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Capital Research Center: Socialism and the Soul of the Packard Foundation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Nov. 26, 2025:

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Socialism and the soul of the Packard Foundation

How aligned is the foundation's grantmaking with the values of its founder?

By Robert Stilson

During the runup to the 1992 presidential election, Hewlett-Packard (HP) co-founder David Packard publicly derided the Democratic Party as the "party of socialism." Yet in 2020, nearly a quarter-century after Packard's passing, the foundation spending his fortune committed $20 million to a nonprofit fund that promotes "an anti-capitalist politic."

This ... Show Full Article

Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary to China Brief: PRC-Russia-DPRK Relations Grow Closer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2025, in its China Brief:

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PRC-Russia-DPRK Relations Grow Closer

By Seong-Hyon Lee

Executive Summary:

* Multiple Chinese readouts from the president-, premier-, and foreign minister-levels have omitted references to "denuclearization" following summits between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

* Russia, the DPRK, and the PRC are engaged in a mutually-beneficial triangular relationship, which promotes diversification from Western dependence ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Minnesota's High Employment Level Slows Its Per Capita GDP Growth Rate
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary:

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Minnesota's high employment level slows its per capita GDP growth rate

By John Phelan

Yesterday, I looked at why Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth in Minnesota has ranked 38th out of 50 states since 2014. Using the framework and data from our recent report "Accounting for Growth: Measuring the sources of per capita economic growth at the state level," which "broke down the growth rate ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Jury Nullification
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, posted the following commentary:

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Jury nullification

From KARE-11,

Hennepin County Judge tosses out jury's guilty verdict in $7.2 million home healthcare fraud case.

Jurors tell KARE 11 News their decision wasn't difficult after seeing evidence of "obvious fraud" committed by Abdifatah Yusuf.

The way jury nullification usually works is that a jury will ignore the law and acquit a guilty defendant with whom they sympathize, an act ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: ICE and the Manufactured Opposition It Faces
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary:

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ICE and the manufactured opposition it faces

By David Zimmer

Casual Minnesota consumers of the news or social media are being, not so subtly, influenced to believe that enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are creating "chaos" and are widely opposed.

The truth is the "chaos" surrounding nearly every ICE operation is manufactured, and while that manufactured chaos is impacting ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Did Gov. Walz Tell House DFLers to Squash the Bill Creating a Fraud Investigator?
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary:

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Did Gov. Walz tell House DFLers to squash the bill creating a fraud investigator?

By John Phelan

On May 8, the Senate DFL announced:

The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in Minnesota from bad actors and criminals seeking to defraud state agencies and programs.

"One ... Show Full Article

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Anatomy of a Viral Video - On Our Way to 5 Million Views
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Nov. 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary:

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Anatomy of a viral video: On our way to 5 million views

By Bill Walsh

Anatomy of a viral video: On our way to 5 million views

Have you watched this video yet?

Three million others have (and counting). American Experiment released the video last month to promote our recent report titled Shattered Green Dreams: The Environmental Costs of Wind and Solar. The goal of the video was to reach people who ... Show Full Article