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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Anosh Inc Foundation Establishes Super PAC to Promote Legislative Priorities Across Illinois
New Super PAC will advocate for property tax reform, public safety, and fiscal responsibility to improve quality of life for Illinois communities Dr. Anosh Ahmed Image CHICAGO, July 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Anosh Inc Foundation, led by respected Chicago-based physician and philanthropist Dr. Anosh Ahmed, today announced its intention to establish a new Super Political Action Committee (Super PAC) headquartered in Illinois. This strategic initiative aims to champion policies that reflect the foundation's mission of promoting public safety, fiscal responsibility, and sustainable community development throughout the state. The newly proposed Super PAC will focus its advocacy efforts on some of the most pressing issues affecting Illinois residents, including property tax reform, public safety, and the long-term financial impacts of state and local government programs. It is designed to serve as a civic engagement platform, empowering citizens, community leaders, and stakeholders to push for positive policy change. 'Many families across Illinois are experiencing increasing financial strain, rising property taxes, and public safety concerns,' said Dr. Anosh Ahmed, founder of the Anosh Inc Foundation. 'Through this initiative, our foundation is expanding its mission to support policy solutions that promote economic opportunity, protect our communities, and ensure long-term financial stability for residents.' The Super PAC will operate independently from any specific political campaign and will remain focused on issue-based advocacy. Its primary goal is to support candidates and legislation that reflect the foundation's core values, especially those focused on the well-being and prosperity of working-class families and underserved communities in Illinois. A key emphasis will be placed on building coalitions with local organizations, grassroots leaders, and policymakers to address challenges such as the disproportionate impact of property taxes, gaps in public safety, and financial inefficiencies in government programs. By taking a proactive stance in the public policy space, the Anosh Inc Foundation aims to help shape a future where Illinois families can thrive. The foundation's decision to launch a Super PAC comes as part of its broader effort to transition from direct community support into the policy and advocacy arena. Over the years, the Anosh Inc Foundation has led impactful initiatives in healthcare access, education, economic empowerment, and charitable outreach, particularly in underserved areas across the United States. About the Anosh Inc Foundation The Anosh Inc Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago and founded by Dr. Anosh Ahmed. Its mission is to create sustainable change in communities through direct action, strategic partnerships, and civic advocacy. The foundation supports initiatives in education, healthcare, and economic development. Media Contact:Sandra Gomez+1 (346) 678-7004legal@ A photo accompanying this announcement is available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
LIZ PEEK: Democrats' identity crisis shows no sign of getting better. It's actually getting worse
The Democratic Party has no leader and no message. That's not a right-wing talking point; that's the findings of a poll commissioned by a Democrat SuperPAC. As reported by The Hill, a survey conducted between May and June by Unite the Country showed voters perceive the Democratic Party as "out of touch," "woke" and "weak." Worse, perceptions and confidence in the party have actually soured since last year's election, when Democrats not only lost the presidency, but also the Senate and the House. Democrat support from White men, Hispanic men and working-class voters in general has collapsed to below 35%. The poll is especially worrisome for Democrats in that it surveyed voters across 21 swing counties in 10 battleground states – the regions which will determine the outcomes of future elections. What can Democrats do to turn their prospects around? For starters, according to the survey, find new leaders who will talk about issues that matter to people, and particularly economic issues. Also, get back to common sense, which the party has rejected. Can anyone be surprised by these findings? After all, Democrats with unerring aim find themselves on the wrong side of almost every issue. Biological boys competing in girls' sports? Check. Open borders? Check. Opposing school choice? Check. Most recently, Democrats rallied in support of Glass House marijuana farms in California which were raided by ICE, even though the facility employed hundreds of people in the country illegally, including at least 10 children. Among the 361 illegals caught were criminals reportedly convicted for rape, kidnapping, burglary, hit and run, and DUI. Also detained were more than a dozen children, including one who is 14 years old, raising concerns about child trafficking. As ICE agents descended on the farm, they came under vicious assault from immigration activists and protesters. California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was laying the groundwork in South Carolina for a presidential run when the riots broke out at the pot facility, posted this on X: "Instead of supporting the businesses and workers that drive our economy and way of life, Stephen Miller's tactics evoke chaos, fear and terror within our communities at every turn," speaking of the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security adviser. Californians were likely surprised to hear their "way of life" depended on illegal underage labor. Washington state's Democratic Rep. Pramilla Jayapal has accused ICE officers of acting "like a terrorist force" while Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE agents as the "modern-day Gestapo." Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson describes ICE agents as "secret police" and says they're "terrorizing our communities." Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, New York Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman and many others have condemned ICE workers. The upshot of this reckless vitriol is that ICE agents have suffered a 700% increase in violent assaults even as they work to protect our communities. Democrats should note that in last year's election, voters turned out to elect Donald Trump, who vowed not only to secure our border but also to deport people in this country illegally. Reflexively opposing Trump in this ambition is also to oppose the will of American citizens. Last month, a CBS News/YouGov poll showed a majority of the country supports President Trump's deportation program, and a plurality thinks the effort is making the country safer. Other polls have indicated overwhelming support for deporting criminals. It isn't just President Trump's immigration policies that Democrats oppose; it's every move he makes. That brings them, for instance, to vote for a $4 trillion tax hike, which would have clobbered our economy. Even billionaire Democrat Mark Cuban is appalled by his party, noting on a recent podcast that Democrats' only plan of action is to complain about the president. "That's the underlying thought of everything the Democrats dot," Cuban said, "Trump sucks." As he said, "That's not the way to win. It's just not." While the current disarray in the Democratic Party is heartening for Republicans, it carries risks not only for the GOP but, more importantly, for the country. Searching for new leadership and new ideas could well encourage the rise of the likes of Zohran Mamdani the Democratic Socialist now leading the mayoral race in New York. Mamdani has burst on the scene promising to deliver free bus rides, free childcare, cheaper food via government-run grocery stores and cheaper housing via rent caps. None of it is real, but for hard-up voters searching for candidates who offer new ideas, the pitch resonates. Shamefully, leading Democratic Representatives like Jerry Nadler and Adriano Espaillat have endorsed this fraud who pretends to have working-class roots and to despise billionaires, even as his campaign is funded by the very rich and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Mamdani is a big champion of public schools but attended pricey private schools and an expensive liberal arts college. Worse, Mamdani, who is Muslim, is openly anti-Israel and widely viewed as antisemitic. How can a candidate who has called to "globalize the intifada" lead a city that is home to 1.3 million Jews – the largest Jewish population outside Israel? Is anyone paying attention? Establishment Democrats are scared to death of Mamdani and his fanatical Democratic Socialist supporters, who have threatened to primary any who stand in their way. Millions of dollars are flowing from billionaire George Soros' son Alex to promote this candidate who rails against the wealthy and to challenge his opponents. This is a test for today's Democrats. If they follow Mamdani down his Socialist (President Trump and others say Communist) path and allow the 33-year-old snake-oil salesman to become the face of the next generation, they will further shrink their popularity. Most Americans, outside the coastal elites responsible for so much misfortune for Democrats, disagree with Mamdani's leftist policies and will increasingly disengage from a party that celebrates him. If not, we are all in trouble.
Politico
01-07-2025
- Business
- Politico
Trump ally launches new super PAC to counter Musk
The PAC will spend money in any race where Musk follows through on his plan to bankroll a third-party hopeful, or where he backs a Democrat or a Republican primary challenge against a Trump-endorsed incumbent. The goal: ensure that Musk's deep pockets don't undermine Trump's grip on the GOP.'There's real frustration in our movement with Elon and his antics,' said Fishback, who stepped away from DOGE last month after Musk lashed out at Trump. 'I'm a big believer in what he's doing in the private sector. But when it comes to politics, he's dead wrong on this.' Fishback, who is represented by Lex Politica, the same firm that represents Musk and his SuperPAC AmericaPAC, is putting $1 million of his own money into his PAC. FSD PAC's formation comes amid an intensifying standoff between the world's wealthiest man and the Republican party. Musk, the GOP's largest individual donor, has publicly threatened to start his own party, the 'America Party,' if Congress passes Trump's sweeping domestic policy package, known as the Big Beautiful Bill. The Senate passed that bill on Tuesday and it could land on the president's desk this on Tuesday, said he wasn't concerned Republicans would be swayed by Musk or his money. 'I don't think he should be playing that game with me,' the president said.A Trump ally added that he was not too concerned about Musk's threats, noting his lackluster track record of political endorsements. 