Progressive Host Nails Why Hunter Biden Got a Lengthy Blanket Pardon
Is This What Drove the Alleged Healthcare CEO Killer to Commit Murder?
Let the Voters Decide
Trump Unravels Welker in First Post-Election Interview, and Illegals Have the Press Off-Ba...
It Sure Looks Like the Bidens Snubbed Harris, Emhoff at Kennedy Center Honors
Alleged Killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Faces Multiple Charges in Pennsylvania
American Life League Discovers Shocking Truths About the Country's Most Trusted Charities
Trump Picks a Familiar Name for General Counsel of OMB, and This Time...
Harmeet Dhillon Nominated for Role in Trump's Administration
Florida House Member Switches From Democrat to Republican
Scott Jennings: The World Has 'Moved On' From Biden, Is Ready for a...
Does It Look Like Pete Hegseth Still Has a Chance to Be Trump's...
Here's What Trump's 'Border Czar' Will Do About DACA Recipients
Here's How Dylan Mulvaney Marked 1,000 Days of 'Girlhood'
Here's How Daniel Penny Is Celebrating His Acquittal
Tipsheet

Et Tu, SEC?

The Wall Street Journal has an important editorial, noting the efforts made by lefties to pressure the SEC into regulating public securities markets in a way designed to discourage private companies from supporting independent groups.   This would result in a win for Democrats, as no similar efforts were being made to regulate the contributions of (predictably liberal) labor unions.

Advertisement

Check this out:

Last year politicians like then-Rep. Barney Frank and liberal tax-exempt groups like Public Citizen were encouraging the SEC to demand more disclosure from public companies about the organizations they support. Staff for Mr. Frank specifically told the SEC that, "There is particular interest in what the authority is for disclosure of 501(c)(4) contributions (political contributions)." Mr. Frank's staff also noted that the interest was coming from the House Democratic leadership.

To their credit, some of the SEC staff pushed back. 

But decent Americans -- of all political stripes -- have big problems (1) when bureaucrats (who, because of their unions' outsized contributions to Democrats) have a rooting interest in partisan politics . . . and (2) when the government officials who are supposed to be overseeing them care more about partisan advantage than fair play -- and protecting the Constitution's guarantee of free speech.

The new head of the SEC, Mary Jo White, has a reputation for honesty and fair dealing.  It will be interesting to see how she responds to these disclosures.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement