GoFundMe for elderly man facing eviction generates $300K in donations
More than $320,000 was recently raised online for a 90-year-old Air Force veteran who was filmed trying to sell off his jewelry at a pawn shop to pay past due rent, helping to save him and his wife, who has dementia, from eviction. TikToker Jenelle Marie Started a GoFundMe The New Hampshire man was identified […]
GOP requests new donor verification rules amid allegedly fraudulent donations to Democrats’ ActBlue
House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Steele (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission on Monday urging it to impose new rules to prevent donation fraud. New York Post report. The request comes amid allegations that ActBlue Charities, a Democratic fundraising platform, received at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent donations, raising […]
Slain Hamas Chief Called to ‘Build Upon’ Oct. 7 ‘Victory,’ Praised Gaza Donations as ‘Financial Jihad’
Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Hamas terrorist organisation who was reported killed early on Wednesday, had called on Muslim leaders around the world to “preserve” the October 7 “victory” and “build on it”. He also appealed for financial support for Gaza, calling it “financial jihad” and declaring that “the time for jihad of […]
Democrats’ ActBlue accused of massive money-laundering scheme over potentially fraudulent donations
Political action committee ActBlue Charities Inc. is accused of a massive money laundering scheme that includes a long list of allegedly fraudulent donations, according to multiple independent reports. Parker Thayer, a research fellow at the Capital Research Center, a think tank, said: X It shows tens of thousands of donations allegedly sent by a single […]
Ways and Means chair probes Chamber of Commerce Foundation donations
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) Second letter The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation fined the Tides Foundation on Monday as it continues its investigation into donations from the left-leaning nonprofit. Smith sent his first letter in May, investigating millions of dollars in donations the foundation received from the Tides Foundation, a donor-advised […]
Biden Donations ‘Shall Be Either Returned or Refunded’ After Drop Out
Following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chairman Sean Cooksey announced that all donations made to him in the November election will be “returned or refunded” or redesignated “in an appropriate manner.” Cooksey made the statement in an X-post on Sunday afternoon after Biden announced his withdrawal, citing the Code […]
Biden fundraiser warns of ‘catastrophic mistake,’ says big-money donations have ‘suddenly disappeared’
Top Democratic fundraiser Lindy Lee said it’s becoming increasingly difficult to raise donations for President Biden’s reelection campaign, and calls for him to withdraw continue to grow. Lee made the remarks during an appearance on Fox News Sunday with host Shannon Bream, who asked Lee about whether Biden should continue to campaign and whether Vice […]
Biden jokingly alludes to COVID diagnosis in fundraising pitch targeting Musk donations
President Biden appeared to downplay tech billionaire Elon Musk’s positive COVID-19 test during a fundraising pitch. “I’m sick,” the president said. stated in the post The post was made on social platform X on Wednesday after the White House announced Wednesday evening that the president had tested positive for COVID-19. “Elon Musk and his wealthy […]
Donations to Biden campaign are imploding, sources tell NBC News: ‘The money has absolutely shut off’
Ann NBC News report Multiple sources close to the Biden reelection campaign say campaign finances have plummeted since the disastrous presidential debate. Sources close to the campaign said they were already facing a drop in donations, but the situation was pushed into crisis after President Joe Biden stumbled during a CNN debate with former President […]
Disney heiress halts DNC donations over Biden campaign
Disney heiress Abigail Disney said she will stop donating to the Democratic party as long as Biden is the presidential nominee. Disney is the granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, who co-founded The Walt Disney Company with Walt Disney. The 64-year-old recently said she plans to hold off on donating to Democrats until Biden withdraws. “We […]