Posted on 01/30/2022 5:25:04 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Democrats have complained about so-called “dark money” for a decade, but they benefited from $1.5 billion in “dark money” spending in the 2020 election, compared to $900 million for Republicans, according to a recent New York Times analysis.
“Dark money” is money spent by groups outside campaigns and political parties that do not have to disclose their donors — either because they are organized as “social welfare” organizations under section 501(c)4 of the federal tax code, or as 501(c)3 charities receiving contributions from donor-advised funds that allow many donors to remain anonymous.
Democrats have claimed for years that Republicans are the primary beneficiaries of “dark money,” ever since the Supreme Court decided in the Citizens United case in 2011 that the Federal Elections Commission could not censor an anti-Hillary Clinton film before an election because people organized as corporations, no less than individuals, have free speech rights.
Clinton and almost every Democrat since has run on a pledge to revise the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to limit the ability of corporations to spend on elections. Meanwhile, however, they have built a dominant “dark money” machine.
The Times‘ Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher note that Democrats even funded “Republican” anti-Trump groups:
The analysis shows that 15 of the most politically active nonprofit organizations that generally align with the Democratic Party spent more than $1.5 billion in 2020 — compared to roughly $900 million spent by a comparable sample of 15 of the most politically active groups aligned with the G.O.P.
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A single, cryptically named entity that has served as a clearinghouse of undisclosed cash for the left, the Sixteen Thirty Fund, received mystery donations as large as $50 million and disseminated grants to more than 200 groups, while spending a total of $410 million in 2020...
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Soros?
Soros. Zuckerberg. Former twitter ceo jack Dorsey. Foreign money laundered back here, too.
Well if their goal was to spread misery like a vintage miasma, then they got theit moneys worth
They’ve got to be allowed to cheat, if they had to follow the rules they might not win.
With Demonrat Derp State control of the media, culture, educational institutions and countless corporations, the value is nearly priceless.
It looks like some tax reform is overdue to try and stop the “dark money” from buying politicians.
We have to put this in perspective. The RNC and the RINO members of the GOP coordinated with the CCP, DNC, CIA, FBI and the DOJ along with very powerful Marxist groups (some sponsored by Soros, Clinton, Schwab, etc.) throughout the world that couldn’t tolerate another MAGA term, regardless of who led MAGA.
They deliberately underfunded President Trump and anyone MAGA aligned and funded their opponents and demonization.
I would love to see a law making it illegal to give money to a candidate other than those you can vote for. That would make each election immune from outside influence.
Soros
Gates
Rockefellers.
Schwab.
Plenty of others.
The Republicans don’t even talk about George Soros, so of course there’s going to be more talk from the Democrats about dark money.
Soros for sure - but maybe huge ‘donations’ from Mexican cartels and Chinese Communist front groups.’
Someone’s paying to destabilize the country using an open border as a tool - ans whoever that is IS “Mr Big”...
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