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In 2015, Mastrangelo ran for Willoughby Hills City Council,[https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/alana-mastrangelo-candidate-for-willoughby-hills-council-district-november-election/article_1b812d58-77f8-5035-b9b1-d9a0b0544c69.html] and although she was in Italy during most of the campaign, Mastrangelo promptly returned to the United States sixty days before the election, at which point she then accused her opponent of "pretending to own a business"[https://archive.org/details/AlanaMastrangelo3] and using local government to facilitate "nepotism."[https://archive.org/details/AlanaMastrangelo2]

In 2015, Mastrangelo ran for Willoughby Hills City Council,[https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/alana-mastrangelo-candidate-for-willoughby-hills-council-district-november-election/article_1b812d58-77f8-5035-b9b1-d9a0b0544c69.html] and although she was in Italy during most of the campaign, Mastrangelo promptly returned to the United States sixty days before the election, at which point she then accused her opponent of "pretending to own a business"[https://archive.org/details/AlanaMastrangelo3] and using local government to facilitate "nepotism."[https://archive.org/details/AlanaMastrangelo2]

In 2016, Mastrangelo assisted in the creation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Watchlist Professor Watchlist,] a website by Turning Point USA that lists U.S. professors deemed to "discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."[https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/22/new-website-seeks-register-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values] After its launch, the website was criticized by members of academia, who claimed its purpose was to threaten professors.[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/professor-watchlist-website-academic][http://time.com/4588165/professor-watchlist-silence-conservative/] Mastrangelo reacted by defending the watchlist, stating that the website is "helpful" for conservative students who want to "know if a professor has actually made headlines for past behavior,"[https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/krishrach/this-website-wants-students-to-publicly-shame-anti-american] before signing up for classes, meaning literal headlines as the website is a media aggregation site relying solely on secondary media sources like the way [[Drudge Report]] is presented.

In 2016, Mastrangelo assisted in the creation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Watchlist Professor Watchlist,] a website by Turning Point USA that lists U.S. professors deemed to "discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."[https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/22/new-website-seeks-register-professors-accused-liberal-bias-and-anti-american-values] After its launch, the website was criticized by members of academia, who claimed its purpose was to threaten professors.[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/02/professor-watchlist-website-academic][http://time.com/4588165/professor-watchlist-silence-conservative/] Mastrangelo reacted by defending the watchlist, stating that the website is "helpful" for conservative students who want to "know if a professor has actually made headlines for past behavior,"[https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/krishrach/this-website-wants-students-to-publicly-shame-anti-american] before signing up for classes, meaning literal headlines as the website is a media aggregation site relying solely on secondary media sources like the way [[Drudge Report]] is presented.  The size of the site is such that Pennsylvania, a typical state with a fairly large population, lists only ten professors.

In February 2017, a leaked audio recording revealed Mastrangelo discussing plans to funnel thousands of dollars into student government campaigns at [[Ohio State University]].[https://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008] In the recording, Mastrangelo could be heard talking about how Turning Point USA would run seemingly liberal students, who were actually "closet conservatives," for student government. Mastrangelo referred to the plan as "a Trojan Horse."[https://www.thelantern.com/2017/02/leaked-documents-audio-conservative-turning-point-usa-quietly-funding-student-government-campaigns-across-us/]

In February 2017, a leaked audio recording revealed Mastrangelo discussing plans to funnel thousands of dollars into student government campaigns at [[Ohio State University]].[https://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008] In the recording, Mastrangelo could be heard talking about how Turning Point USA would run seemingly liberal students, who were actually "closet conservatives," for student government. Mastrangelo referred to the plan as "a Trojan Horse."[https://www.thelantern.com/2017/02/leaked-documents-audio-conservative-turning-point-usa-quietly-funding-student-government-campaigns-across-us/]