Trump rakes in millions at Texas fundraisers, promising pipelines and fracking
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Reuters ^
| May 24, 2024 | Arathy Somasekhar
HOUSTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raised tens of millions of dollars during a fundraising swing through Texas this week, promising he would support the oil and gas industry by backing new pipelines and restoring fracking on federal land. [cut] A Houston fundraiser on Wednesday was hosted by
oil billionaires Jeff Hildebrand, founder of Hilcorp Energy, the largest closely held U.S. oil firm; George Bishop, founder of GeoSouthern Energy; Harold Hamm, founder of Continental Resources; and Kelcy Warren, head of pipeline firm Energy Transfer Partners. Trump drew standing ovations when he promised to get more natural...
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WATCH–Pro-Palestinian Protesters Berate Hillary Clinton After Biden Fundraiser: ‘Stop Holding Fundraisers for Genocide’
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Breitbart ^
| 04/05/2024 | NICK GILBERTSON
Twice failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was confronted by profanity-slinging pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City on Wednesday, days after she told voters upset about a rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden to “get over yourself.” The
Post Millennial noted Friday that the incident occurred Wednesday night after a fundraiser, which, according to the New York Post, Clinton was holding for Biden alongside Hamilton actor Lin-Manuel Miranda on Broadway. Those in attendance received a preview of the Clinton-produced play Suffs. Tensions were palpable outside after the event ended when Clinton was leaving, according to a video...
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Report: Biden’s Reliance on Cheat Sheets at Fundraisers Concerns Donors
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Breitbart ^
| 02/23/2024 | Simon Kent
President Joe Biden’s unabashed reliance on pre-prepared notes to help him explain his own policies in response to questions he knows are coming is sparking concern about his age from party donors. An
Axios report sets out even in closed-door fundraisers, where prescreened donors can ask questions of the octogenarian, he can be seen consulting his notes to provide detailed answers, according to people familiar with the routine. The staged Q&A sessions have left some donors wondering whether Biden can withstand the rigors of a 2024 presidential campaign let alone potential debates with former President Donald Trump, 77, according to...
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Nikki Haley slated for a dozen fundraisers before South Carolina primary — despite hit in New Hampshire
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NY Post ^
| Jan. 24, 2024, 2:58 p.m. ET | Lydia Moynihan
Despite a punishing loss in New Hampshire, Nikki Haley has nearly a dozen fundraisers scheduled between now and the South Carolina primary — and insiders are now wondering how many of these shindigs will actually happen. On
Jan. 30 in New York City, billionaires including Leonard Stern, Cliff Asness, Stanley Druckenmiller, Ken Langone and Henry Kravis are co-hosting an event for the former South Carolina governor. On Feb. 6, Silicon Valley mogul Tim Draper is hosting Haley in Atherton, Calif. On Feb. 15, Haley also is slated to be feted in Dallas by real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, according to...
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'Middle class' Joe turns to the Hollywood elite for donations: Biden to attend fundraisers with Steven Spielberg, Shonda Rhimes, Rob Reiner and singer-songwriter James Taylor to ask for cash for 2024
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UK Daily Mail ^
| December 5 2023 | GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS
President Joe Biden is turning to Hollywood stars, rockers, producers and hitmakers to haul in campaign cash for a 2024 election, where he finds himself battling Donald Trump and voters are registering disgruntlement with their choices. Biden
began a stretch of nine big dollar fundraisers on Tuesday as he left the White House for Boston, where singer-songwriter James Taylor will be on the bill for an evening concert. The 'You've Got a Friend' singer has performed for Biden and failed 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton in the past. Now, he and other bold faced names are lending their time and star...
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Michigan AG Dana Nessel Demands Sensitive Donor Information of Fundraisers for Trump Electors, GiveSendGo Vows Not to Comply
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Big League Politics ^
| 10/13/23 | Shane Trejo
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is targeting donors of the Trump electors who she is persecuting for standing against election fraud after the dubious 2020 presidential election. The
Detroit News reported on Wednesday that Nessel had obtained a search warrant to receive a list of donors who had contributed to the legal defense of the pro-Trump patriots charged by the AG with a laundry list of felonies for submitting an alternate slate of electors as election fraud cases were being heard in court in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Nessel requested bank routing numbers, contributions and communications in order...
