Posted on 10/07/2015 3:22:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On the last Tuesday in September, an important deadline loomed for the men and women who would be president. The Federal Election Commission requires those running for office to report how much their campaigns have raised each quarter, and the last-minute fundraising appeals that ensue often reach a dramatic pitch as politicians seek to raise a figure that proves they have staying power.
Starting at about 9:30 p.m. that evening, online donations through Sen. Bernie Sanders’s website, store and the ActBlue fundraising site reached the phenomenal clip of about two contributions per second. They stayed at that high and steady pace until the clock struck midnight. When all was said and done, online fundraising efforts like this helped the campaign raise a whopping $26 million for the quarter — just $2 million fewer than Democratic primary frontrunner and establishment favorite Hillary Clinton.
Sanders also reported more than 1 million contributions — more even than Barack Obama had pulled in during the early part of his groundbreaking 2008 presidential run. It was a major milestone for the Vermont senator’s Cinderella story campaign, proving he has both the voter base and the financial wherewithal to compete with Clinton.
If Sanders’s record-setting number of donors served as a wake-up call to establishment Democrats about the strength of the insurgent Sanders campaign, it was no surprise to those inside his operation.
Since May, a small guerilla-marketing team whose members have been part of some of the most successful insurgent campaigns in the Democratic Party have been working to translate grassroots enthusiasm for Sanders into dollars....
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Hm. Interesting...
I always thought the CLINTON”S hired him to run to make her look more CENTRIST and WINNABLE!
Who are all these people that have money to donate to Democrats that are supposedly not working unless we’re talking about someone like Bill Gates or George Soros....
Even the Democrats don’t want Hillary Clinton. What a train wreck she is.
Yahoo...ever anxious to pretend that veterans think socialists are great.
Yes you have a point...if there are so many people out of work with no money to donate, where’s is all this money coming from? Gates, Soros, super pacs, wall street, where?
I think we need an investigation to find out...no wonder we are in the hole....
I would love for Bernie Sanders to get the Democratic party nomination. Sanders vs. Trump is the fight we want.
I think we need an investigation to find out...no wonder we are in the hole....
wouldn't it be hell if we found out that the Obama administration stole money from the black fund wnd transferred it to donations to be distributed to Democrap candidates to ensure they stayed in power?
This is something to research....pulling up pages as we speak!!!
Ok dokey this is what I found so far:
2012 Top Donors to Outside Spending Groups
These are the top individuals and organizations spending their money to influence your vote. That is, these are the top DISCLOSED donors. Some categories of outside spenders, such as 501(c)(4) groups, are not required to disclose the identities of their contributors.
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IndividualsOrganizationsOrganizations + Employees
