Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Green Watch
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: The “Secretive U.S. Vulture Fund”
Reclusive billionaire C. Frederick Taylor has become a left-wing climate policy influencer to rival Michael Bloomberg. IRS records for 2020 through 2022 show Taylor-funded nonprofits have already spent at least…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

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The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Following Fred’s Money
Wellspring was originally named the Matan B’Seter Foundation in its first tax filing back in 2001. The Hebrew phrase means “anonymous gift.” Twenty-One was listed as a major donor to…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

Green Watch
The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Funding of Anti-Energy Radicals
During those three years of the Sequoia/Wellspring funding, a cumulative total of at least $76.9 million was sent out to 18 of the most strident, anti-energy zealots in the climate…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

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The Sequoia Climate Foundation: Climate Colonialism
At least $180.5 million of the $450 million in Wellspring/Sequoia climate policy grants given during the 2020 through 2022 donor years—40 percent of the total—went to either nonprofits operating outside…
by Ken Braun on June 10, 2024

Organization Trends
Turmoil at the Democratic Socialists of America
Maria Svart, the longtime national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, recently tendered her resignation to the organization’s governing National Political Committee. Her announcement caps what has been a…
by Robert Stilson on January 24, 2024

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
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by Jonathan Harsh on November 24, 2023

Organization Trends
The Left of the Left: What Is the DSA?
The Democratic Party of 2023 is not exactly a bastion of moderatism, and it has taken a pronounced leftward shift since the mid-2010s. On the Democratic Party’s left flank, the…
by Robert Stilson on October 25, 2023

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The Left of the Left: A Radical Agenda
With the DSA's increasingly solidified position within the American political landscape, it is crucial to understand that the DSA is a deeply radical organization with views that are far outside…
by Robert Stilson on October 25, 2023

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The Left of the Left: A Twisted Worldview
The DSA’s hierarchy of priorities can be found though examining its foreign policy. Its platform calls for ending economic and financial sanctions, specifically those levied against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and…
by Robert Stilson on October 25, 2023

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The Left of the Left: The Democratic Party
The DSA thus inhabits a political space that is well to the left of the mainline Democratic Party, even as the Democrats have lurched considerably. But just how closely should…
by Robert Stilson on October 25, 2023