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In reply to the discussion: If a CEO offers a member of Congress $5 to vote for a bill, it's considered a bribe - [View all]lapucelle
(21,087 posts)12. Let's start the cleanup with Justice Democrats superpac
Dark Money Boosted Justice Democrats Super PAC In Q2
Progressive Democrat organization Justice Democrats received $260,000 in donations from dark money funded groups and Super PACs in Q2, FEC filings show.
Progressive Democrat organization Justice Democrats received $260,000 in donations from dark money funded groups and Super PACs in Q2, FEC filings show.
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Justice Democrats also received $100,000 from a group mentioned briefly above Way To Win. Way To Win is a 501(c)(4) dark money venture co-founded by Leah Hunt-Hendrix, granddaughter of Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt, and niece of Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt as well as Democracy Alliance (according to the NY Times). According to their most recent tax filings, in 2018 Way To Win pulled in over $7,000,000. Some of that years haul can be traced to five-figure grants from Groundswell Fund, Tides Center, and the Goldman Sachs Foundation but the vast majority, some $6,500,000 is anonymous and dark.
https://medium.com/@RobletoFire/dark-money-boosted-justice-democrats-super-pac-in-q2-aad6c00b52cf
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THE CASH DASH Justice Democrats, the hub for insurgent Democrats, has joined the rank of super PACs.
On Friday, the groups PAC filed a notice with the Federal Elections Commission announcing that it intends to become a so-called Carey Committee (which is also known as a hybrid PAC) effectively forming a super PAC in addition to their already active PAC.
The move is the latest example of the partys liberal wing embracing the fundraising strategies that have been scorned by some on the left. (A spokesperson for the Justice Democrats did not respond to a voicemail or email left by Score on Sunday asking to talk about the groups plans.) A group of top aides to Sanders presidential bid announced last week that they were forming a super PAC of their own to convince Sanders supporters to back Biden. Chuck Rocha, another Sanders aide, also formed his own super PAC, called Nuestro PAC, that aims to mobilize Latino voters.
Rocha poked at that underlying tension among some progressives who are wary of super PACs in a video he posted to Twitter over the weekend. Just because Nuestro PAC is a quote-unquote super PAC, we aint taking no money from corporations. We ain't going out to work for none of these assholes I hate all my life, Rocha said in the video. We are literally going to the movement and trying to raise money to go out and get more Latinos to vote.
The devil will be in the details (and the FEC reports) with these new groups. Sanders actually had over $700,000 worth of super PAC support during the primaries but it was from Vote Nurses Values PAC, which has been funded by a nurses union and didnt draw anywhere near the same kind of ire that other outside groups drew. Also worth remembering is Our Revolution, the Sanders-founded dark money nonprofit group. To try to fend off charges of hypocrisy, the group had voluntarily released the name of donors who gave over $250 but not the exact dollar amount, which is less than the level of disclosure for super PACs. (The group said its largest donor gave $25,000.)
On Friday, the groups PAC filed a notice with the Federal Elections Commission announcing that it intends to become a so-called Carey Committee (which is also known as a hybrid PAC) effectively forming a super PAC in addition to their already active PAC.
The move is the latest example of the partys liberal wing embracing the fundraising strategies that have been scorned by some on the left. (A spokesperson for the Justice Democrats did not respond to a voicemail or email left by Score on Sunday asking to talk about the groups plans.) A group of top aides to Sanders presidential bid announced last week that they were forming a super PAC of their own to convince Sanders supporters to back Biden. Chuck Rocha, another Sanders aide, also formed his own super PAC, called Nuestro PAC, that aims to mobilize Latino voters.
Rocha poked at that underlying tension among some progressives who are wary of super PACs in a video he posted to Twitter over the weekend. Just because Nuestro PAC is a quote-unquote super PAC, we aint taking no money from corporations. We ain't going out to work for none of these assholes I hate all my life, Rocha said in the video. We are literally going to the movement and trying to raise money to go out and get more Latinos to vote.
