AOC and Ilhan Omar want to block Biden's former chief of staff

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275. Justice Democrats, David Sirota, and The Intercept helped enable Trump's election in 2016.

Now they are flogging a petition written to tie Joe Biden's hands and create questions about his commitment to Social Security. Shouldn't they be busy fighting Republicans rather than bullying Democrats?

After all, these are the very same warriors who sowed doubts about Democrats in 2016 and helped create the messes that President-elect Biden will have to clean up

They need to take responsibility and apologize.

As for their petition, I've read it. It's divisive, misleading fear-mongering that is deliberately disrespectful. It takes for granted that Joe Biden will break his promises and predicates that premise on a dubious series of cobbled together decontextualized statements from the distant and even more distant past made by a policy specialist who Biden knows and respects. I trust Joe Biden to weigh advice from all sides and to keep his promises. From the "Petition to the Principal" number from David Sirota's high school musical:

Joe Biden must not repeat Obama’s mistake. We need our government to spend money now―to ensure vaccines are distributed, to keep people in their homes, to prevent small businesses from closing permanently, and to make sure Americans can stay home until the vaccine arrives!

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ran on strong promises to protect and expand Social Security. Add your name now to demand that the Biden administration does not include Bruce Reed in their appointments.

When the default position is to immediately make demands based on facile and misleading narratives, then seriousness of purpose is dubious at best. Trying to trick people into thinking that a Reed appointment signals a willingness to cut Social Security and break campaign promises is manipulative and dishonest. That's what Justice Democrats, David Sirota and The Intercept does best...unless of course you consider a sneaky way to add more email address to their revenue generating fundraising list.



https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/justice-democrats/C00630665/independent-expenditures/2020

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Dark Money Boosted Justice Democrats’ Super PAC In Q2

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 year’s 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