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Politifact: No, George Soros and his foundations do not pay people to protest
Politifact ^ | 06/01/2020 | By Emily Venezky

Posted on 06/08/2020 5:46:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Lazy fact-checking...SOMEONE is funding ANTIFA.


21 posted on 06/08/2020 6:03:06 AM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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To: Haiku Guy

Do you have a source for the $33 million amount to BLM?


22 posted on 06/08/2020 6:04:16 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Soros funds the BLM agitators. Not a secret. BLM is an anti-police, anti-capitalist bunch of radical Marxist with a catchy name to fool idiot lefties


23 posted on 06/08/2020 6:12:53 AM PDT by Fzob
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To: SeekAndFind

Politifact is an extreme left-wing propaganda org run by the extreme left-wing Tampa Bay newspaper.


24 posted on 06/08/2020 6:15:29 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Oh. Well. There you go. Totally debunked. Move along.

Whoa. Wait, wait, wait. Not so fast there.

Politifact describes Soros as a "philanthropist". Where are the throngs of people who have benefitted from his love of mankind? The testimonies must be as numerous as the stars. Does Politifact offer even one?

25 posted on 06/08/2020 6:19:58 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: SeekAndFind

The right is trying to link George Soros and George Floyd protests. Don’t let it.

And the Left/DNC/MSM is trying to pretend Antifa does not exist, or if it exists it is actually a white supremisist group, which is odd as it is supported by Holywood celebs and has a “mission” of being allegedly “anti-facist”.


26 posted on 06/08/2020 6:28:26 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: SeekAndFind

Politifact is owned by a newspaper that HAS NOT had one conservative working in their newsroom in over 40 years.


27 posted on 06/08/2020 6:30:01 AM PDT by GOPJ (Use Consitutional means to solve issues - not the streets, thugs, violence, looting and intimidation)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Ministry of Propaganda really doe not want you to look at the man behind the curtain.


28 posted on 06/08/2020 6:30:55 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

One knows immediately if you see a “fact check” article it is an attempt to bury the truth thru propaganda under the guise of “fact checking”. It is the Left’s way of saying “shut up; there is no opinion but ours” (ex. see NYTimes firing of editor for the last example of the strict orthodoxy of the Leftists).


29 posted on 06/08/2020 6:31:32 AM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: GOPJ

check the short video and replies re the 75-year-old “agitator” - Martin Gugino from People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) Buffalo - who got nudged and fell:

Tweet: beccabell
Did anyone else see Gugino in this video and the people who were upset at what he was planning?
VIDEO
6 Jun 2020
https://twitter.com/beccabell28/status/1269113046510841857

5 Jun: NY Post: Martin Gugino, Buffalo man pushed by police, is long-time peace activist
By Joshua Rhett Miller and Lia Eustachewich
The resident of Amherst in Erie County is a member of the People United for Sustainable Housing Buffalo and anti-nuclear group Kings BayPlowshares, the Buffalo News reported...
https://nypost.com/2020/06/05/martin-gugino-buffalo-man-pushed-by-police-is-long-time-activist/

Open Society Foundations: Awarded Grants
People United for Sustainable Housing, Inc. 2016 $200,000
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?filter_keyword=People+United+for+Sustainable+Housing+

Influence Watch: People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) Buffalo, NY
PUSH Buffalo is most notable for its protests in opposition to traditional energy sources. Most recently the organization protested to demand draconian action to combat climate change. The organization has even been served with a restraining order from a judge over its protest tactics...
It raised $1.1 million in grants, $350,566 from government grants, and $131,472 for fundraising events. Notable contributors include Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the Kendeda Fund, the Surdna Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation.
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/people-united-for-sustainable-housing-push-buffalo/


30 posted on 06/08/2020 6:34:49 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: SeekAndFind
Snopes said that Open Society Foundations has donated $33 million to organizations that have worked with Black Lives Matter or worked to raise awareness during the Ferguson-related protests. However, they had never given money to groups for the express purpose of organizing protests with the movement.

So Soros gives $33 Million to Black Lives Matter who go out and riot and loot and burn and murder, but then Soros has absolutely nothing to do with the looting and anarchy.
Said Politifat, which is itself paid for by Soros.
Are these clowns 5 year olds? Soros should be hanging from a very stout tree.

31 posted on 06/08/2020 6:44:02 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: originalbuckeye

It’s in the OP. Read it


32 posted on 06/08/2020 6:45:21 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SeekAndFind

If Politifact is so SURE that Soros’ Open Society Foundation is NOT funding Antifa...

Just give us a list of exactly WHAT Open Society DOES fund.


33 posted on 06/08/2020 6:46:31 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yep, if Politifact says it ain’t so, it ain’t so.....
I feel much better now knowing this ‘fact.’


34 posted on 06/08/2020 6:49:46 AM PDT by cranked
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To: rightwingcrazy

The black blogosphere, along with their white-kneeler collaborators, are loudly painting Candace Owens as a paid shill for the RNC.

She took “Whitey’s coin”, so she does “Whitey’s bidding”.


35 posted on 06/08/2020 6:52:38 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are seeing the birth of the Socialist Putsch)
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To: SeekAndFind

Please don’t darken this bandwidth with Politifact. They are anything BUT factual.


36 posted on 06/08/2020 6:57:36 AM PDT by richardtavor
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To: Flick Lives

The, where is the funding coming from? As Napoleon was fond of saying, “An army marches on it’s stomach.” Those kind of large crowds and the kind of systematic looting that has been going on requires some kind of logistical support. People don’t automatically stop have need for food and a place to sleep. I saw a guy interviewed who said that this was too big for economic concerns. Well, they still go on. Someone is paying for people to riot.

I’m not saying that some of them are not sincere. But most of it is just too organized to not have money behind it. And it doesn’t have to be Soros. There are other big money leftist who want to topple Trump. They hate him and us. But I agree, it doesn’t seem to have Soros written all over it. It is like the Perry Mason show. You come into a room and the defendant is standing over the body holding the gun. It might not be Soros, but he is sure holding the gun!


37 posted on 06/08/2020 6:57:47 AM PDT by gbscott
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To: SeekAndFind

They were absolutely handing money out in Chicago. A group was holding up signs for rioters to go to different looting spots. And when the crowd arrived, they handed out cash. Maybe it came from Soros, maybe it didn’t. But cash was being handed out to people who came to riot and who followed them to different locations. Also, the rent a crowd people payed people to join protests as well.


38 posted on 06/08/2020 6:58:02 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Flick Lives
One knows immediately if you see a “fact check” article it is an attempt to bury the truth thru propaganda

The first one to lead the charge was Snopes, back during the GWOT.

Not a single 'fact-checker' - not one - can be trusted.

39 posted on 06/08/2020 7:01:35 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are seeing the birth of the Socialist Putsch)
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To: SeekAndFind

translation: Even if you can get Barr to put down the bagpipes and investigate this it’s gonna take him years to run the gauntlet of shell companies and front organizations we’ve set up.


40 posted on 06/08/2020 7:10:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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