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The Board of Directors for Take Back Action Fund, an IRS recognized 501c4, will hold its annual meeting Wednesday, May 30 at 9 a.m. Central in Auburn, Alabama. Elections will be held for Board members to serve for one-year terms. Anyone interested in running for the Board should contact johnp@takeback.org or 404.606.3163 to be considered.

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Supporters forwarded this piece , which we missed prior to the successful FEC hearing but lays out the option requested. One note of clarity - we are not a PAC but a 501c4 that is allowed to put some effort into electioneering. However, after the FEC decision, which we are ecstatic to support, we do not plan on running the contemplated advertisements and are glad that other less scrupulous 501c4s will also realize the peril in proceeding with running ads that should be run through a PAC with full disclosure through a 501c4 instead.

TBAF Board Members Respond to Rare Unanimous FEC Decision Regarding Proposed Facebook Ads Members of the Take Back Action Fund Board of Directors responded to a unanimous decision by the Federal Elections Commission that its proposed Facebook ads potentially advocating the defeat of Democratic candidates based on hypocrisy over disclosing political contributions involving Russia and other issues. "I've been running hard-hitting political ads that play by the rules for years," said TBAF Board Member Charles Hellwig, who first worked with TBAF President John Pudner on Ollie North's run for US Senate in 1994. "However, if the FEC had deadlocked again on a Facebook matter it would have sent a clear signal that we were free to pay to run our attacks through Facebook without ever having to say Take Back Action Fund was the one paying for the ads.  We are happy we made this point, and that every group now knows they can no longer assume the FEC will deadlock and b...

On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission will take up a  request by    Take Back Action Fund regarding the need for disclaimers on Facebook Advertising. The Action was created by people who wanted to join Take Back Our Republic as conservatives concerned about the need for campaign finance reform, but who wanted to engage in activities that went beyond the scope of Take Back Our Republic, which is a non-profit under 501(c)3 of the IRS code. The Action Fund is a 501(c)4 that shares the conviction that voters have the right to know who is producing political advertising, particularly to identify attempts to flood huge amounts of money from foreign countries. To that end, the Action Fund asked the FEC if potential hard-hitting social media ads would require the same kind of disclosure required when similar TV commercials or direct mail attack pieces must provide. The Action Fund is encouraged by two draft response to the request to be considered Thursday, which is i...

Take Back Action Fund John Pudner breaks down the numbers in  this piece , closing with info on the non-profit (www.takeback.org) that established www.takebackactionfund.org.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - May 15, 2017 - The Take Back Action Fund Board met today in Birmingham and elected Randy Brooks Chair. The Board also elected Juleanna Glover, John Pudner, Charles Hellwig and Marty Connors to one-year terms. Two years ago Pudner, the Executive Director of Take Back Our Republic (Take Back), a non-partisan 501(c)3 organization (see details on www.takeback.org), announced the formation of Take Back Our Republic Action Fund (Action Fund). He noted that some strong conservatives with deep experience in politics, campaigns, and government believed in the educational effort of Take Back, but sought to advocate policies and implement specific solutions activities which go beyond the scope of the efforts of Take Back. The group currently advocated the passage of HR1341 and other campaign finance reform measures. The bios of the members are as follows: Randy Brooks , CEO of Avast Real Estate, built his real estate operation of more than 100 people with his me...