Tea at Trianon: Media Ignores Democrats’ Massive ActBlue Scandal

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Media Ignores Democrats’ Massive ActBlue Scandal

From AMAC:

Back in April, The New York Times reported that lawyers for ActBlue, the leading Democrat fundraising platform, “may have misled Congress on vetting foreign donations.”
Now the scandal has gotten even deeper, with House Republicans alleging even more serious fraud and wrongdoing. But with Election Day right around the corner, the liberal media has suddenly gone mute on this bombshell story implicating scores of Democrat politicians and campaigns.
ActBlue is the dominant platform used for Democrat small-dollar fundraising – the liberal counterpart to WinRed. It has processed some $19 billion in contributions since 2004, with candidates and groups raising nearly $1.8 billion from 52 million individual contributions through ActBlue in 2025 alone.
In this campaign cycle, high-profile Democrats including Jon Ossoff, Abdul El-Sayed, James Talarico, Roy Cooper, Mary Peltola, and Josh Turek have all used ActBlue. Democrat House and Senate leaders, as well as countless congressional candidates, also use the platform.
Foreign nationals are prohibited from making contributions in connection with federal, state, or local U.S. elections, and campaigns may not knowingly accept such contributions. Americans living abroad, including military personnel, diplomats, and students, can donate. There are also comprehensive campaign finance laws requiring platforms like ActBlue to take steps to identify and prevent fraud, such as foreign entities or individuals making donations in the name of U.S. citizens.
According to a new joint report from the House Judiciary, Administration, and Oversight committees, however, ActBlue did not investigate warning signs seriously enough to distinguish lawful American donors from prohibited foreign contributors. (Read more.)