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Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg says he is going to be donating one of his kidneys to a complete stranger. Eisenberg made the announcement Thursday morning on NBC’s “Today” show. The 42-year-old “Zombieland” and “The Social Network” star said he plans to have the surgery in mid-December and called the decision a "no-brainer." "I don't know why," he said. "I got bitten by the blood donation bug. I'm doing an altruistic donation [in] mid-December. I'm so excited to do it." An altruistic donation is the act of donating an organ — such as a kidney — to a stranger with...

With a week to go before the New York City mayoral election, a public interest watchdog group has made two criminal referrals of frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's campaign to the Department of Justice and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for accepting illegal campaign contributions from foreigners.The Coolidge Reagan Foundation (CRF) filed the referrals, referencing at least 170 individual donations from people who live abroad. The total raised from the illegal donors was less than $13,000 out of about $4 million in private donations and $12.7 million in public matching funds.One of the donations listed was from his mother-in-law, who lives in...

We’re in Day 25 of the Schumer Shutdown as the Democrats keep the government hostage over their leftist demands; somehow, they expected that the Republicans would simply bend the knee and agree to every one of their pet projects. On Thursday, they showed once again how little they care about the people as they nuked a bill that would have temporarily provided pay to essential government workers. Nice.On Friday, we got some good news when President Trump announced that a mystery anonymous donor was giving $150 million to help pay the troops. Then, today (Saturday), The New York Times reported...

If each monthly donor increased their monthly donation by $5.00, it would help Jim Robinson reach his goals. We do not want to lose Free Repblic. Now on to my $10 payment for posting a vanity.

A mystery donor has given the biggest donation so far to Luigi Mangione’s defense fund, inspired by the “quite exceptional” support for the man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The “anonymous giver” gave a staggering $36,500 earlier this week — topping the previous record of $30,000 as the total exploded to over $722,000. The nameless benefactor said he or she was inspired by the huge swelling of support from a wide cross-section of people for the 26-year-old UPenn graduate charged with the shocking murder outside a Manhattan hotel in December.

Amazon is planning a $1 million donation to president-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, as founder Jeff Bezos and other tech leaders shore up ties with the incoming administration. The Wall Street Journal reports that the donation is being prepared as Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s executive chairman, is slated to visit Donald Trump next week at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to people familiar with the matter. Bezos and the company decided on the contribution earlier this week and communicated it to Trump’s team. “Bezos is donating through Amazon,” according to a person close to Bezos.

The growing scandal plaguing MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton has been “ricocheting around the halls” of 30 Rock, with his colleagues calling it a “bridge too far” for them, Fox News Digital has learned. On Tuesday, MSNBC said it was “unaware” that Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign paid $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit ahead of a friendly interview with the Democratic nominee just weeks before the election. “MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network,” an MSNBC spokesperson told the Washington Free Beacon, which first broke the story. Harris sat down for a...

No matter how many vicious lies and attacks they throw our way, President Trump will NEVER SURRENDER our great country to the Left’s tyranny! But the Democrats will spend billions and billions of dollars to try and stop our movement, and we’re counting on YOUR support to finish what we started. Together, we will DISMANTLE the Deep State, WIN BACK the White House, and SAVE AMERICA in 2024! Please consider completing your contribution today. Thank you!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk, who has been ramping up criticism of U.S. President Joe Biden, has donated to a political group working to elect rival presidential candidate Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources. The report did not indicate how much Musk donated but added it was "a sizable amount" given to a group called America PAC. Bloomberg reported that the PAC - a group that can receive unlimited contributions for political activity - is next required to disclose its list of donors on July 15. In March, Trump, a former U.S. President who is expected to be...

RedState has written about former President Donald Trump's sudden fundraising success, which has taken off following his conviction in the Manhattan trial. On Thursday, an MSNBC panel speculated about it, talking in part about it happening in Silicon Valley. Former President Trump is kicking off a series of West Coast fundraising stops after his hush money trial.@VaughnHillyard, @dee_bosa and @BasilSmiklePhD discuss the Trump and Biden campaigns as the road to November heats up. pic.twitter.com/i3I18CnpYW— MSNBC Reports (@MSNBC_reports) June 6, 2024See Related: Silicon Valley Tech Mogul Responds to Trump Verdict With Whopping $300K Donation Trump Post-Conviction Fundraising Shattering RecordsThe panel pointed...

