When I began a career of digging into the Left’s shadowy financiers, conservatives were losing the “dark money” war. Less than a decade later, it’s the Left facing extinction—and no one’s more astonished by the turnaround than I am.

In August, news came that the Gates Foundation—one of the world’s largest mega-funders of “progressive” political schemes—was quietly defunding Arabella Advisors, the dark money ATM that’s benefitted from over half-a-billion dollars from Gates since 2009. Armed with billions, the Arabella network exploits our nonprofit charity laws to agitate for D.C. statehood, pack the Supreme Court, and fund Democrat voter drives—all under the guise of philanthropy, and entirely tax-free.

The New York Times waved off the decision as a blip that “sparked unease in the world of progressive philanthropy.” But this is no blip. It’s a sign that, for the first time, Democrats are facing a crisis they can’t bluster or buy their way out of… and it’s only going to deepen.

Under War Secretary Pete Hegseth, America’s military is rediscovering its true mission of forging warriors, not social justice activists. He’s already purged divisive DEI and race-based admissions policies from our elite service academies, but one seemingly benign obstacle remains: academic accreditation. And like the wall on the training course, it must be overcome.

From West Point to the Air Force Academy, all five military service academies are accredited by a handful of private, unaccountable agencies with enormous influence over higher education. Unless the academies adopt these gatekeepers’ standards, their degrees may not be recognized when graduates pursue advanced degrees at civilian universities. That gives a handful of unelected, pro-DEI activists control over curriculum at schools founded to produce warfighters, including my alma mater, West Point.

That’s a serious problem.

With the rise of the abortion pill, we're in the final stages of the abortion industry's decline—and it's never been more dangerous.

From "safe and legal, but rare" to "pop a pill and call me in the morning," we're watching Big Abortion evolve into something more sinister than ever... and countless women are paying the price. It took nearly 50 years for pro-life advocates to defeat Roe v. Wade, but we weren't prepared for the aftermath. Now, the rise of "telehealth" and the mail-in-pill have made the unthinkable—DIY abortions in your own home—not only possible, but common. Join host Hayden Ludwig and Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs, as we delve deep into the next stage of the war on life, today on Restoration Spotlight.