John, I'm excited to share the latest from CRC with you:Are Democrats winning the "dark money" game? ([link removed]
Majority Forward, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit arm of the Democrats' Senate Majority PAC, is a "dark money" behemoth. It spent $515,000 backing Joe Biden in 2020 and pumped $1.7 million into the January special elections for U.S. Senate in Georgia. Its big brother, the Senate Majority PAC, spent $230 million to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate in 2020 and January 2021. CRC's Hayden Ludwig documents how the Democrats are winning the "dark money" game here ([link removed] you a "domestic terrorist"? ([link removed]
In a now-infamous letter, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) asked President Joe Biden to direct federal agencies to launch a "domestic terrorism" investigation into activist parents who dared to criticize local school boards. Not coincidentally, teachers unions--which have pushed for public school closures, mask mandates, and critical race theory indoctrination which have sparked the parents' criticism--are supporting the NSBA, as Michael Watson notes here ([link removed] much foreign money have lobbyists and political groups received? ([link removed]
The Foreign Agents Registration Act prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to political groups or campaigns. But where there's a will, there's a lobbyist looking to cash in. OpenSecrets has reported registered foreign agents and lobbyists representing foreign clients made $33.5 million in political contributions in 2020. CRC's Sarah Lee explores the details behind the Federal Elections Commission's warning of "significant national security risks" here ([link removed] union goodies are in the $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill? ([link removed]
The bill's most cynical favor comes from the House Ways and Means Committee, which added an income tax deduction for union dues for filers who take the standard deduction, but not for mandatory union fees--in other words not for union workers in right-to-work states who are forced to pay fees to unions they don't want to be members of. Essentially, congressional Democrats are subsidizing unions' political activities. Michael Watson analyzes the "infrastructure" bill here ([link removed]
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