The Knights of Columbus was once a nice fraternal organization for Roman Catholics in the United States, ala the Free Masons for non-Catholics or the Elks Club or the Lions Club for people in general regardless of religious affiliation. They'd get together and play pool, drink beers, pray, and participate in charitable endeavors.

Over the last couple decades, it's become an right-wing advocacy group, and people should know that their donations are going to assist in the Republican Party's messaging and to try to push the Church in the direction of the Republican Party through strategic donations and spending on non-Church items and on the Church directly in areas that they think will favor Republicans, as well as in their internal messaging.

Carl Anderson, the current Grand Knight, has at times right near elections used member threads calling out people like Joe Biden as "Bad Catholics" (Not an exact quote). I've never seen them do that to a Republican. Where were the newspaper ads against Mike Pence? They didn't place them.

Anyway, this isn't a new thing for me, I've been aware of this for many years now, but this is a new article/investigation (Linked to above) that is important for people interested in the Knights to read IMO, so it's worth raising the topic again. The article delves into the specifics of some of this and analyses where their money goes.

I have several extended family members who are current, former, or deceased Knights of Columbus. I understand the good work the Knights do and the way they can be a positive force in people's lives and in their communities when they are not being hijacked to forward a political agenda.