(The Star News Network) A Mark Zuckerberg-funded nonprofit, the Center for Election Innovation and Research, gave a virtually inactive Michigan nonprofit, The Michigan Center for Election Law and Administration, a $12 million grant in September 2020 for the putative purpose of helping voters figure out how to navigate the supposed complexities of mail-in ballots, as The Michigan Star reported in April 2021.
An Asia Society effort – advised by several Chinese Communist Party-linked individuals – has partnered with schools across the U.S. to shape curricula and teaching faculty to become consistent with a “social justice” approach to education that encourages “teaching activism” in favor of left-wing causes such as “equity,” “globalism,” and “unraveling systemic racism.”
Amazon has drawn backlash on social media for being “nefarious” after offering people $10 to enroll in its controversial palm print recognition system. The tech uses biometric scanners to identify shoppers and verify payments.
Repurposing money allocated from last year's pandemic-fueled CARES Act for use in this year's bipartisan infrastructure act won't mean that the nation won't still have a massive debt to repay, Sen. James Lankford warned on Newsmax Wednesday.
Video has surfaced of Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speculating that the FBI might have known about plans for unrest at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and allowed those events to happen. Johnson reportedly made the comments about January 6 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a Milwaukee suburb, during a June GOP event.
Twitter announced the two news orgs—with politically left-leaning tendencies—will help expand "efforts to identify and elevate credible information" on its platform.