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Nice Guys, Prime 239 to Old Fundraisers for Local Craft Cocktail Genius Who Died Suddenly
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Nice Guys, Prime 239 to hold fundraisers for local craft cocktail genius who died suddenly (Only link can be posted, per FR rules.)
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DOJ Seeks Fines on J6 Defendants to Seize Donations From Online Fundraisers
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Red State ^
| 06/02/2023 | Brittany Sheehan
A recent review of court records reveals an alarming trend at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning its treatment of January 6 Capitol riot defendants. Federal
prosecutors have deployed a tactic of seeking to impose fines on defendants, in addition to their prison sentences with the alleged goal of preventing them from financially benefiting from their participation in the 2021 events in DC, especially in cases where the accused has received a court-appointed public defender. Attorneys for the defendants see the DOJ’s fine requests as impairing rights to legal representation.Legitimate Fundraising?Shortly after pleading guilty to his involvement in the...
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Sorry, Boy Scouts—or Whatever You're Calling Yourself These Days. I Refuse to Support Your Fundraisers Anymore.
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PJ Media ^
| 09/27/2022 | Matt Margolis
In recent weeks, it seems like every time I go to the supermarket during the day, there is a small group of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts conducting a fundraiser. The
Girl Scouts have cookies, the boy scouts have—whatever is they’re pushing. Today was no different, some local Boy Scout troop was selling something for a fundraiser, and when approached on my way out, I politely declined to buy whatever it was they were selling.And I will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.This isn’t something I’m happy about. I know these kids are putting in some effort to...
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Why Was Ghislaine Maxwell Doing Fundraisers For Disney in 1985?...Sometimes one picture is worth a thousand boycotts
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Emerald Robinson substack.com ^
| April 07,2022 | Emerald Robinson
Photos of convicted pedophile Ghislaine Maxwell hosting an event called “Happy Family Disney Day” in 1985 have surfaced on the Internet today. It’s
the ultimate PR nightmare. It’s going to be very hard for Disney to claim that it’s not a pro-pedophile organization when it literally took donations from the world’s most infamous (still) living pedophile and “groomer to the stars.” Creepy, isn’t it? Disney continues to trend today on social media sites like Twitter — and the stories and memes have taken on a life of their own. This is probably the biggest story in the world right now....
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18 Fundraisers Aiding Riots, Crime, Abortion, And Genital Mutilation That GoFundMe Didn’t Shut Down
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The Federalist ^
| FEBRUARY 08, 2022 | Elle Reynolds
For all the company’s efforts to shut down freedom-minded Canadians, GoFundMe has done plenty to help unsavory fundraising campaigns on the left. While
GoFundMe races to confiscate millions of dollars from Canadians protesting the country’s coercive Covid response, the left-wing fundraising site has proven itself very willing to help raise funds for criminal riots, abortions, and genital mutilation. “We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity,” GoFundMe wrote in the company’s Friday announcement that it would steal millions from the truckers participating in...
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GoFundMe Will Now Allow Rittenhouse Fundraisers After Acquittal
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Epoch Times ^
| 11/21/2021 | Zachary Steiber
GoFundMe will allow fundraisers for Kyle Rittenhouse now that he’s been acquitted, the company said Friday. The fundraising platform said it banned Rittenhouse fundraisers before because its terms of service “prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime.” That
was the same thing a GoFundMe spokesperson told The Epoch Times last year. In addition to removing fundraisers that were launched for the teenager’s legal defense, the company removed “hundreds of others” last year that were unrelated to him, it said in a blog post that sought to respond to heightened criticism in the wake of the...
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GoFundMe explains why it removed fundraisers for Kyle Rittenhouse's legal fees
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Insider ^
| 11/19/2021 | Rebecca Cohen
"~ GoFundMe said it removed "hundreds" of fundraisers that supported those charged with violent crime in 2020. ~ Now that Rittenhouse has been acquitted, GoFundMe will allow all future fundraisers to cover his legal fees."
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FLASHBACK: GoFundMe deleted Rittenhouse fundraiser but allowed fundraisers for Antifa militants
It appears that GoFundMe does not think Rittenhouse is deserving of a defense, but that Antifa militants are.
