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A little-known network funded by the Rockefellers, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and top foundations is behind a disruptive climate activist group that is drawing the attention of law enforcement, according to tax records. Over the last year, an organization known as Climate Defiance has propelled itself into the national spotlight by deploying activists... Now, newly filed financial disclosures reveal how Climate Defiance, which aims to “make support for any fossil fuels as unacceptable on the Left as opposing abortion or gay marriage,” keeps its lights on...

Wednesday’s annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity was disrupted when a group of protesters stormed the field to make a political statement about the alleged climate doomsday. The game which raises money for local charities pits members of the House and Senate against each other in an event that has been a cherished local tradition for over a century, with fans who turned out to watch the action at Nationals Stadium having their enjoyment briefly interrupted by the left-wing activists. In the early stages of the contest, the group of protesters who were wearing white shirts reading “End Fossil Fuels”...

Climate change protesters are hoping to “shut down” the annual Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday night. Youth-led activist group Climate Defiance plans to protest at the north gate of Nationals Park and “shut” the game down, Evan Drukker-Schardl, an organizer for the group, told The Hill. “This game is an important kind of illustration of what’s wrong with our politics and our political elite that’s destroying our planet,” Drukker-Schardl said. “We’re not going to let this celebration of corporate political corruption go unchallenged.” The organization, established in March 2023, also led a plan to blockade the White House Correspondents’ Dinner...