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Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising
DNYUZ ^ | August 21, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 08/21/2024 4:51:13 AM PDT by Red Badger

Kamala Harris raised an unprecedented haul of about $500 million in the first month of her candidacy, according to a report.

Four sources told Reuters the colossal amount had come in just four weeks since she replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket on July 21. In that time, the vice president has already smashed fundraising records as donors have sought to give her campaign more firepower in a tight race against Donald Trump.

The Harris campaign said it raised $200 million in the first week following Biden’s withdrawal from the race, a dramatic reversal of the party’s fundraising fortunes during the closing stages of Biden’s candidacy. That $200 million figure was also more than the $138.7 million Trump’s campaign said it raised in the entirety of July.

By contrast, Harris’ team said they’d raised $310 million in July—a staggering figure that, according to her campaign, took the total amount raised by Harris and Biden to more than $1 billion. It’s the fastest a presidential campaign has ever hit the 10-figure mark in history, according to the campaign.

Heading into August, the Harris campaign had $377 million on hand—about $50 million more than the $327 million total cash on hand reported by the Trump camp.

Harris has once again seized the fundraising lead for Democrats that the party lost in the wake of Trump’s May conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Amid the historic trial that Trump characterized as political persecution, Republican donors inundated the former president with support to the point that Trump wiped out Biden’s longstanding cash advantage.

Harris’ lightning takeover at the top of the Democratic ticket reinvigorated her party’s own donors, with her campaign taking $81 million in the 24 hours after Biden announced his withdrawal from the race on July 21. The Harris campaign said it was the biggest single-day total in American history.

Super PACs backing Trump are nevertheless still receiving strong support. Timothy Mellon, the conservative billionaire heir of the Mellon banking fortune, last month gave another $50 million to the pro-Trump Make America Great Again Inc. He’s given a total of $126.5 million to the PAC since 2022, according to The Washington Post, including $100 million in the last three months alone.

Mellon previously gave $25 million to a super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the independent candidate who, according to his running mate Nicole Shanahan, is considering ending his campaign to “join forces with Donald Trump.” Trump says he “probably would” consider Kennedy for a Cabinet job, which RFK Jr. has sought in exchange for endorsing the former president.

The post Harris Hits Half-Billion-Dollar Record to Trounce Trump Fundraising appeared first on The Daily Beast.


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To: Red Badger

Fighting now in Congress to send middle-class income and property taxation cap constitutional amendments to the states would add the electors of several deep blue states to Trump’s total and make Congress turn deep red come November.

We need to ‘wall off’ middle class assets and income from further Democratic tax grabs.


21 posted on 08/21/2024 5:27:35 AM PDT by Brian Griffin ("Building a wall is a red herring" - Elon Musk)
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To: Red Badger

IIRC Hillary outspent Trump by 6x


22 posted on 08/21/2024 5:28:25 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: Red Badger

The most money raised doesn’t automatically translate into a win for a candidate. I am one of those who can’t stand to listen to Kamala’s whiney nasally voice. If I had to listen to that for the next 4 years, I think I would just turn of the TV, radio and the internet until someone else is in office. She is so fake.


23 posted on 08/21/2024 5:31:24 AM PDT by JoJo354 (We are the revolution....)
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To: Red Badger

Most of it comes from the Cartels, they need her badly to keep the smuggling borders open.


24 posted on 08/21/2024 5:31:54 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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To: SharpRightTurn
Wall Street tycoons, hedge fund managers, social media kingpins, lefty corporate CEOs, and the Hollyweird set are throwing money at her to buy the election.

That's what makes no sense. If elected with a Dem Majority in Congress, they will institute a WEALTH TAX on EVERYTHING THESE WEALTHY MORONS OWN.......................

25 posted on 08/21/2024 5:34:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

The Act Blue money laundromat is working overtime. Wonder how many people have “donated” without realizing it.


26 posted on 08/21/2024 5:35:35 AM PDT by nhbob1
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To: Gaffer

Mandarin Chinese and Mexican Spanish would be what you would need to program into the translator.


27 posted on 08/21/2024 5:39:41 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Gaffer

Mandarin Chinese and Mexican Spanish would be what you would need to program into the translator.


28 posted on 08/21/2024 5:39:41 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Red Badger

She’ll need it. She’s a skid mark.


