New Report Exposes the Foreign Cash Behind ‘Extremist Climate Activist Movement’

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Foreign donors have poured over $130 million into U.S.-based climate activist nonprofits, according to a new database tracking over $5 billion in foreign funding.

“Our database makes it clear foreign cash is bankrolling much of the extremist climate activist movement in America,” Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told the Daily Signal. “Radical activist groups dedicated to undermining American energy dominance, like Energy Foundation China, Sierra Club, and League of Conservation Voters, are recipients of vast sums of foreign money.”

While the law prohibits foreign donations to political candidates, foreign donors can legally contribute to U.S. groups organized as tax-exempt entities under the IRS code. Many foreign foundations already disclose their funding to U.S.-based groups, but Americans for Public Trust claims that disclosure is inadequate.

The database, available at FollowForeignMoney.org, presents information from the annual reports of foreign foundations, involving 523 groups and 12,094 records. Most of the U.S. recipients of foreign funds advocate for causes on the Left. Americans for Public Trust filtered out traditional charitable causes, such as children’s hospitals and the Meals on Wheels Program, to focus on activism. It currently includes funding sources from Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.

Foreign Funds for Climate Activism

The database shows more than $130 million in foreign funding going to climate activist groups based in the United States.

The Sierra Club, one of America’s oldest and largest environmental groups, began as a conservation-minded organization but has increasingly championed restrictions on traditional forms of energy, particularly fossil fuels. The Sierra Club received $50,000 from the Switzerland-based Berger Action Fund in 2014. It also received $1.8 million from the Swiss-based Wyss Foundation from 2004 to 2024. Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss citizen who now lives in the U.S., set up both foundations. The Sierra Club also received $600,000 from the Swiss-based Oak Foundation in 2009.

Environment America, another left-leaning climate activist nonprofit, received $1 million from the Oak Foundation in 2009. The foundation awarded the grant “to persuade the U.S. Congress and the president to pass a national cap on global warming pollution with a near-term cap of 35% by 2020 and long-term reductions of at least 80% by 2050.”

This grant appears to match the activist campaign supporting the American Clean Energy and Security Act, HR 2454, which failed in the Senate.

The League of Conservation Voters, another influential climate activist group, also received $28 million from Berger Action Fund from 2016 to 2024, according to the database. The league’s PAC, the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, received $400,050 from the Oak Foundation in 2010 and $3.2 million from the Wyss Foundation from 2002 to 2024.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, one of America’s largest climate activist groups, received $472,708 from the Oak Foundation in 2014.

Energy Foundation China, a U.S.-based nonprofit that funds climate change projects and focuses on China, received $85 million from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, based in the United Kingdom, from 2014 to 2024. The foundation received $14.4 million from the Oak Foundation between 2012 and 2023. It received $4 million from the U.K.-based Quadrature Climate Foundation in 2022.

A Defense of Climate Activism

Environment America Executive Director Lisa Frank defended climate activism when reached for comment.

“America is blessed with abundant solar and wind power that shows up for free and doesn’t pollute,” she told the Daily Signal. “On the other hand, coal, oil and gas dirty our air and water, harm our health and worsen climate change. As Americans suffer from heat waves, fires, and floods, it’s clear we need to act on climate.”

Criticism

Foreign funding does not necessarily change the priorities or goals of climate activist groups. Even so, it may raise questions about the forces assisting the climate activist movement.

Critics claim that China benefits from climate activism in the U.S., and have pointed to ties between climate groups and Chinese entities. Climate activists say they work with China because China emits a large percentage of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The conservative-leaning American Lands Council praised the Americans for Public Trust database.

“Americans for Public Trust has done a fantastic public service by amassing this database of foreign contributions to nonprofit groups,” American Lands Council Chairman Myron Ebell told the Daily Signal. “Climate and environmental groups have done tremendous damage to the economy by promoting policies that raise the price of energy.”

“This new database from Americans for Public Trust exposes what many of us have been warning about for years … namely, billions in foreign cash flooding U.S. nonprofits through gaping loopholes,” Craig Rucker, president of the free-market group Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, told the Daily Signal.

“These groups work overtime to kneecap U.S. oil, gas, and reliable energy while foreign adversaries and competitors smile,” Rucker said. “Americans deserve to know who’s really paying for the green agenda.”

Sutherland, the leader behind the database, called for Congress to prevent foreign funding for American nonprofits.

“We must close the loopholes that allow this money to flow into our system and influence U.S. policy and politics,” she said.

The Daily Signal reached out to Energy Foundation China, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Natural Resources Defense Council for comment, but did not receive responses by publication time.

AUTHOR

Tyler O’Neil 

Tyler O’Neil is senior investigative reporter at the Daily Signal and the author of two books, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.” Follow on X Tyler2ONeil.

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Now We’re Not Allowed to Use Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed’s Full Name

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Media complains calling him ‘Mohamed ‘ is Islamophobic.

Here we go again.

Islamist Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s full name has a Mohammed in there. It’s Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed. Now unlike Barack Hussein Obama, whose name was a bit hard to place for Americans without the ‘Hussein’, there’s not a lot of ambiguity about it.

Abdul El-Sayed isn’t exactly Jack Smith or Bob Jones.

But still he chose not to call himself ‘Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed’ maybe because it wouldn’t fit on a campaign sign.

Democrats and their media however are now complaining that anyone who calls him ‘Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed’ is an Islamophobe.

Other examples immediately started piling up, from the Republican National Committee casting El-Sayed by full name as a “terrorist supporter” to NRSC Vice Chair Jim Banks’ comments saying Michigan’s union Democrats wouldn’t “want to vote for a guy like Abdulrahman El-Sayed.”

Emphasizing El-Sayed’s full name and casting him as a terrorist follows a familiar strategy of using Islamophobic rhetoric to target Democrats of color: Conservatives often invoked — and, sometimes, continue to invoke — former President Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, as a derogatory reference despite his not being Muslim.

Sen. Tim Scott on CNN quickly brushed off the attack.

WATCH: CNN melts down over the GOP using Muslim Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed’s full name

The same media that refused to note the blatant antisemitism of Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, is now squealing that using his full name is ‘Islamophobic.’

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NY Times Blames Iran for Walz’s Incompetence — Trump Exposes the Truth, Torches Walz Over Minnesota’s Water Plant Failures

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President Donald Trump dismissed speculation that Iran was behind a cyber attack targeting dozens of water systems in Minnesota, blaming instead the state’s “corrupt governor,” Tim Walz, and the state he runs.

“I just want to mention that, we heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack, and they blame it on Iran,” he said at the start of a Cabinet meeting Friday at Camp David, Maryland.

“I don’t think so. I think I blame it on Minnesota because they’re grossly incompetent,” Trump said. “There was a cyberattack of 30 water plants, and I would blame it on Minnesota and the governor, the corrupt governor of Minnesota. They like to say, oh, is Iran? Iran should be so lucky. Iran’s got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota.”

Report: Iran behind Minnesota cyberattack?

