Posted on 09/27/2022 4:33:27 PM PDT by lowbridge
The founder of Occupy Democrats is defending the well-known Democratic activist group's work after critics have alleged that the brunt of the organization's spending over the last several years largely went to a handful of liberal consulting firms, including an LLC owned by the founder and his brother.
On Monday, wildlife photographer Hamish Mitchell posted several photos on Twitter of Occupy Democrats' campaign finances over several cycles where he pointed out the combative meme-making social media titans spent the lion's share of the fundraising—about $577,000 of a total $797,000 raised this cycle—on "fundraising consultants," with no contributions to candidates.
However, a quarter-million dollars of what the group raised over this past election cycle, Mitchell pointed out, went to Blue Deal LLC, which is owned by Occupy Democrats' founder Omar Rivero and his brother, Rafael.
While Blue Deal had reportedly done nearly $600,000 in contracts for California Congressman Ro Khanna's campaign, Occupy Democrats was the firm's second-largest client—raising eyebrows about whether the media brand known for eye-rolling memes and all-caps attacks on Republicans represented anything more than a means for the brothers to pad their bottom lines.
In response, Omar Rivero said that the money goes to "make memes on Facebook" across a network of Facebook pages Occupy Democrats manages called the "rebel alliance."
"If you understood the time and effort that goes into making viral memes—and the impact that they have—you might respect our work more," Rivero replied to Mitchell in a since-deleted tweet.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Soros, learning from watching Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, has agreed to secretly match funds for every contribution.
Hint about solving puzzle:
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ELECTION.
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Sounds more like a political inaction committee to me...
A former friend of mine(1970s) and I met on Facebook. He was displaying Occupie Democrats panels on his Facebook daily posts. The most hateful lying scumbag garbage Propaganda I have ever seen. I no longer bother with the former friend. What is really weird about the socialists who want socialism. The problems that they see were created by the evils of socialism, and they want more socialism to cure the problems that socialism created. The great society. Pay women to get pregnant with zero husbands. Kill the nuclear family. Gangs result. Blame the guns. Insanity is Socialism. More insanity is needed to cure insanity. Downward spiral into satan.
...wildlife photographer Hamish Mitchell... pointed out the combative meme-making social media titans spent the lion's share of the fundraising—about $577,000 of a total $797,000 raised this cycle—on "fundraising consultants," with no contributions to candidates... a quarter-million dollars of what the group raised over this past election cycle... went to Blue Deal LLC, which is owned by Occupy Democrats' founder Omar Rivero and his brother, Rafael... "If you understood the time and effort that goes into making viral memes—and the impact that they have—you might respect our work more," Rivero replied to Mitchell in a since-deleted tweet.
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