There’s a Marxist millionaire living in Shanghai who made nearly $800 million off American capitalism, and he’s allegedly using that fortune to fund chaos on our streets. His name is Neville Roy Singham, and if you haven’t heard of him, that’s exactly how he wants it.
The House Ways and Means Committee just passed the Foreign Funding Transparency Act by a 23-18 vote, and it’s about time. This legislation would force tax-exempt organizations to actually tell the IRS when they’re taking money from foreign nationals. Radical concept, right? You’d think we’d already require this, but apparently we’ve been operating on the honor system while foreign adversaries treat our nonprofit sector like their personal propaganda fund.
Chairman Jason Smith from Missouri didn’t mince words. He pointed out what anyone with eyes can see: those supposedly grassroots protests filling our streets aren’t grassroots at all. They’re astroturf, manufactured and bankrolled by what he called “shadowy networks” of well-funded groups. From the outside it looks organic, looks like concerned citizens rising up. But follow the money and you find something else entirely. You find a machine.
The committee’s investigation revealed something disturbing. For decades, tax-exempt organizations have been enjoying their lucrative benefits while simultaneously taking marching orders and cash from foreign nationals. Gordon Chang, senior fellow at Gatestone Institute, has been tracking Singham’s alleged $591 million dark money network. That’s not a typo. Nearly six hundred million dollars potentially flowing from a guy in Shanghai into far-left nonprofits, possibly with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Think about that for a second. We’re talking about an American citizen who cashed out of the system, moved to China, and may now be using his wealth to undermine the very country that made him rich. The audacity is almost impressive if it weren’t so dangerous.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed this blind spot just last week at a summit in Washington. He called out what conservatives have known for years but what the establishment refuses to acknowledge: far-left terrorism is real, it’s growing, and we’ve been pretending it doesn’t exist. The idea that extremist violence from the political left could be a serious threat gets dismissed as right-wing paranoia. Meanwhile, cities burn and monuments fall and organized mobs shut down campuses.
The Ways and Means Committee issued subpoenas as part of its investigation. They’re digging into how foreign money gets laundered through tax-exempt groups and funneled into political committees. This isn’t about legitimate international cooperation or cultural exchange. This is about foreign interference in American politics, dressed up in nonprofit clothing and shielded by tax benefits.
Singham sold his tech company for $785 million back in the day. Now he’s reportedly running operations from Shanghai, directing a network that influences anti-American activities here at home. The Chinese Communist Party has figured out something crucial: you don’t need to invade a country when you can simply buy its institutions and fund its internal divisions.
Foreign donations have no place in American politics. Period. When the sole goal is manipulating public discourse, spreading propaganda, and supporting violence, we’re not talking about free speech anymore. We’re talking about warfare by other means.
The vote breakdown tells you everything you need to know about where the parties stand. Twenty-three lawmakers saw the threat clearly enough to act. Eighteen didn’t, or wouldn’t. This should be bipartisan and unanimous, but apparently exposing foreign influence is now a controversial position.
For far too long, we’ve let our openness be exploited. Our nonprofit sector, designed to serve communities and advance legitimate causes, has become a playground for foreign actors who understand that Americans are trusting, maybe too trusting. They’ve weaponized our own values against us, and they’ve been getting away with it because nobody wanted to ask uncomfortable questions about who’s really funding the resistance.
The Foreign Funding Transparency Act won’t solve everything, but it’s a start. Sunlight remains the best disinfectant, and shining light on these money flows will reveal just how many supposedly American movements are actually foreign operations. When you see how the cash moves, the mask comes off. What looked like passion reveals itself as payroll.
This matters because our republic depends on Americans deciding American questions. When foreign nationals manipulate our discourse through dark money networks, they’re not participating in democracy. They’re corrupting it. And if we don’t have the backbone to demand transparency about who’s funding what, we deserve what we get.
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