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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez weighs a new primary target: Hakeem Jeffries [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)75. According to Ballotpedia:
Brand New Congress Leadership
Zack Exley, Founder and treasurer
Carrie Olson, Custodian of records
Isra Allison, Volunteer leader
Saikat Chakrabarti, Volunteer leader
Mary Nishimuta, Volunteer leader
Alexandra Rojas, Volunteer leader
Nasim Thompson, Volunteer leader
Corbin Trent, Volunteer leader
Haley Zink, Volunteer leader
Justice Democrats Leadership
As of February 2018, the board of Justice Democrats consisted of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti.
In May 2017, the following individuals held leadership positions with the group:
Cenk Uygur, Co-founder
Kyle Kulinski, Co-founder
Zack Exley, Co-founder
Saikat Chakrabarti, Co-founder
David Koller, Treasurer
Cenk Uygur and David Koller resigned from Justice Democrats in December 2017 after it was learned that both had authored blogposts in the early 2000s that contained language the organization deemed sexist or degrading to women. Kyle Kulinski subsequently also resigned from the Justice Democrats' board due to his disagreement with how the departure of Uygur was handled by the group.
According to Justice Democrats' co-founder Cenk Uygur, the group opposes corporate donations and only accepts funds from small donors.
Keep in mind that a PAC doesn't have to itemize (i.e., identify) small donors, so one has no idea where those small donations come from. And by not itemizing/identifying those donors, one person could make 100 small donations below the "itemization" limit (I believe that limit is $200, it may be lower) and greatly exceed the allowable maximum for an individual.
There seem to be a number of PACs and candidates these days who accept only "small donations", so for those committees we have very little information about who the actual donors are.
I've been a treasurer for a number of candidate and political action committees, and have "seen it all". You get very familiar with the State and Federal reporting sites, and how to research donations for various committees.
I actually reached the point where even if a person makes a so-called "small" donation, I still itemized it just so I could keep track of them all. After all, as in my example above, if a person gave us $199 (unitemized) and then another $199 (unitemized), I wanted to make sure I reported that the person donated $398, which calls for itemization.
Zack Exley, Founder and treasurer
Carrie Olson, Custodian of records
Isra Allison, Volunteer leader
Saikat Chakrabarti, Volunteer leader
Mary Nishimuta, Volunteer leader
Alexandra Rojas, Volunteer leader
Nasim Thompson, Volunteer leader
Corbin Trent, Volunteer leader
Haley Zink, Volunteer leader
Justice Democrats Leadership
As of February 2018, the board of Justice Democrats consisted of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti.
In May 2017, the following individuals held leadership positions with the group:
Cenk Uygur, Co-founder
Kyle Kulinski, Co-founder
Zack Exley, Co-founder
Saikat Chakrabarti, Co-founder
David Koller, Treasurer
Cenk Uygur and David Koller resigned from Justice Democrats in December 2017 after it was learned that both had authored blogposts in the early 2000s that contained language the organization deemed sexist or degrading to women. Kyle Kulinski subsequently also resigned from the Justice Democrats' board due to his disagreement with how the departure of Uygur was handled by the group.
According to Justice Democrats' co-founder Cenk Uygur, the group opposes corporate donations and only accepts funds from small donors.
Keep in mind that a PAC doesn't have to itemize (i.e., identify) small donors, so one has no idea where those small donations come from. And by not itemizing/identifying those donors, one person could make 100 small donations below the "itemization" limit (I believe that limit is $200, it may be lower) and greatly exceed the allowable maximum for an individual.
There seem to be a number of PACs and candidates these days who accept only "small donations", so for those committees we have very little information about who the actual donors are.
I've been a treasurer for a number of candidate and political action committees, and have "seen it all". You get very familiar with the State and Federal reporting sites, and how to research donations for various committees.
I actually reached the point where even if a person makes a so-called "small" donation, I still itemized it just so I could keep track of them all. After all, as in my example above, if a person gave us $199 (unitemized) and then another $199 (unitemized), I wanted to make sure I reported that the person donated $398, which calls for itemization.
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If that's the case, there are a number of possibilities for redistricting, again. Seems the NYC...
George II
Dec 2018
#42
Yes. Plus, Jeffries is one of our "rising stars" and handled a leadership role
Hortensis
Dec 2018
#50
She's sticking with JD because she's half of the board of JD - there are only two members....
George II
Dec 2018
#67
Joe Crowley hasn't decided on what he'll be doing in the future, and just recently....
George II
Dec 2018
#22
AOC's has a limited shelf-life. She'll be replaced in two years. The only question...
NurseJackie
Dec 2018
#32
I grew up in that area. I'm not sure now if it's the same district anymore since it's been redrawn..
George II
Dec 2018
#35
I think our elected representatives should always put their constituents first.
NurseJackie
Dec 2018
#36
Yay.... more personal squabbles making headlines instead of concentrating on repubs !!!!!
groundloop
Dec 2018
#2
This is politico's SOP, to stir things up among Democrats it seems more often than not. I noticed
still_one
Dec 2018
#9
So you've discounted every story about Donald Trump's behavior at the White House?
brooklynite
Dec 2018
#21
As far as I am concerned Politico is just a gossip rag, who is notorious for inaccurate
still_one
Dec 2018
#26
I agree. The our revolution gang is made up of too many people who refused to vote for the
still_one
Dec 2018
#64
She also campaigned heavily for Sharice Davids' opponent, Brent Wilder, in a district....
George II
Dec 2018
#25
Yes she did, she campaigned heavily for several Democratic candidates in the midwest...
George II
Dec 2018
#28
Everything you say I "hint at something sinister" is contained in those reports....
George II
Dec 2018
#48
You clearly haven't downloaded or browsed the FEC filings for the two committees.
George II
Dec 2018
#51
It's actually a very interesting, diverse (both ethnicly and economically) district...
George II
Dec 2018
#53
Many of them liberal / progressive Democrats. Thankfully JD's endorsees haven't won much and...
George II
Dec 2018
#56
Good grief, she needs to focus on her job right now, not primarying other democrats.
redstatebluegirl
Dec 2018
#61