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Even as Democrats publicly and loudly decry corporatist political “dark money,” billionaire Democrats and other donors funnel hundreds of millions to radical and violent causes.   Barely a week had passed after Donald Trump’s historic upset in the November 8 presidential election, but some of the world’s richest individuals were already launching a counteroffensive. George Soros and his fellow deep-pocket funders of the Democratic Party and left-wing causes gathered with a lineup of party activists and luminaries from Hollywood, K Street, and Wall Street for a three-day “investment conference” (November 15-17) at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C....

Original Story URL: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=439958 Group seeks to pull left together Organization aims to be one-stop political shop for liberals in state By CRAIG GILBERT cgilbert@journalsentinel.com Posted: June 22, 2006 Last year, after the 2004 elections, leaders of liberal groups across Wisconsin embarked on a long series of private strategy sessions. Advertisement The topic? Revitalizing the left, in a state where conservatives dominate the legislative agenda. "We are on defense every single day," is how one top activist, who asked not to be identified, summed up the mood of frustration. What began in those meetings has evolved into an unusual, unpublicized...