The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Explained in One Chart

Washington Free Beacon ^ | September 10, 2014 | Brent Scher

[george76]

Koch Brothers go on offensive to expose dark money in politics.

The Koch brothers—taking a break from such nefarious endeavors as spending money in support of their political positions and, worse, donating to hospitals—are going on the offensive with a campaign to expose the vast web of dark money spun by the Democracy Alliance.

The Democracy Alliance is a secretive left-wing organization which connects big-money progressive donors to a long list of progressive organizations.

A chart mapping out all the groups financed by the Democracy Alliance was distributed by Republicans on the Senate floor on Monday, and it makes clear just how extensive the liberal money hub really is.

The chart, which appears to be based on an internal Democracy Alliance briefing book made public earlier this year, shows that roughly 170 organizations that receive funding from the Democracy Alliance.

Included in the network are labor unions AFL/CIO, AFSCME, SEIU, UAW, and the Teamsters... and the group that used to be known as Obama for America but later transformed itself into Organizing for Action.

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The list goes on to include media outlets such as Mother Jones and the Nation, advocacy groups such as Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, EMILY’s List, and Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition.

[jurroppi1]

BTTT. I thought the source was freebacon, not freebEacon.

Of course I was all over that!

[Grampa Dave]

Liz, you might be interested in this:

“Democracy Alliance is able to obscure the identity of the donors included in its network through its strategy of having members make private donations based on a “progressive infrastructure map” crafted in closed-door meetings. Those included in the meetings are prohibited from speaking publicly about the group’s operations. No donations are made by the Democracy Alliance itself.”

[harpu]

for later...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

On first read, I thought you wrote “FreeBacon”.

That was even more interesting.

[TurboZamboni]

is there one in a readable size?

[oldbrowser]

I wonder how much of the trillions of dollars in federal expenditures when into these organizations over the last few years?

And the IRS and others are busy investigating the local tea party groups.

[jurroppi1]

yeah, I was looking for bacon.

[george76]

Funding ‘snapshot’ details nearly $40 million in Alliance support for 20 groups this year.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/exclusive-democracy-alliance-network-revealed/

That chart font size is small.

[KarlInOhio]

Worst ... chart ... ever.

No links between the groups, no structure other than showing one set of primary groups and another set of secondary groups, too small of print to read easily and impossible to cut and paste.

Basically putting it in graphical format hid information rather than clarifying it. This would have been better in a html list with clickable links to details of the groups.

[Liz]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Liz]

Obama's obsessive non-stop fund raising among the smug/stupid elite is beginning to look sinister. The world smolders but the Dumobcrat ding-a-lings soldier on w/ big bucks fund-raising.

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REALITY CHECK Could this be a WH/Democrat Ponzi scheme in progress?

While they bash Wall Street publicly, leaders of the Democrats' mega-funder "The Democracy Alliance" have quietly recruited venture capitalists, bankers and hedge fund moguls -- along with union bosses and red-diaper trust fund babies -- to fund their takeover goals. ....$230,000 public school union dues go to the Democrats' "Democracy Alliance."

"The Democracy Alliance" does not itself raise and spend a great deal of money. Rather, being a partner in the Alliance requires one to contribute large amounts to other left-wing groups. The Alliance evaluates left-wing organizations on various criteria, and makes recommendations to its members as to where they should put their money. Currently, the Alliance lists 21 groups in its “Aligned Network”:

<><> America Votes, American Constitution Society, Black Civic Engagement Fund, Brennan Center, Catalyst, Center for American Progress, Center for Community Change, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Common Purpose Project, Fund for the Republic, Latino Engagement Fund, Media Matters for America, New Media Ventures, New Organizing Institute, Organizing For Action, Progressive Majority, Progress Now, State Engagement Initiative, State Voices, Women’s Equality Center and Youth Engagement Fund.<><>

The most interesting of the D/A documents that have come to light is the one that contains D/A’s “investment recommendations” for 2014. Not only does it list the recommended organizations, but it rates each organization in several categories, sets out the group’s budget for 2014, and shows how much of that budget should be contributed by the 100 members of the "Democracy Alliance." One category in which DA rates the organizations is “Collaboration,” as DA believes that all left-wing groups should coordinate their activities for maximum political impact.

Opportunistic pols like Harry Reid have denounced Charles and David Koch, and others, who contribute to conservative causes as “shadowy,” “secretive” people who dare infest politics with “dark money.”

In that context, it is worth noting that most of the groups to which the Alliance and its elite liberal members contribute are 501(c)(4)s that do not disclose their donors.

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ANALYSIS Buncha sap-happy Dummy/dopes are feeding the Democrats' Democracy Alliance lotsa money---thinking its safe.....going to a "good thing."

That's exactly how Madoff operated. Money-laundering, tax evasion was part of the Madoff mix---helping investors, foundations, and tax-exempts break the law in a seemingly legal way.

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Madoff helped himself to the untraceable money in the process.....and got himself in trouble. When he went to jail for 125 years, investigators found Ponzi King Madoff had stashed billions offshore---into a labyrinth of financial entities.

COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACIES GALORE Some $8.9 billion was funneled to Madoff through a dozen so-called feeder funds based in Europe, the Caribbean and Central America......a labyrinth of hedge funds, management companies and service providers that, to unsuspecting outsiders, seemed to compose a formidable system of checks and balances.

But the purpose of this complex financial architecture was just the opposite: the feeder funds provided different modes for directing money to Madoff in order to avoid scrutiny.

Dummycrats apparently took notes. ////Harry Reid is forever denouncing the Koch brothers, and others who contribute to conservative causes, labeling them as “shadowy,” “secretive” people who infest politics with “dark money.” ........but Harry has no problem with the Democracy Alliance's arch-secrecy since they are his Dummycrat comrades.

Keep in mind ......most of the groups to which the lib-loving Democracy Alliance and its elite liberal members contribute are 501(c)(4)s that do not disclose their donors. In fact, this is addressed in a “FAQ” in one of the DA documents....which was not intended for they eyes of the conservative riff-raff.

[george76]

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php