29 posted on 08/21/2024 5:43:30 AM PDT by anton
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To: All

Democrat Donors Across the US Deny They made Massive
ActBlue Donations Amid AG Investigations (video 9 min)
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII ^ | 8/16/2024 | James O’Keefe
Posted on 8/17/2024, 12:09:29 AM by bitt

FEC data obtained by an @OKeefeMedia Citizen Journalist showed Fernandina Beach, Fla, residents donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to ActBlue. The Fridrich family, overwhelmed by the allegations, remains perplexed by how such large sums could be attributed to them.

Across the country, in Las Vegas, Elaina Bulow, a devout Democrat, is reportedly linked to around 830 donations totaling roughly $111,000. Bulow, who regularly monitors her bank statements, was outraged when presented with the FEC data. Despite being a frequent donor, Bulow denies contributing anything close to the reported amount.........” and her bank statements do not show any such donations. (Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...


How Democrats pull off this massive donor fraud:
<><>they collude to setup the money laundries
<><>just one money laundry could be billions of tax dollars Biden hands Zelensky
<><>a percentage of the tax dollars are deposited offshore
<><>crooked legerdemain manipulates the offshore money into the ActBlue data base,
<><>ActBlue then falsifies federal documents to the FEC,
<><>Actblue lists the money on FEC forms as “donated” by “eligible” Democrat donors.
<><>this is done without the knowledge or consent of the donors.


30 posted on 08/21/2024 5:46:05 AM PDT by Liz ( )
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To: Red Badger

Seems like an easy job to get such big funds donated when you don’t do interviews making the case of how you are going to do something and the public just throws money at you for doing that nothing. Where can I apply.

wy69


31 posted on 08/21/2024 5:48:35 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: Red Badger

Seems like an easy job to get such big funds donated when you don’t do interviews making the case of how you are going to do something and the public just throws money at you for doing that nothing. Where can I apply.

wy69


32 posted on 08/21/2024 5:48:35 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: All

Congressional evidence shows Hunter Biden was setting up multiple money
laundries to launder his influence-peddling business deals. Keep in mind:
<><>Hunter is the son of the most powerful man on the globe
<><>Hunter was flying around the world on daddy’s AF 2, mooching off taxpayers,
<><>he was making lucrative foreign business deals
<><>he had a tax-funded Secret Service detail
<><>he was vacuuming up millions selling dad’s influence
<><>he was allegedly distributing the money to various Biden family members
<><>he was organizing a labyrinth of shell companies and LLC accounts as money laundries
<><>he was selling out America left and right.
<><>he was undermining the safety and security of American families.


33 posted on 08/21/2024 5:53:08 AM PDT by Liz ( )
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To: Brian Griffin

Keep your gas stove signs...and your gas lawn mower...


34 posted on 08/21/2024 5:56:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (mY)
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To: Red Badger

No….she has not.

Fact is this is this is leftist billionaires money and they know it. She would not on her personality and record even with most democrats raise this money.

This is the fight of our lives for this nation….if this is lost to them it will come to arms eventually because of it.


35 posted on 08/21/2024 5:56:30 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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Here’s a huge clue regarding laundering tax dollars as Democrat donations.

Biden officially and very publicly gave VP Kamala Harris:
<><>$5 billion to build electric school buses-—none were ever built
<><>$90 billion tax dollars for high speed internet into rural areas—no one was ever connected.
<><>the highly touted “Biden/Harris Chips Act” last March........
<><>part of Biden/Harris’ $11 billion federal “loan program”
<><>gave an $8.5 billion outright grant to Intel
<><>a $25 billion tax incentive (easily laundered)
<><>Biden/Harris “spent” trillions of tax dollars on “infrastructure.”


BTW, Intel just announced it was laying off 15% of its workforce — 15,000 positions. American taxpayers lost twice: billions of tax dollars and a weakened economy minus thousands of jobs.


36 posted on 08/21/2024 6:12:39 AM PDT by Liz ( )
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To: Red Badger

How much had Hillary raised in all ? Wasn’t it over a billion ?


37 posted on 08/21/2024 6:14:56 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

It was about 2x1 in direct, campaign spending.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/14/somebody-just-put-a-price-tag-on-the-2016-election-its-a-doozy/

“Clinton’s unsuccessful campaign ($768 million in spending) outspent Trump’s successful one ($398 million) by nearly 2 to 1. The Democratic National Committee and left-leaning outside groups also outspent their Republican counterparts by considerable margins.