FOX9: Iran possibly linked to MN water system cyberattacks: report

U.S. officials suspect Iran-affiliated hackers may be responsible for the cyberattack this week that impacted more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota, according to a New York Times report.

What we know:

The New York Times reported Thursday morning that U.S. officials suspect that Iran-linked hackers may be responsible for the attack. The Times report states that this is a preliminary assessment and officials have not yet determined for certain who is responsible for the cyberattacks.

Officials said it was possible the attacks may have been committed by someone posing as Iranian hackers in an attempt to increase tensions between the two nations – but experts told the New York Times that scenario was unlikely.

What they’re saying:

FOX 9 has reached out to both state and federal officials to seek confirmation of the New York Times report. State officials deferred to federal investigators, stating they were best positioned to assess the actors. The state also didn’t wish to speculate on the matter.

FOX 9 hasn’t yet heard back from FBI officials, but in a statement to the New York Times they declined to comment on who may be responsible for the attacks.

Cyberattack impacts Minnesota water systems

The backstory:

This week, state officials reported technology for water systems about 36 Minnesota communities had been targeted in a coordinated cyberattack.

Officials said they were working with federal authorities and private sector companies to respond to the attacks and to secure systems. As of Tuesday, state officials said they weren’t aware of any municipalities that were asking residents to alter drinking water usage.

Local perspective:

On Monday, at least four cities publicly disclosed the attacks: Plymouth, South St. Paul, Maple Plain, and Braham. All four cities said disruptions were either minimal or mitigated.

On Wednesday, Plymouth officials announced they had restored communications with their water facilities and the system was back to running normally. The City of Maple Plain, which had declared a local emergency, also ended its emergency on Wednesday citing a stabilization of services.

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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What You Can Do to Hold the Southern Poverty Law Center Accountable

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The Southern Poverty Law Center faces charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy for sending $3 million to members of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. This indictment led me to update the book I wrote in 2020, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center.” At the end of the update, I give a list of concrete ways you can take action against the SPLC.

Select passages from the update follow.

Back in 2019, the SPLC smeared conservative Christian groups as “anti-LGBT hate groups,” [its education arm] Teaching Tolerance was spreading critical race theory and transgender ideology, and the SPLC was trying to convince donor-advised funds to blacklist “hate groups.”

In the intervening years, however, things only got worse. …

In 2023, the SPLC released its “hate map” for 2022, and it included 702 “antigovernment extremist groups.” Prominent among these “antigovernment extremists” was the “anti-student inclusion movement.” The “hate map” featured no fewer than 230 chapters of Moms for Liberty, along with the policy group Parents Defending Education.

The next year, the SPLC added groups led by medical professionals, such as Do No Harm and the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, to the “hate map,” branding them “anti-LGBTQ hate groups” because they oppose experimental transgender “medicine” to make men appear female and vice versa. The SPLC even branded Gays Against Groomers—a group of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people who oppose the sexualization of children and transgender ideology—an “anti-LGBTQ hate group,” suggesting that their key target of hate is… themselves.

The following year, the center added Turning Point USA, the largest conservative grassroots youth organization in the country, to the map, stating that its “primary strategy is sowing and exploiting fear that white Christian supremacy is under attack.” The SPLC also added PragerU, a conservative group that makes YouTube videos to educate the public, to the map. …

Despite the SPLC’s many scandals, President Joe Biden’s administration welcomed this morally bankrupt smear factory with open arms. …

Documents showed that R.G. Cravens, manager of research and analysis at the SPLC’s Intelligence Project, spoke at a conference for Justice Department prosecutors on Nov. 7, 2023. A program for the event noted that Cravens would focus on “the anti-LGBTQ movement” and “help investigators and prosecutors identify potential evidence and motivations for bias crime.”

Under President Donald Trump, the FBI has officially distanced itself from the SPLC. FBI Director Kash Patel told The Daily Signal that the SPLC’s “disgraceful record makes them unfit for any FBI partnership. Even so, Democrats’ defenses of the SPLC suggest that it may return to federal influence should another Democrat follow President Trump in the White House in 2029. …

Why, exactly, does the SPLC face criminal charges?

Before acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel announced the criminal charges on April 21, 2026, the SPLC put out its own statement. The SPLC announced that it faced a criminal investigation for what it described as the use of “paid confidential informants to gather credible intelligence on extremely violent groups.”

SPLC Interim CEO Bryan Fair said the informants were “necessary” to protect the SPLC from “countless credible threats.” He added that while the SPLC fed information to law enforcement, it did not “share our use of informants broadly with anyone.” He said the group no longer works with paid informants, even though they previously “saved lives.”

The indictment claims, however, that the SPLC was funding the very “hate” it claimed it exists to destroy. The indictment refers to the payees as “field sources” or “Fs.”

The list includes F-37, “a member of the online leadership chat group that planned the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ event in Charlottesville, Virginia and attended the event at the direction of the SPLC.” The indictment states that this field source “made racist postings under the supervision of the SPLC and helped coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees.” Between 2015 and 2023, the SPLC allegedly paid this field source more than $270,000.

The SPLC does not face charges merely for paying members of white nationalist groups, but for defrauding donors, lying to banks, and conspiring to cover up the activity. …

The indictment confirms my suspicions that the SPLC had not just been exaggerating “hate” by smearing conservatives, but also by supporting racist extremists. It also underlines the key warning of “Making Hate Pay”: that the SPLC has become a corrupt smear factory. If the SPLC lied to banks, as the indictment suggests, it will be very difficult for the center to weasel its way out of a guilty verdict. …

What You Can Do Against SPLC

If you work at a company that works with [the software company] Benevity, please consider asking your employer to opt out of using the SPLC “hate map” filter.

If you notice Learning for Justice materials in your school, please speak up.

If you worked for a company that the SPLC and its allies bullied into blacklisting “hate groups,” and are willing to speak on record or anonymously, I’d love to hear from you.

If you hear someone considering giving to the SPLC, please let them know how corrupt this smear factory is.

The Trump administration and conservatives increasingly know the truth about the SPLC—we need to make it so obvious that Democrats and the Left cannot ignore it.

AUTHOR

Tyler O’Neil

Tyler O’Neil is senior investigative reporter at the Daily Signal and the author of two books, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.” Follow on X Tyler2ONeil.

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DERANGED DEMOCRAT PARTY: 42% of Democrats Believe Trump Assassination Attempts Staged

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These are the vile, dangerous lies the Democrat party is telling their people.

They incite to murder, then claim its faked.

America is under attack by the greatest domestic threat since 9/11.

