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LeftInTX

(34,859 posts)
Fri Jul 12, 2024, 04:15 PM Jul 2024

Cash rewards being paid to congress members who ask Biden to withdraw [View all]

Novogratz Boosts Biden Critics as Donors Boycott President

Bloomberg) -- Galaxy Digital LP founder Mike Novogratz and filmmaker Andrew Jarecki are two donors behind a $2 million contribution to Democrats who have called for President Joe Biden to step down as the party’s nominee, the latest sign donors are shifting money away from the presidential ticket.

The donation is from a group of several dozen donors, also including Sessa Capital’s John Petry and hedge-fund manager Neil Chriss and his wife Natasha, to a super political action committee for House Democrats. The funds are earmarked to help vulnerable members who were among the first to say Biden should bow out of the race, according to a person familiar with the contribution.

Those lawmakers risked angering the Democratic National Committee, which is aligned with the Biden campaign, and provides significant financial support to candidates in battleground districts.

The money is slated to bolster Representatives Angie Craig of Minnesota, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State, Jared Golden of Maine and Pat Ryan of New York.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/novogratz-boosts-biden-critics-as-donors-boycott-president/ar-BB1pQ1Ap

Yesterday's post with more donor info:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19136805

https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=John+Petry&sort=D&type=donors

Watch these house and senator members
Money to Candidates PETRY, JOHN
NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 04-08-2024 $2,300.00 John Avlon (D) F

[b]NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 04-08-2024 $6,600.00 Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 04-08-2024 $2,300.00 John Avlon (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-31-2024 $3,300.00 Tony Vargas (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-31-2024 $3,300.00 Tim Kaine (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-31-2024 $3,300.00 Tim Kaine (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-31-2024 $3,300.00 Andrei Cherny (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 MANAGING MEMBER 03-31-2024 $500.00 Steven Horsford (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-25-2024 $3,300.00 Timothy Kennedy (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-25-2024 $3,300.00 Timothy Kennedy (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-25-2024 $3,300.00 Timothy Kennedy (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 03-03-2024 $2,500.00 Hakeem Jeffries (D) F

Money to Candidates PETRY, JOHN
NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 02-20-2024 $3,300.00 Ritchie Torres (D) F
Money to Candidates PETRY, JOHN
NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 02-20-2024 $3,300.00 Ritchie Torres (D) F
Money to Candidates PETRY, JOHN
NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 02-09-2024 $3,300.00 Ted Lieu (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 02-09-2024 $3,300.00 Ted Lieu (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 01-22-2024 $3,300.00 Josh Gottheimer (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 01-22-2024 $3,300.00 Josh Gottheimer (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 01-18-2024 $3,300.00 Yevgeny Vindman (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 01-18-2024 $3,300.00 Yevgeny Vindman (D) F

NEW YORK, 10024 FINANCE 01-03-2024 $3,300.00 Bob Casey (D) F

NEW YORK, 10024 FINANCE 01-03-2024 $3,300.00 Bob Casey (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 12-16-2023 $3,000.00 ALVAREZ, GEORGE A (D) NY

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 12-15-2023 $5,000.00 New Democrat Coalition F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 12-08-2023 $3,300.00 George Latimer (D) F

NEW YORK, 10024 INVESTOR 12-06-2023 $3,300.00 Adriano Espaillat (D) F

NEW YORK, 10024 INVESTOR 12-06-2023 $3,300.00 Adriano Espaillat (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 12-02-2023 $3,000.00 BURGOS, KENNETH (D) NY

NEW YORK, 10024 COO 11-30-2023 $3,300.00 Jacky Rosen (D) F

NEW YORK, 10024 COO 11-30-2023 $3,300.00 Jacky Rosen (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 11-14-2023 $3,300.00 Nick Melvoin (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 11-12-2023 $3,300.00 Tammy Baldwin (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 11-12-2023 $3,300.00 Tammy Baldwin (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCIAL ANALYST 10-29-2023 $1,000.00 BROWN, NICK (D) WA

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 10-24-2023 $3,300.00 Martin Heinrich (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 09-29-2023 $1,050.00 VELAZQUEZ, MARJORIE (D) NY

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 07-20-2023 $5,000.00 Congressional Black Caucus PAC F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 07-17-2023 $3,300.00 Kevin Thomas (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 07-17-2023 $6,600.00 Kevin Thomas (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 07-14-2023 $3,300.00 Kevin Thomas (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 06-29-2023 $3,300.00 Andrei Cherny (D) F


NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 06-07-2023 $3,300.00 Jon Tester (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 06-07-2023 $3,300.00 Jon Tester (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 06-06-2023 $3,300.00 Martin Heinrich (D) F

NEW YORK, 10023 FINANCE 06-04-2023 $3,300.00 Ro Khanna (D)

Neil Chriss
https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=Neil+Chriss&sort=D&type=donors
Natasha Chriss
https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=Natasha+Chriss&sort=D&type=donors
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"What's Done In the Dark Shall Be Brought To The Light" The Magistrate Jul 2024 #1
Bring it to the light! Expose! Call it out! LeftInTX Jul 2024 #2
Totally agree. hamsterjill Jul 2024 #6
Tammy Baldwin??? Oh damn. 🤬 a kennedy Jul 2024 #3
Baldwin's most recent position on this is she hasn't a position Model35mech Jul 2024 #8
Members of the senate don't seem as vulnerable to these rewards, however members of the house are being swayed. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #10
Yes it looks to be that way. Model35mech Jul 2024 #47
$3300 is the limit DetroitLegalBeagle Jul 2024 #55
Yes... but a seems a small amount to sell out the candidate Model35mech Jul 2024 #59
Can you believe it!? How dare these dastardly donors fund vulnerable House Democrats who will decide the majority???? tritsofme Jul 2024 #4
The best thing to do is call the congress members out. Tag them on twitter. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #7
Maybe something more ominous going on. delisen Jul 2024 #11
I haven't. Just call them out and shed some light. They may stop their anti-Biden stuff. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #15
If the funding is contingent on the recipients' publicly calling for Biden to drop out Blaukraut Jul 2024 #22
Yep!!! LeftInTX Jul 2024 #23
How dare the candidates allow themselves to be bought. Bev54 Jul 2024 #31
I think that is quite an incredible accusation to make against elected Democratic lawmakers. tritsofme Jul 2024 #32
Being motivated to.such by 2,500 - 3,300 seems stretchy. TheKentuckian Jul 2024 #46
Excellent Informative OP of the Cha Jul 2024 #5
You can get a rep fairly cheap spanone Jul 2024 #9
Look at the dates of the donations - none after April, many in 2023! karynnj Jul 2024 #12
Unless this was planned back then..... Chakaconcarne Jul 2024 #13
Some of them hold off on submitting reports. (A dirty secret) Keep in mind reports are updated quarterly too. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #14
Yes, i know, but given some responses, printing that list shows nothing but that they have been donors karynnj Jul 2024 #16
It's WHO the donations are going to! Especially Petry's list. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #18
Holy fuck.money is destroying us. bluestarone Jul 2024 #17
Unfortunately it seems to explain a lot. delisen Jul 2024 #19
So, do I have this right? wnylib Jul 2024 #20
Calling them out shouldn't jeopordize their campaigns. No worse than when you're lobbying them ahead of a vote. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #21
I added to my post some doubts about media coverage, too. wnylib Jul 2024 #24
But this is more concrete and obvious. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #25
In your earlier response to me you said that wnylib Jul 2024 #34
The article said it. Ritchie Torres is not vulnerable. His primary is over. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #43
And now it is more public than an e-mail. wnylib Jul 2024 #45
Fuckery orangecrush Jul 2024 #26
Excellent Mblaze Jul 2024 #27
They basically are. And it's not good. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #30
They were already calling for Biden to drop out before the donations. Mblaze Jul 2024 #62
That's disgraceful. but there's no other explanation left. ucrdem Jul 2024 #28
Weren't these the guys who showed up at Vito's funeral trying to set up a meeting? jaxexpat Jul 2024 #29
Yup. It is always about $$$. MOMFUDSKI Jul 2024 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jul 2024 #35
Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit on this. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2024 #36
Not all of their recipients are asking Biden to step down. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #38
I've seen posts calling for us to support them to keep the house and senate and build on it chowder66 Jul 2024 #37
I'm tagging on twitter. No different than tagging them prior to a vote in congress. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #40
Sounds like they already got their "reward." LisaL Jul 2024 #41
So I guess... Quanto Magnus Jul 2024 #39
Hmmm. . . .I see Ted Lieu's name on this list but h2ebits Jul 2024 #42
Campaigns usually accept from anyone. However, they are planning to increase donations if they ask Biden to w/d LeftInTX Jul 2024 #44
Thanks for the input h2ebits Jul 2024 #61
Thank you for the list idahoblue Jul 2024 #48
I advise them all to return the crazy dirty money. dchill Jul 2024 #49
Novogratz seems like someone to be leery of. chowder66 Jul 2024 #50
Yes, his twitter feed reflects this. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #51
That's what made me look into him. Especially where he brings up chowder66 Jul 2024 #52
Crypto crap. dchill Jul 2024 #57
Make a wish washy statement, take the money, give it to Biden (tie your campaign ads to needing a Democratic President). Freethinker65 Jul 2024 #53
Or take back what you said... LeftInTX Jul 2024 #54
Or expose what you were asked to do for the money, but that could hurt your colleagues. Freethinker65 Jul 2024 #56
How about don't take the money. LisaL Jul 2024 #58
Is it, if you are going to retract your statement? Freethinker65 Jul 2024 #60
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