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Episode 283: Partisan Charities

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Electioneering by charities—“501(c)(3)s” in the trade—was forbidden, to begin with. But that has not stopped liberal Big Philanthropy from using charitable organizations for activities that dance along that legal line to help Democratic and left-wing politicians get elected. My colleague Parker Thayer recently released an extensive report on the Voter Registration Project, one such “charitable” election-winning scheme, he joins my colleague Robert Stilson and me to discuss his findings.

Links:

REPORT: How Charities Secretly Help Win Elections

https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/15/exclusive-nonpartisan-voter-registration-org-is-actually-a-dem-get-out-the-vote-machine-report-says/

The Restriction of Political Campaign Intervention by Section 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations