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Feb 15

🧵 THREAD: ✈️ Political Travel Perks on Your Dime! 💰

I developed a new tool to uncover taxpayer-funded travel spending by politically connected organizations. What I found was shocking—millions spent on travel, often by groups with deep political ties.

Our favorite Uniparty NGOs were among the leads:

🔎 International Republican Institute (IRI) (EIN 521340267) – Nearly $12.2 million in travel expenses (9% of all receipts), with 96.65% of funding from taxpayers.

🔎 National Democratic Institute (NDI) (EIN 521338892) – Spent $13.8 million on travel (8% of all receipts) while getting 97.46% of its funding from taxpayers.

Link to the new tool: datarepublican.com/nonprofit/asse…

But that's not all! The biggest anomaly by far was Meridian International Center, which spent a stunning 34.6% of its budget or 21.5 million on travel. It proudly brags about being a partner to the Department of State.

As with many of these Uniparty satellite NGOs, their purpose is vague: "[empowering] the next era of leaders to advance diplomacy for a better future."

But, they do use the magic word in plenty of their xeets: "Democracy." Which, as we now know, is a flashing neon sign for the ruling elite.

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Feb 14

🚨 NEW TOOL: BULK PRINCIPAL OFFICER SEARCH 🚨
🔎 FIND THE CONNECTIONS. ANALYZE THE RESULTS. 💰

I’ve just launched a Bulk Principal Officer Search, making it easier than ever to investigate nonprofit leadership at scale.

Ask your favorite AI to give you a list of any names (e.g., journalists, Treasury officials, judges), separated by line breaks and copy & paste!

Here’s what’s new:
✅ Batch Search Up to 100 Names – Instantly look up multiple principal officers in one go.
✅ Asynchronous Streaming Results – Get results as they come in, no more waiting for the entire batch to finish.
✅ EIN Overlap Detection – See which nonprofits have shared leadership across multiple search terms.
✅ Download Results as CSV – Export EINs, nonprofits, and officers for deeper analysis.
✅ Search-Linked URLs – Share or revisit searches with pre-filled officer names in the URL.

💡 Whether you're tracking nonprofit leadership, investigating funding flows, or mapping influence networks, this tool gives you the data at scale.
⚠️ Data-heavy! Best viewed on desktop.
⌛ Patience! It will take a long time to complete.

👇 Try it now: [link in next post]

datarepublican.com/officers/bulk.…

Video tutorial on how to use AI to extract names and copy & paste them:

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Feb 11

🧵THE UNIPARTY UNMASKED – They Believe They Are “Democracy”

The seven NGOs in the chart below, in my view, represent the Uniparty. Each of these organizations receives substantial financial support from USAID or the Department of State.

Around 2019, the phrase “democracy in danger” began to dominate public discourse, amplified by the media. This was odd—after all, the U.S. is a democracy (or more precisely, a constitutional republic). But as I traced the influence of these NGOs, a pattern emerged: they are controlled by establishment politicians, they play a major role in shaping political narratives worldwide, and their core mission is always framed as “protecting democracy.”

Originally, these NGOs were created to support U.S. democratic efforts abroad—many of them emerging during the Cold War to combat the spread of communism. But with the fall of the Soviet Union, their original purpose faded. Instead of dissolving, they redefined their mission. Now, they have positioned themselves as the guardians of democracy itself.

This shift explains why Trump’s re-election was framed as a "threat to democracy." To these NGOs, “democracy” means themselves. Their survival depends on maintaining that role, and any challenge to their authority is perceived as a direct attack on democracy itself.

Please note that @MikeBenzCyber is the expert on this topic—I’m just a technical person researching and learning alongside all of you.

To understand how these NGOs connect to democracy, let’s take a look at what AI says about the purpose of each one:

🟥 International Republican Institute (IRI) (EIN 521340267) – Promotes democracy by training political parties and leaders, primarily supporting U.S. foreign policy interests through a Republican-aligned lens.

🟦 National Democratic Institute (NDI) (EIN 521338892) – Advances democracy by fostering political participation and governance reforms worldwide, aligned with Democratic Party priorities.

⚖️ Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) (EIN 521943638) – A coalition of democracy-focused NGOs (IRI, NDI, IFES) that supports electoral processes, civil society, and governance reforms globally.

🗽 National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (EIN 521344831) – Acts as the primary funding hub for democracy promotion efforts worldwide, distributing U.S. government grants to NGOs supporting political and civil society development.

🗳 International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) (EIN 521527835) – Strengthens global democracy by providing technical assistance for election security, integrity, and voter participation.

📡 Internews (EIN 943027961) – Supports independent media and press freedom worldwide, shaping democratic discourse by training journalists and combating disinformation.

