Author: Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner
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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…
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Congress is investigating this company for aiding the CCP. Its leaders have cut large checks to Democrats
Senior employees of a firm under fire for allegedly working to facilitate the “capture of critical standards organizations to advance Beijing’s vision for authoritarian internet control” have histories of making donations to prominent Democrats. On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of legislators sent a letter to Futurewei vice president Jason Chao demanding answers following a slew…
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Conservatives feud over what Charlie Kirk would have wanted
In the days following his killing, conservative activist Charlie Kirk has, in a sense, become all things to all people. Catholic and Orthodox Christians claimed that the late protestant campus speaker was on the verge of converting to their respective faiths, advocates in support of Israel pointed to Kirk’s Zionism as a key pillar of…
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How the CCP’s propaganda machine uses Western elites to bolster its legitimacy
Each week, distinguished academics, activists, and media professionals join forces — sometimes unknowingly — to help the Chinese Communist Party portray the United States as a decaying empire in contrast to an ascendant China. China Global Television Network is one of the country’s most prolific state-run media outfits. Operating under the Central Propaganda Department of…
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What we know about Trump’s ‘major investigation’ into left-wing groups following Kirk assassination
Top Trump administration officials are hinting that they could soon ramp up investigations into left-wing groups that they accuse of spreading extremism. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that his administration was “already” subjecting a number of left-wing groups to a “major investigation.” One of his top aides and Vice President JD Vance suggested on…
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This billionaire could gain from the ‘anti-monopoly’ summit he’s sponsoring
Pierre Omidyar made billions by founding the e-commerce giant eBay in 1995. Three decades later, Omidyar still relies on the online marketplace for a considerable share of his wealth and influence. Now, the billionaire is sponsoring a well-publicized conference headlined by individuals who have frequently attacked one of eBay’s primary competitors: Amazon. The Omidyar Network,…
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Trump resolves to go after organizations that foment ‘political violence.’ Experts weigh in on what that could mean
Following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, President Donald Trump addressed the nation by expressing his grief, anger, and intention to quash the rhetoric “directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today.” While the president didn’t give many details regarding his plan to address the precursors to political…
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California is a great place to do business — for Newsom’s donors
In California, it apparently pays to pay the governor. After contributing to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), wealthy donors secured multi-million dollar state contracts, massive tax credits, favorable executive actions, and appointments to prestigious university posts, a Washington Examiner review of public records has found. Since Newsom took office in 2019, state records show that the…
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Virginia’s largest public university quietly axed Floyd-era ‘racial healing’ center
EXCLUSIVE — George Mason University confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday that its Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation is “no longer operational.” The university launched the center in 2021 to “aggressively confront the history of marginalization of diverse populations” and “dismantle systems based on the hierarchy of human value through narrative change,…
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Qatari foreign agents frequently donate to the congressional offices they lobby
Between 2020 and 2025, a Qatari foreign agent donated nearly $30,000 to campaign committees linked to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Over the same period, Graham’s office granted his lobbying firm ample access so he could advocate Qatar’s interests, including over 131 total communications between the office and the agent, personal meetings, and phone calls with…