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Dem House hopeful’s delayed disclosure reveals mystery payments from Soros-linked groups
Fox News ^ | 08/29/2026 | Elaine Mallon

Posted on 08/30/2026 9:44:27 AM PDT by DFG

A waitress running for Congress in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District was on the payroll of two left-leaning organizations with ties to billionaire investor George Soros' Open Society Foundation.

Rebecca Cooke has portrayed herself as a working-class outsider, touting her experience as a waitress, small business owner and nonprofit leader raised on a dairy farm.

But a personal financial disclosure released two days after Wisconsin’s Aug. 13 primary shows she received more than $5,000 apiece for work with Third Way and the Pipeline Fund, two left-leaning organizations with financial ties to George Soros’ Open Society network.

The Open Society network awarded $1 million to Third Way’s nonprofit research arm between 2023 and 2024, while the Pipeline Fund received $1.4 million directly from the Open Society Action Fund in 2024.

Through the Open Society Foundation, which serves as the umbrella organization for Soros' philanthropy network, Soros has distributed tens of millions of dollars to nonprofits and groups championing left-leaning causes like policing reform, LGBTQ rights and drug decriminalization.

Soros has donated more than $32 billion of his personal fortune to the Open Society's Foundation, which has been overseen by his son Alex Soros since 2022.

The financial disclosure forms only report that the amount of money Cooke received from each organization was above $5,000, but they do not specify the exact amount. The personal financial disclosure form covered Jan. 1, 2025, through July 14, 2026.

A spokesperson for Third Way confirmed with Fox News Digital reporting by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Cooke received $30,000 in payment "for a project focused on elevating the voices and concerns of working-class Americans that have too often been missing from the rooms where decisions are made."

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TOPICS: US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: dsa; rebeccacooke; soros; wisconsin

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1 posted on 08/30/2026 9:44:27 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Third Way is supposed to apposed to DSA.
Looks like they are working together.


2 posted on 08/30/2026 9:46:39 AM PDT by Zathras
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Cooke portrays herself as a working-class outsider, a waitress, small business owner and nonprofit leader raised on a dairy farm. But a personal financial disclosure release shows she received more than $5,000 each for work with (a) Third Way and (b) the Pipeline Fund, two left-leaning organizations with financial ties to George Soros’ Open Society network.

3 posted on 08/30/2026 9:52:10 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: DFG
...and nonprofit leader raised on a dairy farm...

Wholesome stuff, that.
4 posted on 08/30/2026 9:56:17 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: DFG

WE HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH AOC-—ANOTHER “WAITRESS”


5 posted on 08/30/2026 10:00:39 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: DFG

The Soroznazi enslavement machine’s needed SHUTTING DOWN for years.


6 posted on 08/30/2026 10:02:41 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Zathras

The rats have upped their game with their disguises. Better masks and better scripts. The Virginia con is nation wide.


7 posted on 08/30/2026 11:09:22 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: DFG

The breathe therefore they lie.


8 posted on 08/30/2026 11:18:10 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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