'A guy named Elon Musk tried to play Kingmaker in the 2024 Republican primary by backing Ron DeSanctimonious,' said the person who was granted anonymity to speak freely. Musk also spent millions to sway a Wisconsin Supreme Court race, including handing out million-dollar checks to two Wisconsin voters, but the Democrat won handily anyway.'For it to have any impact, you'd have to have Republicans leaving the Republican Party of President Trump and joining a new party just so they can take a check from Elon,' said a Republican strategist granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking. 'I just don't see that happening.' And FSD is just one of several pro-Trump organizations ready to attack Republicans deemed disloyal. Just last week, another pro-Trump group, MAGA Kentucky, aired a TV ad against Rep. Thomas Massie, one of only two House Republicans who voted against the president's marquee legislation. The 30-second spot targets Massie for voting against legislation that cuts taxes and funds border security, and puts him alongside Iran's leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) Musk has been criticizing the legislation for weeks but his attacks have ramped up over the past few days as the legislation gets closer to the finish line. The owner of Tesla and X said that conservative lawmakers who support the bill 'will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth' and said he 'will' support Massie. Trump escalated the rhetoric on Tuesday morning, telling reporters that his administration 'will have to take a look' at deporting Musk, a South African native and naturalized U.S. citizen. 'We might have to put DOGE on Elon,' Trump said, referring to the agency at the center of his government-shrinking agenda. Musk, for his part, responded on X: 'So tempting to escalate this. So, so tempting. But I will refrain for now.' Irie Sentner contributed to this report.
New York Times
28-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Mamdani, Trump and the End of the Old Politics
This is an edited transcript of an episode of 'The Ezra Klein Show.' You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. The Democratic primary that just wrapped up in New York was a collision between two very different candidates on almost every level: ideologically, outsider versus insider and name recognition. But it was also a collision that I think matters, for much beyond New York City politics, of two very different theories of attention. Andrew Cuomo ran a campaign that was based on a tried-and-true strategy of buying attention. He had this gigantic super PAC with tens of millions of dollars purchasing all the advertising money can buy, absolutely dominating airwaves with negative ads about Zohran Mamdani. Archived clip: In his own words, Zohran Mamdani wants to defund the police. Archived clip: Zohran Mamdani is a 33-year-old dangerously inexperienced legislator who has passed just three bills. Archived clip: Zohran Mamdani, a risk New York can't afford. And then you had Mamdani, who was running a campaign on a very different theory of attention, a theory of viral attention, a campaign built on these vertical videos that, if you opened Instagram, if you opened TikTok, and you were in any way connected to his ideas or to New York City, this was all you saw. Archived clip of Kareem Rahma: So what's your take? Zohran Mamdani: That I should be the mayor. Archived clip of Mamdani: New York is suffering from a crisis, and it's called halalflation. Archived clip of Mamdani: Did you know that Andrew Cuomo gutted the pensions for hundreds and thousands of New Yorkers? Archived clip of Mamdani: Mr. Cuomo, and furthermore, the name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I. You should learn how to say it.' Attention works differently now. This is one of the core political theses of this entire podcast. It is laced through so many of these episodes. You just watched these two incredibly different attentional strategies collide. Cuomo got flattened. He got flattened. It was not close. There are things you cannot learn about how to win elections in other places from an off-year June Democratic primary in New York City using rank-choice voting. But there are things you can learn about how attention works right now — and that's in a large part the subject of this conversation. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The National
26-06-2025
- Politics
- The National
If Zohran Mamdani can do it, left must believe it can make it anywhere
A campaign ran exclusively on the principles of socialism and equality with a peppering of pro-Palestine views for good measure just out-manoeuvred an absurdly embedded former governor; a well-oiled political machine with millions in Super PAC funding behind him – it's absolutely spectacular. