ActBlue Pleads the Fifth on Hiding Foreign Campaign Donations, SPLC Dodges on Funding the KKK & DHS Finds 146,000 Missing Children
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 12 June 2026
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Summary
1. ActBlue Investigation Allegations
- ActBlue is a major Democratic fundraising platform.
- The CEO pleaded the Fifth Amendment repeatedly during congressional testimony.
- There are allegations of illegal foreign donations, including possible contributions from foreign nationals.
- Congressional Republicans are investigating whether ActBlue:
- Allowed foreign donations
- Misled Congress
- Failed to implement fraud safeguards
2. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Controversy
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- Being investigated for funding extremist groups (including the KKK) via informants.
- Allowing funds to allegedly support activities like cross-burning (as claimed in DOJ allegations).
- The CEO is described as evasive during testimony, deferring to legal proceedings.
- Includes a segment about questioning the CEO on a politician with a Nazi tattoo.
3. Missing Migrant Children & Immigration Policy
- the Biden administration:
- Lost track of hundreds of thousands of migrant children.
- Failed to vet sponsors receiving children.
- Many children were subjected to abuse, forced labor, or trafficking.
- The Trump administration has allegedly recovered 146,000+ children.
- Democratic immigration policies are enabling harm.
- Lists votes where Democrats allegedly opposed deportation policies for certain offenders.
- Used to argue Democrats are:
- Soft on immigration enforcement
- Prioritizing undocumented immigrants over public safety
4. “Green New Deal” / Government Funding Criticism
- Discusses Department of the Interior actions to cut funding to:
- Environmental groups
- DEI-related programs
- Claims:
- Democrats funnel taxpayer money to allied nonprofits
- These groups then advance political agendas
- Describes this as corruption or misuse of funds
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:26.5 | Welcome, it is Vertical Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. And if you're listening on the radio, it's so nice to have you around the country with us. And don't forget, this show is a podcast three days a week as well. So make sure you download. Verdict with Ted Cruz, wherever you get your podcast so you don't miss an episode. Senator, we've got a lot to talk about today on the show, including some very interesting moves by Act Blue. We've got to remind people exactly who they are. Well, Act Blue is the principal online |
| 0:33.1 | funding arm for the Democrats nationally. It is the website that left-wing donors go to to give |
| 0:39.4 | money to Democrats. It raises hundreds of millions of dollars for Democrats. It funnels in, |
| 0:45.5 | in the aggregate, billions of dollars for Democrats. And there have long been serious allegations |
| 0:52.2 | that Act Blue was essentially laundering foreign contributions, |
| 0:57.8 | that foreign nationals, in particular Chinese nationals, were making illegal campaign contributions through Act Blue to fund Democrats running for office. |
| 1:07.8 | And this week, the CEO of Act Blue testified before Congress. And Congress, the House is examining whether Act Blue was deliberately covered up the illegal foreign contributions that they were receiving, whether Act Blue lied to Congress over it. And the Act Blue CEO over and over and over again pleaded the fifth. |
| 1:30.1 | Her answer to just about every question was I can't answer because that may incriminate me |
| 1:35.8 | in criminal conduct. It was stunning. We're going to break it down and give you all the facts on that. |
| 1:40.5 | Yeah, it really is incredible. I also want to talk to you real quick about the international |
| 1:44.8 | fellowship of Christians and Jews and the really important work they're doing to help people |
| 1:50.5 | that are hurting right now in Israel and how you can get involved. From America's Revolutionary |
| 1:56.1 | War to Israel's fight for survival in 1948, both nations have faced moments that tested their courage, |
| 2:04.0 | yet freedom endured. In October of 1985, President Ronald Reagan delivered these remarks about |
| 2:10.2 | America's commitment to stand with Israel. In our talks, we paid special attention to two issues. |
| 2:15.7 | Our commitment to Israel's security and well-being, |
| 2:18.4 | and our shared desire to move forward together toward a just and lasting peace between Israel |
| 2:23.2 | and all its Arab neighbors. A strong, secure Israel is a shared interest. As America celebrates |
| 2:29.3 | its 250th anniversary, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, reflects on the friendship |
| 2:35.6 | between the United States and Israel. |
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