HOW DEEPLY IOWA CAUCUS APP DEVELOPER WAS EMBEDDED IN DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT

Shadow and Acronym have been far from neutral in the Democratic primary. Shadow was launched by former staffers to Hillary Clinton. Buttigieg’s campaign, which paid the company $42,500 for software-related services … McGowan is married to Michael Halle, senior strategist with the Buttigieg campaign. There is no evidence any preference of candidates had any effect on the coding issue that is stalling the Iowa results. top officials at the company regularly expressed hostility to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s supporters.

1 posted on 02/05/2020 2:50:14 PM PST by spintreebob

No ...... REALLY ......

Shadow and Acronym are perfectly innocent, American names for legitimate companies, just trying to make a buck.

2 posted on 02/05/2020 2:54:13 PM PST by knarf

Democrat + Election = Fraud

fhayek’s Second Law of American Politics.

3 posted on 02/05/2020 2:54:18 PM PST by fhayek

Now they're giving Bernie voters to Deval Patrick and Tom Steyer over in the Iowa cuck-us recount...

It's all over Twitter.

4 posted on 02/05/2020 2:55:06 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)

Talk about your ‘incestual’ relationships.. you can feeel the ‘bern’ as far away as Chataqua.. spawn of you know who?

5 posted on 02/05/2020 2:56:16 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! The UN is so old and dated.)

I just saw all that. LOL. Twitter sphere is really going crazy over this! Hahaha! But geez. No rigging there! Unbelievable corrupt idiots.

6 posted on 02/05/2020 2:57:10 PM PST by BlueHorseShoe

Since Bernie is for redistribution, he should be happy with his votes being redistributed...

7 posted on 02/05/2020 2:57:44 PM PST by kosciusko51

Democrat caucus gets screwed up by the Democrat owned tech firm that owned & developed it.
Democrats response: Crickets Chirping
Democrat caucus gets screwed up by the Trump owned tech firm that owned & developed it.
Democrats response: IMPEACH TRUMP!! JAIL HIM!!

8 posted on 02/05/2020 2:57:56 PM PST by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)

Shadow and Acronym are perfectly innocent, American names for legitimate companies, just trying to make a buck

LOL! Just WOW - these two companies might as well named themselves "Election Fraud for Hire".

9 posted on 02/05/2020 2:58:34 PM PST by ghost of nixon

When you see how far they will go to rig their own primary imagine how far they are going to be willing to go in November.

10 posted on 02/05/2020 3:03:08 PM PST by gibsonguy

the Iowa Democratic Party asked that the app’s name be kept secret. The New York Times reported that “its creators had repeatedly questioned the need to keep it secret.”

Yeah, the original name, "ScruBernie" was a little impolitic.

11 posted on 02/05/2020 3:06:25 PM PST by Billthedrill

You better sleep with one eye open Mitt.

12 posted on 02/05/2020 3:06:40 PM PST by circlecity

To: ghost of nixon

For questions related to the two firms, contact their legal counsel at Ketchum, Cheatum, and Slaughter.

13 posted on 02/05/2020 3:06:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom

4 Feb: WashingtonFreeBeacon: Steyer and Pelosi Poured Money into Firm Behind Botched Iowa App
by Joe Schoffstall
Those tight connections with the Democratic establishment could lead to more questions amid the post-Iowa furor and may provoke further outrage from supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)...

...Steyer’s NextGen Climate Action Committee made a $45,000 donation to the nonprofit and paid another $90,000 for its data consulting services...

Acronym’s PAC, Pacronym, was also a major beneficiary of wealthy Democrats’ funding. The committee received six-figure contributions from director Steven Spielberg, former actress Kate Capshaw, and liberal billionaire George Soros’s Democracy PAC in late 2019...
https://freebeacon.com/politics/steyer-pelosi-pacs-funded-shadowy-group-behind-botched-iowa-app/

14 posted on 02/05/2020 3:07:36 PM PST by MAGAthon

chaos was the desired outcome, so that Sanders would not come out the winner. period.

15 posted on 02/05/2020 3:10:41 PM PST by MAGAthon

...Tara McGowan...said her firm was merely an investor in the company Shadow...

...internal company documents and public records show a close and intertwined relationship between Acronym and Shadow...

...senior leaders of Shadow and Acronym have been far from neutral in the Democratic primary...

...the Iowa Democratic Party asked that the app’s name be kept secret...

...Kyle Tharp, a spokesperson for Acronym, released a statement on Monday night downplaying his company’s affiliation with Shadow...

...David Plouffe, a former campaign manager to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential bid who joined Acronym’s board, also distanced himself from the company during an MSNBC panel last night. “I have no knowledge of Shadow”...

...two companies, which share office space in Denver, Colorado, are deeply intertwined...

...Last year, McGowan, Acronym, wrote on Twitter that she was “so excited to announce @anotheracronym has acquired Groundbase,” a firm that included “their incredible team led by [Gerard Niemira] + are launching Shadow, a new tech company to build smarter infrastructure for campaigns”...

...In an interview , McGowan described Niemira as “the CEO of Shadow, which is the technology company that Acronym is the sole investor in now”...

...An internal organizational chart shows digital strategy firm Lockwood Strategy, FWIW Media, and Shadow as part of a unified structure, with Acronym staff involved in the trio’s operations...

...In an all-staff email sent last Friday, an official with Lockwood Strategy reminded team members about “COOL THINGS HAPPENING AROUND ACRONYM.” The list included bullets points such as, “The Iowa caucus is on Monday, and the Shadow team is hard at work,” and “Shadow is working on scaling up VAN integration with Shadow Messaging for some Iowa caucus clients”...

...Acronym staffers also attended the Shadow staff retreat. A person with knowledge of the company’s culture, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, shared communications showing that top officials at the company regularly expressed hostility to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s supporters...

...McGowan is married to Michael Halle, a senior strategist with the Buttigieg campaign...

...A precinct captain for Sanders said "And we didn’t have access to the app until like three days ago”...

...Shadow was launched by former staffers to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, including Niemira, Krista Davis, Ahna Rao, and James Hickey, according to professional biographies listed on LinkedIn...

...Acronym appears to have deleted portions of its website showcasing its involvement in Shadow...

Why does everything the Democrats do have to be so corrupt and underhanded? Does anyone there know anything about ethics, transparency or telling the truth? Is there one decent human being in the entire party?

16 posted on 02/05/2020 3:14:47 PM PST by JayNorth (The Democrats have proven themselves to be pure evil.)

“It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.”
Joseph Stalin

17 posted on 02/05/2020 3:17:07 PM PST by traderrob6

18 posted on 02/05/2020 3:28:08 PM PST by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)

“...for-profit companies across the progressive media and technology sectors...”

Um...what? Companies across the progressive media and technology sectors are...for-profit? Capitalist? WHAT?

19 posted on 02/05/2020 3:46:43 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)

2020 will be so illegal by the left that it will just be shocking. They are going to go full ‘tard.

20 posted on 02/05/2020 3:54:54 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)

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