Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue and found that a large number of suspicious and untraceable donations were processed by the platform. The investigation into ActBlue, which began in 2023, previously resulted in the online fundraising platform for Democratic candidates requiring donors to provide their “CVV” codes on the back of their credit cards in order to make a contribution. Paxton is still warning against ActBlue, however, contending that the site has received donations from those using false identities. Paxton now says that it appears donations are “systematically being made using false identities, through untraceable payment methods” and sent a petition to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) calling on the entity to adopt new rules to safeguard elections. “Certain platforms appear to facilitate straw donor transactions, where a contributor disguises his identity by attributing his contribution to another, unaware person,” Paxton wrote, also highlighting that “prepaid cards are a favorite tool of fraudsters.” “Notably, however, one of the most prominent online contribution platforms—ActBlue—submitted comments to the Commission encouraging it not to adopt regulations for prepaid cards that would have hampered this potential fraud,” the petition to the FEC from Paxton goes on to say. “If not corrected by the FEC, bad actors can—with trivial ease—illegally funnel foreign money into American elections, exceed political contribution limits, and more,” a press release from Paxton states. Paxton also noted that his investigation reaffirmed public reporting on ActBlue, which found that the names of people on fixed incomes, who say they did not donate on the platform, were recorded as donors. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 “These contributions are being made in such high volume that, even without investigation, it strains credulity to believe they were legitimately made by the person whose name was provided as being the contributor,” Paxton said of these cases in his petition before highlighting the results of his investigation. “Attorney General Paxton has independently corroborated that the public allegations about straw contributions appear true. Namely, many persons’ names have been used to make hundreds of unique contributions totaling many thousands of dollars per year,” the petition reads. “In many instances, contributions are made in these peoples’ names literally multiple times per day, almost every single day of the year.” The redacted petition sent by Paxton to the FEC also requests that new amendments are added to existing policies, namely that political committees be required to “implement procedures ensuring that identities provided by donors match the information that the issuer of the donor’s payment card has on file.” It also urges the FEC to create an amendment establishing that political committees are out of compliance “with its obligation to maintain adequate records to verify donor identities if the committee accepts certain types of prepaid cards.” “Our investigation into ActBlue has uncovered facts indicating that bad actors can illegally interfere in American elections by disguising political donations,” Paxton noted. “It is imperative that the FEC close off the avenues we have identified by which foreign contributions or contributions in excess of legal limits could be unlawfully funneled to political campaigns, bypassing campaign finance regulations and compromising our electoral system.”

Stacey Abrams this week accused black men who are not supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign of being racist and sexist. The Georgia Democrat, who has denied the results of the elections that she lost when she twice ran to become the state’s governor and lost both times to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, was asked about remarks from a Georgia pastor who recently said that “misogyny” was “still real” in the black community and was the reason that Abrams lost. “I know it’s a shock to everyone, but sexism remains real and a very pertinent issue,” Abrams claimed. Abrams claimed that Harris was doing “very well with black men” even though polling has found that Harris is not doing as well with black voters as past Democrat presidential candidates, and former President Donald Trump has the highest support from that community of any Republican presidential candidate since 1960. “However, we do have to acknowledge that there is sexism. There is racism,” she later added. “There are challenges in our electorate and that’s why it’s so important that Kamala Harris is going everywhere and talking to everyone. She respects voters. She meets them where they are and she refuses to be told that she has lost a cohort, lost a community simply because she’s different.” WATCH: Stacey Abrams (D) claims that a lot of black men are not supporting Kamala Harris because they are sexist and racist. pic.twitter.com/svqAX26yPb — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 22, 2024 The Harris campaign has put former President Barack Obama on the campaign trail where he has accused black men of being sexist if they don’t vote for Harris. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 “My understanding, based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and communities, is that we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running,” Obama said. He said that the lack of enthusiasm for Harris “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers.” Obama then disparaged voters who might vote for Trump or sit out the election. “You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that,” Obama said. “Because part of it makes me think – and I’m speaking to men directly – part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.” Obama added that the “women in our lives have been getting our backs this entire time.” “When we get in trouble and the system isn’t working for us, they’re the ones out there marching and protesting,” he added.