And: On the recent attack at the gala of the White House Correspondents Association, 34 percent of Democrats believe it was staged. To say we have a very fundamental truth crisis feels like an understatement. The survey comes from News Guard/YouTube: The contention that the three events may have been staged correlates strongly with party identification. Across all three events, Democrats were far more likely than Republicans to endorse the “staged” framing…. For the most recent event — at the April 25, 2026, White House Correspondents’ Dinner — 34 percent of Democrats and 13 percent of Republicans said it was staged, a 21-point gap…. The 2024 incidents show an even larger partisan divide. For the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting — when a bullet grazed Trump’s ear and a local firefighter attending the rally was killed — 42 percent of Democrats called it staged, compared to seven percent of Republicans — a 35-point spread, the largest partisan gap in the survey. For the Trump International Golf Club assassinaton attempt, 26 percent of Democrats and seven percent of Republicans said it was staged (Newsguard). Washington Post points out the obvious: No evidence has surfaced to support the conspiracy theories claiming that any of the three gun-related incidents at Trump’s public events was staged (Washington Post). Larry O’Connor: EVERY Democrat running for office should be asked by reporters if they believe the Butler assassination attempt was real or staged. EVERY ONE OF THEM (O’Connor).

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Intentional, Irresponsible Speech

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As a professional military officer, I took an oath, for the first time on 31 July 1982, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

The very first of our liberties enumerated in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, after the freedom of religion and the free exercise thereof, is that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. Our founding fathers understood the importance of our right to worship freely and speak freely as foundational individual rights.

However, we must realize that there is a high degree of responsibility that comes with the freedoms that we enjoy. And the events in Washington, D.C., from this past weekend at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner prove such.

Free speech and the exchange of varying thoughts, perspectives, insights, and ideas are vital to a thriving Constitutional Republic.

It is what Charlie Kirk believed in and took to heart the words from Isaiah 1:18 (KJV), “Come now, and let us reason together.” I like the New International Version translation of the same verse, “Come now, and let us settle the matter.”

The problem in America today, and the results continue to speak for themselves, is that the Marxist leftists do not want to reason, settle, discuss, or debate the matter together.

What they prefer is a systematic indulgence of intentional, irresponsible speech with a very disconcerting goal: to dehumanize their political opposition.

As wise King Solomon would say in Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NIV), “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”

For those secularists, it was Spanish political philosopher George Santayana who aptly stated, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

So here we are, once again, in present history, witnessing the abhorrent use of speech by leftists in order to relegate their opposition to nothing more than a target.

I welcome any dissenting opinions on this matter, as the facts clearly speak for themselves.

We often say that free speech only goes so far, as one should not shout “fire” in a crowded auditorium. But what of speech that intentionally, irresponsibly, seeks to denigrate, disparage, and demean a person or a group of people for the sole purpose of justifying violence against them?

I find it quite appalling that leftists refer to Donald Trump as Hitler, when Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) party, and he was the one demonizing Jews. We know the result. And of course, Hitler found sympathetic allies with the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in 1928, along with Yasser Arafat’s uncle, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Oh, by the way, didn’t King Solomon tell us that there is nothing new under the sun?

It is quite the phenomenon to watch with the Marxist left in America. They do not embrace the idea of free speech when it comes to constitutional conservatives or anyone who disagrees with their ideological agenda.

For the left, there is no such thing as free speech, only acceptable speech, which they define as anything they will tolerate that is in alignment with their ideology and principles, or lack thereof.

We saw this during the COVID fiasco when the Biden administration actively sought to shut down any dissent against the nefarious and unconstitutional mandates being issued by edict, not law. The FBI went to extreme lengths to designate parents as domestic terrorists just because they showed up at school board meetings. The now disgraced radical leftist organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), referred to groups such as Moms for Liberty as a hate group.

The Marxist left incessantly refers to any and everyone in opposition to them as extremists, racists, various designations of “phobia,” Nazis, threats to democracy (failure of civics as America is a Republic, and who are the ones standing in the way of the SAVE America Act?), and other despicable monikers. I have had my share since I am a Christian, Constitutional Conservative: Uncle Tom, Sellout, Oreo, White Man’s Porch Monkey, and Black face of White Supremacy.

And why is all of this necessary?

Simple: leftists are not seeking to reason, settle the matter or have open debate, which the assassination of Charlie Kirk proved. A heinous open act of murder that was celebrated by Marxist leftists.

Leftists cannot debate or defend the indefensible; therefore, they must resort to Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals in order to advance their position: threats, coercion, intimidation, censorship, denigration, and violence.

I find it absurd but predictable. Each time after a leftist shooting incident against their political opposition, they speak about “both sides need to tone down the rhetoric,” then count 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and they are right back at it. In some cases, they do not even stop.

Case in point: how long did it take for leftists to create an intentional, irresponsible narrative that Donald Trump staged his own assassination attempt? Yes, that is how delusional, deranged, and dangerous the Marxist left has become, as they have no discipline or regard for truth. It is all about a narrative that damages, with the intent to destroy, their political opposition.

How funny: leftists will be the first to “rush to judgment” if they believe that the incident fits their intended narrative. But if the incident does not, well, Barry Soetoro’s first social media posting after the WHCA dinner shooting was to not rush to judgment because we do not know the motive. In the words of Homer Simpson, “D’oh!”

Recently, I was called upon, 72 hours out, to speak at a Young America’s Foundation event on the campus of the University of South Alabama. The topic was illegal immigration, and the originally scheduled speaker, an ICE officer, canceled due to threats of violent protests and death threats. So, they called in the ol’ Colonel, because I do not operate in a realm of fear. I addressed the issue, related it to the Constitution and our laws, as we have articulated on these pages, and there was not a peep from the delusional leftists who came with ChatGPT questions to ask me. Sadly, they do not possess the intellectual regimen to ask me a question on their own volition. I even had to chuckle when one young leftist tried to convince me that the 13th Amendment still upheld and enabled slavery in America. Yeah, I took out my pocket Constitution on that one.

Free speech is a foundation of our Republic, and our individual rights, but intentional, irresponsible speech is the antithesis of who we are as a nation. I do not think it is extreme to believe in constitutional governance. If we do not hold those who are intentionally and irresponsibly stoking the flames of violent rhetoric in order to create violence accountable for their actions, it will only increase.

When a CNN commentator bloviates that those in attendance at the WHCA got to experience what kids go through every day in our schools, that is intentionally irresponsible. When Hakeem Jeffries says that he will not retract his statement about being in a constant state of warfare, that is intentionally irresponsible. When Jimmy Kimmel, once again, makes a disgusting comment about the First Lady with the glow of a widow, that is intentional and irresponsible. When leftist influencer Hasan Piker speaks to the New York Times, glorifying political violence as a means to an end, that is intentional and irresponsible speech.

If these, and many more, are not held personally responsible and accountable, the best resort is to ensure that the Marxist left never holds a position of power and control.

Their intentional and irresponsible rhetoric serves the purpose of radicalizing and enabling weak minds like Luigi Mangione and Cole Allen, along with Charlie Kirk’s assassin, to do harm and cause us to live in fear.

That purposeful fear is to force us, freedom-loving men and women, into submission, as they strip away our Second Amendment rights.

Simply stated, that is FUBAR, and that dawg don’t hunt!

Steadfast and Loyal.

