Organization Trends

Organization Trends
Your Tax Dollars At Work: Liberal religious organizations make amnesty pay
(PDF to come) Summary: The federal government is spending hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year to underwrite private care for persons who have entered the country illegally. Much…
by James Simpson on October 13, 2014

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The Push for State-controlled Media: For years the Left has fought to increase regulation of the news
(PDF OT0914) Summary:  Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission was slapped down when the public learned it had begun an investigation of decision-making in newsrooms.  The agency claimed…
by Barbara Joanna Lucas on September 15, 2014

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Can You Say “Dark Money Super PAC”?
Last November, when the American Federation of Teachers wanted to slip a cool half-million into a last-second ad buy to support Marty Walsh’s Democratic candidacy for mayor of Boston, it…
by William Digges on August 22, 2014

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Deadly Policies
Read the PDF here. Summary:  Around the nation, pressure groups are helping to pass laws that forbid local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agencies that issue orders to…
by Michael Volpe on August 12, 2014

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Unabashed Radicals: The mission of Demos, Elizabeth Warren’s favorite left-wing group
(PDF here) Summary:  Demos, a New York City think tank and advocacy shop, is not a place for the timid.  It pines for “global governance,” major redistribution of wealth,…
by Barbara Joanna Lucas on July 3, 2014

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A Church of Community Organizers: How the United Church of Christ was transformed into a political machine for the Left
(PDF OT0614) Summary:  For decades the Left has worked to turn churches into one more pressure group that will serve its political agenda. One of the saddest examples is…
by Susan Bradford on June 5, 2014

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Uncommon Hypocrisy: Common Cause claims to seek good government but prefers big government
(PDF here) Summary:   Common Cause was sired by an architect of the Great Society, so it’s no wonder this grande dame of “good government” groups is willing to…
by Barbara Joanna Lucas on May 16, 2014

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Dismantling Self-Government: The Brennan Center’s Election Fraud Offensive
(PDF here) Summary:  Named for a Supreme Court Justice whose jurisprudence undermined the Constitution, the Brennan Center at New York University is best known for its attacks on efforts…
by Alexander J. Kroll on April 1, 2014

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Briefly Noted: March 2014
Conservative grassroots groups FreedomWorks, Club for Growth Action Fund, Senate Conservatives Fund, and the Tea Party Patriots, raised $20 million last year, according to news reports. “This is by far…
by Matthew Vadum on March 5, 2014

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Dubious Mayors Against Legal Guns
Read the PDF here. Summary:  Former New York City mayor and donor extraordinaire Michael Bloomberg has hit a number of speed bumps in his efforts to restrict the Second…
by Barbara Joanna Lucas on March 5, 2014