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And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Matt Kittle, senior elections correspondent at the Federalist and your experience Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge. As always, you can email the show at radiohefderalist.com follow us on x@fdrlst. Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast and of course, to the premium version of our website as well. Our guest today is Nicole Neely, founder and president of Defending Education, a national grassroots organization working to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas. As you can imagine, Defending Education has a lot of work on its plate. Defending Education is now out with a new investigative report which finds national teachers unions have Contributed More than $660 million to far left organizations and left wing political groups over the past decade. Nicole, thank you so much for joining us on this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
Nicole Neely (1:39)
Thank you for having me on.
Matt Kittle (1:40)
I suppose it's not all that surprising to know that with the state of teachers unions and the way it's been for some time that they're donating to left wing causes, but maybe it's the sheer amount of money that really stands out here and what it's being used for.
Nicole Neely (1:59)
Of course, yes. I mean, it is jaw dropping. My coworker looked at the LM2s for the AFT, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Education association at the national level, as well as many of their state affiliates. And that's how we got to that $1 billion amount. We went back 10 years looking at things, and I think we were astonished to see some of the line item expenditures. And I think most teachers would be as well, because not every teacher in America is a hardcore progressive activist. Many of them got into this profession just because they want to help children learn. And we found it astonishing that their dues are being weaponized not only against their values, but against the values of, you know, more than half of the country.
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