Keep these 63 donor funders of trumpcult on our radar.

[ancianita]

They think they're untouchable.

Sheldon Adelson,

— Don Ahern

Hushang Ansary,

Archbishop Demetrios of America

Roy Bailey,



Brian Ballard,

Tom Barrack,

Gentry Beach,

— Lynda Blanchard Montgomery AL — ambassador turned Senate candidate, but Trump endorsed Mo Brooks,

— Michael Borland — Christian music; online Q and conspiracy theorists;



— James A. Bowen

— The Bradley Foundation — Robt George of Princeton, Paul Clement, and wealthy families that fund a clutch of lawyers and advocates to push the myth of fraudulent elections at a cost of $
18 million dollars, to discredit democratic systems; which puts money into Turning Point, USA which advocates on social media and are trying to overturn the last election, and laying the foundation of constantly challenging all future elections

— Duke Buchan — Wall St investor, ambassador to Spain, helped try to oust VZ pres Maduro,

— Walter W. Buckley Jr PA — Buckley Muething Capital Mgmt

— Richard T. Burke



— David and
— Leila Centner, Miami FL — guests at the Ellipse, friends of RFK, Jr., Miami school that called covid a hoax, maskless freedom; started the conspiracy that merely being around other vaccinated people can cause reproductive problems in women
— Brian Colleran

Joe Craft,

— Kelcy Warren Dallas TX — Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners



Louis DeJoy,

— David Duffield — CA billionaire, age 79

— Patricia Duggan St Petersburg FL — Scientology

— Bob Duggan Santa Barbara CA — Scientology, Pharmacyclics, cancer drug sold to AbbVie,, 2015

Lew Eisenberg,



Robert Grand,

Ken Griffin donor for DeSantis

Harold Hamm,

Diane Hendricks,

Tommy Hicks,



— Vernon Hill — Trump golf buddy & sometime banker;

Carl Icahn,

— Julie Jenkins, Greg Fancelli Lakeland FL, Italy — Big Lie believers; head of the Trump foundation; see Kevin Jenkins as disinfo dude below

Woody Johnson

Peter Kalikow,



— Bennie Kante

Alexander Karloutos

Robert Kraft

Richard Lefrak,

— Anthony Lomangino Palm Beach FL — Southern Waste Systems, sold to Waste Mgmt 2015



Howard Lorber

— Palmer Luckey Newport Beach, CA — VR founder, sister Ginger engaged to Matt Gaetz; pushed out of FB, donated to Nimble America, a pro-Trump grouip associated with misogynistic and white supremacist posts; donates to Ted Cruz, offered security to Trump on Southern border,

— John McCall FL — business partner of Trump’s friend and hairspray supplier

— Vince McMahon — professional wrestling magnate,

Ed McMullen,



— Timothy Mellon WY— Mellon banking, Pan Am Systems rail

Robert Mercer

Rebekah Mercer

— Roger Norman, Reno, NV — Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, 104,000 acre industrial hub for Google, Tesla, Switch, & Trump’s “Opportunity Zone”

— John H. Owoc


— Thomas Peed, Lincoln NB — Sandhills Global, trade publisher for constructin, ag, trucking
— Ike Perlmutter FL— Marvel Entertainment, VA shadow ruler; VoteVets sued the VA over Perlmutter’s role, a suit that just got ruled in IP’s favor; benefactor to Rubio and DeSantis

— Thomas Petterffy Palm Beach FL billionaire — Hungary, anti-socialist, listed as independent but gives to Republicans; Interactive Brokers, Developing first electronic trading platform of securities left London after Brexit and moved to EU centers in Ireland and Budapest

Phil Ruffin.

Steve Roth,



Anthony Scaramucci,

— Steve Schwarzman — Blackstone Group

— Robert ‘Hank’ Seale

— Marlyne Sexton —

— Richard, Liz Uhlein IL —



Ray Washburne,

Ron Weiser

— Steven Witkoff NY, NY — DeSantis backer; RE developer, owns 30 properties in US & London, Vegas, the Witkoff Group; king of condo financing

Steve Wynn, NV — casino magnate, Bellagio, Wynn Resorts; ordered to register as foreign agent of China 2021; gaming association hall of fame; honorary doctoral degrees from the U Nevada, Las Vegas; Culinary Institute, Forbes named him a "Captain of Capitalism" in 2007.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wynn

Names marked with dashes come from:
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-spawned-a-new-group-of-mega-donors-who-now-hold-sway-over-gops-future


DISINFORMATION DOZEN — As of 2021, they produced 65% of disinformation on social media platforms FB, Instagram & Twitter.


