Chuck Hagel’s Shadow Campaign

Pro-Iran group has donated $2.1M to pro-Hagel nonprofits, media outlets
Hagel AP

Secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel sits on the board of a pro-Iran organization that has given millions of dollars to leftwing nonprofits and mainstream media outlets, organizations that are now leading the charge to support his nomination.

Doffing its CAP

Center for American Progress has history of attacking new hire Larry Summers
Larry Summers / AP

The Center for American Progress has a new distinguished senior fellow in Larry Summers, the Washington Post reported.

The Green Tape Letters

Obama Energy official coordinated message with Center for American Progress, emails show
Silver, Spinner

An Obama administration official actively collaborated with a prominent left-wing think tank in 2011 to advance the president’s green energy agenda, in possible violation of federal law, emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

The One Percent Gets Its Turn

Green Energy Millionaire and Billionaire Set to Take the Stage
Steyer, Westly

CHARLOTTE — Democratic National Convention (DNC) attendees on Wednesday will hear from two speakers who Republicans and conservatives say epitomize the cronyism and hypocrisy that have plagued the Obama administration over the past several years.

Fake But Accurate

CAP editorial assistant touts forged, altered documents on Kremlin propaganda channel
CAP

Amanda Peterson Beadle, an editorial assistant at the far-left Think Progress blog, went on the Kremlin’s English-language propaganda channel RT Thursday to discuss the blog’s “scoop”: A collection of forged and altered documents that purport to show that the Chicago-based Heartland Institute is planning to educate Americans on the flawed and politicized science behind the theory of global warming.