States, counties have begun Zuxit: Withdrawing from Zuckerberg, foreign funding of 2024 election

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States, counties have begun Zuxit: Withdrawing from Zuckerberg, foreign funding of 2024 election

by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2024 In 2020, the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) funneled some $350 million into local elections offices under the guise of making it safer to vote during the pandemic. Most of the funds donated to the nonprofit came from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. While CTCL insisted these “Zuckerbucks” […]

You get what you ‘voted’ for: Unions, states, Native tribes slam Biden’s energy bans

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You get what you ‘voted’ for: Unions, states, Native tribes slam Biden’s energy bans

by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2021 Joe Biden killed thousands of union jobs by canceling the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline soon after he was inaugurated on Jan. 20. Biden also put a 60-day moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases and drilling permits on federal lands. Buyer’s remorse came swiftly for many […]

Green ambitions scaled back as funding realities hit cities, states

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Green ambitions scaled back as funding realities hit cities, states

by WorldTribune Staff, February 20, 2019 The Green New Deal proposed by Democrats calls for the entire United States to be powered by clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources within 10 years. Cities and states which actually have turned to reliance on renewables, tried to institute carbon taxes, or envisioned massive high-speed rail networks often […]