Author: Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner
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Democrats request over $30 million for pro-LGBT United Nations agency in appropriations bill
As negotiations over congressional appropriations continue, Senate Democrats are seeking $32.5 million in funding for a United Nations agency that lists one of its primary aims as securing “dignity and rights for LGBTQIA+ people.” On January 11, Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee released a “minibus” bill designed to fund national security, the State Department,…
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Head of taxpayer-funded Somali charity cutting checks to family members
Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine Executive Director Muhidin Libah paid out over $100,000 from the charity he runs to members of his family between 2023 and 2024, tax filings show. In 2023, Muhdin Libah paid his wife, Fadumo Libah, $21,551 for “various business transactions” and another family member, Hawa Dakane, $38,559 for work as…
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Health insurers drift leftward in campaign donations even as they seek to sway GOP
Insurance lobbyists are working hard on Capitol Hill in an attempt to sway centrist Republicans into their camp as party leadership expresses strong skepticism toward extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies. As these lobbyists take meetings with GOP staffers and members, however, they likely aren’t mentioning the fact that the firms paying them millions to advance their…
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Marijuana companies spent millions on lobbying ahead of Trump rescheduling order
Political committees, consultants, and lobbyists linked to President Donald Trump made out with millions of dollars in payments from the marijuana industry in the months leading up to his executive order demanding the substance’s reclassification, according to public records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The United States Cannabis Council and American Rights and Reform PAC,…
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Top US political figures lend legitimacy to Qatari forum allied with array of anti-American groups
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr., Bill Gates, Tucker Carlson, and a host of other U.S. political figures have all descended on the Qatari capital of Doha in recent days to discuss an array of current events. In doing so, they perhaps unwittingly lent considerable legitimacy to an event with open ties…
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Wikipedia donations go toward paying liberal activists to rewrite articles
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When clicking on a Wikipedia page, users are often met with fundraising pleas that strongly imply the site is in dire need of funds to ensure its wealth of knowledge remains available to all. A closer look at the financials behind the website, however, reveals that the foundation running Wikipedia has enough surplus cash to bankroll…