BUT.....Trump benefited immensely from “earned media” — the free TV time he got by virtue of being an unconventional candidate who frequently said outlandish and offensive things. Trump received about $5 billion in free media, according to an estimate by media analysis firm MediaQuant, compared with only $3.24 billion for Clinton.”


38 posted on 08/21/2024 6:15:46 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: All

Payroll fraud is the easiest——especially if you’ve got a govt payroll. Read on.


Biden’s Bloated White House Payroll Is Most Expensive In American History

By Adam Andrzejewski, forbes.com Contributor, Jul 1, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president’s commitment to expand government then taxpayers have a reason for concern. Projected four-year costs of Biden’s White House payroll could top $200 million. For comparison, inflation adjusted, the Trump administration spent $164.3 million (2017-2020) and the Obama administration spent $188.5 million (2009-2012).

Today, on July 1st, the Biden administration released the annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel. President Biden hired czars, expensive “fellows,” “assistants,” and spent on a much larger First Lady (FLOTUS) staff. The payroll report included the name, status, salary and position title of all 567 White House employees costing taxpayers $49.6 million. (Search Biden’s White House payroll and Trump’s four years posted at OpenTheBooks.com.)

Since January, the Biden administration has quickly staffed up. Here are some key findings from our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com:-There are 190 more employees on White House staff under Biden than under Trump (377) and 80 more than under Obama (487) at this point in their respective presidencies.-$9.6 million increase in payroll spending vs. the Trump FY2017 payroll. In 2017, the Trump White House spent $40 million for 377 employees, while the Biden payroll amounts to $49.6 million for 567 employees. All spending amounts are inflation adjusted. -Hires include 320 female staffers ($28.9 million salaries) vs. 240 male staffers ($20.8 million salaries). In terms of top staffers — Special Assistants — there are 53 female ($6.3 million salaries) vs. 37 males ($4.4 million).-Currently, there are 12 staffers dedicated – at least in part – to Dr. Jill Biden vs. five staffers who served Melania Trump in her first year (FY2017).-Counts of the “Assistants to the President” – the most trusted advisors to the president - are the same (22) in for the Biden administration and the Trump and Obama administrations. This year, these advisors make $180,000.

This year’s list of Biden key advisors includes names such as Ron Klain (Chief of Staff), Susan Rice (Domestic Policy Council), Jennifer Psaki (Press Secretary), and Kate Bedingfield (Communications Director), Mike Donilon (Senior Advisor), and Steve Ricchetti (Counselor). -The most highly compensated White House Biden staffer? The top paid is Molly Groom ($185,656), Policy Advisor For Immigration, a crisis issue for the administration. The second highest paid is Elizabeth Hone ($183,164), Senior Policy Advisor For Broadband. The administration proposed $100 billion in government ownership of broadband.

First Ladies payroll at White House-staff counts in the first year.OPENTHEBOOKS.COM

Dr. Jill Biden has 12 staffers including press, communication, and advance trip directors; media coordinators and schedulers. There are senior advisors, and even a couple of social secretaries. Five of the employees also serve the president in some capacity. In 2009, former First Lady Michelle Obama faced criticism for her twenty-four assistants, advisors, aides, and social secretaries. Laura Bush had a staff of eighteen. In 2017, Melania Trump, in her first year, had a staff of five employees.

These 12 White House employees serving First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (five also serve the president in some capacity) cost taxpayers $1.35 million and include:
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, Chief of Staff to the First Lady and White House Gender Policy co-chair ($180,000);
Elizabeth Alexander, Director of Communications for the First Lady ($155,000);
Carlos Elizondo, Social Secretary ($155,000) and Deputy Social Secretary, Liz Hart ($80,000)
Press Secretary, Michael LaRosa, $100,000

Special Initiative Czars

Starting in 2009, President Obama came under fire for hiring special initiative czars. From 2017-2020, we found no evidence of “czars” on Trump’s payroll. However, Biden has czar(ed) up – naming at least 21 czars to date, with plans to fill 55 positions. These include: National Climate Advisor Regina McCarthy ($180,000) and a Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry – who is listed in press accounts, but doesn’t appear in the payroll data. Others include Jeff Zients ($36,000), the COVID-19 czar. Critics at Politico have already questioned, “How many czars does the Biden administration need?”

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39 posted on 08/21/2024 6:16:53 AM PDT by Liz ( )
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To: Red Badger
So is it more pay-for-play dollars from ChiComs, Iran, Saudis? Who's buying the office now?


40 posted on 08/21/2024 6:17:01 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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