Along with our friends at Breitbart, The Blaze, Daily Wire, Newsmax, the New York Post, and the Washington Examiner, the Washington Free Beacon and Thomas Catenacci revealed Friday thanks to a disclosure from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) found “$2 billion in taxpayer funds set aside for a fledgling nonprofit linked to perennial Georgia Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.”
Of course, this was of zero interest to the “Big Three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC on their flagship morning and evening newscasts.
Catenacci explained the Biden EPA had “awarded Power Forward Communities the grant in April 2024 as part of the agency's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program,” courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Most disturbingly, the group received oodles of cash even though it had only been months old and previously had “$100 in total revenue during its first three months in operation, according to its latest tax filings.”
He also pointed out the organization has only put one press release in its entire existence: “In its only press release to date, Power Forward Communities said that, in addition to induction stoves, it would use the $2 billion received from the EPA to help install heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, solar panels, home battery systems, EV chargers, and weatherization upgrades.”
As for where Abrams came in, Catenacci explained she’s “senior counsel” for one of its subsidiaries (click “expand”):
Power Forward Communities was established in October 2023 as a coalition of groups led by Rewiring America, a left-wing group that advocates for electrification policies and a transition away from fossil fuel dependence. Abrams, who serves as Rewiring America's senior counsel, said at the time that she was "thrilled" to be part of the Power Forward Communities coalition. "This is how we expand access to clean energy—by prioritizing housing, equity and resilience," she wrote in an X post.
According to its website, Power Forward Communities is the first nationwide program to finance home energy efficiency upgrades at scale. The group states that its mission is to assist homeowners, developers, and renters with home upgrades replacing gas-powered appliances like a traditional stovetop with electric appliances like an induction stovetop.
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Power Forward Communities lists a large number of partners on its website that it works with to implement its mission. Among its partners are the Southern Economic Advancement Project and Fair Count, two left-wing nonprofits founded by Abrams in the wake of her 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election defeat.
The Southern Economic Advancement Project, which seeks to boost racial equity and "economic power" in the South, is a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Center, a group known for giving millions of dollars to left-wing environmental and social activist organizations, according to Influence Watch.
Instead, the networks found other priorities, such as Sunday’s NBC Nightly News melting down about the end of transgender U.S. passports, ABC’s Good Morning America devoting a full segment Sunday to the upcoming Alec and Hilaria Baldwin reality TV series on TLC, and CBS Saturday Morning touting the belief from researchers that reintroducing certain animals to old habits could fight climate change.
To read Catenacci’s full story, click here.