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but from the land that just inflicted another four years of Donald Trump on global stability, it is something to be excited about. As we watch the national security of virtually every country across the globe being tossed around the most incompetent men to ever exist like a hot potato, a victory of this proportion for the grassroots is massive. Zohran Mamdani didn't just beat Cuomo. He beat him with 43.5% of first-place votes to fly past the political gatekeepers, a message to the ruling class that should send shockwaves through them. People are tired of being ruled by the same people offering the same answers to problems that only ever worsen – and that warning transcends the borders of the United States. READ MORE: UK nations unite against Labour's 'inadequate' devolution approach This isn't just a New York story that those of us desperate for a glimmer of hope are clutching to. It's a warning shot for every political establishment coasting on carefully curated political apathy. Mamdani's campaign was a grassroots spectacle, rooted in genuine empathy. Not media-trained empathy but the kind that compels action. He knocked doors, used public transport and held public meetings in church halls and community centres. He spent every day of his campaign speaking to voters and sharing in their stories. Not in the self-serving way that we're used to politicians exploiting for optics – using paid actors and actresses to parade as working-class mums for campaign videos – but because he knew that the solutions to broken systems were found in the people they impact. He listened and he empowered the community he seeks to serve – and that is worth more electorally than any pretty penny donated from any giant corporation. As Cuomo has just found out. What's most exciting for me about this is the messaging Mamdani ran his campaign on. There was no pandering to the uprising of the right wing, just firm, socialist principles. Rent controls, free public transport, taxing the wealthy, social housing, publicly owned grocery stores. Good politics in service of everyday people rather than hollow policy that seeks to serve only the rich and powerful. There was no dream-selling or empty promises either, just genuinely well-thought-out ideas crafted from the people power that fuelled his campaign. A platform that dared to centre ordinary people rather than appease the donors and influencers who sashay in and out of Manhattan cocktail bars without the slightest inkling of what the typical New York experience looks like. And it worked. Cuomo threw everything possible at him – especially money. Money that he used to smear Mamdani's intentions and credentials at every opportunity. He, of course, in desperation, dog-whistled accusations of antisemitism over pro-Palestine views, which Mamdani in response used to craft the most successfully unifying campaign seen in years. READ MORE: SNP MPs join Labour rebellion in bid to kill off benefit cuts There's something deeply human and hopeful about voters choosing that, particularly among the never-ending doom and gloom that seems to be occupying our news feeds day in and day out. It's something really powerful that should rattle even the most cynical among us. The voting system helped. While Mamdani led the first-choice votes and Cuomo lagged, it was second-choice votes from progressives who supported candidates like Brad Lander that ultimately put Mamdani out in front. A masterclass in how to build a progressive movement. Alliances formed across backgrounds and belief systems rather than an individualistic approach. In a climate where we are all being urged to turn against one another, the success of this uniting force for good might well be the hope we've been waiting for. It's hard not to draw the comparison with Scotland. Our own politics is, famously, dominated by a stagnant establishment, one increasingly distanced from the reality outside of Westminster's gold-encrusted walls. A man-made cost of living crisis, the likes of which has not been seen in decades, with a generation of young Scots watching their future dissolve into the same old broken Westminster policies, the same old establishment parties and the same old excuses. A never-ending cycle of mediocrity that we are shackled to. And the hard truth is that if we are ever to change it, the left needs to step up. There is far too much pandering to the middle-right ground in a desperate attempt to woo voters – from all parties. It's not a vote winner, it's a sellout strategy destined to fail. If Scotland's left doesn't start organising like Mamdani, then the independence movement is going to irreversibly lose the people we need to win; and we will be shackled to this reality for generations to come. What makes this feel so seismic isn't just that he beat Cuomo – the former governor was on borrowed time and it's my firm belief that politicians like him always have their day eventually. But Mamdani has just redefined what 'electable' is. For so long and in so many political systems, working-class candidates are seen as unrealistic. Socialists too extreme. The powerful have carefully curated a culture where power is never really for the everyday person to acquire, but rather for the already powerful to hoard. Mamdani stands in direct opposition to that narrative. Armed not with billionaires, but with functional, left-wing politics. Politics for people. An organiser who built community power instead of seeking it for himself. I have said it before and I'll say it again: if we in Scotland, and the rest of the UK, fail to grasp the reality that the antidote to a Nigel Farage is a Mamdani, then disaster awaits us at the next election. The kind of leaders the world needs at this pivotal moment in its history aren't polished politicians with fat chequebooks and gold-standard media training. It's normal people who are anchored in their communities, guided by unshakeable principles that aren't for sale. It's leaders like Zohran Mamdani. There's work to do still with incumbent Eric Adams fighting his re-election from an independent standpoint and loopholes for Cuomo to snake through yet but for now, there's hope for the entire world – of a kind that has been absent for too long.
