As the US celebrates $95.3 billion in military funding for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the US, we unpack the US Indo-Pacific strategy and what’s at stake.
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DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case
Prosecutors identified the former Trump adviser as part of a massive criminal conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui
DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case
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A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer
The case, to be argued by lawyers linked to the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch, could sharply curtail the government’s regulatory authority.
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The Cause of Action Institute has disclosed little of its funding*: A year before it was created, the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling had enabled billions of dollars in spending by groups that don’t disclose their donors.
A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer
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*Cause of Action @ SourceWatch (includes tax filings)
Funding
Cause of Action Institute is not required to disclose its funders but major foundation supporters can be found through their IRS filings. Here are some known contributors:
- Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $200,000 (2022)
- Capital Leaders: $4,500,000 (2017)
- Charles G. Koch Foundation: $76,852 (2014-2019)
- Donors Capital Fund: $100,000 (2015)
- DonorsTrust: $17,950,000 (2012-2017)
- Edwards Foundation: $450,000 (2016-2019)
- Franklin Center: $1,244,000 (2011-2012)
- Stand Together Fellowships: $22,000 (2017-2018)
- Stand Together Trust: $10,725,000 (2017-2021)
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Israel-Palestine war: Former State Department official Seldowitz arrested after ‘racist’ tirade
Israel-Palestine war: Former State Department official Seldowitz arrested after ‘racist’ tirade
“I regret the whole thing happened and I’m sorry,” he said, before adding: “If I had to do it all over again, I would not have raised the religious aspect.”
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Koch Network Raises Over $70 Million for Push to Sink Trump
Americans for Prosperity Action is wading into a Republican presidential primary for the first time, and waiting to see which candidate it will get behind for 2024.
Koch Network Raises Over $70 Million for Push to Sink Trump
Fighting Putin for Empire
The empire-building debacle of the nearly 20-year American occupation of Afghanistan is a lesson unlearned by the government.
Fighting Putin for Empire
Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson
The Rupert Murdoch-owned network has announced the immediate departure of the star host
Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson
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Abby Grossberg, a producer who had worked on Carlson’s show, filed lawsuits against the company last month related to the Dominion case, including claims that she and other women faced sexism and harassment from coworkers and officials.
Tucker Carlson has left Fox News
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US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs
The US Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB’s loans went to venture capitalist and private equity firms.
US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs
A federal judge accused Facebook of ‘gaslighting’ users impacted by data breaches and fined the site and its lawyers nearly $1 million
While Facebook’s parent company, Meta, agreed in December to pay $725 million to settle the Cambridge Analytica privacy lawsuit, a judge on Thursday decided that wasn’t quite enough to ensure the social media giant had learned its lesson for sharing user data without permission.
A federal judge accused Facebook of ‘gaslighting’ users impacted by data breaches and fined the site and its lawyers nearly $1 million
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