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SW: →Political Activism: My articles on Truth-2-Power.com and DailyKOS are drawing more sourcing. Jumping to years to cover the details of his giving. His website, not interestingly on Google, etc.
==Political Activism==
Foster, a Republican donor and supporter of [[George W. Bush]]'s administration, has been an active patron contributing millions to a number of religious and conservative causes including:
* He is a member of the secretive conservative [[Council for National Policy]] that coordinates objectives amongst the network of astroturf grass roots groups, think tanks, Super PACs and their wealthy funders.
* Friess gives to [http://www.privatesectorsolutions.net Private Sector Solutions], a network of leaders developing private sector solutions to augment, preempt or replace government services.* Donations to [http://www.libforall.org/ LibForAll] and other groups building a global counter-extremism network
* Opposition to national health reform through patient-driven health care activist group [http://www.freemarketcure.com/ Free Market Cure] and other groups.
* Choice in Education through [http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/New/index.html Alliance for School Choice], [http://www.allchildrenmatter.org/ All Children Matter] and others
===2012===
* Friess was instrumental in pouring money into the political campaign of presidential hopeful [[Rick Santorum]] in 2012 by way of a Super PAC called the "[[Red White and Blue Fund]]" he told NBC News. He also donated $250,000 to Santorum's failed re-election campaign in 2006, and at least that amount to the Republican Governors' Association.<ref>" [http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/04/9958729-wealthy-wyoming-investment-fund-manager-bankrolling-pro-santorum-super-pac Wealthy Wyoming investment fund manager bankrolling pro-Santorum Super PAC]," by Michael Isikoff , NBC News</ref>
===2009===
* He was a sponsor of a 2009 [[Goldwater Institute]] breakfast.
==Right Wing Media Investments==
* Freiss reportedly has put more than $3M into conservative commentator [[Tucker Carlson]]'s [[The Daily Caller]] website..<ref>" [http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/04/9958729-wealthy-wyoming-investment-fund-manager-bankrolling-pro-santorum-super-pac Wealthy Wyoming investment fund manager bankrolling pro-Santorum Super PAC]," by Michael Isikoff , NBC News</ref>
* He was acknowledged at the privately held Koch seminar in June 2011 in Vail, Colorado for donating at least $1 million to Koch-related causes.<ref>Gavin Aronsen, "[http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/koch-brothers-million-dollar-donor-club The Koch Brothers' Million-Dollar Donor Club]", Mother Jones, September 6, 2011</ref>
* Friess gives to conservative think tanks like the [[American Enterprise Institute]], and to education groups that advocate for school voucher programs, including the [[Alliance for School Choice]]. In the near future, Friess expects to make grants to advocate for the FairTax — which would replace the current federal system of taxation with a tax on retail sales. <ref> [http://wyofile.com/2011/01/foster-friess/ WyoFile - Foster Friess]]</ref>
==Website & Blog==
Friess has a website at [http://fosterfriess.com/ http://fosterfriess.com/] where he also writes his "[Campfire Blog http://fosterfriess.com/campfire-blog/]"
==Philanthropy==