AUTHOR

 Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret

Lt. Colonel Allen West, USA (Ret.) is the Executive Director of the American Constitutional Conservative Rights Union and the ACRU Action Fund. He is a constitutional conservative, combat veteran, and former member of the US Congress. Col. West is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. During his 22-year career in the U.S. Army, Lt. Col. West served in several combat zones and received many honors, including the Bronze Star; Meritorious Service Medal; Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal; and Valorous Unit Award. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and two Masters degrees from Kansas State University and the US Army Command and General Staff Officers Course. In November 2010, West was elected to the United States Congress representing Florida’s 22d District. As a member of the 112th Congress, West sat on the Small Business and Armed Services Committees. West is the former Executive Director of the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas, Texas, and a former Director of the Booker T. Washington Initiative (BTWI) for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. In July of 2020, Col. West was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas by an overwhelming majority of State delegates. West is the author of three books: Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Family, Faith, and Freedom; Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death; and We Can Overcome: An American Black Conservative Manifesto.

First published on the American Constitutional Conservative Rights Union

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Kash Patel Seeks $250 Million From Outlet That Reported On His Alleged ‘Excessive Drinking’

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FBI Director Kash Patel filed a lawsuit against The Atlantic on Monday, describing the outlet’s article on his tenure at the agency as “a sweeping, malicious, and defamatory hit piece” in court documents.

The Atlantic published an article Friday detailing alleged “alarm” among Patel’s colleagues over his drinking, and reporting that the FBI Director is concerned that his job is “in jeopardy.” Patel denies the reporting and has filed suit seeking $250 million in damages. The lawsuit names both the publication and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, accusing them of publishing “false and obviously fabricated allegations designed to destroy Director Patel’s reputation and drive him from office.”

“Fitzpatrick could not get a single person to go on the record in defense of these outrageous allegations, instead relying entirely on anonymous sources she knew to be both highly partisan with an ax to grind and also not in a position to know the facts,” reads the lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

“Defendants published the Article with actual malice, despite being expressly warned, hours before publication, that the central allegations were categorically false; despite having abundant publicly available information contradicting those allegations; despite obvious and fatal defects in their own sourcing; despite The Atlantic’s well-documented, long-running editorial animus toward Director Patel,” it says.

The article maintains that Patel’s alleged drinking forced FBI personnel to reschedule briefings and meetings. The Atlantic also maintained that his security detail requested breaching equipment normally used by SWAT teams due to their inability to get to the FBI director when doors were locked

“Prior to publication, the FBI expressly informed Defendants that each of these allegations was ‘totally false,’” the lawsuit argues. “The FBI further warned Defendants that these allegations echoed a similar fabrication previously aired by MSNBC’s Frank Figliuzzi on Morning Joe—anonymously sourced reporting that was later retracted by MSNBC and that is the subject of pending defamation litigation—yet Defendants published it anyway.”

Patel previously sued Figliuzzi, a former FBI official and analyst for the left-leaning cable network now known as MSNOW, in June 2025 over a May 2, 2025 comment Figliuzzi made during “Morning Joe” claiming Patel frequented nightclubs in Las Vegas.

The Atlantic issued a defiant statement on X Monday after Patel filed the lawsuit.

“We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,” the outlet’s PR team posted on Monday.

Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief expressed similar sentiments when reached for comment by the Daily Caller News Foundation about Patel’s appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel,” Goldberg said in a statement provided by a spokesperson.

The FBI declined to comment when reached for comment by the DCNF, while the Atlantic repeated the statement posted on X when reached for comment.

Patel, an avid hockey fan, came under partisan fire for celebrating with the U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team after they won the gold medal against Team Canada during the Winter Olympics in February. Patel, who was seen drinking a beer during the locker-room celebration, was in Italy for meetings with Italian law enforcement officials.

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Harold Hutchison

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NBC’s Lying Hitpeice on Pete Hegseth

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Not surprising NBC or any of legacy media conducting so called “journalism” is lying about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s comments to families of the fallen in the Iran conflict.

Had Obama, Kerry and others who participated in the terrible “deal” with Iran on nuclear weapons development not been hoodwinked by the Iranian regime, this current military action may not have been necessary but you won’t see any reporting on this.

Color Us Shocked: NBC News Caught Lying About Secretary Hegseth’s Comments to Families of Fallen Troops

By Amy Curtis  | March 20, 2026 3:45 PM

It’s incredible how the mainstream media can investigate something when they have an axe to grind or an agenda to push. Earlier, we told you NBC News dug up some European “experts” who said the U.S. and Israel aren’t winning in Iran, despite obliterating their leadership, navy, air force, and missile and drone supplies.

NBC News also dug into comments made by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth about what the families of fallen soldiers told him about Operation Epic Fury.

EXCLUSIVE – Hegseth said today that “family after family” of the service members killed in the Iran war told him: “Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done.”

But a father who met with Hegseth tells @Petereporter he never said that.

This is such a bunch of semantic bull, even for NBC News.

Here’s more.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met privately Wednesday with the families of six service members who died in the Iran war and, in a press briefing the next morning, said the message he got was consistent and supportive.

“What I heard through tears, through hugs, through strength and through unbreakable resolve was the same from family after family. They said, ‘Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done,’” Hegseth said.

One of the people he met at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware was Charles Simmons. His 28-year-old son, Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, was among the six crew members killed when their refueling plane crashed in Iraq last week.

Simmons recalled his exchange differently.

“I can’t speak for the other families. When he spoke to me, that was not something we talked about,” he told NBC News in an interview Thursday.

Simmons said he spoke separately to Hegseth and President Donald Trump at Dover and was grateful for the warmth that both men showed him.

And here’s the kicker buried at the end of the article:

Simmons recalled something his son had told him before volunteering for the mission that ended his life.

“He said, ‘Dad, I can’t give you any details, but if civilians knew what we knew, a lot of the criticism [of the war] would cease,” he said.

Secretary Hegseth never said “all families,” he said, “family after family.” But NBC News found the one guy who met with Secretary Hegseth separately and decided to use that as proof that Hegseth is lying about what the other families said. NBC News could have asked the other families, too, but we noticed they didn’t.

NBC News knows that few people will read beyond the first paragraph, and even fewer will read the headline. And if you check out some of the quotes of that post, they got exactly the sort of reaction they wanted: the Leftists accusing Secretary Hegseth of lying.

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How the Media Erased Obama’s Damning Benghazi Confession to Re-Elect Him

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Democrats and their media allies are suddenly wrapping themselves in the First Amendment like it’s a campaign prop. As California Gov. Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million in defamation over its coverage of a phone call with President Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel blasts the FCC for an “attack on free speech” after his show was suspended amid controversy over remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassination—with affiliates preempting episodes and over 1,600 complaints flooding the agency.

My new book “Clinton Hoax, Obama Coup” reveals the mother of all hypocrisies: In 2012, the media didn’t need lawsuits or regulators. They censored themselves—deliberately vanishing a presidential confession from national TV and refusing to report it at all—to protect then-President Barack Obama and hand him a second presidential term.

