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Based On Tax Filings, Bill Kristol’s Been A Democrat For Years
Copyright © 2020 The Federalist, a wholly independent division of FDRLST Media, All Rights Reserved. ^ | FEBRUARY 19, 2020 | By Hayden Ludwig

Posted on 02/19/2020 5:28:39 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

Kristol, currently editor-at-large of the decidedly anti-Trump media outlet The Bulwark, has been funded from the start of his rebellion by big left-of-center donors like Pierre Omidyar and the Hewlett Foundation.

As of 2018, he’s also been backed by a nonprofit connected to a massive network of left-wing groups funding the anti-Trump “Resistance.”

Specifically, Kristol’s Bulwark website is run by the 501(c)(3) Defending Democracy Together Institute (DDTI), the sister organization of his 501(c)(4) Defending Democracy Together (DDT), which runs the Never Trump attack group Republicans for the Rule of Law. The Hopewell Fund, which is one of the four main nonprofits operating in Arabella’s shadowy network, forked out $75,000 to DDT in 2018.

The foundations that send monies through the Hopewell Fund’s hands read like a Who’s Who of left-wing money: The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, which heavily funds Planned Parenthood and groups that push for population control; the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a massive pass-through that sends tech titans’ cash to activists at places like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Tides Foundation; and the Democracy Fund, the philanthropy of eBay founder Omidyar, which has given to Common Cause Education Fund and the Campaign Legal Center, both liberal stalwarts. In fact, Democracy Fund shows up again in this story: they gave DDT $1.6 million in 2018.

Most of the projects hosted by the four nonprofits—which along with Hopewell include the New Venture Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, and Windward Fund—advocate for a solidly left-wing agenda on issues like President Trump’s judicial nominees (including Brett Kavanaugh), abortion on demand, net neutrality, and more. They almost uniformly promote the expansion of government.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bill; democrat; kristol
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Conclusion of article:

Kristol hasn’t been much of a Republican or conservative for years. He’s attacked the Republican in the Oval Office as viciously and obsessively as any Democrat, and taken money from axe-grinding groups that prefer the Democrats’ increasingly radical agenda.

In short, Kristol announcing his affinity for the Democratic Party should be the least surprising thing in the world.

1 posted on 02/19/2020 5:28:39 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Kristol is on my Airport List.

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2 posted on 02/19/2020 5:31:45 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

If you look up “SMARMY GIRLIE MAN” in the dictionary VOILA! a pic of smirking Billy comes up!


3 posted on 02/19/2020 5:32:47 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Tell me it isn't so!

4 posted on 02/19/2020 5:33:23 PM PST by fireman15
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

This is absolutely an important illustrative reason to keep traitorous neocons “i.e. we need a Pearl Harbor event” out of the WH forever.


5 posted on 02/19/2020 5:34:36 PM PST by apoliticalone (Without freedom of speech we have no democracy and will lose all our freedoms.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I always thought he was a phag, now I am sure of it


6 posted on 02/19/2020 5:36:33 PM PST by changeitback440
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"I always thought he was a phag, now I am sure of it"

Yup... Always thought so too.

7 posted on 02/19/2020 5:37:49 PM PST by blam
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I’ve been saying this for years that he is a Democrat no matter what he says he is.


8 posted on 02/19/2020 5:38:41 PM PST by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Based on everything he’s been an asshole for years too.


9 posted on 02/19/2020 5:39:01 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Ann Archy

Also see: Grinning Possum


10 posted on 02/19/2020 5:39:21 PM PST by Ben Hecks
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To: changeitback440

I thought he was an idiot but now I realize he’s a traitor.


11 posted on 02/19/2020 5:42:35 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Well, when the sell-out-America, GOPe money dries up, this is what you’re left with.


12 posted on 02/19/2020 5:48:47 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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I just discovered that "The Bulwark" - more accurately, "The Bulls***" - is the buttwipe that ran "Romney-Bloomberg: The Unity Ticket America Deserves". And has the chutzpah to bill itself as "The home for the best of American conservative opinion."

Oh - AND its About page cites "conservative principles like rule of law, free trade, and expanding legal immigration."

Sickening.

13 posted on 02/19/2020 5:52:47 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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"Based On Tax Filings, Bill Kristol’s Been A Democrat For Years"


14 posted on 02/19/2020 6:01:05 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

ALL Bush League Republicans are really Democrats in R jerseys.

Anyone who supports amnesty for illegal aliens is working to get a permanent Democrat majority.

Flimsey Grahamnesty, Micro Rubio and the rest MUST be replaced if we want to keep our country.


15 posted on 02/19/2020 6:07:39 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: changeitback440

He is a fag. And a liar.


16 posted on 02/19/2020 6:13:31 PM PST by Bullish (Covfefe Happens)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Screw Kristol.


17 posted on 02/19/2020 6:16:54 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

All of the Neocons were that way.
Including the ones here.


18 posted on 02/19/2020 6:40:35 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; fieldmarshaldj

His daddy was a straight commie until he infiltrated the GOP.


19 posted on 02/19/2020 9:26:37 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Lurker

That’s a term I haven’t heard before. Please elaborate.


20 posted on 02/20/2020 2:47:23 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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