💰 Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) (EIN 521398742) – Promotes democracy through free-market economic policies, advocating for business-friendly governance and anti-corruption initiatives.

⚒️ Solidarity Center (EIN 472130723) – Advances democracy by supporting independent labor movements and workers' rights, often partnering with unions to promote political engagement.

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Feb 10

https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1888923226585113038

🧵DEEP DIVE INTO THE AUTHORS.
Lawrence Summers met with Jeffrey Epstein more than a dozen times after Epstein’s conviction—then took a $110,000 donation from him for his wife’s nonprofit, which made poetry videos. This was in 2016, so the records are not in my datset.

https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1888923226585113038

Robert Rubin cofounded the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution.

The Brookings Institution is a direct recipient of nearly a million dollars in federal awards as well as a recipient of many university grants.

Brookings Institution is led by Democratic powerhouses - Cecilia Rouse, former Biden & Obama economic adviser. Strobe Talbott, ex-Deputy Secretary of State under Clinton. John R. Allen, Obama’s Special Envoy vs. ISIL.

Rubin is also on the board of Local Initiatives Support Corporation which has over 140 million dollars worth of active awards to build low-income housing. They say they created more than 489,000 homes with 30 billion dollars since 1979.

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Feb 9

🔍 HOW TO READ THE DATA: TURNING POINT DOES NOT RECEIVE USAID DOLLARS
USAID grant money is everywhere. It’s so deeply woven into the nonprofit world that tracing it is like testing $100 bills for cocaine—at a certain scale, every charity has some residue.

That’s why the disclaimer at the top of the website exists:

**"NOTE: Funding is fungible, meaning USAID dollars do not directly flow into these NGOs in a literal sense. Instead, the money moves through multiple layers, with various entities handling and redistributing it.

Rather than focusing solely on individual grants or making definitive statements about how NGOs benefit from USAID, it’s more important to recognize the broader pattern of funding distribution and influence—and to cut through the layers of unaccountability."**

So, how do you determine if an NGO is truly dependent on USAID money? Context matters.

Let’s go back to the cocaine analogy: Every $100 bill has trace amounts, but a drug dealer’s cash will be covered in it. The same logic applies here.

🔹 Look at the graph on the left. That’s Defending Democracy Together Institute, Bill Kristol’s group. Over half of their funding comes from major grants. That’s a lot of cocaine.

🔹 Now, compare it to Turning Point USA on the right. Their USAID connections are multiple hops away and bottlenecked by the smallest possible intermediary grants. Even with the most extreme assumptions, only 0.2% of their funding could possibly come from this path.

This isn’t just theory for me. I worked with Charlie Kirk during the 2024 election on early voting analysis. I saw firsthand how his operation worked, and I can say with confidence: President Trump would not have won re-election without him. He flipped voter registrations on their head and made a direct push for young male voters.

Bottom line: These graphs are tools, not verdicts. Use them wisely.

Please RT and share.

I have been seeing a big effort starting today to use these graphs against conservative organizations.

Don't let it happen!

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Feb 6

I used AI to help come up with the clearest explanation of the Uniparty possible.

The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) is a coalition of three organizations:

✅ International Republican Institute (IRI) – Aligns with center-right and conservative political groups.
✅ National Democratic Institute (NDI) – Works with center-left and progressive groups.
✅ International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) – Focuses on electoral integrity and administration.

USAID:
💰 CEPPS operates under funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote democracy, elections, and political party development worldwide.

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), another USAID entity, also supports IRI and NDI, along with other initiatives globally.

In summary: USAID and NED provide funding, CEPPS (via IRI, NDI, and IFES) implements programs, and IRI/NDI engage with political parties abroad, mirroring the U.S. Republican and Democratic Party structures.

Follow @EaglesTTT . He is doing a lot of manual auditing / accounting on this that my data is not going to pick up - for instance, IRI reported no grants on their form 990, but then in their audit they reported financing refugee-related NGOs.

When you see International Republican Institute (IRI) think Republicans. Their board includes:

🇺🇸 US Senator Dan Sullivan – Chairman of the board and Republican Senator from Alaska, known for his work on national security and energy policies.

🇺🇸 US Senator Joni Ernst – Republican Senator from Iowa, former military officer, and advocate for veterans and rural issues.

🇺🇸 US Senator Lindsey Graham – Senior Republican Senator from South Carolina, influential on foreign policy and national security.

🇺🇸 US Senator Tom Cotton – Republican Senator from Arkansas, strong advocate for military and defense policies.

🇺🇸 US Representative Kay Granger – Republican Congresswoman from Texas, key player in defense appropriations and foreign policy.

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