Just days after jihadists butchered Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Obama sat on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and personally pushed the administration’s grotesque hoax: blaming the terror attack on a ridiculous YouTube video.

“Extremists and terrorists used [the video] as an excuse to attack a variety of our embassies, including the consulate in Libya,” Obama declared on air.

The very next day, the National Counterterrorism Center director testified under oath: It was a straight-up terrorist attack. No protest. No video. Premeditated jihadist slaughter.

Yet here’s the real scandal: Not a single major outlet reported what Obama actually said about Benghazi on Letterman. The Washington Post, LA Times, CBS, NBC, and Wall Street Journal all covered the appearance—but every headline magically fixated only on Obama slamming Romney’s “47%” remark. The Benghazi confession? Completely erased from their coverage. They didn’t just ignore it; they actively censored it by pretending it never happened.

Then came the physical vanishing act. CBS and the official Letterman YouTube archives still serve up plenty of clips from that night—including Obama ripping Romney. But the exact moment the President pinned Benghazi on the video? Poof—gone. A third-party uploader posted the full interview on September 19, 2012. It racked up 165,000 views. Time Magazine even embedded the full video … before it was wiped.The Lex Luger account got terminated for bogus “copyright infringement.” The Washington Post’s own link to the full interview now dead-ends in a 404 error.

This was cold-blooded self-censorship on two levels. First, the broader media refused to report the most damaging part of the interview at all. Second, the network that aired it made the evidence disappear. Plenty of other full Letterman episodes with presidents and celebs remain online. But this one—catching Obama red-handed pushing the Benghazi hoax right before Election Day—got erased.

And here’s the explosive question no one has answered: Did the Obama administration  quietly pressure CBS and the rest of the media to kill the clip and refuse to report it? We may never know for sure, but the coordinated silence and sudden disappearance scream coordination at the highest levels. No subpoenas. No FCC complaints. Just quiet, ruthless deletion to prop up the “al-Qaeda on the run” campaign fairy tale.

As “Clinton Hoax, Obama Coup” lays bare in devastating detail, the rot went straight to the top. CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell personally scrubbed intelligence talking points of al-Qaeda references. (The same Mike Morell who later orchestrated the Hunter Biden laptop “Russian disinformation” letter to help Biden win.)

In the 2012 second presidential debate, Romney held a political nuke he never detonated: Obama’s September 18 Letterman interview—six days after Benghazi—where the president personally blamed the attack on an “extremely offensive video” that “caused great offense” and was used by “extremists and terrorists” as an “excuse.” Romney likely never knew it existed. The blackout held and Obama cruised to victory.

The hysterical screaming from Newsom, Kimmel, and others in the media today only exposes their breathtaking hypocrisy. When conservative media drops facts they hate, Democrats sprint to court demanding hundreds of millions. When a liberal late-night host feels heat, they cry “tyranny!” But back in 2012, when their guy needed a damaging confession erased—both from reporting and from the record—CBS and the entire media did the dirty work themselves.

This is the proven blueprint for how the permanent ruling class shields itself from accountability.

My new book Clinton Hoax, Obama Coup rips the lid off the entire machine, from the erased Letterman tape to the intelligence community’s repeated election interference.

The tape—and the reporting on it—may be gone forever. But the evidence in these pages cannot be erased.

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A MAGA Split Over Iran? What MAGA Split?

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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos.

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal.

There’s a lot of talk about a Make America Great split among Trump supporters, and this originated here in context with the Iranian war. I’m speaking on a Monday, the 10th day of the war. And there’s talk in the air that the MAGA base may desert President Donald Trump because, after all, MAGA’s credo was no optional wars in the Middle East.

That came out of a disgust with the 20-year misadventure in Afghanistan and the skedaddle from Kabul that left billions of dollars of weapons, and, of course, the 8,000-plus dead and more casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan war. But this is different.

This war is only conducted by air, and there’s certain characteristics of it that we haven’t seen before. It’s a top-down war.

We are targeting the leaders, not the military rank and file. We have been taking out, along with the Israelis, 50, 60, a hundred scientists, generals, mullahs, political leaders to decapitate, not try to organically destroy the entire Iranian military.

Second, they were all part of negotiations. We were negotiating with Iran and gave them a lot of options. Just don’t fund your terrorist proxies. Don’t create a bomb, knock it off. And they didn’t want to do it. It’s just like the prior Iran strike last year, where we gave them another option.

It’s very different. You can’t really change a regime, we’re told, if you don’t have ground troops. But maybe there’s something different about the modern age with the sophisticated satellite imagery and reconnaissance, that you know where individual people are by their GPS footprint, by their cellphone communications.

And then you couple that with these highly sophisticated missiles and drones where you can actually take something through a window and dispatch somebody at a meeting. We’ve never quite seen that before.

So, you don’t really need a sniper to take out a toxic Hitlerian-type of leader.

The other thing is that Donald Trump pretty much knows there’s three alternatives that we’ve talked about before. And none of them really require ground troops.

The most desirable obviously would be to get an interim government, maybe former dissidents, get expatriates back, depose the mullahs so that there are—or people in the army, depose them, and then you have elections. That would be wonderful, with the problem solved.

Or you could find somebody within the apparatus, the theocracy that was a dissident and felt that he had military backing, and he would, you know, pick the Venezuela solution. Sort of what we see in Venezuela. We’re not going to nation-build.

The worst scenario is not all that bad. We say stew in your own juice. You know, we mow the lawn and we can do it anytime we want.

We can come back in and destroy your new navy, your new missiles as long as we have a president, post-Trump, who’s willing to do that and ensure that they don’t become nuclear again, or they don’t build another missile fleet. And that’s reflected, getting back to my original point, in the MAGA so-called dissidents.

If you look at polls, and there were some released by CNN, Donald Trump has 87% support among Republicans. That is much higher than Joe Biden had among Democrats or even Barack Obama had among Democrats. And when you look at the MAGA base, the people who identify themselves as Trump Conservatives or Trump MAGA people, the support for the Iran war is over 90%.

And now why? How could that be, when they have told us that there’s a widespread civil war among the MAGA people? That’s what the Left is saying. But when you look at the people who are objecting, you know, it’s the Steve Bannon wing, the Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, maybe Megyn Kelly, I don’t know.

And they’re saying that this is contrary to the MAGA philosophy of no optional wars. It would be if we insert ground troops, and we’re there for months.

I mean, if we end up bombing, as Barack Obama did, in Libya for seven months without congressional authority, one of the last things he did while in office was to bomb Libya, then that would be another matter.

But nobody has ever seen a war in which one side destroyed the entire air force of the enemy, the entire navy of the enemy, and has got pretty much 90% of its ballistic missile arsenal nullified and probably 85% of the drones and decapitated the entire command and control of the military. And now is looking at secondary targets where maybe Revolutionary Guard headquarters and regional areas, but there hasn’t really been any American losses of equipment.