Voters in North Dakota will have the chance to get rid of the state’s property taxes in November and become the first state in the nation to repeal the tax, potentially paving the way for others to follow suit. The ballot measure, called Measure 4, would not only repeal the state’s property tax, but also bar cities and localities from instituting property taxes of their own. Rick Becker, the chair of an organization called End Unfair Property Tax, which got the measure placed on the North Dakota ballot, says that success in the Peace Garden state could encourage other states across the country to ditch their own property taxes. “Once that happens, the light turns on for so many people. As soon as a state steps outside that box, the other states see how possible that is,” Becker contended. “The sky didn’t fall, and maybe we should give it a try.” Although no states have repealed their property taxes, Texas, Nebraska, and Michigan have explored the idea, with measures in the latter two states being proposed, but failing to make the ballot. While Becker calls property taxes “most egregious and least moral of all the taxes,” others are working to oppose the measure to repeal them in the state, calling the ballot initiative a “sledgehammer approach.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 “I think we’re going to defeat Measure 4,” said Chad Oban, the chair of an organization called Keep It Local that opposes the ballot measure. “But I do think if it passes, there will be a lot of other states doing something similarly, or feeling like there’s a political appetite.” Recent polling found that 28 percent of North Dakota voters plan to vote in favor of the measure while 40 percent are opposed to the measure, with another third of voters saying that they are undecided. Voters in the state shot down one 2012 attempt to repeal property taxes, however this year’s measure comes amid growing frustration with property taxes, both Becker and Obad acknowledged. Municipalities across the United States garnered about $363 billion in property taxes from single family homes last year, data reveals, marking a nearly seven percent increase from the prior year. North Dakotans had an effective property tax rate of 0.99 percent of their home’s estimated market value, higher than the national average of 0.87 percent.

Democrat Texas Rep. Colin Allred has flip-flopped on trans-identifying males competing in women’s sports following attacks from his opponent, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. Allred, who is challenging Cruz for the high-profile Republican’s senate seat, has never before said that he does not want men in women’s sports. He’s also repeatedly voted in favor of allowing men in women’s spaces. Just last month, Allred touted his support for the Equality Act, arguing it “would level the playing field in terms of extending the civil rights protections that we have, based on race, and gender, national origin, to sexual identity and how you identify.” He then made light of the sexual and pornographic content pushed on children in schools, joking, “banning books, man? Have they heard of the internet? When they do that, all they do is create a list for those kids to go read.” Democrat Colin Allred claims discussion of transgenderism in locker rooms and biological men in women’s sports by @TedCruz is an attempt to “distract” Texans. Cruz brought the receipts! #TXSen pic.twitter.com/HIYzr3rswf — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 16, 2024 But in an ad released last week, Allred argued that he does not support males in female sports. “I don’t want boys playing girls’ sports or any of this ridiculous stuff that Ted Cruz is saying. Ted Cruz is lying about my record because he can’t defend his own,” argued Allred in an ad titled “Lying Again.” Allred did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire. His remarks prompted a rebuke from the far-left Human Rights Campaign, which told the LGBTQ outlet, the Advocate, “Congressman Allred needs to explain his comments in this ad. They simply don’t square with what we know about his record. For years, he has supported our community and worked to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. Texans deserve to finally have a leader who values equality and freedom.” In 2023, Allred voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would have blocked male athletes from participating in scholastic athletic events designed for females. He also voted against an amendment to that same bill which would have required a study on the effect that men participating in women’s sports has on women. Allred similarly co-sponsored and voted for the radical Equality Act in June 2023 (and in 2021, and in 2019), legislation that would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prevent “discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.” That means men who identify as women could not be denied access to the locker room, prison, shelter, or sports team of their choice. The Texas Democrat cosponsored a March 2023 resolution to recognize “that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights” — a resolution that would call for federal law to be amended to allow men to “participate in sports on teams and in programs that best align with their gender identity” and to “use school facilities that best align with their gender identity.” And his past rhetoric similarly denounces efforts to protect female spaces as “dark” and “shameful.” Texas should be a place where our young people can be who they are, free from discrimination. This is yet another dark, shameful moment for our state as the GOP in Texas is more focused on attacking trans students than fixing the real problems we face. https://t.co/IlPhyp5OK2 — Colin Allred (@ColinAllredTX) October 17, 2021 Allred is not the only Democrat to recently flip-flop on men in women’s sports: The Daily Wire reported Tuesday that Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola, who formerly voted against legislation defending the integrity of women’s sports and spaces, reversed her position on the topic following a September report on her transgender stances from The Daily Wire. Peltola’s record is remarkably similar to Allred’s: both joined their Democratic colleagues in co-sponsoring the Equality Act and voted against the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023.”

