors before accepting money, saying it fears Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela may be exploiting weaknesses to inject foreign funds into the 2024 election. “Our investigation has indicated that these…
    John Solomon
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    DA Larry Krasner, 2-Time Campaign Finance Violator, Sues Elon Musk Over Voter Lottery
    Philadelphia’s rogue prosecutor, Larry Krasner, has sued billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, arguing that he conducted an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law because he said he would pay individuals $1 million a day to sign a petition supporting the First and Second amendments. But the one case Krasner relies on to support his legal theory actually…
    Cully Stimson
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    The Myth of Underfunded Public Schools
    Do you know how much you spend per student in your local public school? Surveys find that most Americans cannot answer this question. And public education interest groups such as teachers unions benefit from this knowledge gap because then they can ask for more spending and few, if any, taxpayers and voters know what the…
    Jonathan Butcher | Madison Marino Doan
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