Posted on 03/21/2017 11:57:45 AM PDT by drewh
A group known for its successes fighting digital wars, notably net neutrality, is offering $15,000 to activists who quit their jobs and form "A-Teams" to jump into a war on President Trump's agenda.
Fight for the Future, started in 2011 as a digital activist group, on Monday issued the offer with this eye-catching opening: "Terrified about Trump? Quit your job, start an A-Team. We'll fund it."
"We're currently taking applications for an initial launch of the project, and will be providing a few select teams with funding, guidance, and support," said Evan Greer, campaign director for Fight for the Future.
"Our goal is to spawn a movement of small, dedicated, groups of people using the tactics that we've used effectively to defend Internet freedom to win major victories in other issue areas affecting our basic rights and freedoms, such as immigration, freedom of press, police brutality, drug reform, and government corruption," she added.
It is just the latest effort by activists to fund the anti-Trump movement.
Greer compared the groups to tactical special operations forces. He said the A-Teams, presumably styled like the famed TV team, are "an attempt to help incubate other 'special ops activist teams to tackle major issues, against the backdrop of unprecedented threats in the Trump era."
The online application and sales job includes a photo from the classic anti-Barry Goldwater ad from 1964 in which the world is nuked if he's elected.
It urges potential activists to quit their jobs and get working against Trump. A few of the initial A-Teams will receive a $15,000 check for their first month.
"We're still working out the details, but if you've got a strong 2-3 person A-Team and a target we'd give you $15,000 right now for the first month, just to see what you can do," said the promo. "If you make a big splash or measurable impact on your target in that time, we're pretty sure we can find you more," it added.
Corruption
Racism / Fascism
Police
Prisons
Ending the drug war
Foreign policy
Internet
Telecom
Competition
Impeachment
Economic populism
Renewable energy
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com
Fight for the Future needs to be audited next year to see if they report these payments as either wages, or provide a 1099 to these people (and, either way, THEY need to be examined to see if they report all of their income.
I’d be half tempted to get in on this if I had the requisite skills - just to find out enough to hang them for all kinds of tax and other legal violations.
60k, still not bad and over the median career wage
the folks at Campus Reform should be all over this soon..
Go figure, you're going to buy weed and I'm going by gallons of Ortho to fight weeds............weird. But we're still as team, right?
Outrageous!!!
Needs to stop, TODAY!!!!
Is Soros funding this mess?
Watch for small herds of squinty eyed, pasty skinned chubbies cringing at the sunlight as they stumble their way up the back stairs out of Mom’s basement.
“And don’t come back ‘til you’ve got one of those jobs !!!”
Democrat Party - thy name is SEDITION
Quit your job and join an A Team? The base they recruit from don’t have jobs.
So long as you remember there’s no M or E in TEAM.
Sounds like they’re wanting one of them evil bonnets.
Seditionists for hire - bump for later.....
15k a month?
Hmm. The President is Worth 12 billion.
He’s in charge of what, a 14 Trillion dollar GDP.
15k should do it /s
TA?????? Who don't know that?
we’d give you $15,000 right now for the first month, just to see what you can do,” said the promo. “If you make a big splash or measurable impact on your target in that time, we’re pretty sure we can find you more,”
One can file this promise right next to the one Leftists made about leaving the country.
we’d give you $15,000 right now for the first month, just to see what you can do,” said the promo. “If you make a big splash or measurable impact on your target in that time, we’re pretty sure we can find you more,”
One can file this promise right next to the one Leftists made about leaving the country.
When does “Taking Down the US Government” become TREASONOUS? Where is Sessions?
Aww, shoot, there’s always something less stellarly conservative to go after in any administration, such as RyanCare. Knock down such legislation AND roll in liberal money? Seems like a dream come true, and one which conservatives can be extremely effective at if they actually put their effort behind it. (ask JC Penny and Target what happened to their customers...)
And even better, these programs hit marginal seats hardest, as it is taking money that would have gone to help float the congressional or senate campaigns, so by tying up liberal resources, you’re making it easier for Republicans to keep congress and the senate.
It’s win-win-win.
It should be noted that the original A-Team were all criminals on the run.
I think they are simply identifying a Target-Rich Environment.
$15,000 a month? How do they spend it when 7.62 BTHP is less than $1 a round?
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