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Financial Investment Corporation and Apax Partners, along with subsidiary Bonterra, gained control over significant portions of the American left’s get-out-the-vote and funding infrastructure. While Democrats prepared for November’s election, which they lost by a landslide, they began wondering whether it was a good idea for a private firm to control their entire voter database, according to The New York Times. The multinational private equity firm Apax Partners acquired the parent company of NGP VAN — the Democrat Party’s comprehensive voter database — in 2021 and subsequently placed it under subsidiary Bonterra. Just before that, in 2020, a subsidiary of the...

I wish I could remember who, but someone I recently corresponded with through American Thinker told me about a book called Bureaucratic Bombs by J.B. Morris, which detailed a collection of “true stories from America’s self-serving city”—so I immediately bought it and read it. The beginning of the book includes a number of quotes from media personalities, politicians, and federal workers, one of which was particularly striking, from Jay Leno: “Obama said if you are having trouble with the Obamacare website you can apply by mail. Only the federal government would develop a website that is slower than the mail.”...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: Activist Judge Mary Rosado has temporarily blocked Mayor Adams from granting ICE access to Rikers Island. 7:24 PM · Apr 21, 2025

Imagine for a second that an organization existed that carefully and deliberately planned and executed the firebombing and destruction of a certain brand of automobiles and its dealerships, and the support infrastructure for that brand, with the purpose of such attacks being to extort others into silence and submission. Back in the day we would have considered that a criminal conspiracy (in all likelihood under RICO laws), and we would have arrested and prosecuted the leaders of that rogue, terrorist organization. Guess what? You don't have to imagine. That organization exists today and it's called the "Democrat Party."

Democrats seem stuck in a cycle of rage and resistance, recycling failed anti-Trump tactics while losing ground with voters and donors alike. What is the long-term Democratic Party’s strategy to return to power? Americans may ask that only because so far, the Democrat agenda seems to entail polarizing and alienating as many voters as possible. They gleefully double down on their 2024 defeat. And they seem almost to grow ecstatic at ensuring that Donald Trump and his record poll at unprecedented highs. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) rants on national TV that Trump is a d—k and promises to go to...

ALTADENA, California — Residents of California’s San Gabriel Valley had been coexisting with wildfire danger for generations before this week’s firestorm. Even relative newcomers, like me, know the house will shake when helicopters carrying water to fires in the foothills fly low overhead, or how to tape plastic to the windows and hose down our eaves. We’ve swept ash and burnt leaves that have rained down in our yards. We trim the trees and hope our insurance companies won’t drop us. We nervously watch the hills. And even in this place where there is little dispute that the danger is...

Hearing that this is the wife of the Matthew Livelsberger, the 37-year-old green beret and suspect in the Trump Las Vegas hotel Cybertruck explosion

DALLAS - Former president George W. Bush was one of many leaders who shared heartfelt statements about Jimmy Carter after his death on Sunday. Carter, the former humanitarian, philanthropist and 39th president of the United States, passed away at the age of 100. Bush, the 43rd president of the US, released a statement through his presidential center. "Laura and I send our heartfelt condolences to Jack, Chip, Jeff, Amy, and the entire Carter family. "James Earl Carter, Jr., was a man of deeply held convictions. He was loyal to his family, his community, and his country. President Carter dignified the...

A GiveSendGo campaign has raised more than $50,000 for the legal defense of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as others have been yanked offline after raising thousands of dollars to support the Ivy League graduate. As of Thursday afternoon, the GiveSendGo campaign had raised more than $54,000 of a $200,000 goal. "This is a preemptive legal fundraiser for the suspect allegedly involved in the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO. We are not here to celebrate violence, but we do believe in the constitutional right of fair legal representation,"...

U.S. — Despite currently being in custody and charged with the murder of a health insurance company CEO, alleged assassin Luigi Mangione has now taken the lead in 2028 Democratic primary polls. Though more well-known candidates like Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and Gretchen Whitmer remained in the running, Mangione had surged to the top of the polls in just a matter of days following his rise to stardom among Democrat voters after committing a cold-blooded murder. "He's the perfect representative of everything the Democratic Party stands for," said MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. "He's ruthless, uninformed, deranged — and he's willing...