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is on the defensive over her direction of $400,000 federal dollars to a youth services organization that gave chest binders to young girls who identify as boys. A new ad from Baldwin’s campaign claims that the senator, who is locked in a tight race with Republican challenger Eric Hovde, “didn’t give funding to a transgender clinic,” but rather secured funding for “a youth homeless shelter.” The ad also claims that children do not undergo sex change surgeries in Wisconsin. The defensive ad is a clear sign that Baldwin is nervous Hovde could topple her using her support of transgender ideology. It’s also inaccurate. The “youth homeless shelter” in question is Briarpatch Youth Services, for which Baldwin earmarked $400,000. At the time she secured the funding, Briarpatch ran the “Teens Like Us LGBTQIA2s+” program, which included a “gender affirming clothing program.” The program gave away free chest binders, which are devices given to young girls who identify as boys who want to flatten their breasts to look more like a male. The group also gave away “gaffs,” underwear used by males who identify as female. Briarpatch also accepted donations for “gently used binders” to give away, and directed visitors to Origami Customs, a group that makes custom clothing for transgender-identifying individuals.  “Our favorite online shop for binders, gaffs, swimwear, and more is Origami Customs,” Briarpatch said. “They can also make custom sizes at no extra charge! They also have great resources to teach you how to measure yourself for the best fitting garment, and how to practice safe binding and tucking.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 While the references to chest binders have since been scrubbed from its website, Briarpatch’s LGBT support group still offers “Pride Flags of ALL kinds,” and “pronoun pins.” Baldwin has claimed that the funding would not go toward the sexuality-focused program and only “mental health services.”  According to Do No Harm, there have been at least 195 minor transgender surgery patients in Wisconsin since 2019. The data shows that the number of kids in Wisconsin having transgender surgeries has only increased in the last few years. That doesn’t include the 97 children who have been given prescriptions for life-altering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) vetoed Republican-backed legislation that would have banned the life-altering procedures from being done on children.  Republicans and conservatives including Hovde, former President Donald Trump, and groups like CatholicVote, have targeted Democrats across the country for their support of transgender ideology. A campaign from CatholicVote in Wisconsin revealed that 86 girls who identify as boys in the state have had their breasts removed. RELATED: Republican Senate Candidate Calls To Keep Men Out Of Women’s Sports

