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Clips from article: ANALYSIS: Majority of #taxpayer_funded Truman Scholars alumni have jobs that advance Democratic or leftist causes ... The $30,000 scholarship, which is supposed to be bipartisan, is awarded to around 55 students annually, selected from a pool of more than 800 applicants. Awardees promise to spend three of their first seven years after finishing graduate school in public service. Truman scholarships spawn 35 Democratic jobs for every 1 GOP job ... A few have gone on to be press secretaries for Democratic politicians. Some have worked for the #BarackObama Foundation or the #KamalaHarris for President campaign, or #Hillary for #America. One worked as a financial advisor for Democrat politician #LoriLightfoot, others have regional jobs for Democratic politicians in places such as #Manhattan, #NewMexico, #Georgia, and #Washington state. One Truman alumnus in particular — #MussabAli, who was given a Truman scholarship in 2017 — is currently running for mayor of #JerseyCity. Over the weekend Ali was 👉 joined by Democratic Rep. #IlhanOmar, who threw her support behind the candidate. In another example, University of #NotreDame alumnus #PrathmJuneja, a 2019 Truman fellow, worked for “Pete for America,” #PeteButtigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign, as a data engineer. One 2020 winner, #JuanBibiloni-Rivera, an alumnus of #IowaStateUniversity, served as a Michael S. #Dukakis Fellow in the Executive Office of Gov. #GretchenWhitmer, a #Michigan Democrat. For instance, #NikMarda, a 2020 Truman fellow and a #StanfordUniversity grad, is currently working as a campaign manager for the “Jake Johnson for @congress” effort. Johnson seeks to👉 flip #Minnesota’s 1st District to blue, running against Republican incumbent #Rep_BradFinstad. In contrast, only four Truman alumni from 2015 to 2020 have worked in GOP politics or conservative causes, the research found. Two are working for Congressional Republicans, one is a conservative journalist, and the fourth worked for a South Carolina attorney general. 👉Truman scholars’ careers advance leftwing beliefs ... For example, they work at #nonprofits such as the #Council on #American_Islamic Relations, Medical Justice in Advocacy, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, the Refugee Studies Centre, and the Civil Rights Corps. One 2017 Truman alumnus, #ChelseaJackson-Sandati of #EmoryUniversity, is founder and managing director of Equity #Architecture. She states on LinkedIn that her company’s “patent-pending approach combines activist approaches, social entrepreneurship, academic methodologies and change management to improve performance and reputation by 👉 embedding DE&I, Sustainability, CSR, and ESG into every aspect of the organization.” A 2018 Truman recipient, #Kieran_Minor of #OberlinCollege, runs “Project Hozho,” described on LinkedIn as a “collaborative arts and environmental education program for local youth on the #NavajoReservation, advancing environmental justice through the arts.” ÁngelOrtiz-#Siberón, a 2019 Truman winner from the University of #Pennsylvania, works in the housing sector “to support the creation of sustainable institutions that equitably serve the needs of Black and Brown people,”.... And #MaxKlapow, a 2020 Truman winner from the #University_of_Washington, served in 2023 as the editor-in-chief of the Graduate Inequality Review,.... ... the research found some Truman fellows working at the ACLU, or at liberal-aligned law firms focused on topics such as immigrant or LGBTQ rights, or at well-known Democratic stronghold firms such as Perkins Coie or Tonkon Torp. One 2015 Truman alumnus, #HarmannSingh of #ColumbiaUniversity, is an attorney who once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and who won an award for his work defending the state of #Kentucky’s COVID-era restrictions, according to his online bio. Many others have worked to advance causes such as climate change, LGBTQ, feminism, and abortion. ... This is no surprise, as The College Fix published in August data showing that 👉roughly 80 percent of the 2017 and 2018 Truman Scholars promote or are engaged in leftist policies today, .... ..... The Truman winners are nominated from all 50 states by campus faculty advisors representing thousands of colleges and universities nationwide. ... 👉The College Fix research shows the Truman Scholarships have funded an army of Democratic and leftist careerists. ... #VOTERS #TAXPAYERS #FAMILY #AL #AK #AZ #AR #CA #CO #CT #DE #FL #GA #HI #ID #IL #IN #IA #KS #KY #LA #ME #MD #MA #MI #MN #MS #MO #MT #NE #NV #NH #NJ #NM #NY #NC #ND #OH #OK #OR #PA #RI #SC #SD #TN #TX #UT #VT #VA #WA #WV #WI #WY #WWG1WGA #USA #MAGA #MAHA

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