1. Ty & Charlene Bollinger
2. Kelly Brogan
3. Rashid Buttar
4. Erin Elizabeth
5. Rizza Islam
6. Kevin Jenkins
7. Sayer Ji
8. RFK, Jr.
9. Joe Mercola
10.Christiane Northrup
11.Ben Tapper
12.Sherri Tenpenny

I'm sure there are more to add, so please do.

How and where we beat their money and messaging comes from lots of sources, one being the Democratic National Committee.

[mahina]

1. This is valuable. I know what the wingers would do if the shoe

Was on the other foot.

They must be held accountable.

[KPN]

3. DNC needs an activist arm, a strong one at that.

Not sure this is so, but I feel like the DNC is more about raising money than it is about doing stuff, like activism — stuff that affects those who adversely affect us, in the pocketbook as well as public standing.

So I no longer donate to DNC.

[ancianita]

5. It has one. FYI, our big election and gerrymandering legal eagle, Marc Elias, is paid by the DNC.

He gets unlimited funding from other sources, too. He constitutes one arm of DNC activism. But we could always do better.

We need to not put ourselves down as a party when we have brilliant people doing hard work.
Obama is another activist for the party.

If you need an issue for us to address, I suggest this one:

What we really need is for our elected officials to divest themselves from their Big Fossil donors. Now THAT'S a problem, imo.

Here they are.

I stopped copy-pasting after 54 in the first four pages I checked. I skipped every Dem in TX, AK, but there have to be over 100. I counted 76 more on page 5.

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=E01&cycle=2018&recipdetail=H&sortorder=A&mem=N&page=1

That's right. Democrats are every bit as on the take as Republicans -- Swalwell, Castro, Cummings and Clyburn among them.

Here's just what I got from four pages of looking up Dems.
If you don't see your state's Dem, re-look, it's because I probably overlooked a few, or some might no longer be in Congress -- I just went by Open Secrets' latest info.

They've taken small amounts compared to the top twenty, but enough to reject an Intell Agency's report on the climate crisis problem, or maybe kick the can down the road on any green new dealish bills. I'm not criticizing, but explaining they don't have clean donors.

We're not perfect. I get that. But our party can do better.

Eric Swalwell — $24,803
James Cyburn — $19,503
Elija cummings — $16,300
Rashida Tlaib — $14,411
Joe Kennedy — $13,905

Sheila Jackson $13,750
Tim Ryan -- $13,725
Raja Krishnamoorthi -- $13,325
Brian Higgins -- $13,100
Rush, Bobby L -- $13,000

Castro, Joaquin (TX) $12,511
Lee, Susie (NV) $12,293
Steele, Dayna (TX) $12,264
Bishop, Sanford (GA) $11,750
Butterfield, G K (NC) $11,500

Maloney, Carolyn B (NY) $11,400
Bryce, Randy (WI) $10,769
Kilmer, Derek (WA) $10,450
Payne, Donald M Jr (NJ) $10,000

Crow, Jason (CO) $9,698
Brown, Anthony (MD) $9,000
Cooper, Jim (TN) $9,000
Foster, Bill (IL) $8,900
Wild, Bill (MI) $8,450

Clark, Katherine (MA) $8,206
Beals, Jeff (NY) $8,100
Franklin, George (MI) $8,100
O'Connor, Danny (OH) $8,007

Loebsack, David (IA) $8,001
McCready, Dan (NC) $7,988
Small, Xochitl Torres (NM) $7,642
Cartwright, Matt (PA) $7,527
Morelle, Joseph D (NY) $7,503

Dingell, Debbie (MI) $7,500
Kind, Ron (WI) $7,500
Walz, Tim (MN) $7,500
Tipirneni, Hiral (AZ) $7,357
Sherrill, Mikie (NJ) $7,278

Scott, George (PA) $7,226
Javed, Tahir (TX) $7,200
Desaulnier, Mark (CA) $7,175
Visclosky, Pete (IN) $7,051
Rochester, Lisa Blunt (DE) $7,029

Lowenthal, Alan (CA) $7,000
Sanchez, Linda (CA) $7,000
Thompson, Bennie G (MS) $7,000
Tucker, Clarke (AR) $6,739
Schrier, Kim (WA) $6,599

