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Investigation Series

The State Financial Officers Foundation: A New Front in the Dark Money Attack on Climate Policy

Investigation

Internal Documents Shed Light on SFOF's Attack on Climate Policy

Never before published materials, including meeting agendas, internal communications and advocacy letters, pull back the curtain on a little-known, yet highly influential organization of state financial officers coordinating an attack on climate financing.

August 5 2022
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SFOF Unilever Letter Coordination

Communications between SFOF and Arizona Deputy State Treasurer Mark Swenson show how SFOF is involved in advocacy letters.

Published: August 5 2022
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Investigation Series

The Council for National Policy Forty Year Project to Radically Transform the Country

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Speech given by Ed Feulner at CNP 40th anniversary event

A copy of a speech given by Ed Fuelner on the origin and history of CNP, during CNP's 40th anniversary event CNP in Naples, FL, on May 21 2021. Fuelner was a CNP founder and is the former head of the Heritage Foundation.

Published: October 25 2021
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CNP April 2020 Membership Directory

April 2020 membership directory from the secretive Council for National Policy--naming hundreds of CNP members, which the organization does not make public.

Published: November 1 2020
Charlie Kirk speaking with attendees at the "Rally to Protect Our Elections" hosted by Turning Point Action at Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.

Investigation Series

Turning Point USA and the Culture War Fight in Education

Photo of Charlie Kirk at the "Rally to Protect Our Elections" hosted by Turning Point Action in July 2021. Photo by Gage Skidmore

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Charlie Kirk of TPUSA Calls School Board Members "Parasites"

Kirk, speaking on his radio show in June 2021: “Similar to a virus that was in our country before we realized it, these school boards were infected by parasites who wish to teach your children a series of ideologies that are so harmful to who we are as Americans.”

Published: November 18 2021
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Turning Point USA 2019 Tax Filing

This 2019 filing was filed in May 2021 due to the group using a non-calendar-year tax period for its accounting. The group's revenue has ballooned from $2m in 2015 to almost $40m in 2020. During this period, TPUSA and its CEO Charlie Kirk developed a close and mutually beneficial relationship with the Trump family. Kirk published a book called The MAGA Doctrine, and Trump family members including Donald Trump were frequent guest speakers at TPUSA events.

Published: October 27 2021