The devil will be in the details (and the FEC reports) with these new groups. Sanders actually had over $700,000 worth of super PAC support during the primaries but it was from Vote Nurses Values PAC, which has been funded by a nurses union and didnt draw anywhere near the same kind of ire that other outside groups drew. Also worth remembering is Our Revolution, the Sanders-founded dark money nonprofit group. To try to fend off charges of hypocrisy, the group had voluntarily released the name of donors who gave over $250 but not the exact dollar amount, which is less than the level of disclosure for super PACs. (The group said its largest donor gave $25,000.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-score/2020/05/04/insurgent-left-learns-to-live-with-super-pacs-787317
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Isn't Charles Dunlop a billionaire CEO? Doesn't Amro Nahas a directing manager at the Ritz Banc Group?
Time for everyone to clean house.
https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/justice-democrats/C00630665/donors/2020
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If a CEO offers a member of Congress $5 to vote for a bill, it's considered a bribe - [View all]
Uncle Joe
Dec 2021
OP
End the corruption the most crazy decision in Supreme Court history unleashed.
Alexander Of Assyria
Dec 2021
#21
That version (H.R.5175) passed the House during the 111th United States Congress 10 years ago.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#56
Your point that the current bill passed the House and died in the Senate does not remain the same.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#60
but money IS free speech and corporations are individuals, some with religious sensibilities.
Thomas Hurt
Dec 2021
#5
He certainly did, and so did Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. This is not a "revolutionary" idea.
George II
Dec 2021
#18
Why bother, it has no chance of passing the Senate...maybe they should concentrate on BBB
Demsrule86
Dec 2021
#85
For the record, Justice Democrats and Sunrise Movement now are Super-PACs and.....
George II
Dec 2021
#10
Chakrabarti, Zack Exley, Kyle Kulinski, and Cenk Uygur are the founders of Justice Democrats.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#28
Justice Democrats AND their affiliated group, Sunrise Movement, converted to Carey committees....
George II
Dec 2021
#36
The article is report about a superpac's haul. Isn't "cash dash" some sort of contest or lottery?
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#93
Justice Democrats superpac did not spend one dime against Republicans in the last cycle.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#80
JD's ability to spend unlimited funds against Democrats is a direct result of Citizens United.
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#81
Why would Justice Democrat's be spending money AGAINST this Democrat in 2020?
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#82
Strangers (well-meaning or otherwise) are not entitled to define who I do and do not
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#44
Please look into the background behind Justice Democrats and how they've operated.
George II
Dec 2021
#50
Any change of that died in 16...with the Trump pics on SCOTUS, no legislation will matter and
Demsrule86
Dec 2021
#86
Members of the House and Senate can receive up to $50 in gifts or dinner.
former9thward
Dec 2021
#69
Do you feel the same way about the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and their lobbying activities?
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#33
Any suggestion on just how to proceed to overturn Citizens United? I see that rallying cry....
George II
Dec 2021
#37
I would have started by NOT bashing HRC so much in 2016 that trump was able to
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2021
#47
How was Clinton NOT "connected" in 2016, and just WHY are you bringing up the 2016 primary here?
George II
Dec 2021
#61
I am of the opinion that Hillary would have beat Trump had she been the only candidate to run.
Demsrule86
Dec 2021
#87
I refuse to respond to or communicate with people who helped trump, but there is a post
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2021
#54
You and I differ as to how and why Trump came to power and you're on the OP I started.
Uncle Joe
Dec 2021
#55
Unfortunately YOU feel that trump came into power because of a woman who President Obama....
George II
Dec 2021
#68
Well, there is this data from the general election. Maybe that's the "hard truth"?
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#74
I don't want to refight the primary... so I can't really reply except to point out
Demsrule86
Dec 2021
#83
And in the case of WVA, the person who wins the primary has no chance of winning the General.
Demsrule86
Dec 2021
#97
That's very interesting, but the data cited about the Sanders to Trump voters
lapucelle
Dec 2021
#101
I have no idea what you are talking about...my point was some vote for candidates in a
Demsrule86
Dec 2021
#104
Are you suggesting that those Sanders to Trump voters were GOP ratfuckers? nt
SunSeeker
Jan 2022
#105