Cara Castronuova need your help! As many of you may have read here on The Gateway Pundit, last week, Cara went to the New York State Republican Convention to fight for their support to gain the party’s nomination to take on Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and knock her out of the swamp. The New York State GOP Party decided to go with Mike Sapraicone as the party pick, and Cara came in second place. BUT…it was revealed only minutes after the vote that Sapraicone had donated to Letitia James in her 2022 campaign to GET PRESIDENT TRUMP. In a dramatic turn...

Just hours after reports that embattled Democratic Dolton, Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard was under investigation by the FBI, multiple local businesses were said to be raided by local police. On Tuesday, FOX 32 reported that six individuals have spoken to the FBI about Henyard’s conduct, including business owners, a former village employee and one or more public officials. One complained of difficulties renewing his business license, claiming to suffer from harassment, a raid on his business and being shut down by Dolton police. The U-Haul rental and trucking business owner believed it was retaliation after he refused to donate to...

A PAC associated with Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who voted against impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, could “trigger more blowback from Trump.” NBC News reported on Tuesday that some of former President Donald Trump’s allies and advisers have been stewing over Rep. Matt Rosendale’s (R-MT) likely bid for the Senate to unseat Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT). Many top Republicans have backed entrepreneur and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy as Rosendale failed to defeat Tester in the 2018 election cycle, during a time that many other Trump-friendly states such as Florida, Indiana, and North Dakota managed to win their respective elections.

You are not your brain, and brain death does not equal death. Protect yourself from a false “brain death” diagnosis by refusing to be a registered organ donor. But this is not enough. The 2006 update to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) now mandates that if a person has no documented refusal to donate (and the family cannot be contacted) the coroner, medical examiner, or hospital administrator can donate your body or organs on your behalf. By documenting your refusal to donate in your advanced directive and electronic medical record and by carrying a “refusal to donate” wallet card,...

When you give to your local food bank, make sure you're stocking their shelves with what they really need—and avoid what they don't. Next time you’re headed to the grocery store, bulk up your shopping list with a few of these non-perishable items from Feeding America‘s wish list. They’re the items food pantries—and your neighbors in need—can really put to good use. 1. Applesauce Plastic jars of unsweetened applesauce provide a quick snack, fiber and vitamin C. Applesauce also keeps well on food bank shelves. 2. Canned Beans Loaded with protein and fiber, canned beans provide an excellent, nutritious way...

Send money. That was the plea from the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday as the globalist organization flagged it will more than quadruple its initial appeal for funds to help respond to the crisis across Gaza to about $1.2 billion. AP reports spokesperson Jens Laerke of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the current appeal, launched Oct. 12, for $297 million has been only about one-quarter funded. The Biden administration is leading the way with a donation of $24 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars.

It’s nice to be able to acknowledge a major corporation for doing the right thing. In this case, it’s Walmart and a donation the corporation is making to help provide medical humanitarian aid to Israelis. Walmart announced a pledge of a $1M donation to Magen David Adom in a statement sent out to Walmart associates and partners on Friday. The corporation also pledged a $1M grant to the U.S. Holocaust Museum. “As you all know, throughout these horrific and inhuman attacks by Hamas, Magen David Adom has played a critical role in providing medical aid to victims. To show support...

If you ever thought of being a donor to your favorite college, or leaving an estate gift, I have one piece of advice: don't do it. This isn't out of a cold heart, or being ungenerous, but from practical concerns over university and college financial corruption. The same thing applies to making political contributions: the money just goes into a swamp, and both must be starved (or drained). Donations, if any, must be highly structured, with donor controls and institutional reporting. In both cases, you have to think and act like a shareholder and owner. Giving money to a university...

FACT-O-RAMA! In the business world, ROI stands for “return on investment.” ROIJust two years into what is hopefully a four-year term, China’s commie regime has already gotten their money’s worth from Gropey Joe Biden.When Xi Jinping tells Biden to jump, Joe says, “How wide?”Let’s take a look at what China has gotten for the “alleged” mad stacks — estimated to be about $31 million — the Biden crime family has hoovered in from Joe Biden’s sugar daddy in Beijing.1. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for ProsperityBiden decided not to include Taiwan in the the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launch event....

A great irony that I believe went unobserved and unmentioned, in the recent controversy surrounding Disney, and its fight with Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Republicans in general . . . In the 2020 cycle, America First Action committee was a super PAC dedicated to supporting federal candidates who back the policy agenda of President Donald Trump. When you add up all of the PAC’s donations received in the cycle, and sort the donations by donor employer, the single biggest employer is . . . the Walt Disney Company, at $10.5 million.