Bannon: Look Under The Hood Of Antifa And You'll Find George Soros, Tides Foundation, ActBlue

Bannon suggests what investigators might find if they look under the hood of Antifa, at financing, and support from military/intelligence personnel and the media:

STEVE BANNON: The New York Times has a huge article, I think it was on page one of the physical paper, about this whole issue of Jimmy Kimmel. Here's what is obvious.

They take the firing of Jimmy Kimmel, which is really an economic decision made by the affiliates who are just tired of it. They don't want the hate, knowing that they can lose 60% of their audience, and particularly the unacceptable remarks about Charlie Kirk. And he was prepared to make more of an attack on MAGA; they don't need that. This is why Hollywood movies are bombing. This is why so many of them know the cable; this is what they're spinning off MSNBC, right?

There's just no audience for that kind of overarching narrative of the globalist and the elitists. The country has collapsed. Why? They use that information, news in service to themselves, not to the country, and not just citizens of the country. American citizens are very smart and have tremendous common sense and kind of a basic core of American values. They have seen through it.

So they're so freaked out because they know that we're coming for them. We are coming for them. I said to the New York Times, I'm like, people after had 1000 people come to me, "Hey, can you come up and debate the free speech?" No, I'm not doing that, we're taking action now. We're cleaning house at these media companies.

And this is why the media companies are making all this nonsense about the Antifa investigation, "Antifa are just a bunch of kids running around." Yep. That's on the surface,

Billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations has provided significant funding to the Tides Network. In turn, Tides acts as a “fiscal sponsor,” passing funds to other progressive nonprofits and social change organizations. This system of funding and sponsorship has drawn both scrutiny and public defense.
Funding amounts
2020 and 2021: Open Society Foundations contributed a combined $25.8 million to Tides.
2016 and 2020: The Open Society Foundations gave over $30 million to the Tides Network, including its affiliated organizations Tides Center and Tides Advocacy.
2022 and 2023: According to NGO Monitor, Open Society Foundations provided an additional $17.8 million to the Tides Network.

Claims regarding George Soros funding ActBlue are largely based on unverified allegations by public figures such as Elon Musk, rather than conclusive evidence. Financial records show that ActBlue does not directly receive major funding from Soros or his foundation, though he may be among the millions of donors who use the platform.
The nature of the claims
In March 2025, Elon Musk claimed on his social media platform X that George Soros was among the “funders” of ActBlue.
Musk’s post asserted that “ActBlue-funded groups” were responsible for protests against his company Tesla.
Musk did not provide direct proof for his allegations and instead asked users to provide information.
The claims align with broader right-wing conspiracy theories that have targeted Soros for many years.

How ActBlue and Soros’s organizations operate
ActBlue is a fundraising platform, not a recipient: ActBlue processes small-dollar donations for thousands of Democratic campaigns and progressive organizations. It does not act as a recipient of large, direct funding in the way suggested by Musk.
Soros-affiliated donations are directed elsewhere: Soros has contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to political and social causes through his Open Society Foundations and associated political action committees. These donations are generally directed to specific organizations and campaigns, not to ActBlue as a recipient.
Donations are separate: An individual donor, including Soros, may contribute to a candidate or cause using ActBlue’s platform. However, this does not mean Soros is funding ActBlue itself, but rather that he is one of its millions of users.

The investigation into ActBlue
While Soros’s funding is a major point of the allegations, separate investigations have been initiated concerning ActBlue’s donation system.

In 2024 and 2025, a Republican-led House committee and the Texas Attorney General’s office raised concerns about potential fraud and illegal foreign donations on the platform.

This led ActBlue to update its donation policies in December 2024 to tighten security measures, including automatically rejecting donations from high-risk countries and some types of prepaid cards.

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