1 Adelson, Sheldon G. & Miriam O.
Las Vegas Sands/Adelson Drug Clinic
Las Vegas, NV $92,796,625 $92,796,625 $0 100% 0%
2 Simmons, Harold C. & Annette
Contran Corp
Dallas, TX $26,865,000 $26,865,000 $0 100% 0%
3 Perry, Robert J.
Perry Homes
Houston, TX $23,950,000 $23,950,000 $0 100% 0%
4 Eychaner, Fred
Newsweb Corp
Chicago, IL $14,050,000 $0 $14,000,000 0% 100%
5 Bloomberg, Michael R.
City of New York, NY
New York, NY $13,672,973 $0 $13,172,973 0% 100%
6 Ricketts, John Joe
Hugo Enterprises
Omaha, NE $13,050,000 $12,550,000 $0 100% 0%
7 Simons, James H. & Marilyn
Renaissance Technologies/Simons Fdtn
New York, NY $9,575,000 $0 $9,575,000 0% 100%
8 Eshelman, Fred
Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc
Wilmington, NC $6,558,150 $6,558,150 $0 100% 0%
9 Mercer, Robert L.
Renaissance Technologies
East Setauket, NY $5,409,354 $5,409,354 $0 100% 0%
10 Mostyn, J. Steve & Anderson, Amber
Mostyn Law Firm
Houston, TX $4,753,850 $0 $4,753,850 0% 100%
11 Thiel, Peter A.
Clarium Capital Management
San Francisco, CA $4,735,000 $4,735,000 $0 100% 0%
12 Childs, John W.
JW Childs Assoc
Vero Beach, FL $4,225,000 $4,225,000 $0 100% 0%
13 Perenchio, A. Jerrold
Chartwell Partners
Los Angeles, CA $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $0 100% 0%
14 Rowling, Robert B.
TRT Holdings
Irving, TX $3,635,000 $3,635,000 $0 100% 0%
15 Goldman, Amy
Solil Management
New York, NY $3,600,000 $0 $3,600,000 0% 100%
16 McNair, Robert
Houston Texans
HOUSTON, TX $3,175,000 $3,175,000 $0 100% 0%
17 Ramsey, John
Student
AUSTIN, TX $3,155,933 $3,155,933 $0 100% 0%
18 Katzenberg, Jeffrey
DreamWorks Animation SKG
Los Angeles, CA $3,150,000 $0 $3,150,000 0% 100%
19 Ellison, Lawrence
Oracle Corp
Woodside, CA $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 100% 0%
20 Singer, Paul E.
Elliott Management
New York, NY $2,815,316 $2,815,316 $0 100% 0%
21 Soros, George
Soros Fund Management
New York, NY $2,775,000 $0 $2,775,000 0% 100%
22 Griffin, Kenneth C. & Anne Dias
Citadel Invest Group/Aragon Global Mgt
Chicago, IL $2,580,000 $2,550,000 $0 100% 0%
23 Friess, Foster
Friess Assoc
Jackson, WY $2,561,744 $2,561,744 $0 100% 0%
24 Dore, William
Dore Energy
Lake Charles, LA $2,545,000 $2,495,000 $50,000 98% 2%
25 Stryker, Jon
Arcus Foundation
New York, NY $2,500,000 $0 $2,500,000 0% 100%
26 Jacobs, Irwin M.
Qualcomm Inc
La Jolla, CA $2,300,000 $0 $2,300,000 0% 100%
27 Julian H. Robertson
Tiger Management
Locust Valley, NY $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $0 100% 0%
