MI-GOV: Abdul continues his daily scorched earth attacks against Whitmer.

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148. Taking dark money was a suprise to those who were in on the start of OR

It was Jeff Weaver's idea apparently, one of Bernie's inner circle.

It cost Bernie some good people - more than half his starting staff:

The New York Times reported that eight staff members comprising a majority of Our Revolution’s employees had quit. Claire Sandberg, who was the organising director at Our Revolution until this week, told the newspaper the dramatic departures were a direct result of Weaver’s appointment.

“I left and others left because we were alarmed that Jeff would mismanage this organization as he mismanaged the campaign,” Sandberg said.

She said she was concerned over how Our Revolution, under Weaver, would raise and spend money; specifically that the group would “betray its core purpose by accepting money from billionaires and not remaining grassroots funded and plowing that billionaire cash into TV instead of investing it in building a genuine movement”.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/us/politics/bernie-sanders-our-revolution-group.html?