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The brouhaha over Cheney is a sideshow a very useful distraction for Democrats trying to push a slew of big spending bills and monumental tax hikes through Congress. One of Democrats’ highest priorities is H.R.1, a monumental re-write of our election laws that’s not getting nearly the attention it deserves.
Most Americans have no idea what the innocuous sounding 886-page “For the People Act” is all about. Democrats want to keep it that way. Writing that H.R.1 (and its counterpart S.R.1) would put the federal government in charge of managing elections, overriding state and local laws, makes it sound wonky and bureaucratic. It is not.
China increases spending 500% to influence America
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
New foreign-agent filings are finally detailing a massive Beijing propaganda operation that s fueled a sixfold increase in disclosed Chinese foreign influence efforts in the United States in recent years.
Why it matters: Propaganda is central to China fulfilling its geopolitical aspirations, and its efforts to sow discord and disinformation in the U.S. have very real consequences for the American business, political and social climates.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Chinese foreign agent spending has skyrocketed from just over $10 million in 2016 to nearly $64 million last year.
Thanks largely to its stable of propaganda operations, China is now the top spender on foreign influence operations in the U.S.
10 May 2021Washington, DC
House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee ranking member Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) is continuing to co-sponsor and promote a bill with Rep. David Cicilline that would allow big media companies to form a cartel to pressure companies for more censorship and special favors by creating a special antitrust carve-out for them.
Buck is leading this charge while taking thousands and thousands of dollars this year from special interests and lobbyists backing the legislation. In total, in just the past two months, recent Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show Buck has raked in at least $18,000 from lobbyists, special interest groups, and PACs for organizations that support the legislation he is championing that would fundamentally change the media and technology landscape.
Foreign Agent Spending in US Tue May 11, 2021 Some context for these numbers. The number of unregistered foreign agents is several times greater than the number of unregistered foreign agents. These rules are generally not enforced until the government decided that they should be enforced. The Trump administration began going after China s unregistered foreign agents resulting in a clearer picture of how much money China is spending on its activities in the United States. New foreign-agent filings are finally detailing a massive Beijing propaganda operation that s fueled a sixfold increase in disclosed Chinese foreign influence efforts in the United States in recent years.
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HOW SENATE REPUBLICANS PLAN TO ATTACK S1: Expect some fireworks this a.m. at a Senate Rules Committee markup on Democrats’ signature elections and ethics reform bill.
Senate Republicans are planning to brand the legislation a “politically motivated federal takeover of the election system that would make elections more chaotic and less secure,” according to a