In August, the Biden-Harris EPA awarded billions of taxpayer dollars to a left-wing nonprofit consortium associated with Democratic voter mobilization efforts, including Georgia-based Stacey Abrams’ get-out-the-vote efforts. Donated.
EPA announced Power Forward Communities (PFC). received 2 billion dollars Under the Inflation Control Act (IRA) 27 billion dollars Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) on August 16th. PFC is partner with In addition to two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate Abrams’ Fair Count, it is working with a number of Democratic Party-affiliated groups, including the nation’s largest teachers’ union. Contributor to Democratic candidates and prominent climate change activist groups, according to a review of PFC’s website.
The EPA’s decision to award large grants to nonprofit consortiums comes as Republican lawmakers are under intense scrutiny of the IRA, which sends taxpayer funds to recipients with ties to left-wing activists and Democrats. .
“The EPA is disrupting our daily lives while simultaneously distributing hard-working American tax dollars to a vast network of former Obama-era officials who are now leading a far-left campaign against Americans. “Energy independence,” said Republican Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia and Republican Rep. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky. I wrote In an October op-ed in the Washington Reporter, he said:
According to DCNF research, PFC is working with two Abrams-backed nonprofit ventures, Fair Count and the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP). Abrams established Both of these nonprofits were founded in 2019 following Georgia’s first election loss to Governor Brian Kemp in November 2018. (Related article: Stacey Abrams’ nonprofit collapses after spending millions on failed campaign)
Fair Count is a Georgia-focused voter mobilization organization working to increase black voter participation in the state, and recently criticized Voter ID requirements and accused The Republican governor has implemented a “voter purge” to remove voters from voting.
Abrams SEAP is a nonprofit organization focused on research and advocacy whose mission is to claim It’s about “building a more just future” in the South. SEAP is a financial project of the Tides Center, a subsidiary of the left-wing black finance giant known as the Tides Center. Tides Network it has bankrolled activist group involved in Prohamas protests all over America.
Third Act, left-wing activist group concentrated We are committed to mobilizing Americans 60 and older into climate action and are a PFC partner. The group regularly participates in protests against climate change. staged In July, 46 members of the group were arrested during a “die-in” in front of Citibank’s headquarters in New York City. arrested. Law 3 also provides that: tidy take out the vote effort And I run GrayPAC, a political action committee. funds Democratic candidates and left-wing causes.
Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act, approved with harris with headings The July 25 event was a fundraiser for her presidential campaign. raised Over $100,000.
Bill McKibben speaks to the media during a climate change protest he led to block the entrance to Citibank’s headquarters on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
PFC also aAmerican Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a teachers’ union with nearly 2 million members led by Democratic Party powerhouse Randi Weingarten. The AFT Executive Committee unanimously approved Harris said on July 22, the day after Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race, and now engaged In vote-getting efforts to support Democratic candidates. weingarten spoke At the Democratic National Committee Convention in Chicago in August. (Related article: Large teachers union uses taxpayer dues for expensive meeting at legendary casino)
Fair Count, SEAP, Third Act and AFT did not respond to DCNF’s investigation into their relationships with PFC.
Abrams too serve He serves as a senior advisor to Rewiring America, one of the five nonprofit organizations that make up the PFC consortium. Rewiring America is a left-wing electrification group that advocates for electric vehicles and consumer electronics to curb the use of fossil fuels. Formerly a non-profit organization listed Abrams will become a senior advisor.
Rewiring America did not respond to DCNF’s request for clarification on Abrams’ new role.
Abrams, speaking in her previous capacity as senior adviser to Rewiring America, used nonpartisan language to help mobilize voters to vote for Democratic candidates in November, a nonprofit organization that hinted that it was an important part of its mission.
“Winning an election is not just about who runs. It’s not just about what’s on the ballot. It’s about who’s in the booth. And what’s possible to get people in the booth?” There are groups like Rewiring America, which are bipartisan organizations that exist to tell people,” Abrams said. said He spoke during an interview alongside Rewiring America CEO Ali Matusiak at the Bloomberg Green Ideas Festival in Seattle in July. “That’s the job of everyone who cares about the future of this country. So I’m not worried, I’m committed. And it’s our job to share those values and make that future It’s about convincing everyone who wants to show up and do the same job and get more people to vote.”
During the interview, Abrams also endorsed then-Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, President Joe Biden, and called former President Donald Trump’s re-election an “existential threat.”
After Biden decided to end his campaign for a second term, Abrams immediately approved Vice President Kamala Harris. It is also endorsed by Dr. Leah Stokes, a senior policy advisor in the United States. Donated For the Harris campaign.
EPA, PFC, and Rewiring America did not respond to DCNF’s requests for comment.
DCNF previously announced that the Green Capital Coalition, another GGRF award recipient, will host a webinar on August 23rd in which the nonprofit’s CEO, Reid Hund, will talk about eliminating the U.S. fossil fuel industry. prompted The Biden administration says it will work with the Chinese Communist Party to “change the way society works.”
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