We’ve had, tragically, seven people killed. But tragically and terribly as that is, in a war of 10 days with being that kinetic, it’s very rare to see such few casualties.

I mean, we’re looking at the Ukraine war. There’s been 1,200,000 Russians killed and probably another two million wounded, probably three or 400,000 Ukrainians. So, this isn’t comparable to what we’ve seen.

And I think the president understands that there is a deadline. And the deadline is going to be met. And the deadline consists of we do not want this war to drag on with the midterms coming up. And he wants to pivot back to the economy.

And the people on the MAGA base who are saying that the party is split in two, they don’t really have a constituency, as the polls, I just told you, illustrate.

They’re loud, they have audiences, and they make points that, you know, you can consider. But they don’t represent a constituency, at least not yet.

On the other side, this sort of, on-to-Cuba, Lindsey Graham wing of the party, I think that after Venezuela, which we didn’t lose anybody. We lost some wounded people that were hurt, but we have a Venezuela solution of a strong person there that will be an improvement over Nicolas Maduro and might lead to elections.

But we’re not going to go on the ground and insist that we’re going to create Carmel, California, in Venezuela.

And we have, as I said earlier, three choices and they’re all preferable to what’s there now in Iran, how the war in Iran ends.

And so, after that, I think the president will say, I’m going to concentrate on making sure that the Western Hemisphere is free, and it’s not captive to the cartels, and it doesn’t kill Americans.

And obviously Cuba might be a concern, but there’s no need now to go into Cuba or to bomb Cuba to do any of that. It’s falling. It’s dying on the vine. And the more pressure we apply, insidiously so, not kinetic or dramatic, it’ll soon, I think, deteriorate to a point where there’ll be a change of government.

But that’s something in the future.

Right now, I think the MAGA base and the Republicans are sticking with Trump because they don’t see oil prices spiking. They don’t see the economy in danger, and they don’t see the war dragging on for months and months like the Libyan fiasco or the misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq.

What we’re looking at instead, I think, is a spectacular achievement of getting rid of the two worst governments that we were dealing with in Venezuela.

And if we don’t get rid of the one in Iran, at least it’s neutered or nullified so it doesn’t have the clout to subsidize terrorists, and it doesn’t have the wherewithal to threaten us or our allies in Europe, in the Middle East.

More importantly, the Gulf states are now openly hostile or at war with Iran, and they will not be subsidizing Hamas or Hezbollah or the Houthis to the same degree they were in the past, and Iran won’t be doing it at all.

I think people have absorbed that, and now it’s time, I think, to think of the midterms and if they can, they being the Trump people, can overturn the historical trends that the in party usually loses the first midterm, dramatically loses seats in the House and Senate. And maybe they can avoid that by having good economic news.

And with the deregulation, the tax cuts, the energy development, the foreign investment, the interest rates coming down. I think there’s a good chance by June or July, as I’ve said earlier, the economy will be strong and he can point to the foreign policy successes, and that is reflected in the overwhelming support that the recent polls show for the Trump agenda.

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PODCAST: “Junk Science vs. Real Science” and the Corrupt Media

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For years, you’ve been one of the most vocal critics of what you call “junk science” — research that’s politically motivated, poorly designed, or deliberately misleading.

A lot of people hear that phrase but don’t fully understand how widespread the problem is or how it shapes public policy. So how do you define “junk science,” and what are the biggest red flags that the public should watch for when politicians or activists claim something is “settled science”?

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EXCLUSIVE: New Media Network Combats Anti-American Spin by Featuring Veterans, Law Enforcement

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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Proud American Studios, a new media network, aims to counter the Left’s pervasive bias by highlighting the voices of patriotic Americans who served in the military and law enforcement—a particularly resonant mission amid the recent demonization of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.

“The recent media coverage out of Minneapolis is a textbook example of why we built Proud American Studios,” Michael Koscielniak, a retired officer with Homeland Security Investigations and the president of the new media company, told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday.

“Homeland Security officers and agents are on the ground every day enforcing our nation’s immigration laws and removing violent criminals to keep our communities safe,” he added. “These officers deserve their side of the story told in an honest and dignified way.”

Defending ICE in Minneapolis

Proud American Studios released the first episode of its podcast “The Forum” on Saturday ahead of its official launch on March 21. The episode highlights the struggles that the oft-demonized Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, alongside other federal agents, have faced in the field, and criticize the left-leaning commentators and Democrats who demonize their efforts.

“To be straight with you, it pisses me off,” Koscielniak says in a teaser clip for the first episode. “These guys are coming their to do their jobs, and when political candidates or political individuals take this position, they make the jobs of the federal agents and all the other first responders on scene much more difficult. It incites people.”

Darcy Leutzinger, who served 27 years as a special investigations executive lieutenant in the Warren, Michigan, police department, explains the difference between how the law and the media treat an officer after an officer-involved shooting.

“The officer can use deadly force based on what they knew at that time, not what they were judged on later, not videotapes, not slowed down video or hindsight, it’s what they saw based on their perception at that time and that’s all they had,” Leutzinger says. “The media wants everybody tried in the media.”

“It’s one thing to bring a firearm to a protest, it is even more of an issue when you actually want to agitate and confront federal law enforcement within accordance of their duties,” Trey Lindsey, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served 13 years with SEAL Team 6, says in the video. Lindsey founded Gallowglass Guardian Group, a tactical, security, and defense consulting company based out of Dallas.

Proud American Studios

“After decades of serving on the front lines protecting this nation, the men and women of Proud American Studios are united in building a patriotic multimedia company that honors the American values,” Koscielniak told The Daily Signal. “Proud American Studios’ mission is to confront misinformation, elevate frontline voices, and deliver fact-driven multimedia that cuts through the noise and challenges false narratives promoted by liberal media outlets.”

Proud American Studios plans to release short video clips, longer podcast episodes, and even full-length documentaries. It has multiple projects in pre-production, including documentaries on President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the rise of radical Islam in America; along with movies about the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, and how Homeland Security Investigations has hunted Chinese spies and money launderers.

In addition to news commentary, Proud American Studios plans to produce what it calls “micro-series” videos: short action videos highlighting the heroism of law enforcement. Subscribers can access the content for $99 annually or $17.76 per month, Koscielniak told The Daily Signal.

Dean Cain

Dean Cain, an actor, writer, and producer best known for his role as Superman in the 1990s TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” has joined the project and will be a regular on the podcast “The Homeland.”

“I’m truly honored and excited to be joining Proud American Studios on the ‘The Homeland’ podcast on March 21,” Cain told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday. “It’s a privilege to work alongside the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting this country.”

“Their experience, sacrifice, and commitment to America deserve to be heard, respected, and supported, and I’m proud to be part of that mission,” Cain added.

AUTHOR

Tyler O’Neil

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The Washington Post Is Being Gutted

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Journalists cry foul while Bezos cries financial bleeding. 

This week, the Washington Post announced dramatic layoffs that will sharply reduce the size of its newsroom and affect nearly every department. International, metro, sports, editing, and specialty desks are all being cut as the paper attempts to stem mounting financial losses.

