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Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) says that if elected to the Senate, he will “not be on the hook” to lobbyists and other special interests. That might be news to his wife, a self-proclaimed “Democratic lobbyist” for a real estate trade group that frequently ranks as the top-spending lobbyist group in the country. Since 2019, […]
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Senator-elect John Fetterman (D., Pa.) disavowed “dirty money” from corporate interests in his Senate campaign. Crypto scam artist Sam Bankman-Fried was an apparent exception, according to campaign finance records. Web3 Forward, a pro-crypto super PAC funded heavily by Bankman-Fried, spent more than $210,000 on ads portraying Fetterman as a blue-collar hero who would not “get […]
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President Joe Biden’s pick to represent the United States on a council that promotes free trade in Asia has a long history of cozying up to the Chinese Communist Party. He’s also a top Biden donor. Biden tapped Dominic Ng, the chairman of East West Bank, to represent the United States on the Asia-Pacific Economic […]
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Chinese President Xi Jinping sent congratulatory letter to forum’s organizers The president of the Associated Press on Wednesday touted the wire service’s participation in the Beijing Olympics at a forum hosted by the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department. Daisy Veerasingham spoke virtually at the China Media Group forum, where news organizations detailed their planned coverage […]
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Potomac Media Group airs content from China Global Television Network The Chinese Communist Party paid a Washington, D.C., radio station $4.4 million over the past two years to broadcast propaganda, according to new federal foreign agent disclosures. The Virginia-based Potomac Media Group detailed its lucrative contract with the Communist Party’s International Communication Planning Bureau in filings last […]
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Five Senate Democrats tell Biden they won’t back Lenin scholarship winner Saule Omarova Five Senate Democrats told the White House late Wednesday they will not support Lenin scholarship recipient Saule Omarova to serve as Comptroller of the Currency, nuking her chances to serve as the country’s bank regulator. The Democrats—Sens. Jon Tester (D., Mont.), Kyrsten […]
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A think tank that U.S. officials consider a Chinese influence agent has cultivated ties to Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs] since 2014. The China-U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) has paid a consultant nearly $670,000 since 2017 to arrange student visits from the schools to China, as well as to make introductions to members of the […]