Examining foreign influence in our K-12 schools at @fdd Formers: @NBCInvestigates @MarshallProj @NYDailyNews @PhillyDailyNews. @Penn Criminology MS grad.
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🎙️ In this episode of Foreign Podicy @CliffordDMay sits down with @RepStefanik @EliseStefanik to discuss her new book exposing academic rot at elite universities.
@76brandy76 joins to examine ideological bias and double standards at America’s prestigious institutions.
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“Did you know that the ruling Qatari royal family’s foundation ran a multi-million dollar influence campaign in U.S. K-12 public schools?” Great work by @SimoneJWei and @NomiFried @FDD!
Did you know that the ruling Qatari royal family’s foundation ran a multi-million dollar influence campaign in U.S. K-12 public schools? We @FDD collected over $9 million in Qatari contracts across major school districts. And reviewed thousands of pages of teaching materials.
What did we find?
Read my examination with @NomiFried …
go.shr.lc/3SlLEOd - @washtimesoped
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Simone Weichselbaum retweeted
Jun 12
Qatar is infiltrating public U.S. K12 schools to introduce highly politicized, anti-Western curriculum. Proud of @SimoneJWei and our @FDD ed team for shining light on this! washingtontimes.com/news/202…
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At @FDD we are examining foreign influence in our K-12 schools by malign actors including the Islamist regime in Qatar.👇
WATCH: How I used local public records laws to collect millions of dollars worth of funding contracts, teaching materials and emails in U.S K-12 public school districts, funded by the Qatari ruling royal family’s foundation, @QFIntl , which said Monday is winding down.
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1/4 Qatar Foundation International has poured millions of dollars into U.S. K-12 public schools over the past 17 years.
@FDD’s Education and Nat Sec. team spent months examining $9M in Qatari contracts to schools and teachers — plus thousands of pages of teaching materials.
Here's what we found. 🧵
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3/4 In @PPSConnect, QFI-funded programs in Portland included anti-Israel lessons and lectures on "resistance" — going back to 2014.
At the 2025 Lincoln High School Arabic Culture Night, where students thanked the Qatar Foundation, posters displayed a map of Israel labeled “Palestine” and featured imagery that glorified violent resistance.
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4/ 4 Foreign influence needs to stop permeating American K-12 education, gaining access to our children and shaping their worldviews for years to come.
Read the full piece in @WashTimes — with @NomiFried — to see everything we uncovered: washingtontimes.com/news/202…
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WATCH: How I used local public records laws to collect millions of dollars worth of funding contracts, teaching materials and emails in U.S K-12 public school districts, funded by the Qatari ruling royal family’s foundation, @QFIntl , which said Monday is winding down.
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Did you know that the ruling Qatari royal family’s foundation ran a multi-million dollar influence campaign in U.S. K-12 public schools? We @FDD collected over $9 million in Qatari contracts across major school districts. And reviewed thousands of pages of teaching materials.
What did we find?
Read my examination with @NomiFried …
go.shr.lc/3SlLEOd - @washtimesoped
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RT @kdeutschjourno: The Associated Press has appointed former NGO employee and antizionist sympathizer Erin Cunningham as its new Jerusalem…
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After @MikaHackner broke the news via posting an internal memo that @QFIntl announced it was winding down operations. QFI - the foundation tied to the Qatari ruling royal family - took down parts of its website, including the grants page.
As I reported with @FDD, QFI was paying the salaries of U.S. K-12 public school teachers via these grants.
What happens this morning when you Google QFI Grants ⬇️
Curious as to why? 🤔
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Simone Weichselbaum retweeted
Jun 4
1/ I spent over a year documenting Qatar's financial footprint in the United States.
The number I found? $400 billion. That's roughly $1.2 million per Qatari citizen.
Here's what you should know. 🧵
fdd.org/analysis/2026/06/03/…
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Important and first of its kind examination into Qatari funding across many U.S institutions and industries by my colleague @NatalieEcanow @FDD
Qatar has spent at least $400 billion in the U.S. since 2000 — roughly $1.2 million per Qatari citizen. @NatalieEcanow spent more than a year tracking Qatari spending in the U.S.
Her new memo maps the full picture and begs the question of when foreign investment becomes foreign influence: bit.ly/4oa6Brh
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Curious that @QFIntl will “wind down” just a few months after I published examinations into their footprint in Texas and Georgia 🤔
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Well this interesting.
Qatar Foundation International "to wind down operations." Existing programs will "conclude" or "evolve" under the control of "local institutions."
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