27 Craft, Joseph W. III
Alliance Resource Partners
Tulsa, OK $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $0 100% 0%
29 Huntsman, Jon M. Sr.
Huntsman Corp
Salt Lake City, UT $2,222,039 $2,222,039 $0 100% 0%
30 Cox Chambers, Anne
Cox Enterprises
Atlanta, GA $2,100,000 $0 $2,100,000 0% 100%
31 Sinquefield, Rex A. & Jeanne C.
Show Me Institute
Westphalia, MO $2,050,000 $2,050,000 $0 100% 0%
32 Roberts, Richard H.
Mutual Pharmaceutical
Lakewood, NJ $2,045,000 $2,035,000 $0 100% 0%
33 Haney, Franklin L.
Franklin L Haney Co
Washington, DC $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000 0% 100%
34 Uihlein, Richard
Uline Inc
Lake Forest, IL $1,885,000 $1,885,000 $0 100% 0%
35 Hiatt, Arnold S
Stride Rite Foundation
Boston, MA $1,850,000 $0 $1,850,000 0% 100%
36 Shaw, David E. & Beth K.
DE Shaw Research
NEW YORK, NY $1,825,000 $0 $1,825,000 0% 100%
37 Earhart, Anne G.
Investor
Corona Del Mar, CA $1,750,000 $0 $1,750,000 0% 100%
37 Ragon, Phillip T.
InterSystems Corp
Boston, MA $1,750,000 $0 $1,750,000 0% 100%
37 Kovner, Bruce & Suzie
Caxton Assoc
New York, NY $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $0 100% 0%
40 Hayden, Jerry L. & Marilyn J.
Retired
Barrington, IL $1,735,000 $1,735,000 $0 100% 0%
41 Abraham, S. Daniel
Slim Fast
West Palm Beach, FL $1,700,000 $0 $1,700,000 0% 100%
42 Laufer, Henry B. & Marsha Z.
Renaissance Technologies
Lantana, FL $1,670,000 $0 $1,670,000 0% 100%
43 Stiefel, Barbara
Retired
Coral Gables, FL $1,600,000 $0 $1,600,000 0% 100%
43 Angelos, Peter G.
Angelos Law Offices/Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore, MD $1,600,000 $0 $1,600,000 0% 100%
