MoveOn.org’s #MeToo History
Yesterday, the left-wing special interest group MoveOn.org co-hosted an “#ImpeachmentNow” demonstration at the U.S. Capitol. But they’re being very reasonable about it all: their backup plan is a…
Organization Trends
Democratic Reps. Support Bail Fund for Violent Anti-Police Protesters
Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley (MA) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) are soliciting contributions to the bail fund for individuals who were arrested while protesting Boston’s Straight Pride Parade. Four police officers…
The Media’s Mainstreaming of Left-Wing Violence
While President Trump is often under fire for his rebukes of the press, some left-wing journalists and activists have recently tried to normalize violence against right-wing personalities and even…
Who Is Rating Our Movies? Inside the Corrupt MPAA Cartel
Note: Capital Research Center has a policy of editing profanities; the author wishes to make it known that he opposes such policies anywhere and everywhere, including in the article below.
The “Dark Money” Shape-Shifter: Proteus Pioneers a Model
The Proteus Fund has its origins in the wave of new funding strategies developed by activists and foundations in the 1980s. Margaret “Meg” Gage, the Fund’s founder and an anti-war…
The “Dark Money” Shape-Shifter: From Marriage Equality to Campaign Finance
The Piper Fund is the oldest of the Proteus Fund’s donor collaboratives, established in 1997. A lobbying arm hosted by the Proteus Action League, the Piper Action Fund, emerged sometime…
The “Dark Money” Shape-Shifter: No Policy Left Behind
The Rights, Faith, and Democracy Collaborative (RFDC) is the Proteus Fund’s newest donor collaborative, launched in March 2017. RFDC might be considered the successor to the Civil Marriage Collaborative; where…
The “Dark Money” Shape-Shifter: Another Voter Registration Effort
The Colombe Foundation (or Colombe Peace Foundation) is unique among the Proteus Fund’s donor collaboratives in that it’s a standalone nonprofit, not a fiscally sponsored project. Proteus established the foundation…
The “Dark Money” Shape-Shifter: The Progenitor of the Left’s “Dark” Projects
While the Proteus Fund isn’t the most prolific fiscal sponsor on the Left—a title surely contested by both Arabella Advisors’ nonprofit network and the Tides Foundation—the group has incubated a…
The Far-Left’s Alt-Right Friend
Last week, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) shared an article from a far-left anti-Zionist website to attack Batya Ungar-Sargon, the opinion editor of the left-of-center Jewish publication The Forward. But behind…