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The Associated Press, Once Viewed As Neutral, Works With Pro-Left Foundations
Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Hank Berrien.
According to a new report, the Associated Press, which has been accused of having a leftist bias, is working with leftist organizations aplenty, including the Ida B. Wells Society, founded by "1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones.
The AP's global investigations editor, Ron Nixon, is a member of the Ida B. Wells Society's board of directors.
Others working with AP include the Lilly Endowment Inc., Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation states that it "supports organizations that advance social justice" and funds Stacey Abrams' New Georgia Project as well as Take Back the Court, a group which states, "to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, and save democracy, Congress must add seats to the U.S. Supreme Court."
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation funds Planned Parenthood as well as Advocates For Youth. Catholic Vote reported of Advocates for Youth:
The innocuously-named non-profit developed an equally harmlessly-titled curriculum entitled "Rights, Respect, Responsibility" (3Rs). ... Concepts 3Rs teach kindergarteners include "same gender parents," the notion that boys "can have" female body parts, and vice-versa. Lesson 2 of the kindergarten curriculum states, "Most people have a vulva or a penis but some people's bodies can be different."
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation said the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn affirmative action "impedes colleges and universities from selecting their own student bodies and fully addressing systemic racial inequalities that persist."
Richard W. Hoover, a retired Foreign Service officer, noted in June, "Both the AP's Trump coverage and the lack of Biden family coverage have been amply reflected by the Northern Virginia Daily's May-June output. While Trump's difficulties are headlined (fair enough), nothing has been reported about the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability's investigations into alleged Biden family bribes taken from the likes of China, the Ukraine, Romania and Russia."
In 2020, AP urged journalists to stop calling the Black Lives Matter destructive events "riots" and to use the more neutral term "protests." Journalists calling the pillaging "looting" was described as "racist." Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Daniel Chaitin.
House Republicans are exploring ways to restrain prosecutors who have cases against former President Donald Trump as he runs for another term in the White House.
The most recent offering came from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who on Monday announced a pair of amendments that would use the appropriations process to defund federal and state prosecutions of any major presidential candidate in the lead-up to the 2024 election. The congressman specifically called out what he said were the "sham" Trump cases in his press release.
"We must use the power of the purse to protect the integrity of our elections, restore Americans' faith in our government, and dismantle our nation's two-tiered system of justice," the congressman said in a post to X. "I'm proud to lead this effort, and I hope my GOP colleagues will join me."
Trump is facing several criminal and civil cases. On the criminal side, Trump is facing a documents case and a 2020 election case led by special counsel Jack Smith. There is also a hush-money criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a 2020 election case in Georgia spearheaded by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Trump broadly denies any wrongdoing, setting the stage for trials across the primary calendar.
The amendments pitched by Clyde, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, face hurdles much like other proposals by Trump allies in Congress seeking to stymie the inquiries they have condemned as politically motivated.
Most prominent is the fact that the Senate is controlled by Democrats, who are likely not to support any legislation geared toward stymying the Trump inquiries.
"As a nation built on the rule of law, we urge Mr. Trump, his supporters and his critics to allow the legal process to proceed without outside interference," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a recent statement.
Even more immediate, GOP leadership in the House and a sufficient number of votes would be needed to pass anything through the lower chamber.
Still, those high bars have not stopped some prominent Republican lawmakers from trying their hand at pushing for some kind of action as Trump remains the clear front-runner in GOP primary polling ahead of what could be a general election rematch against President Joe Biden.
For instance, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has suggested Congress should stop any funds for "politically sensitive" investigations until the Department of Justice establishes a policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee them. More singularly focused on the Smith investigations, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced legislation last month that would defund the special counsel. And Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has pushed forward legislation to defund taxpayer funding from the Fulton County District Attorney Office.
Then there are investigations into the investigators. House Republicans are conducting inquiries into the Department of Justice (DOJ), Willis, and Bragg, seeking to root out any potential coordination or other improper conduct.
One area in which the trials will not be affected is if the government undergoes a shutdown if spending bills fail to pass by the September 30 deadline, as explained by NBC News. While the state prosecutions would not be directly impacted, Smith's office is funded by a "permanent, indefinite appropriation for independent counsels," and a DOJ memo in 2021 said criminal litigation "will continue" assuming the Judicial Branch keeps on operating.
Whatever may come of the House Republican endeavors, in the meantime the criminal and civil cases against Trump have drawn a good deal of media attention and money - much of which has been directed to legal bills.