Janz, Andrew (CA) $6,513
Rice, Kathleen (NY) $6,408
Bustos, Cheri (IL) $6,370
Luria, Elaine (VA) $6,328
Schiff, Adam (CA) $1,983

[CousinIT]

8. https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/

DNC links to use and pass on:

This one contains the graphic above: https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/comparative-social-media-policy-analysis/

What the general public can do to combat online misinfo: https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/general-public/

MORE: https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/

[ancianita]

11. Great. Thank you, CousinIT.

[secondwind]

2. This is great! Thanks for posting! Bookmarked.

[UTUSN]

4. K&R

[marked50]

6. Sheldon Adelson died a year ago. Don't know what happened to his money.--n/t

[ancianita]

10. Okay. Welp, he's on Open Secrets' list. I'll check and get back if I find anything.

Here's a rundown of his political donation losses, which are many.

https://forward.com/opinion/462063/sheldon-adelson-influence-decline-trump-netanyahu-marijuana/

Here's a clip of what the NYT reports about the effects of his death on the GOP in 2022.

“The corporate giving backlash, along with the tragic passing of Sheldon Adelson, leaves a real void in the fund-raising plans for the 2022 cycle,” said Scott Reed, a veteran Republican strategist who has worked with the Adelsons and other major G.O.P. financiers.

Part of the concern for Republicans, Mr. Reed added, is that the Adelsons have been so singular a force in the party that there is no replacement. “A next generation of Sheldon-level giving does not readily exist,” he said.

The 2020 cycle was the biggest yet for the Adelsons. Together they gave about $217 million, with the largest portion, $90 million, going to a super PAC that supported President Trump’s re-election. They donated another $70 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, which was devoted to maintaining Republican control of the Senate, and $50 million to the main House Republican super PAC...

...in the United States, the [Adelson] couple was a key source of support for the Republican Jewish Coalition, which remained a close ally of Mr. Trump throughout the course of his turbulent presidency. The Adelsons were among those who helped persuade Mr. Trump to lean into a hard-line pro-Israel stance, which led to his decision in 2017 to relocate the American embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv — a move that incensed Palestinians and led to unrest across the Middle East after it was announced.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/politics/sheldon-adelson-republican-fundraising.html

Here's the Nation's take on why we still need to keep his name on our radar.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sheldon-adelson-obit/

[2naSalit]

15. His widow is still active and...

Throwing money at the wingers.

[ancianita]

16. Yes, she is, so there's that reality, because the money can move forward per his wishes.

[CousinIT]

7. DNC links to use and pass on:

This one contains the graphic above: https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/comparative-social-media-policy-analysis/

What the general public can do to combat online misinfo: https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/general-public/

MORE: https://democrats.org/who-we-are/what-we-do/disinfo/

[brooklynite]

9. Sheldon Adelson died a year ago.

[ancianita]

12. See Reply #6.

[choie]

13. I thought Anthony Scaramucci was

no longer BFF w/trump?

[ancianita]

14. Yep, you're right. Guess I overlooked that. But he's more complicated and shady than we think.

He also supported Clinton and Obama.

from Wikipedia:

Then ... Scaramucci signed on to Donald Trump's political campaign by joining the Trump Finance Committee.[32] In November 2016, he was appointed to the Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee of then-president-elect Trump. Trump's transition team.

January 23, 2017, he told New York magazine: the "thing I have learned about these people in Washington is they have no money. So what happens when they have no fucking money is they write about what seat they are in and what the title is. Fucking congressmen act like that. They are fucking jackasses".[34] On the topic of working in Washington DC, he said: "[…] that's Washington. That's how they operate. They try to caricaturise you, and dehumanise you, so that you lose your voice. They wanted to get me by grinding out a public image of me that is dramatically different from the reality."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Scaramucci#Anti-Trump_political_activities,_2019–2020

The guy sounds like an operative and an opportunist, though. He's still Republican, cuz that's where the money is, even if he's now against Trump.

I think he's shady enough to keep on this list. Just wish I could remember where I picked up his name from last November.

[choie]

19. He's certainly shady

and can't be trusted as far as we can throw him.

[FakeNoose]

17. Sheldon Adelson's widow is still donating to Chump, as I understand it

Maybe change the entry for Sheldon Adelson to his widow who now controls his billions.

Thanks for this list! Good job my friend

[ancianita]

18. I'm pretty sure you're right.

... a pleasure, FakeNoose.