The reaction from journalists and labor unions was swift and emotional. Statements accused ownership of abandoning the paper’s historic mission. Some went further, arguing that the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, should step aside if he is no longer willing to “invest” in the institution.

That framing may be comforting inside the newsroom. It is also deeply misleading.

Because the reality facing the Washington Post is not unique. It is not the result of one owner’s priorities. And it is not the product of a single bad year.

It is the reality confronting every print-based news organization in America.

The myth of “investment” in legacy media

When unions and journalists say Bezos should keep “investing,” what they really mean is continuing to subsidize structural losses indefinitely.

That is not an investment. That is life support.

The Washington Post has reportedly lost close to $100 million in recent years. Its daily circulation has collapsed from roughly 250,000 in 2020 to under 100,000 today. Digital subscriptions surged briefly during election cycles and political flashpoints, then evaporated just as quickly when trust eroded.

No serious business model can survive on the assumption that a wealthy owner will absorb unlimited losses forever.

At some point, math asserts itself.

The uncomfortable truth journalists avoid

Most coverage of the Post’s downsizing treats the problem as a technological issue. Advertising moved online. Social media fragmented attention. Readers no longer consume news the way they once did.

All true. Still incomplete.

What is almost never discussed is the collapse of reader trust, particularly in daily publications that increasingly confuse reporting with persuasion.

Millions of readers do not want to pay money to be lectured. They do not want to open a news app and be told, implicitly or explicitly, that they are morally defective, politically dangerous, ignorant, or part of a fascist fringe simply because they hold dissenting views.

That fatigue cuts across ideology. It applies to the left and the right.

People are willing to tolerate bias when it is honest and labeled. What they reject is bias injected into supposedly neutral reporting, especially when they are asked to pay for it.

That problem is routinely understated, and it matters more than most newsroom leaders will admit.

Why people tolerate bias online but not in print

One of the great ironies of modern media is that people flock to online news even when they know it is slanted.

Why?

Because they are not being billed for it.

If a reader disagrees with an editorial frame on X, Substack, YouTube, or an independent blog, they can leave instantly. There is no subscription guilt, no sunk cost, no sense of being trapped in a moral scolding they paid to receive.

Legacy newspapers ask readers to open their wallets for a product that increasingly blends news with judgment. In a competitive market with endless alternatives, that is a losing proposition.

The internet did not just break the advertising model. It broke the patience model.

The monopoly mindset never adjusted

For decades, large metro papers operated as near-monopolies. If you lived in a city, you had one dominant paper. Classifieds paid the bills. Scarcity protected authority.

That world is gone.

Yet many newsrooms kept the same staffing levels, the same international footprint, the same institutional assumptions, long after the economic foundation disappeared.

The Washington Post’s leadership finally acknowledged this when it admitted the paper was still structured like a monopoly newspaper in a non-monopoly world.

That recognition came late, but it is not wrong.

Bezos is not the story. The system is.

It is convenient to personalize the crisis by pointing at Bezos. It avoids harder questions about journalism itself.

But even if Bezos sold tomorrow, the next owner would face the same facts:

  • Shrinking readership
  • Fragmented attention
  • High labor costs
  • Low willingness to pay
  • Deep skepticism toward ideological framing

No owner, billionaire or otherwise, can reverse those forces with sentiment alone.

The real question is not who owns the Washington Post. It is whether legacy journalism is willing to relearn humility, separate reporting from advocacy, and rebuild trust with readers who no longer accept lectures disguised as news.

Until that happens, layoffs will continue. Not just in Washington, but everywhere.

What Legacy Media Forgot About Trust

At Christian Action Network, we report the facts. We lay out what happened, who was involved, and why it matters. Do we lean in a political direction? Of course we do.

The difference is that our readers know that from the start. We do not hide our worldview, and we do not deceive readers by smuggling perspective into reporting while pretending to be neutral.

We are explicit about our position and disciplined about our facts.

That discipline is not optional. Our work is scrutinized relentlessly by legacy media outlets eager to find even the smallest factual error. The microscope they hold over us is unforgiving, and it forces rigor.

Each of our stories is fact-checked by three separate agencies before we post. We pass the truth threshold because we have to.

People voluntarily support Christian Action Network because they trust us.

That trust was earned through transparency, accuracy, and honesty about perspective. Much of legacy media lost that trust while refusing to acknowledge that paying subscribers now hold them to the same standard they once imposed on others.

The layoffs we are witnessing are not a mystery. They are the market’s verdict on credibility, and credibility cannot survive where humility has been replaced by moral pretense.

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Martin Mawyer

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Lying Mamdani Invents Budget Emergency to Justify Massive Tax Hikes

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In Michael Bloomberg’s final year as mayor in 2013, New York City actually had a balanced budget. However, under the Marxist mayor Bill De Blasio, New York City’s budget deficit exploded. And continued under Mayor Eric Adams.

Now the Communist Zohran Mamdani is in charge of New York City. And he want’s to do what every Communist does. Steal money from the producers. Be prepared for New York City’s to eventually go bankrupt, since Mayor Mamdani will drive out the individuals and corporations that generate the tax revenue.

Horrible.

Lying Mamdani’s phony budget crisis is cover to raise taxes on New Yorkers to pay for his ‘free stuff’ agenda

Mayor Zohran Mamdani assembled the City Hall press corps Wednesday to announce his shock at finding a $12 billion budget hole . . . that everyone worth his salt has been flagging for a year.

Heck, a hole that Mayor Eric Adams warned about in 2023 at the height of, and as a result of, the migrant crisis.

Mamdani’s pretend budget crisis (more threatening than the Great Recession, he claims) is designed purely to gin up support for soak-the-rich tax hikes to fund his promised billions in new spending.

(Or, if the city’s lucky enough, to give him an excuse for failing to deliver on his promises.)

He’s trying to avoid an outright break with Gov. Kathy Hochul, but wants his allies in the Legislature to bully her into OK’ing state corporate and personal-income tax hikes even though she knows that could threaten her re-election hopes.

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New York Mayor Mamdani says city must hike taxes on wealthy to fill $12 billion deficit

  • New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Big Apple’s wealthiest residents must pay more in taxes to help close a looming budget deficit that tops $12 billion.
  • Mamdani, a Democrat, downplayed fears from some of the city’s business elite that tax hikes will lead to capital flight.
  • He pointed to potential budget savings, citing the Adams administration launching a “basically unusable” AI chatbot that reportedly cost about $600,000 to develop.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday said the city’s wealthiest must pay more in taxes to help fill the staggering budget deficit of more than $12 billion that he was left by his predecessor.

“This is at a scale that’s actually greater than what we saw here in New York City during the Great Recession,” Mamdani said of that budget hole during an interview with CNBC “Squawk Box” co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin at City Hall.

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The Deep State Agenda

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Unveiling the Hidden Forces Behind the Subjugation of the Unsuspecting Denizens of Planet Earth.