45 Sprecher, Jeff & Loeffler, Kelly
IntercontinentalExchange Inc
Atlanta, GA $1,530,000 $1,530,000 $0 100% 0%
46 Linbeck, Leo III
Aquinas Companies
Houston, TX $1,515,042 $0 $0 0% 0%
47 Wyckoff, Ann
Self-Employed
Seattle, WA $1,500,000 $0 $1,500,000 0% 100%
47 Her
zog, Stanley & Teresa
Herzog Contracting
ST. JOSEPH, MO $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 100% 0%
49 James, Virginia
Retired
Lambertville, NJ $1,410,000 $1,410,000 $0 100% 0%
50 McCormack, Win
McCormack Communications
Portland, OR $1,400,000 $0 $1,400,000 0% 100%
51 Beeuwkes, Reinier III & Nancy
Ischemix
Concord, MA $1,385,000 $0 $1,385,000 0% 100%
52 Rubin, Donald & Shelley F.
Multiplan Inc
New York, NY $1,360,000 $0 $1,360,000 0% 100%
53 Geier, Philip H.
Geier Group
New York, NY $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $0 100% 0%
53 Sussman, S. Donald
Paloma Partners
Greenwich, CT $1,350,000 $0 $1,350,000 0% 100%
55 Kimmel, Sidney & Caroline
Jones Apparel Group
NEW YORK, NY $1,250,000 $0 $1,250,000 0% 100%
56 Egerman, Paul & Joanne
eScription Inc
Weston, MA $1,216,000 $0 $1,216,000 0% 100%
57 Bosarge, William Edward
Capital Technologies
Houston, TX $1,209,900 $1,209,900 $0 100% 0%
58 Ahmed, Kareem
Landmark Medical Management
Rancho Cucomonga, CA $1,200,000 $0 $1,200,000 0% 100%
59 Saban, Haim
Saban Capital Group
Los Angeles, CA $1,159,373 $0 $1,159,373 0% 100%
60 Ryan, Vincent J.
Schooner Capital
Boston, MA $1,111,000 $0 $1,111,000 0% 100%
61 Snow, Michael L. and Laurie
Maslon, Edelman et al
WAYZATA, MN $1,100,000 $0 $1,100,000 0% 100%
61 Faison, Henry & Carolyn
Faison & Assoc
CHARLOTTE, NC $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $0 100% 0%
61 Spielberg, Steven
DreamWorks SKG
Los Angeles, CA $1,100,000 $0 $1,100,000 0% 100%
61 Davis, James
New Balance Athletic Shoe
Boston, MA $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $0 100% 0%
61 Arnott, Robert D.
Research Affiliates LLC
Newport Beach, CA $1,100,000 $1,100,000 $0 100% 0%
66 Gilliam, Richard B.
Cumberland Resources
Keswick, VA $1,095,000 $1,095,000 $0 100% 0%
67 Pickens, T Boone
BP Capital
Dallas, TX $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $0 100% 0%
68 Parsons, Robert
Godaddy.com
Scottsdale, AZ $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $0 100% 0%
68 Stephens, Jackson T. Jr.
Exoxemis Inc
Little Rock, AR $1,025,000 $1,025,000 $0 100% 0%
70 Boies, David
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Armonk, NY $1,010,000 $0 $1,010,000 0% 100%
71 Allan Soros, Jonathan T. & Jennifer
Soros Fund Management
New York, NY $1,007,167 $0 $1,007,167 0% 100%
72 Moskowitz, Irving & Cherna
Irving Moskowitz Foundation
Miami Beach, FL $1,005,000 $1,005,000 $0 100% 0%
73 Heifetz, Mel
GLBT Real Estate Management
PHILADELPHIA, PA $1,000,250 $250 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Bergman, Jay
Petco Petroleum
HINSDALE, IL $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Robert, Steven and Pilar Crespi
Renaissance Institutional Management
NEW YORK, NY $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Kleinheinz, John & Marsha
Kleinheinz Capital Partners
FORT WORTH,
74 Paulson, John A.
Paulson & Co
New York, NY $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Hoffman, Reid Garrett
LinkedIn
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Pincus, Mark J. & Alison
Zynga Inc
SAN FRANCISCO, CA $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Khosla, Vinod
Khosla Ventures
Portola Valley, CA $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 St John, Edard
St John Properties
Severna Park, MD $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Hughes, B. Wayne Sr.
Public Storage Inc
Lexington, KY $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Huff, Sherry
Account Pros
Rossville, GA $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Messinger, Alida Rockefeller
Political Consultant
Afton, MN $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Ortenzio, Rocco
Select Medical Corp
Lemoyne, PA $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Heavin, H. Gary & Diane
Curves International
Gatesville, TX $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Troutt, Kenny A.
Mt Vernon Investments
Dallas, TX $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Freeman, Morgan
Actor
Los Angeles, CA $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Maher, Bill
Comedian
Los Angeles, CA $1,000,000 $0 $1,000,000 0% 100%
74 Webster, Steven
Avista Capital Partners
Houston, TX $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Conard, Edward W.
Investor
New York, NY $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Lund, Steve
Nu Skin Enterprises
Provo, UT $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Marriott, J.W. Jr.
Marriott International
Bethesda, MD $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Edgerly, Paul & Sandra
Bain Capital
Brookline, MA $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
74 Marriott, Richard E.
Host Marriott Corp
Bethesda, MD $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 100% 0%
96 Schwartz, Bernard L.
Loral Space & Communications
New York, NY $998,884 $0 $998,884 0% 100%
97 Gaby, Richard D. & Barbara
Richard & Barbara Gaby Foundation
Duluth, GA $985,000 $985,000 $0 100% 0%
97 Hamm, Harold G. & Sue Ann
Continental Resources
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK $985,000 $985,000 $0 100% 0%
99 Silberstein, Stephen M.
Retired
Belvedere, CA $950,000 $0 $950,000 0% 100%
100 Satter, Muneer
Goldman Sachs
Winnetka, IL $885,000 $885,000 $0 100% 0%
*Partisan tilt:
Solidly Democrat/Liberal
Leans Democrat/Liberal
Solidly Republican/Conservative
Leans Republican/Conservative
On the fence
*C = Generally supports conservative candidates; L = Generally supports liberal candidates
Methodological Note: This page includes donations to the outside spending groups that can accept unlimited contributions. This includes “super PACs”, earmarked donations that are reported by 501c non-profit organizations and earmarked donations reported by 527 organizations that use the contributions explicitly for electioneering communications or independent expenditures. This page does not include donations to political action committees.
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if you find a juicy tidbit pass it on to someone who can run with it...: )
> 17 Ramsey, John
Student
AUSTIN, TX $3,155,933 $3,155,933 $0 100% 0%
Hmmm...
I don’t know who that would be, I have banned myself from those postings...I seem to mess them up so badly the AD.MINs take them off....
If you can do it, go ahead...it does need to be posted...and stay posted...lolol
I know...how about that....
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