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'''''The Washington Free Beacon''''' is a news website founded in 2012. While considered a [[conservative]] website, and while taking many conservative positions, the ''Free Beacon'' is funded by GOP donor [[Paul Singer]], who supported [[establishment]] candidates, [[Common Core]], and founded a [[super PAC]] with the purpose of convincing the GOP to endorse the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref name="Shaw2017">Shaw, Adam (October 27, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/10/27/report-paul-singer-funded-washington-free-beacon-behind-initial-fusion-gps-trump-effort/ Paul Singer-Funded Washington Free Beacon Behind Initial Fusion GPS Trump Effort]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 27, 2017.</ref> Additionally, [[Bill Kristol]], an [[establishment]] [[Never Trump movement]] activist, is connected to the Beacon.<ref name="Shaw2017"/>

'''''The Washington Free Beacon''''' is a news website founded in 2012. While considered a [[conservative]] website, and while taking many conservative positions, the ''Free Beacon'' is funded by GOP donor [[Paul Singer]], who supported [[establishment]] candidates, [[Common Core]], [[open borders]], amnesty for illegal aliens, and founded a [[super PAC]] with the purpose of convincing the GOP to endorse the [[homosexual agenda]].<ref name="Shaw2017">Shaw, Adam (October 27, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/10/27/report-paul-singer-funded-washington-free-beacon-behind-initial-fusion-gps-trump-effort/ Paul Singer-Funded Washington Free Beacon Behind Initial Fusion GPS Trump Effort]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 27, 2017.</ref><ref>Mason, Ian (October 27, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/27/anti-trump-dossier-original-funder-paul-singer-an-open-borders-establishment-republican-billionaire/ Anti-Trump Dossier Original Funder Paul Singer an Open Borders Establishment Republican Billionaire]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 27, 2017.</ref> Additionally, [[Bill Kristol]], an [[establishment]] [[Never Trump movement]] activist, is connected to the Beacon.<ref name="Shaw2017"/>

When founded in 2012, the ''Free Beacon'' had  501(c)(4) tax-exempt status, being a part of the Center for American Freedom, but in 2014 it became a for-profit organization.<ref name="Shaw2017"/> In 2017, the ''Free Beacon'' was the subject of controversy for funding [[Fusion GPS]]'s "opposition research" against then-presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], research which directly led to the Russian dossier created by the same organization and funded by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic National Committee]].<ref name="Shaw2017"/>

When founded in 2012, the ''Free Beacon'' had  501(c)(4) tax-exempt status, being a part of the Center for American Freedom, but in 2014 it became a for-profit organization.<ref name="Shaw2017"/> In 2017, the ''Free Beacon'' was the subject of controversy for funding [[Fusion GPS]]'s "opposition research" against then-presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], research which directly led to the Russian dossier created by the same organization and funded by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic National Committee]].<ref name="Shaw2017"/>