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Thursday, March 31, 2022

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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is fining the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign a combined $113,000 over their failure to correctly report funding of the Steele Dossier through the Perkins Coie law firm.

During the 2016 presidential election, the DNC and the Clinton campaign paid a combined $1,024,407.97 to Perkins Coie, which the law firm then paid to Fusion GPS. Both the DNC and the Clinton campaign claimed all payments to Perkins Coie for legal services in filings with the FEC. This constituted a violation of campaign finance laws requiring organizations to truthfully describe payments to vendors, the FEC ruled on March 25.

The FEC found “probable cause” to believe that the DNC and the Clinton campaign did not correctly “make the purpose of the disbursement[s] clear” in their filings, in a ruling first obtained by the Washington Examiner. The FEC complaint alleging misconduct was first filed by the conservative Coolidge Reagan Foundation in 2018. The DNC was ordered to pay a $105,000 fine, and the Clinton campaign was ordered to pay a $8,000 fine.

“This may well be the first time that Hillary Clinton—evidently one of the most corrupt politicians in American history—has actually been held legally accountable, and I’m proud to see the FEC do its job for once,” Coolidge Reagan attorney Dan Backer, who authored the FEC complaint, said in a statement. “The Coolidge Reagan Foundation proved that, with pluck and grit, Americans standing with integrity can stand up to the Clinton machine and other corrupt political elites. Clinton and her cronies willfully engaged in the greatest political fraud in history, destroying our nation’s faith in the electoral process, and it’s high time they were held accountable. Let’s hope this is only the beginning for accountability, not the end.”

The DNC and the Clinton campaign argued that they did not violate election law because “Perkins Coie retained Fusion GPS in furtherance of its legal services” and that the Fusion GPS research “would assist Perkins Coie in providing legal advice.” The respondents “will not further contest the Commission’s finding,” according to the filing.

The DNC did not...

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #324

Southern Poverty Law Center Is Racist, Employees Say

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its extensive list of hate groups, is racist, according to its employees.

SPLC Union members protested outside of their employer's office Monday in opposition to the legal advocacy group's plan to require certain employees to return to in-person work. The union, in a statement, claimed the move targets black women because it primarily requires workers in low-level positions to return to the office.

"Staff in more highly regarded job classifications and who are higher-paid employees are being given the flexibility to work remotely, while women, Black, brown, and lower-paid employees are forced back into the office regardless of our work, our needs, and our advocacy for more inclusive treatment," Lisa Wright, a union bargaining committee member, said. "Forcing employees back into the office isn't about collaboration or cooperation—this is about policing and surveillance of SPLC's lowest-paid employees."

The SPLC did not respond to a request for comment on who exactly will be required to return to the office.

The SPLC publishes an annual "hate map" that has attracted controversy for listing conservative organizations as hate groups. A gunman in 2012 entered the Family Research Council, a pro-family advocacy group, in an attempted mass shooting, which he said was inspired by the SPLC labeling the group as anti...

Across Joe Biden’s America, motorists are suffering from gas pains.

In Chicago, for example, on March 25, the average price for a gallon of regular was $4.85. Two years earlier, on March 25, 2020, when Donald Trump was president, the price there was $2.16. In Los Angeles, the price late last week was $5.91, compared with $3.08 just two years ago.

The solution should be crystal clear: Drill here and drill now. And permanently lower gasoline taxes as well. But Democrats are floating a number of government “solutions” to the supply problem that their policies created.

Biden is fond of blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for today’s hyperinflated prices, but the real culprit is the War on Oil, led by former bartender Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who can now afford to drive a snow-white Tesla Model 3. The New York Democrat pays no gas taxes for her Model 3.

But for every gallon of gasoline, the average Chicago motorist pays 81.4 cents in federal, state, and city taxes, the latter of which was raised by 3 cents on New Year’s Day 2021.

For the average Californian, taxes and fees are even worse, totaling $1.18 per gallon. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “solution”? Eight hundred dollars per household in rebates.

Newsom proposes to offer $400 debit cards to every vehicle owner in the state, limited to two vehicles per household. There would be no income-eligibility restrictions, so multimillionaires such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow California Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and their husbands would each receive $800.

The debit cards would even go to drivers who own electric cars. To ensure “equity,” they would also be sent to illegal aliens who have registered vehicles.

For those who can’t afford even one car, Newsom’s proposal includes $750 million to give public transit users free rides for three months. Not surprisingly, it also features $500 million for projects throughout the state that promote biking and walking.

Getting in touch with his inner Biden, Newsom explained why he was willing to give away $11 billion of the state’s budget surplus. “We’re taking immediate action to get money directly into the pockets of...