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Read the Confidential Document Left Behind at the Democracy Alliance Meeting
Washington Free Beacon ^ | May 5 2014 | Washington Free Beacon

Posted on 05/05/2014 10:17:14 AM PDT by PoloSec

The Democracy Alliance takes pains to ensure that its work disbursing millions of dollars to top left-wing organizations remains secretive and free from public scrutiny. But a document left on the floor of the group’s recent gathering reveals for the first time the names of a number of individuals involved in the effort.

It lists new Democracy Alliance “partners,” individuals who every year must pay $30,000 in dues and contribute at least $200,000 to the groups that DA supports. It also reveals names of DA “advisers,” foundation participants, and individuals getting a “sneak peek” at the group’s activities.

Among its new partners are top labor union bosses, financial and business leaders, and heirs to billion-dollar fortunes who have made names for themselves as high-dollar Democratic donors.

Security was tight at the Democracy Alliance conference last week at the chic Ritz Carlton in Chicago. Politico reporter Ken Vogel was manhandled by security when he tried to interview an attendee. Other conference-goers ripped off their nametags when a Washington Free Beacon reporter approached.

The Democracy Alliance does not actually accept donations. Instead, it solicits contributions from left-wing millionaires and billionaires, and serves as a “pass through” between those donors and top liberal advocacy groups, including the Center for American Progress, Media Matters for America, and Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA.

The group emphasizes secrecy in all of its operations, even as its members and the DA “favored organizations” to which they donate decry the role of “dark money” in American politics. DA does not disclose details of any of the transactions it facilitates, and its members and donation recipients are prohibited from speaking publicly about the organization and its operations.

While few conference attendees would speak with the Free Beacon last week, one mistakenly left a revealing document on the floor of a publicly accessible area of the conference. The list of new partners provides previously unreported details on one of the left’s most powerful dark money groups. Big Labor Bucks


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: billionaires; chicago; democracyalliance; democratdonors; dncdonors; georgesoros; illinois; jsoros; kenvogel; mediamatters; politico; ritzcarlton; soros

1 posted on 05/05/2014 10:17:14 AM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec

Probably a plant by those much more powerful Koch brothers to throw folks off the scent.


2 posted on 05/05/2014 10:18:57 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: PoloSec

“To Serve Man . . . It’s a cook book!”


3 posted on 05/05/2014 10:26:00 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
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To: PoloSec

“dark Money,also known as “Shadow Money”.

This how all of those “non-Partisan” leftist campaign orgs that you have never heard of, but suddenly appear, get funded.

And it’s all of the books...


4 posted on 05/05/2014 10:50:12 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: PoloSec

Does anyone else here think it would have been useful to have published the entire document so we could make judgements about it ourselves?


5 posted on 05/05/2014 11:05:20 AM PDT by zeugma (Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened - Dr. Seuss (I'll see you again someday Hope))
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To: rktman
It's a very tangled web, as the democrats have the capacity to protect the wealth of those who are their benefactors.

None of this can be permanently fixed without strict term limits, making intentional voter fraud a mandatory minimum 10 year prison sentence, and a variety of additional changes, including strengthening the Hatch Act in certain ways that would allow prosecution of people like Hillary, Sebelius, Learner, and others who while employed by the federal government managed the flow of information (and outright lied) in order to impact the political process in a partisan manner.

6 posted on 05/05/2014 11:08:37 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: PoloSec

What a bunch of angry nobodies. Not a single producer in the list.


7 posted on 05/05/2014 11:16:38 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks PoloSec.


8 posted on 05/05/2014 11:19:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: PoloSec
Now, if the Progressives had this “list” it would be dissected, chewed up and spit out to every news media that would use it.

These people need to be investigated, charged, ridiculed, chastised, and smeared just like they do to us. But of course that won't happen. As always, it will be read, and with a yawn Freepers will go to the next article.
I have a screen shot. Anyone game?

9 posted on 05/05/2014 12:09:29 PM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

THE OBAMA/SOROS PLAN TO DESTROY AMERICA
By Brother Nathanael Kapner

OBAMA’S MAIN ‘PUPPETEER’ IS THE HUNGARIAN BORN JEW - GEORGE SOROS.

http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=411


10 posted on 05/06/2014 2:50:35 PM PDT by Dqban22
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