The Non-Profit Political Scam

Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter

“Remember the outrage from the left when Elon Musk and the DOGE crew uncovered all the fraud in the USAID program? Billions of our tax dollars going to leftist causes after being laundered through so-called non-profits. These were ‘charities’ in the most basic and legal sense, but they were really partisan organizations using our tax dollars to advance a progressive agenda around the world. While USAID spread money overseas, much the same scam is happening in the domestic ‘charity’ world, too. When I started at the Heritage Foundation in 2001, one of the first things I was told was that I was NOT to do anything even remotely political on their computers or during work hours. In the Clinton administration, Heritage had been audited nearly every year by the IRS – surely just a coincidence and NOT the early stages of Democrats weaponizing government, right?” (01/15/25)

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/01/15/the-non-profit-political-scam-n2669465

Steve Trinward

Judge blocks US regime from getting California’s voter rolls

Source: Washington Post

“A federal judge on Thursday rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to obtain California’s voter rolls, delivering a setback to President Donald Trump’s administration as it seeks to gather private information on millions of voters. The Justice Department last year took the unusual step of asking states to provide copies of their lists of voters, which include names, addresses, partial Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and other information. Most states resisted, and the administration filed separate lawsuits against 23 states and Washington, D.C. The judge in the California case, David O. Carter, is the first to issue a ruling, and his decision could influence courts in other states. He found the administration had no authority to use federal civil rights and voting laws to gain the voter lists.” (01/15/26)

https://archive.is/3o6YK

Thomas L. Knapp

The Many Deaths of Liberalism

Source: Law & Liberty
by David G Bonagura Jr.

“Liberalism has always had its critics. But in 2018, Patrick Deneen went a step further: he declared liberalism a failed project — and explained how in Why Liberalism Failed. Since then, multiple obituaries for liberalism have been written, and Postliberalism, which calls for a replacement of the liberal order that shapes the West, has become a formidable movement on the right. Nevertheless, as if it had never heard a report of its own demise, liberalism endures today as a political order, political philosophy, and a way of life. Yet Deneen is not the first to give a failing grade to liberalism.” (01/15/26)

https://lawliberty.org/the-many-deaths-of-liberalism/

Thomas L. Knapp

Why “Good Money” Always Disappears When “Bad Money” Is Circulated

Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Tom Wilson

“Gresham’s Law isn’t about greed or bad behavior. It describes rational decision-making under fixed rules. When people are given the option to spend weaker money or save stronger money, they do what makes sense. The outcome isn’t a flaw in character — it’s a predictable response to incentives built into the system.” (01/15/26)

https://mises.org/power-market/why-good-money-always-disappears-when-bad-money-circulated

Thomas L. Knapp

On “Leftists” And “Anarchists” Who Cheer For Regime Change In Iran

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Is there anything more undignified than ‘leftists’ and ‘anarchists’ who cheer on the fall of empire-targeted governments even as the empire moves war machinery into place? Ooh look at me I’m sticking it to the man by supporting the same agendas as the US State Department. I’m being punk rock by regurgitating the same war propaganda talking points as John Bolton. I’m fighting the power by backing the foreign policy objectives of the most powerful empire that has ever existed. Fucking embarrassing, man. If you want to have a serious political outlook it is necessary to have a more layered understanding of the world than ‘tyranny bad,’ because as westerners we ourselves are ruled by the most tyrannical power structure on earth.” [editor’s note: If you want to have a serious political outlook, it is necessary to have a more layered understanding of the world that “US regime bad, so every other festering sewer of a regime good” – TLK] (01/15/25)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/01/15/on-leftists-and-anarchists-who-cheer-for-regime-change-in-iran/

Steve Trinward