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
These Democrats are sure worried that their crimes are going to be exposed.
$15,000? Hell, they can get more on welfare.
$15k a month.
You and I could do this.
If they’ve got that kind of money, why don’t they give it to the poor?
These used to be called communist front organizations, and their leaders and membership were harassed and worse by the FBI.
Time to get back to basics.
There is NO possible way Trump can succeed in MAGA if these groups are allowed to operate unmolested.
is that more than the TANF, Obama phones, food stamps and section 8 housing vouchers can provide for one month?
If these pinkos have got that kind of dough to flush down the toilet they can afford to fund NPR, etc.
PING!!!!
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Thanks, drewh
[$15k a month.
You and I could do this.]
Sounds like a pyramid scheme. These liberal idiots are so deep in college debt, they’ll fall for anything!
“spawn” a movement?
Interesting choice of words.
They have never cared about the poor. Everything they do ‘for them’ is to keep them poor and dependent.
Here’s one of their projects:
Fight the TPP!
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens everything you care about, including your Internet freedom. Fight back.
I'm in, at least for the first month anyway.......
f 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,
Let's go for it. I'm only good for April anyway since softball season is coming up........$7,500 can buy me a lot of softball bats and pay for a lot of greens fees.......
Sounds like a racketering charge........
its the old ‘bait and switch’ scam. put the offer out there and only award one prize to a colleague or loony liberal friend working for the project...then use all of the intel gathered for themsleves
Sign me up.
I’m 100% sure I can pull off “snowflake” just enough to get my foot in the door.
its the old ‘bait and switch’ scam. put the offer out there and only award one prize to a colleague or loony liberal friend working for the project...then use all of the intel gathered for themsleves
Pretty soon the conservative movement will need to hire former special forces teams and snipers to counter the aggressive loons.< /s >
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