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the post millennial ^
| 11/19/2021 | Libby Emmons
GoFundMe is a crowdsourcing platform that many people often use to get help paying for medical and legal expenses, but the administrators of the site don't let just anyone use it. The
rules are different for radical leftists than they are for conservatives. When supporters of alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse launched a GoFundMe to help with his legal defense fees, the site admins took the campaign down and refunded the donations. It appears that GoFundMe does not think Rittenhouse is deserving of a defence, but that Antifa militants are. The site told The Washington Times that the campaigns for...
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The NRSC Fundraisers Just Called
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Obadiah | 8/11/2021 | Obadiah
Moments ago Mary from the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) just called and asked for a donation to help Senate Republicans help fight the Democrats and regain the majority. I
could not believe my ears. I literally just finished posting here on FreeRepublic about the Republican Senators who handed Biden a bipartisan victory and thrust the final bankruptcy dagger into America with the infrastructure bill. I politely, but firmly, told Mary I was Trump supporter and it was an insult to receive this call immediately after Senate Republicans just finished collaborating with Democrats on passing the infrastructure bill. It was...
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Facebook rejects Back the Blue fundraisers
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Fox 13 News ^
Despite multiple attempts to pay for Facebook ads promoting a ‘Back the Blue’ event launching a bottle series dedicated to first responders, Loaded Cannon Distillery says they keep getting denied, so they will promote the event the old-fashioned way.
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Trump orders GOP's three biggest fundraisers to STOP using his name on emails, branding and merchandise in fury over Republicans who voted to impeach him
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Daily Mail ^
| 3/6/2021 | KEITH GRIFFITH and NIKKI SCHWAB
Donald Trump has sent legal warnings to the three biggest fundraising entities for the Republican Party, ordering them to stop using his name and likeness on emails and merchandise, according to a new report. Trump's
lawyers sent the cease-and-desist letters on Friday to the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and National Republican Senate Committee, a Trump advisor told Politico. 'President Trump remains committed to the Republican Party and electing America First conservatives, but that doesn't give anyone - friend or foe - permission to use his likeness without explicit approval,' the advisor said.
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Report: Joe Biden’s Wall Street Donors Host Multiple Fundraisers for Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff
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Breitbart ^
| 10 Dec 2020 | John BInder
Wall Street donors for Democrat Joe Biden are hosting multiple fundraisers for Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who are challenging Senators Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) in a highly-contested runoff election. Analysis
by Bloomberg reviewed donations from Wall Street in House and Senate elections this year, noting that the financial industry’s biggest donors to Biden are now aiding Warnock and Ossoff with campaign cash. Bloomberg reports: Biden bundler and Signum Global Advisors Chairman Charles Myers, whose fundraising network is centered in the financial services industry, said he’s attended at least seven fundraisers for the Georgia races...
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PayPal swipes $11k from county SPCA for “damages” caused by fundraisers; fire co.’s receive warning
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Shesentinel ^
A common fundraiser in Schuylkill County is a gun raffle, many of which have been held online. They
are legal in the Commonwealth provided certain rules and stipulations are met. Despite this, PayPal, according to the email received and posted by the SPCA attributed to “Brian” with their Executive Escalations office, took the money anyways, citing violations of PayPal’s “Acceptable Use Policy,” and claiming them as “damages” done to the company. “We believe PayPal acted in good faith and in accordance with the User Agreement when denying you access to our services and debiting you Account Balance as reasonable measures...
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The inside story on the top Illinois political donors: the who’s who of Biden’s fundraisers
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The Chicago Sun-Times ^
| November 2, 2020 | Lynn Sweet
Here’s a closer look at the governor’s political plays. On
the federal side, $2,256,300 to the Senate Majority PAC and various giving to help elect House Democrats: $256,300 total to Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund; $1 million to the House Majority PAC and $259,100 total to the Cheri Bustos Victory Fund. Bustos is the chair of the Democratic House political operation. Pritzker also gave $1.5 million to Priorities USA Action, a main pro-Biden super PAC, and $721,300 to the Biden Victory Fund, which was dispersed to a variety of swing state Democratic parties. On the state party front, Pritzker gave $250,000...
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