WASHINGTON FREE BEACON

Roy Cooper Says He’ll Block Grocery Mergers To ‘Make Stuff Cost Less,’ But He Cozied Up to Kroger as NC Governor: Senate Hopeful Didn’t Fight Its Plans for Massive Merger

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Cooper lavished Kroger with taxpayer incentives. Then he stayed silent as it sought a $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons in 2024. Roy Cooper (@RoyCooperNC/X) Fresh off securing the Democratic nomination for North Carolina’s open Senate seat, former Gov. Roy Cooper kicked off his general election campaign with a  core campaign pledge: “Make Stuff Cost Less.”

Abigail Spanberger’s Faceplant

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Has there ever been a more overhyped politician than Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger? Flash back a few months, when the “moderate” pol, boosted by endless media profiles describing her competence and pragmatic leadership, swept into office vowing she would “focus relentlessly on what matters most: lowering costs, keeping our communities safe, and strengthening our economy

Michigan House Candidate Says She Would Ban Stock Trading Among US Officials To ‘Fight Corruption.’ As Biden’s Ukraine Ambassador, She Made 179 Stock Trades Worth Up to $4M.

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As U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, House candidate Bridget Brink was an energetic stock trader, making 179 individual stock trades worth between $754,000 and $4 million while in office, according to more than two dozen ethics disclosures filed with the State Department and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. Now, as the leading candidate in the

Northwestern’s President Says He’s ‘Positive About the Relationship’ Between the University and Hamas-Friendly Qatar

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Henry Bienen, who took over as interim president in September, initiated the university’s relationship with the Gulf state during his first stint as its leader Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q/Facebook), Henry Bienen (iinano.org) Interim Northwestern University president Henry Bienen said Monday that he is “positive about the relationship” between the university and the Hamas-friendly Gulf

Federal Reserve Staff Funds Democratic Party Lurch to Left

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Central bank economists back socialist politicians U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell (REUTERS/Leah Millis) May 11, 2026 image/svg+xml Staffers of the Federal Reserve bank system are providing financial backing for the Democratic Party’s lurch toward the far left, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found. Political donations from the Fed staff have a sharp partisan

Michigan Senate Candidate Mallory McMorrow Deleted Posts Supporting BLM, ‘Trans Women’ and Hillary Clinton

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‘I just want to slap the country in the face sometimes,’ McMorrow wrote in another post referencing ‘climate deniers’ Mallory McMorrow (@MalloryMcMorrow/X) Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow deleted dozens of social media posts in which she endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement, praised athletes who protested the national anthem, expressed support for “trans women,”