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For an unsuspecting planet like ours, a dark and malevolent force looms large in the deep dark shadows: the Deep State (DS). This clandestine network of power-hungry elites (sometimes referred to as the military-industrial complex and freemasons), in collaboration with establishment politicians in the Western world, is orchestrating a gradual erosion of liberty and freedom, paving the way for the establishment of a New World Order (NWO). “On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower warned the nation about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors and the armed forces.” President John F. Kennedy also warned the Americans of these secret societies.

Join me as I delve into the hidden truths and expose the sinister agenda unfolding in our time.

A Brief History of the Deep State

Deep within the annals of history, obscured by the veils of secrecy and deception, lies the deep dark origins of the Deep State. Its roots can be traced back to the ancient orders and enigmatic societies that have shaped the course of human civilization. From the Illuminati’s clandestine gatherings to the Knights Templar’s ancient mysteries, the Deep State’s origins emerge from the murky depths of secrecy and power.

Whispers of a global cabal manipulating the strings of power date back centuries, with the powerful elite maneuvering their pawns across the grand chessboard of history. These shadowy figures are believed to have held sway over empires, kingdoms, and republics alike, orchestrating events behind the scenes to advance their nefarious agenda. From the whispered corridors of power to the secluded chambers where the world’s most influential individuals gather, the Deep State has carefully cultivated its influence and control.

Over time, the Deep State’s machinations have evolved, adapting to the changing landscape of geopolitical dynamics. The global elite, those puppet masters at the pinnacle of power, established their dominion over financial institutions, multinational corporations, and intelligence agencies. With a web of influence extending its tendrils into every aspect of society, the Deep State has grown in strength, subverting democracies and eroding the very foundations of liberty.

The Deep State in the 20th and 21st Centuries

As the 20th century unfolded, the Deep State’s grip tightened. There have been pivotal moments, such as the formation of the Federal Reserve in the United States, as evidence of the Deep State’s insidious control. Then there is the creation of a supranational organization like the United Nations, acting as a mere facade for the hidden forces at play.

As we delve into the deep, dark origins of the Deep State, we see glimpses of ancient societies, secret rituals, and hidden knowledge passed down through generations. It was all about a hidden hand manipulating the course of humanity, insidiously guiding us toward a future devoid of freedom and self-determination.

While mainstream voices dismiss these facts as baseless fantasies, it is for common folks like us to question the world we inhabit. Are we truly free, or are we merely puppets dancing on the strings of the Deep State? The answers lie in the shadows, waiting to be unveiled by those who dare to delve into the depths of the conspiratorial abyss.

The Puppet Masters

At the heart of this nefarious plot lies a select group of influential figures who wield immense control in a global and political landscape. These shadowy puppet masters, driven by insatiable greed and thirst for power, manipulate politicians like marionettes to further their own sinister agenda. They exploit the trust placed in them by the unsuspecting populace to implement policies that serve their interests while eroding the fundamental rights of citizens.

While the Deep State extends its reach across the planet, its collusion with certain Western politicians, elected or not, having powers to formulate policies, is a matter of grave concern. These politicians, who present themselves as champions of democracy and liberty, are nothing but pawns in the grand scheme orchestrated by the Deep State. Through backroom deals, secret societies, and covert alliances, these Western leaders willingly embrace the agenda of the New World Order, betraying the very foundations of freedom they claim to uphold.

The Erosion of Liberty

Under the watchful eye of the Deep State, the cherished principles of liberty and freedom on our beloved planet, and especially in the United States,s are gradually eroding. Draconian laws are enacted under the guise of security, while surveillance systems invade every aspect of citizens’ lives. Free speech is stifled, dissent is crushed, and information is tightly controlled, creating an environment of fear and oppression. With its vast influence, the Deep State shapes public opinion and manipulates the narrative to further its own agenda, leaving the people defenceless against its encroachment.

New World Order

The ultimate goal of the Deep State is the establishment of an NWO, where power is concentrated in the hands of the global elites. Under the guise of unity and global governance, the Deep State seeks to strip away the sovereignty of nations and exert total control over every aspect of human existence. The NWO will crush individual freedom, suppress dissent, and impose a uniformity that stifles creativity and diversity.

Secret Societies

Behind the facade of democracy, the Deep State exercises surreptitious control over political processes across nations. Politicians, particularly those in the Western world, are mere pawns in the grand chessboard of the Deep State’s manipulation. These hidden forces pull the strings from the shadows, steering policies and decisions to align with their self-serving interests. Indeed, the Deep State operates behind the scenes, manipulating political processes and decision-making to further its own interests. Even involved in the dark world of Human trafficking and pedophilia, i.e., Epstein Island.

The Deep State’s insidious agenda revolves around the gradual erosion of individual liberties and the establishment of a tyrannical world order as revealed during the COVID pandemic. They operate with the explicit goal of undermining democratic principles by imposing restrictive measures and curtailing personal freedoms.

Global Elites

At the core of the DS lies the global elites—an exclusive and influential group of individuals who pull the strings of power. As mentioned earlier, these groups possess vast wealth and wield immense influence, and are believed to manipulate world events to further their own interests. Their control extends beyond national boundaries, transcending governments and institutions to forge a global system that perpetuates their dominance. They are indeed a new small group of wealthy and influential individuals, sometimes referred to as the global elite ‘psychopaths,’ and are the driving force behind the Deep State. It is a fact, maybe known or not known to the common public, that these individuals use their wealth and power to manipulate world events and consolidate their control over governments and institutions.

Shadowy Organizations and Shadow Governments

The existence of the Deep State is often attributed to shadowy organizations (shadow governments) that operate covertly. Secret societies, intelligence agencies, and international bodies (United Nations) are commonly depicted as players in this clandestine network. These organizations are believed to collaborate in secret, utilizing their covert activities to exert undue influence over national and international affairs, thus advancing the Deep State’s hidden agenda.

JFK’s Speech about Secret Societies

The more we dig into the mysteries surrounding these secret societies, the interconnectedness of stealthy control, freedom suppression, the global elite, and shadowy organizations becomes apparent. The tentacles of this hidden power structure extend their reach across the planet, ensnaring politicians, manipulating policies, and tightening their grip on the denizens of planet Earth.

The struggle for freedom and individual liberties is a call to action for those who dare to question, refuse to accept the status quo, and strive to expose the truth concealed behind the veil of deception. The inhabitants of our planet, and especially the citizens of the US, must wake up to the reality of the existence of these secret societies. They must unite, resist, and reclaim their God-given rights before the machinations of the global elites and their NWO come to fruition.

Conclusion

As we uncover the shocking truths behind the Deep State’s grip on affairs on our planet, it becomes clear that the erosion of liberty and freedom is not confined to the US alone. The struggle against the Deep State and the New World Order is a universal battle for the preservation of individual rights and democratic values. It is up to the awakened inhabitants of Earth to resist, expose the hidden machinations, and reclaim their liberty before it slips away forever.

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