The Campaign for Accountability is a leftwing legal advocacy organization founded by alumni of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. CfA’s mission statement vowed to take on shadowy groups in the public interest: “Millions of Americans’ lives are negatively impacted by decisions made behind the doors of corporate boardrooms, government offices, and shadowy nonprofit […]
Hansjörg Wyss is a Swiss citizen and multi-billionaire who made his money in the healthcare industry as CEO of medical device company Synthes. He controls three foundations: the Wyss Foundation (assets of $2 billion), the Hansjoerg Wyss Foundation (assets of $300 million), and the Wyss Medical Foundation (formerly the Wyss Peace Foundation) (assets of $85 […]
When activists swarm the private residence of a bank employee when their target isn’t at home — but his children reportedly are — they might be from a union-supported left-wing agitation group calling itself “National People’s Action.” The Chicago-based, union-associated, and George Soros-funded organization is somewhat notorious for radical, over-the-line campaigning tactics that resort to […]
Media Matters for America (MMfA) is an IRS tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization that purports to document supposed conservative media bias. Media Matters Action Network (MMAN) is the affiliated 501(c)(4) organization that is the advocacy arm of MMfA. Media Matters original goal was to serve as a “fact-checker” that focused on conservative media programming. But in practice, […]
