Author: Robert Schmad
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Foreigners spend billions to influence US politics. Here’s who’s cutting the biggest checks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Israeli and Qatari foreign spending has dominated the online discourse in Washington, D.C., Foreign Agents Registration Act data shows that those two nations have actually dialed back their spending in recent years, and have…
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Alumni of CCP-controlled group hold senior positions in sensitive industries
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dozens of members of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, which the State Department says was established to “monitor Chinese students and mobilize them against views that dissent from the [Chinese Communist Party],” have found…
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Major trade association claims to oppose ‘illicit’ Chinese vapes after raking in cash from their manufacturers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Last week, the Vapor Technology Association ran ads stating its opposition to illegally imported Chinese vapes, citing the risk they pose to children, despite its leadership and the organization itself having strong financial ties to…
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Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and the scandal that won’t disappear
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” President Donald Trump asked a reporter on July 8, amid flooding in central Texas. “This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking. We have Texas, we have…
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Cory Mills continues to attract elite donors despite mounting controversies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) faces allegations of stolen valor, domestic abuse, links to a radical Islamic cleric, and is facing a congressional ethics investigation. Despite the deluge of controversy, mainstream corporate donors, high-powered lobbyists, trade…
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Chinese military companies have already spent over $1 million lobbying Congress this year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Department of Defense has linked large sums of cash between corporations and China’s People’s Liberation Army to influence U.S. policy this year, lobbying records show. DJI, a drone manufacturer, and Tencent, a technology conglomerate,…
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Consumers mobilize against corporate DEI programs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EXCLUSIVE — A right-of-center consumer advocacy group is mobilizing its members to flood the phone lines of corporations that have maintained or stood firm on diversity, equity, and inclusion programming in 2025, according to a…
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IRS official linked to Obama-era targeting scandal now heads ethics office — with deputy who compared Trump to Hitler
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EXCLUSIVE — An official involved in the Obama-era Internal Revenue Service scandal, which involved IRS officials singling out conservative groups for increased scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, is now the acting director of…
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Dozens of American universities maintain partnerships with Chinese military-linked entities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Scores of American higher education institutions, ranging from community colleges to the Ivy League, maintain partnerships with Chinese universities that public documents and the United States government have linked to the People’s Liberation Army. At…
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Campaign finance data paint favorable picture for Republicans, with a few snags
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “If I can’t spend it on me,” President Donald Trump told a gathering of Republican governors in February, “I guess it means I’m going to be spending it on some of my friends.” The president…