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According to a new report, the Associated Press, which has been accused of having a leftist bias, is working with leftist organizations aplenty, including the Ida B. Wells Society, founded by "1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones.
The AP's global investigations editor, Ron Nixon, is a member of the Ida B. Wells Society's board of directors.
Others working with AP include the Lilly Endowment Inc., Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation states that it "supports organizations that advance social justice" and funds Stacey Abrams' New Georgia Project as well as Take Back the Court, a group which states, "to restore the right to vote, ensure reproductive freedom, protect workers, halt our climate emergency, and save democracy, Congress must add seats to the U.S. Supreme Court."
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation funds Planned Parenthood as well as Advocates For Youth. Catholic Vote reported of Advocates for Youth:
The innocuously-named non-profit developed an equally harmlessly-titled curriculum entitled "Rights, Respect, Responsibility" (3Rs). ... Concepts 3Rs teach kindergarteners include "same gender parents," the notion that boys "can have" female body parts, and vice-versa. Lesson 2 of the kindergarten curriculum states, "Most people have a vulva or a penis but some people's bodies can be different."
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation said the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn affirmative action "impedes colleges and universities from selecting their own student bodies and fully addressing systemic racial inequalities that persist."
Richard W. Hoover, a retired Foreign Service officer, noted in June, "Both the AP's Trump coverage and the lack of Biden family coverage have been amply reflected by the Northern Virginia Daily's May-June output. While Trump's difficulties are headlined (fair enough), nothing has been reported about the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability's investigations into alleged Biden family bribes taken from the likes of China, the Ukraine, Romania and Russia."
In 2020, AP urged journalists to stop calling the Black Lives Matter destructive events "riots" and to use the more neutral term "protests." Journalists calling the pillaging "looting" was described as "racist." Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Daniel Chaitin.
House Republicans are exploring ways to restrain prosecutors who have cases against former President Donald Trump as he runs for another term in the White House.
The most recent offering came from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who on Monday announced a pair of amendments that would use the appropriations process to defund federal and state prosecutions of any major presidential candidate in the lead-up to the 2024 election. The congressman specifically called out what he said were the "sham" Trump cases in his press release.
"We must use the power of the purse to protect the integrity of our elections, restore Americans' faith in our government, and dismantle our nation's two-tiered system of justice," the congressman said in a post to X. "I'm proud to lead this effort, and I hope my GOP colleagues will join me."
Trump is facing several criminal and civil cases. On the criminal side, Trump is facing a documents case and a 2020 election case led by special counsel Jack Smith. There is also a hush-money criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a 2020 election case in Georgia spearheaded by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Trump broadly denies any wrongdoing, setting the stage for trials across the primary calendar.
The amendments pitched by Clyde, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, face hurdles much like other proposals by Trump allies in Congress seeking to stymie the inquiries they have condemned as politically motivated.
Most prominent is the fact that the Senate is controlled by Democrats, who are likely not to support any legislation geared toward stymying the Trump inquiries.
"As a nation built on the rule of law, we urge Mr. Trump, his supporters and his critics to allow the legal process to proceed without outside interference," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in a recent statement.
Even more immediate, GOP leadership in the House and a sufficient number of votes would be needed to pass anything through the lower chamber.
Still, those high bars have not stopped some prominent Republican lawmakers from trying their hand at pushing for some kind of action as Trump remains the clear front-runner in GOP primary polling ahead of what could be a general election rematch against President Joe Biden.
For instance, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has suggested Congress should stop any funds for "politically sensitive" investigations until the Department of Justice establishes a policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee them. More singularly focused on the Smith investigations, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced legislation last month that would defund the special counsel. And Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has pushed forward legislation to defund taxpayer funding from the Fulton County District Attorney Office.
Then there are investigations into the investigators. House Republicans are conducting inquiries into the Department of Justice (DOJ), Willis, and Bragg, seeking to root out any potential coordination or other improper conduct.
One area in which the trials will not be affected is if the government undergoes a shutdown if spending bills fail to pass by the September 30 deadline, as explained by NBC News. While the state prosecutions would not be directly impacted, Smith's office is funded by a "permanent, indefinite appropriation for independent counsels," and a DOJ memo in 2021 said criminal litigation "will continue" assuming the Judicial Branch keeps on operating.
Whatever may come of the House Republican endeavors, in the meantime the criminal and civil cases against Trump have drawn a good deal of media attention and money - much of which has been directed to legal bills.
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