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Hello Mr. Eisen,

You have a long history with NGOs—Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, a tenure at the Anti-Defamation League, and most notably, founding the States United Democracy Center (EIN 861704152).

Your organization boasts an impressive roster:

🔵 Janet Napolitano (Director): Former Governor of Arizona
🔴 Tom Ridge (Director): First Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
🔴 Christine Todd Whitman (Co-Chair): Former Republican Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush.
🔴 Michael Steele (Director): Former RNC chair
🔴 Michael Chertoff (Director): Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush
🔵 Joanna Lydgate (President): Former Chief Deputy Attorney General of Massachusetts under a Democratic administration.
🔴 Tom Coleman (Director): Former House Representative from Missouri
🔴 Donald Ayer (Director): Former Deputy Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush

However, its website states absolutely nothing of what they do except a bunch of vaguities about defending democracy and a few papers.

The paid officers are getting handsomely paid:

⚪ Joanna Lydgate (President) ($382,382)
⚪ Jenn Fogel-Bublick (Chief Operating Officer) ($282,532)
⚪ Christine Sun (Legal Director) ($246,932)
⚪ Thania Sanchez (Research Director) ($215,227)
⚪ Gillian Feiner (Senior Counsel) ($211,443)
⚪ Elizabeth Ulmer (Svp, Communications) ($224,448)
⚪ Dax Goldstein (Senior Counsel) ($213,245)

Almost all of the expenses go to salary, with the "Other" expenses going out to contractors.

However, its website states absolutely nothing of what they do except a bunch of vaguities about defending democracy.

So, I was wondering... what do you guys actually do?

Turns out ... you have a YouTube channel and last year, you produced a very expensive-looking Muppet show.

That's what you spend your 17 million dollars on. Muppets that have less than 200 views. That's your idea of election security. Creating animated puppet shows that nobody watches to lecture nonexistent viewers on election safety.

Oh, and they're definitely produced by you, because I went to one of the websites linked in the video and it says "State United Democracy Center" at the bottom.

Tell me, who the hell is donating you to do this? And why should we trust any of you neoconservatives with the responsibility of safeguarding "Democracy" and elections if your idea of doing so is producing puppet shows?Image
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@NormEisen @MSNBC @CapehartJ I have helpfully uploaded one of your Muppet productions for all to see:
@NormEisen @MSNBC @CapehartJ cc: @matt_vanswol does this meet expectations?
@NormEisen @MSNBC @CapehartJ Hi @NormEisen , I have already doubled the views to your videos. Can I please have a six-figure position?

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Feb 19
New Substack article up - explaining why DataRepublican dotcom was necessary to expose the awards spending, and why critics who say the data was already available are ignorant:

Data Isn’t Transparency: Why USASpending dotgov Buried the Truth (and DOGE Dug It Up)

Link below 👇Image
Note the Substack provides a simplified explanation of how the text search works. It's actually a dual layer reverse index designed to minimize data loading, and in the case of name search, breaks down into sub-rows via bitwise operations (so I don't match names such as "John Doe" to rows that contain completely different names such as "John Smith" and "Jane Doe").
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Feb 18
📞 CALL SENATOR COTTON’S OFFICE NOW—DON’T WAIT. 🚨 SPREAD THIS.

Senator Cotton's office: (479) 751-0879
Senator Cotton's fax: (479) 464-0648

This is real. @JDVance and @PeteHegseth publicly backing @ElbridgeColby on X means one thing: his nomination is under attack. The resistance in the Senate is led by @SenTomCotton—and it’s not about qualifications, it’s about power.

Why? Because Colby rejects the failed ideology of endless wars. He’s a foreign policy realist who threatens the status quo. That’s why the establishment is fighting so hard to stop him.

🔎 Who is Tom Cotton really working for?
He’s a Director at the International Republican Institute (IRI)—one of Washington’s elite NGOs. While IRI brands itself Republican, it’s part of the same D.C. machine that opposes America First policies.
💰 Follow the money:
IRI raked in $130,689,289 last year—mostly taxpayer cash, funneled through USAID. While Cotton isn’t paid, the organization spends $12,173,741 on travel and $14,232,108 on pensions and perks. Meanwhile, it funds refugee resettlement and backs globalist priorities.

🚨 READ THIS TWICE:
If you're with IRI, you're with the global elite—not the American people. The only way to prove otherwise? Resign.
🔥 Don’t let them win. Call Tom Cotton’s office NOW.Image
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@JDVance @PeteHegseth @ElbridgeColby Please do this right now. This is not a drill.

@PeteHegseth needs the intellectual weight of @ElbridgeColby in order to create a new direction for United States foreign policy.

Senator Cotton's office: (479) 751-0879
Senator Cotton's fax: (479) 464-0648
@JDVance @PeteHegseth @ElbridgeColby Since mailbox is full already (I got mine in):
cotton.senate.gov/contact/contac…
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Feb 15
🧵 THREAD: THE ILLUSION OF GLOBALISM

@JDVance was correct to call out the hypocrisy of European bureacrats. Politicians constantly preach “democracy” while pushing censorship, media control, and speech restrictions.

Why? Because their version of democracy isn’t about you. It’s about them staying in power, and NGOs are a large part of that equation.

I will explain why below. 👇
👑 GLOBALISM DOESN’T EXIST—IT’S FEUDALISM 👑

Forget “nationalism vs. globalism.” That’s a distraction. The Western world operates as a feudal system, where a small ruling class—modern nobles—hoard power and fear being overthrown.

In their minds, the U.S. isn’t governed by the three branches (Legislative, Executive, Judicial). That’s just a façade. The real power structure looks very different—one where NGOs, bureaucrats, and institutional elites dictate policy from above.Image
🌍 THE RULING CLASS DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY 🌍

Crime? Infrastructure? Your standard of living? Irrelevant to them. To the elite, all politics happen on the world stage, through NGOs, foreign policy schemes, and multinational organizations. That’s where their real power is.

That's why they didn't give a 💩 about Hurricane Helene victims, about inflation, about the things that impact you.Image
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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.
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.Image
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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]Image
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.Image
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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