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Democrat Takeover Of BLM Means A New Multimillion-Dollar Hub For Race Hustling
The Federalist.com ^ | February 18, 2022 | Kylee Zempel

Posted on 02/18/2022 11:36:49 AM PST by Kaslin

The‘Black Lives Matter,’ the organization and slogan that trumps every argument, is now explicitly owned by Democrats.

According to recent filings as reported by The Washington Examiner, Marc Elias, a Democrat lawyer known for funding the bogus Steele dossier while he was general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, looks to be representing BLM’s Global Network Foundation through his law firm. Additionally, Minyon Moore, a top Clinton ally, is now on BLM’s board of directors.

In other words, the corrupt Democrat establishment has effectively taken over a major left-wing organization committed to radical left-wing policies and race-hustling.

This might not seem like a big deal. It’s not like BLM was a neutral or centrist entity that’s suddenly going to be run by Democrats. On the contrary, the organization, which is under intense scrutiny right now for leadership corruption, shady finances, and disclosure delays, has long been upfront about its extreme aims. Its founder admitted the group’s embrace of Marxism, and its webpage used to broadcast its disdain for the traditional nuclear family.

The problem arises in the stickiness of the “Black Lives Matter” name and what it means that figures within the Democrat establishment now explicitly own that brand.

The genius and frustration of the Black Lives Matter organization has always been that by virtue of its very name, it cannot be easily battled, for it’s irrefutable that black lives do indeed matter. In dubbing itself “Black Lives Matter,” the organization grants legitimacy to its actions and those of its broader movement — including even the violent riots carried out by its followers. What’s more, it automatically retains a rhetorical edge on its opponents: Only racists would argue with “Black Lives Matter,” they shout over their critics.

It’s for this reason that support for the organization goes unquestioned where other political sloganeering isn’t tolerated. Schoolchildren can wear masks that say “Black Lives Matter” but are forced to remove them if they say “Jesus Loves Me” instead. As part of my former apartment lease term, no flags could be flown from the balcony, but BLM flags waved proudly from adjacent units without a peep from the management office. Arson, murder, and property destruction by BLM rioters are described with sanitary “fiery but mostly peaceful protests” chyrons on network television.

Amid the 2020 summer of rage, even an independent agency of the federal government tried to suggest that supporting “Black Lives Matter” isn’t political or partisan.

Except now that’s even more demonstrably false. The slogan that trumps every argument — and the organization it represents — once implicitly belonged to the left, but now they’re explicitly owned and controlled by Democrats. Where once you couldn’t disagree with “Black Lives Matter,” now you can’t disagree with the Democrat establishment itself. It’s the ultimate power of narrative-setting.

What’s worse than Democrats with lots of power? Democrats with lots of power and lots of cash. When BLM founder Patrisse Cullors stepped down from her post and the two activists she appointed to replace her turned down the offer, she left behind BLM accounts full of roughly $60 million, and it was unclear exactly what would become of these massive finances and who exactly would be in charge of handling them.

“Given the money involved here, this is really unbelievable,” CharityWatch Executive Director Laurie Styron told the Examiner. “To not know who is in charge of $60+ million collected by the national charity arm of arguably the most prominent social justice movement in the country is the worst transparency issue I have seen in my 18 years as a charity watchdog.”

BLM’s newly reported charitable organization filing, however, states that its “books are in the care of … the organization” that is “located at … c/o Elias Law Group.” Bingo.

The sanitized cover that once applied to the activities of the “racial justice” organization will now surely apply in the same manner to the race-hustling Democrats shielded by “Black Lives Matter’s” sticky name — and it’s loads and loads of green.


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1 posted on 02/18/2022 11:36:49 AM PST by Kaslin
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Pretty the DNC always ran BLM as the donations went through ActBlue. It would explain why they don’t want to say where the money went


2 posted on 02/18/2022 11:39:51 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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I remember during the riots, all Mitch McConnell tweeted was for people to wear face masks.


3 posted on 02/18/2022 11:41:40 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: escapefromboston

I agree, it would indeed explain where the money went.


4 posted on 02/18/2022 11:42:54 AM PST by Kaslin (Joe Biden, aka president Milk Carton)
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To: Kaslin
It looks like the BLM Negroes are still on ol' massa's platation. Marc Elias is just as white as a polar bear's butt. Same plantation, but new owner.


5 posted on 02/18/2022 11:44:26 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Kaslin

Democrat Takeover Of BLM Means A New Multimillion-Dollar Hub For Race Hustling

The only question is: which Mexican cartel would be a good take over fit?


6 posted on 02/18/2022 11:45:37 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

kinda like when HRC’s campaign ‘saved’ the DNC in 2016...


7 posted on 02/18/2022 12:00:33 PM PST by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%>)
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8 posted on 02/18/2022 12:03:25 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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9 posted on 02/18/2022 12:04:44 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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10 posted on 02/18/2022 12:05:13 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Kaslin

Umm, it was controlled by the Demonrats since day 1. It was never taken over by anyone.


11 posted on 02/18/2022 12:11:21 PM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism"I doubt they're smart enough to make the connection)
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To: Kaslin

money laundering... what a concept


12 posted on 02/18/2022 12:26:15 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: escapefromboston

Pooof....
the man just grabbed the cash.

When the dance music stops, it will be some hapless dude or dudette who get tagged with a crime. (None of whom will have physical features much like Marc Elias.)


13 posted on 02/18/2022 12:26:33 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Kaslin

Obama invented it with the help of the FBI


14 posted on 02/18/2022 12:44:21 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Our new Racism Czar at the Department of Racism is one greasy-looking tub of lard.

Can you imagine how many of his female subordinates* have been groped?

*Allison Gollust: "Marc Elias is uglier than Jeff Zucker's scrote..."

15 posted on 02/18/2022 1:38:09 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: escapefromboston

So, are these new actors going to take responsibility for the missing 60+ million dollars?


16 posted on 02/18/2022 2:04:17 PM PST by keats5
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To: MtnClimber

LMAO!!! Poor bear!


17 posted on 02/18/2022 2:59:14 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Kaslin
Marc Elias, a Democrat lawyer known for funding the bogus Steele dossier while he was general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, looks to be representing BLM’s Global Network Foundation through his law firm. Additionally, Minyon Moore, a top Clinton ally, is now on BLM’s board of directors.

So the Clintons have essentially taken over BLM's finances.

This new Ozark spin-off is going to be terrible.

18 posted on 02/18/2022 3:02:40 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Kaslin

This is a completely new source of campaign dollars for white liberals, with the occasional token, or controllable black moron thrown in for “diversity” purposes.


19 posted on 02/18/2022 3:12:22 PM PST by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Fedora; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Check this out...


20 posted on 02/18/2022 4:34:20 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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