Donald Trump is a media creation based in large measure on this outsized Twitter presence that the media couldn’t get enough of and profited mightily from. Even now, as he…
The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is under fire for illegally sharing sensitive voter data with at least one partisan nonprofit, according to lawsuits filed by the Thomas More Society against elections departments in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin,…
Time has only revealed more evidence of serious irregularities in the 2020 election. Millions of Americans are asking important questions about the trustworthiness of our elections—and the corrupting influence of…
Confucius Institutes have been controversial since they first opened in the United States in 2012, provoking massive pushback from the public over their influence in universities. At first glance the…
Understanding the influence of nonprofit activist groups and special interests is key to understanding the country’s sociopolitical landscape. The Lawsuit Lobby promotes the interests of attorneys. While attorneys have every…
There’s far more than meets the eye with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). For a decade, ERIC has been touted as a nonpartisan, good-government solution to messy voter rolls.
David Becker left ERIC in 2016 to found the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), though he remains a nonvoting member of ERIC’s board. That ought to raise eyebrows…
In 2022, CEIR held “invitation-only small . . . 25-person bipartisan convening[s]," inviting election officials and Democratic operatives to “discuss ways to assist those protecting democracy, strengthen guardrails, and identify…
One of the most bizarre phenomena of recent American elections is seeing turnout swell to historic highs even as leftists scream “voter suppression.” Conservatives are used to hearing that phrase…
In 2019, a new member of Arabella Advisors’ $1.7 billion “dark money” network appeared: the North Fund. Unlike the Arabella network’s other nonprofits, North Fund doesn’t share Arabella’s L Street…