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Trump-linked far-right groups in US spent millions on European lobbying [barf alert]
Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.28.2019 | Alexander Pearson

Posted on 03/28/2019 1:03:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Right-wing Christian groups in the United States spent at least $50 million (€56 million) on supporting far-right activists and campaigns in Europe in recent years, according to an investigative report.

Publicly available financial filings showed 15 conservative non-profit organizations spent some $51 million in Europe from 2008 to 2017, the report by UK-based openDemocracy found.

The filings did not detail what the money was spent on, but openDemocracy said the groups used it to:

Two of the organizations named in the report have ties to the US administration.

The chief counsel of one of the American Center for Law and Justice, Jay Sekulow, is one of US President Donald Trump’s top lawyers.

Meanwhile, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has received millions of dollars in donations from a foundation linked to the billionaire family of Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education secretary.

A third organization listed in the report, the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, has collaborated with a Rome-based, right-wing think tank affiliated with far-right campaigner Steve Bannon. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; aclj; adf; alexanderpearson; alinskytactics; angelamerkel; antichristian; babykillers; bannon; deutschewelle; devos; europeanunion; eussr; fourthreich; germany; hatespeech; homosexualagenda; infanticide; jaysekulow; lobbies; medicareforall; nato; obamacare; opendemocracy; opensociety; sekulow; soros; tds; thoughtcrime
And of course, “openDemocracy” is automatically given untarnishable credibility, just like the SPLC used to, to bash Christian groups. Really sick and twisted. (And of course, DW gave up its Disqus comments section a couple of years ago, so no challenging their propaganda!)
1 posted on 03/28/2019 1:03:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“Far right” = any groups which are not marxiist and/or not globalist, correct?


2 posted on 03/28/2019 1:08:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

They are trying to educate the Europeans, but the EU appears to be too stupid to catch on.


3 posted on 03/28/2019 1:09:58 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: BenLurkin
In this context, absolutely. Especially if there is any link to Trump.
4 posted on 03/28/2019 1:10:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Innovative

It’s more of a demonstration of how radical the ideologues running the EU are.


5 posted on 03/28/2019 1:21:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

“Right-wing Christian groups in the United States spent at least $50 million (€56 million) on supporting far-right activists and campaigns in Europe in recent years...”

You are welcome....

Dip Sheets...


6 posted on 03/28/2019 1:34:06 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah, it’s a german source, so I’m guessing “far right” means people who don’t have a felony record, earn their own living instead of mooching off the government, and go to church on Sunday.


7 posted on 03/28/2019 1:58:03 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Olog-hai

Where do these “White Nationalists” get $50 million?

Most of the photos I see of guys at White Nationalist rallies look like they struggle to pay their rent every month!


8 posted on 03/28/2019 2:16:27 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Olog-hai

openDemocracy was founded in 2000 by Anthony Barnett, David Hayes, Susan Richards and Paul Hilder. Publishing started in May 2001.[2]

Prominent contributors have included Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas MP, Peter Oborne, Paul Mason, Owen Jones, John Berger, Chantal Mouffe, Étienne Balibar, Chuka Umunna, Kofi Annan, George Soros (through his Open Society Foundation he is one of their largest funders), Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Shirin Ebadi, Sidney Blumenthal, Peter Hain, Pierre Bourdieu, Manuel Castells, Fred Halliday, and David Blunkett.


9 posted on 03/28/2019 3:01:55 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Bookshelf
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ah, American conservatives' favorite atheist, who gets a pass because her atheism is primarily aimed against islam!

Perhaps we should ally with homosexuals in the moslem world as well???

10 posted on 03/28/2019 4:18:09 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Modernism began two thousand years ago.)
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To: Bookshelf

Ho hum...

“openDemocracy”, a child of George Soros’ OpenSociety”, has published yet another FAKE study...

The usual fools rush to praise it...

Ho hum...


11 posted on 03/28/2019 5:07:57 PM PDT by pfony1
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To: pfony1

Hence the too-close resemblance to how the Soros-funded SPLC did things.


12 posted on 03/28/2019 7:17:37 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Never heard of her. Guess I don’t pay that close attention to such luminaries as such luminaries probably think I should.
“From a Marxist viewpoint, an atheistic mind is already three-fourths conquered.”

— The Naked Communist, chapter 12
The above always comes to mind, though, whenever I read that someone is an atheist.
13 posted on 03/28/2019 7:20:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
Thanks Olog-hai.

14 posted on 03/28/2019 10:38:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie)
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$50 Million is chump change for George Soros... and even less for the EU elites in Brussels... This is an odd article...


15 posted on 03/29/2019 7:02:39 AM PDT by GOPJ (FBI: Did the Southern Poverty Law Center assist with organizing(and funding) Charlottesville?)
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To: GOPJ

It’s not Soros who spent that amount.


16 posted on 03/29/2019 10:14:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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