By: Matthew Foldi

Following a disappointing 2022 midterm elections, Republicans have new hopes of flipping the Senate this November.

Sen. Steve Daines (R., Mont.), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), bears much of that responsibility. He spoke with the Washington Reporter and laid out his plans to win the Senate, stop $6 trillion of tax increases he fears that Democrats want to pass, and more.

Read HERE for more on the NRSC’s 2024 plans, who Daines thinks is “the most liberal, far-left candidate in the nation,” and how he is working with President Trump to flip the Senate.

What we’re hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill – please send us more tips!

• APRA action: A new version of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is expected later today. We are hearing the policy changes are likely to lead to more Democratic support.
• Biden’s immigration triangulation fails: President Joe Biden’s latest executive action on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals isn’t winning him any allies on the right. The House Republicans’ Whip, Rep. Tom Emmer (R., Minn.), shot the proposal down, telling the Reporter: “This is just another example of the Biden administration protecting illegal immigrants at the expense of American citizens. This mass amnesty, election year scheme confirms Joe Biden isn’t willing to lift a finger to save the next Rachel Morin or Laken Riley, who were allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants. Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself.”
• Tim Scott’s Palantir: Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.) made his latest foray into the veepstakes this week, hosting a tech-filled conference that joined tech leaders and policymakers in D.C. Guests and speakers included Palantir’s Jacob Helberg, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, Apollo Global Management founder Marc Rowan, Texas businessman Tim Dunn, Rep. Mike Waltz (R., Fla.), Sens. John Thune (R., S.C.), John Cornyn (R., Texas), Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), and former speaker Kevin McCarthy.
• Zyn shortage: Two nonprofits, Americans for Consumer Protection and Building America’s Future, launched a “Save Our Pouches” campaign in response to efforts from the left to ban Zyn and other smokeless tobacco products. We have heard from operatives involved in this effort that Philip Morris International halting online sales of Zyn in response to D.C.’s Attorney Generals’ subpoena is going to “supercharge” the campaign–expect targeted ads this fall.
• House party: The American Action Network, the sister organization of the House GOP leadership-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC, is rolling out $12 million ad buys in House districts across the country taking aim at “the liberal experiment of more regulations and more government spending [that] has failed working Americans across the country,” the group’s president, Dan Conston, said.
• Lake rising: The NRSC is out with a new poll showing Kari Lake leading Rep. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) 47 percent to 46 percent in the race for the Arizona Senate race.

By: Matthew Foldi

The Republican Party’s opposition to politicized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is focused on new targets, multiple sources tell the Washington Reporter: Glass Lewis (GL) and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), shareholder advisory giants. Both have been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee for potentially violating antitrust laws and will soon come under more attention in coming months.

Both ISS and GL are less known on the Right than other investment firms, but multiple Senate Republican aides said that the two are becoming Republicans’ top targets because of their influence, market control, and aggressive ESG activism.

To read more on how companies are changing their approach to ESG investing, click HERE.

By: Matthew Foldi

Employees at the Ford Foundation, which is currently under fire for bankrolling pro-terrorist organizations, have donated thousands of dollars to Democrats across America, according to a Washington Reporter review of political donations.

Henry Ford III for example, a trustee of the foundation, donated $1,000 to Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s (D., Mich.) Senate campaign in March, which Republicans are eager to latch on to.

“Michigan Democrats like Elissa Slotkin shamelessly taking money from far-left extremist groups embodies how wrong and out of touch they are with Michiganders,” Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra told the Reporter. “We need elected officials who will stand up for us and work to lower the cost of living and secure our border — not cozy up to radical, pro-Hamas organizations. Their first and only priority should be Michigan.”

Read HERE for more on how the Ford Foundation’s staff donating to Democrats across the country could backfire in November.

By:  Sen. Heidi Heitkamp

Our nation is battling a severe mental health crisis — only exacerbated and exposed by the pandemic — and it is past time our government takes action to address and remedy the issue. Thankfully, this administration has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into improving care. Yet many communities, particularly in rural states like North Dakota, often still lack access to mental health care.

Right now, as part of its efforts to address the mental health crisis, Joe Biden’s administration is considering a federal policy change to the Mental Health Parity Act. While promoted as a means of increasing access to care, the actual implications could be detrimental — making it even more difficult for patients to find appropriate care.

The proposal seeks to increase the number of providers by lowering the standards to be considered a “qualified” provider.

Instead of taking shortcuts to address the issue by compromising our health care system’s high standing, the administration should implement real solutions. It’s no secret we need to expand our mental health workforce, but it’s often overlooked that 61 percent of these shortages are in rural areas. When rural residents take the brave step of seeking help, they often find that they can’t get it.

Read HERE for more on Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s (D., N.D.) solutions to America’s mental health crisis.

The Spectator: The Washington Post is digging its own grave, by The Spectator

NYPost: Temu parent company led by top former Chinese Communist officials, by Jon Levine

Washington Free Beacon: MacKenzie Scott Gives Millions to Philly Nonprofit Tied to Anti-Israel Penn Encampment, by Jessica Costescu

National Review: Biden’s Lawless Mass Amnesty, by National Review Editors

Daily Mail: ‘Next FTX’ crypto giant Tether’s ties to terrorists, trafficking to be exposed through campaign to take down ‘Ponzi scheme’ founded by former Disney child star, by Jon Michael Raasch

Wall Street Journal: Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas, by Summer Said

Washington Examiner: How a top Biden official’s conversations may have stood to benefit her husband’s interests, by Gabe Kaminsky

Washington Free Beacon: Two-Thirds of Palestinians Support Oct. 7 Massacre: Poll, by Jameson Mitrovich