Documents just made public show how groups aligned with the Democratic Party hit a third party rival with an array of underhanded schemes that put Watergate tricksters to shame. “We can just rig our own poll to make it look as s**t as possible…” “Block signature-gathering…” “Make [them] seem like they might be totally crazy/right-wing wackos to mid-low-info voters…” “Hijacking their ballot line and pushing extremist candidates to muddy [their] brand…”The above quotes are just a few excerpts from incredible documents made public after a long court fight. Details of a plan to “shun,” “stigmatize,” and “destroy” the third party...

Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks had their lives threatened Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Fox News first reported almost a dozen of Trump’s cabinet picks and appointees were threatened. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” said incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a press release from the Trump-Vance transition team. “These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’ In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those...

Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush and granddaughter of former President George H.W. Bush, spent time over the past weekend in Pennsylvania on the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 election hits the final week before voting. She gave PEOPLE magazine a statement to confirm she is working on behalf of the Democratic candidate in the critical swing state. “It was inspiring to join friends and meet voters with the Harris-Walz campaign in Pennsylvania this weekend,” Barbara, 42, told PEOPLE on Tuesday. “I’m hopeful they’ll move our country forward and protect...

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) walked away from the counter at a cafe without paying, with Walz’s daughter revealing that “someone will be up” to pay. Video footage posted to X appeared showed the two men walking away from the counter after Walz’s daughter tells them she will “wait” for the tea and informs a worker behind the counter that a campaign staffer is coming to the counter to pay. “I’ll wait for your tea,” Walz’s daughter says as the two men walk away.

A At last month’s Democratic National Convention, men lined up to have themselves sterilized outside the conference center. You probably heard. So-called “reproductive rights” were one of the key issues of the Convention, which also had a giant inflatable IUD stationed close to the entrance, just in case attendees were in any doubt. Planned Parenthood took an RV to the Convention and set up a mobile clinic in a parking lot nearby. On Monday, the first day of proceedings, it offered free vasectomies, and then abortions the next day. Luis Ayala was one of ten men who had himself sterilized...

Justice Department reports show that 576 public officials in California have been convicted on federal corruption charges over the last 10 years. According to an exclusive report from The New York Times, a real estate boom was behind driving the corruption specifically in the city of Los Angeles. The Times report cited Jose Huizar as an example. Huizar, a graduate of Berkeley, Princeton and UCLA law school was on the school board and City Council. He was eventually arrested after FBI agents found out he received about $1.8 million worth of casino chips and other favors from Chinese developers which...

Explore the dark history of the Ku Klux Klan as it grew to become the most notorious white supremacist group in the world. Uncover the reasons behind its widespread terror, its impact on American society, and its continued existence today. Inside Secret Societies is a captivating six-episode series delving into the enigmatic and perilous world of historical underground societies. Unveiling the identities, beliefs, and objectives of infamous groups such as the KKK, The Priory of Sion, and The Order of Assassins, the show exposes a shadowy realm encompassing sectarian cults, zealous religious organizations, esoteric societies, and militant political factions. Prepare...

Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly refused to preside over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday. A “senior source” familiar with the planning told Juliegrace Brufke, a Capitol Hill reporter with Axios, that Harris and Senate President Pro-Tempore Patty Murray (D-WA) would not be presiding over Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress.

An ex-Senate staffer has come forward with allegations that she was sexually assaulted by a former aide to onetime House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). A police report obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle details Zahra Hajee’s accusations against Kevin Ortiz. Hajee, a former aide to San Francisco City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, has also worked for Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA). She claims Ortiz sexually assaulted her in March and April 2021. Ortiz denies the allegations, saying through his lawyers that the encounters were consensual. Ortiz is the co-president of the Latinx Democratic Club and was working for Pelosi when he met...

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California continued his show of support for President Biden on Saturday, praising the Biden administration’s track record in front of an enthusiastic crowd of Pennsylvania Democrats who appeared to remain firmly behind the president despite rising calls for him to leave the race. Newsom’s optimism and his message of Mr. Biden’s proven success were welcomed by the crowd in Doylestown, Pa. Many in attendance said they were tired of the discussion over whether the president should continue his campaign — even staunch supporters of Mr. Newsom, who is considered a potential replacement for Mr. Biden atop...