A far-left illegal immigrant advocacy organization has raked in over a million dollars from the Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security while attempting to halt the deportation of illegal aliens and trying to “dismantle the U.S. immigration enforcement system.” The Los Angeles-based Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) advocates for illegal immigration, supports mass amnesty proposals, provides legal assistance to prevent deportations, and uses illegal immigrants in voter mobilization and turnout operations, all while raking in federal grants from the very same agency tasked with maintaining border security. “CHIRLA works to dismantle the U.S. immigration enforcement system that profits from tearing apart immigrant families,” the organization explains, specifically naming DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as its targets. But while the far-left organization has maligned DHS and its immigration enforcement mechanisms as an instrument of oppression, CHIRLA is set to receive $1.2 million in taxpayer funded grants from the federal law enforcement agency. CHIRLA’s federal grants could frustrate Vice President Kamala Harris’s efforts to rebrand herself as a “border state prosecutor” ahead of the presidential election. Over 10 million people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since the pair took office. In the final days of the race, the Harris campaign has even run an advertisement that claims Democrats are the party of  border security, featuring an image of former president Donald Trump’s border wall Todd Bensman, a Senior National Security Fellow with the Center for Immigration Studies, told The Daily Wire that CHIRLA could easily find common cause with the Biden-Harris administration, which is staffed with radical ideologues who likely agree with the group’s far-left positions. “It’s perfectly in line with what they’ve been doing for three and a half years,” Bensman said of the funding, adding that the administration is “peopled with appointees who all share those ideologies, the same ideology, which is that border enforcement and immigration laws are immoral.” According to its IRS 990 form, CHIRLA teaches illegal immigrants “how to protect themselves against Immigration Customs Enforcement,” which deports criminal illegal aliens, including those who’ve been charged with violent crimes. A 2023 grant from the DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the amount of $450,000 went to the group for “citizenship instruction and naturalization services.” CHIRLA explains that it focuses on both naturalization and Deferred Action Childhood Arrival applications, the latter of which allows illegal immigrants to avoid deportations. Another grant, this one for $250,000 and awarded in 2022, went to further “innovations in citizenship education.” A 2021 grant of $250,000 to CHIRLA from DHS went towards instruction and naturalization for non-citizens. The DHS grants date back to 2014, when CHIRLA first received $250,000 as it worked to naturalize non-citizens. CHIRLA told The Daily Wire that the funds come “from the USCIS side of DHS, not the enforcement side,” referencing the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Even CHIRLA’s naturalization efforts appear to be ideologically motivated, however. The organization is part of a coalition of nonprofits, previously uncovered by The Daily Wire, that works to naturalize citizens and mobilize them as voters to “sway the outcome of national, state, and local elections” while maintaining demographic reports on key swing states. CHIRLA Executive Director Angelica Salas, who first came to the United States illegally and was deported before being allowed to return as a legal citizen, was previously a board member of the National Partnership for New Americans, a George Soros-funded organization that attempts to mobilize new citizens as voters. The organization is open about its radical stances on immigration, boasting that it uses illegal immigrants to attempt to mobilize voters for leftwing causes. One of CHIRLA’s projects “targets new citizens, Latinos, and English learners to build a voter base from scratch, with enough power to sway state politics.” “Teams of paid/volunteer canvassers/phone bankers, ranging in status from undocumented to legal permanent residents, work to build a constant culture of voting among these voters,” CHIRLA explains. The radical organization advocates for amnesty for all illegal immigrants present in the United States and has called for “immediate immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented people.” CHIRLA also raises money to give scholarships to immigrant students, specifically saying they seek out those who are in the country illegally. There’s also the CHIRLA Action Fund, an associated organization that is allowed to support political candidates for office and favors Democrats. Salas also serves as the board president for the CHIRLA Action Fund. The CHIRLA Action Fund endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for Senate, as well as the Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon.

Even though it’s been 40 years since Happy Days went off the air, for some of us, Richie Cunningham and Arthur Fonzarelli will always be near and dear to our hearts. Richie, the nerdy goody two shoes, and his ultra-cool best friend, The Fonz, made an indelible mark on American television history. Sure, the pair have aged like the rest of us, but some things will never change. Enter Henry Winkler and his wife, Stacy Weizman, on date night. Henry Winkler and his wife <3 pic.twitter.com/dTNH66kB69— Reality TV 4Lyfe (@realitytv4lyfe) October 22, 2024 After 46 Years Of Marriage, The Pair Are Still In Love Henry, 78, shared a picture on Instagram of him and Stacy heading out to the town for a wedding. The pair look stylish in black and truly happy to be together, holding hands like a couple of lovebirds at Arnold’s Drive-In. Fans loved seeing the couple looking so happy and dapper. One fan wrote, “Your lovely Stacey! And the forever cool, @hwinkler4real.” This person agreed, “You two are an AWESOME couple! Love this photo! You both look perfect. Great seeing you last night!” So did this one, “Just love Henry Winkler he really has the most beautiful heartfelt smile! Literally his face lights up from within. you Mr Winkler!” Henry told Fox News Digital in 2023 that the secret to his happy marriage is simple, “What’s the secret? First, it’s picking the right person,” he explained. “In 45 years, there are ups, there are downs. You need the right person who can face those ups and downs with you. There is also the will to be together – I believe in that very strongly. I’ve rethought this, and it always comes back to that. The center of the relationship is the ear — not the heart, not the head.” Henry and Stacy, we think you two are amazing. May there be many more happy days in your future. This story’s featured image is by Kathy Hutchins via Shutterstock. The post Henry Winkler Is Looking “Cool” As Ever In Date Night Pic With Wife Stacey appeared first on InspireMore.

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