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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.

@elonmusk An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla “protests”: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America. ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix. ActBlue is currently under investigation for allowing foreign and illegal donations in criminal violation of campaign finance regulations. This week, 7 ActBlue senior officials resigned, including the associate general counsel. If you know anything about this, please post in replies. Thanks, Elon.

A Washington-based Muslim nonprofit, which is one of the largest operating across the US, agreed this week to settle a case brought by a former board member and employee rather than open its books to reveal sources of foreign funding, The Post has learned. Evidence in past court proceedings has shown links between The Council on American-Islamic Relations Foundation Inc. and both Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR Inc. settled with Lori Saroya Thursday, months after US Magistrate Judge David Schultz ruled any assets owned by the group are all within the “scope of permissible discovery” as part of the...

UK lawmaker calls for inquiry into national broadcaster over contentious documentary featuring senior Hamas official's son

US Congressman, Scott Perry says USAID funded Boko Haram, which carried out terror attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.

...And one man, Donald Trump, literally came in and just took that, you know, took that took that all away." "You know, so, you know, so, you know, but when I see this, you know, when I look at this, you know, you know, more globally regarding regarding, you know, regarding democracy, I also say to myself, when was this great time that everybody got along so well and, you know, things were going so so great?" "I mean, I think, you know, you know, the, I think that we really have to be careful here in, you know, in...

Luigi Mangione, the individual accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on December 4 has racked up a considerable sum of donations for his legal fund. Mangione, 26, is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as he awaits trial.The defendant has received nearly $300,000 in donations, according to a GiveSendGo page created to help him fund his legal defense. The December 4 Legal Committee, the group who set up the fundraising page, announced on Monday that Karen Agnifilo, Mangione’s lawyer, told them he agreed to accept the donations.We are excited to announce that...

The performer who raised a dual Sudanese-Palestinian flag during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show says he has no regrets about the stunt, which exposed a massive security failure for a major event attended by the US president. Zül-Qarnain Nantambu confirmed that he unfurled the banner, emblazoned with the words 'Sudan' and 'Gaza,' in New Orleans on Sunday evening as a message of solidarity to the victims of those conflicts. Nantambu stood on a car used as a prop for Lamar's show and held up the flag, before running around the field and then being wrestled by security staff and...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk ripped alleged "fraudulent" Treasury payments on Saturday as reports circulated that the Department of Government Efficiency has gained acces to the federal government's payment system as the second Trump administration continues cutting what they say is government fat and overspending. "The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups. They literally never denied a payment in their entire career. Not even once," Musk, the chair of DOGE, posted early Saturday morning to X. Musk's post came just ahead of...

Top Democratic elected officials and billionaire donors found out they don’t have much pull at the Democratic National Committee, where party insiders on Saturday chose a steady hand — Ken Martin — over their preferred choice for chair. Neither Martin nor the pick of much of the establishment, Ben Wikler of Wisconsin, were promising a major overhaul of the party. And in selecting Martin, Democrats did little to answer some of the deepest questions their party faces as they search for a path out of the political wilderness. Instead, inside a hotel ballroom at National Harbor in Maryland on Saturday,...

An alliance of grassroots environmental groups could lose $60 million in federal funding after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) was named one of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “grantmakers” more than a year ago, putting it in charge of distributing subgrants for locally led environmental projects. But out of 11 of the EPA’s grantmakers, the CJA is the only one that has yet to receive any funding. The group has faced a barrage of attacks for publicly opposing the Israel-Hamas war, and some EPA staffers say the group has been singled out as a result....

Biden honors Dem donor George Soros, Hillary Clinton with Presidential Medal of Freedom, sparking outrage: ‘A national disgrace’ President Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 new recipients Saturday, including George Soros and Hillary Clinton — sparking outrage from top lawmakers and law enforcement professionals. “Hillary Clinton abandoned our Navy SEALs in Libya and George Soros spent millions electing soft-on-crime politicians that let criminals wreak havoc in our major cities,” said Montana’s new Senator, Tim Sheehy. “Joe Biden’s decision to give Hillary Clinton and George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a national disgrace.” Biden on Saturday...

“Bill Gates has control of the WHO that mandates ‘vaccines’ all over the World. The companies that make those vaccines…Gates is a major shareholder. He’s also doing the same thing with the ‘Green Revolution’…” -RFK Jr.

The Government has made “diplomatic contact” with the rebel group that toppled the Assad regime in Syria. It comes after the US said overnight that it had also made direct contact with the rebels, following earlier reports that Joe Biden had sent messages to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) via Turkey. David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, said the UK had made contact as he announced £50 million of humanitarian aid for Syria. He said that HTS, which now runs most of Syria, remained a banned terrorist organisation, but that Britain “can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact,...

In a matter of weeks, LinkedIn cofounder and Democratic Party super-donor Reid Hoffman has gone from pouring at least $10 million into Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign to contemplating a U.S. exodus. Hoffman told close friends and associates he is considering a move overseas, three anonymous sources told the New York Times last week. The 57-year-old tech mogul, who helped finance E. Jean Carroll’s private sexual assault lawsuits against Donald Trump, reportedly said he fears retribution from the president-elect. Trump has been explicit in his intention to seek vengeance on his political enemies, saying, “Sometimes revenge can be justified.” The remarks...

Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman is reportedly weighing fleeing the United States as President-elect Donald Trump is set to embark on his second term. Citing several anonymous sources, the New York Times reported that the LinkedIn founder and past Epstein Island visitor could potentially relocate to another continent following Vice President Kamala Harris’s sound defeat. Mr. Hoffman, who has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on politics over the last few years, has told friends and allies that he is weighing a move overseas, according to three people with knowledge of the talks who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.

Democrat mega-donor Alex Soros has hailed the reported decision by outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to use American-made long-range missiles to strike targets within Russia. On Sunday, legacy media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal reported — citing unnamed U.S. officials — that with just two months left in his term, President Biden had reversed course and signed off on Kyiv using Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles to strike targets within Russia. Previously, the 81-year-old Democrat had been wary of making such a decision over widespread concerns that long-range...

These TV networks should have learned by now: You don't edit stuff out of sports broadcasts because you send a message that beclowns you. But CBS apparently hasn't learned. On Sunday, in the Las Vegas Raiders game at the Miami Dolphins, tight end Brock Bowers scored on a 23 yard touchdown catch. Raiders Celebrate TD And Trump Dance And he finished it off with a Trump Dance. Not super huge news. The entire football playing world seems to be doing the Trump Dance now. The coolest in the NFL may be the San Francisco 49ers. White guys are doing it....

Seattle Seahawks starting center Connor Williams has retired from the NFL due to personal reasons, head coach Mike Macdonald revealed Friday. 'So Connor early this week decided to retire. Personal reasons, and we respect that,' Macdonald told reporters. 'Wish him the best, and we've got to move forward.' Asked if he expects Williams to change his mind, Macdonald expressed doubts.'I don't believe so,' Macdonald said. 'We will honor his wishes and keep all those reasons and conversations private for obvious reasons.' The 27-year-old Williams will be replaced in the starting lineup by second-year player Olu Oluwatimi. Seattle heads to Santa...

The NFL has fined Nick Bosa $11,255 for wearing a MAGA hat on the field Oct. 27, according to multiple reports. The San Francisco 49ers' star edge rusher crashed an interview with Brock Purdy after their "Sunday Night Football" victory wearing the hat and pointing to it. The NFL rulebook states in Rule 5, Section 4, Article 8 what players are allowed and not allowed to wear on game days. The rule states, "throughout the period on game-day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame...