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Robert Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is being boosted by deep-pocketed supporters of Donald Trump, venture capitalists, conservative Hollywood types, and other celebrities.  Democrats worry the Kennedy campaign could help tank President Joe Biden’s reelection bid and make Trump president again. He is also a danger to public health: Kennedy has spread false conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines and claimed vaccines cause autism. American Values 2024, a super PAC backing Kennedy, is the…

Amid Texas’ refusal to grant federal agents access to a 2.5 mile stretch on the southern border, the Republican Governors Association has backed this Lone Star rebellion against the Biden administration. And the vast majority of that committee’s corporate donors, including some of the most recognizable brands in America, are standing by silently.  As part of an escalating campaign to repel migrants attempting to cross into the United States — including refugees who have a right under international law to seek…

The ex-president continued to whine over his rival's presence in the GOP primaries Following Nikki Haley‘s vow to fight on with her campaign after her second consecutive defeat to Donald Trump in the GOP primary race, the former president threatened anyone donating to his Republican rival. A day after Trump’s win in New Hampshire, he took to social media to paint Haley as “very bad for the Republican Party,” and “not the one to take on world leaders.” His words appeared to contradict statements…

President Biden’s arrival in Los Angeles for a weekend of campaign fundraising was greeted not just by well-heeled supporters, but hundreds of protesters who gathered outside a glitzy Westside fundraiser to demand a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The Friday night fundraiser was held at the Holmby Hills home of James Costos, the U.S. ambassador to Spain under President Obama, and designer Michael Smith, the White House interior decorator during the Obama administration. The star-studded event, headlined by musician Lenny…

Tucker Carlson may no longer be Fox News’ frontman, but he’s by no means abandoned the racist, conspiratorial rhetoric that rocketed him to right-wing stardom. On Wednesday’s installment of Carlson’s self-produced X show, host injected his views on white genocide into a discussion of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war while interviewing The Daily Wire’s Candace Owens.  Early in the interview, Carlson and Owens had discussed her explosive, public spat with Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro over the war in Gaza, before…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t exactly been towing the Democratic Party line since announcing his presidential run in April. The scion has been vowing to seal off the U.S.-Mexico border, siding with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, and pushing a host of outlandish conspiracy theories — most notably about Covid-19, including a claim this weekend that it was ethnically targeted while noting infections were lowest among Jewish and Chinese people. It should come as no surprise, then, that RKF is raking in cash from GOP…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When people feel happier, they're more likely to donate to charity. That's what we, two economists who study what motivates environmentally conscientious consumption and support for free services, found in a new study published in The Economic Journal. To conduct this research, we analyzed tweets…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sperm and egg donors who assumed they would remain anonymous have been tracked down by their children using DNA tests, new research says. The study also found that people who were unaware that they were conceived using a donor have discovered the truth through finding unexpected family links on…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Universite Libre de Bruxelles have published a new study that documents effective yet inexpensive strategies to make fundraising campaigns more effective. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Enhancing Donor Agency to…

Pie charts show the percentages of participants who chose each donation option. (A) In study 1, only 18% of participants chose the highly effective charity over a personal favorite charity when given only these two options (control condition). When participants were given the additional option to donate with a 50/50 favorite-effective bundle, a majority selected this option, resulting in a 76% increase in the total amount given to the effective charity.…