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| − | Raheem Kassam and [[Gatewaypundit]] exposed [[Black Lives Matter]] as a [[money laundering]] scheme for the Democratic National Committee.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/exclusive-donations-including-international-funding-blacklivesmatter-com-go-directly-dnc-money-laundering/</ref> On the BLM homepage, which features a “[[Defund The Police]]” petition front and center, if a user chooses to donate, they’re rerouted to a site hosted by ActBlue, the DNC's official payment portal.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00401224&cycle=2020</ref> ActBlue claims to be tax-exempt organization and all donations to it are tax-deductible. The terms and conditions also link to ActBlue and mention “Campaign Finance Laws”.<ref>https://secure.actblue.com/content/fineprint</ref> [[Joe Biden]] is a top beneficiary of the ActBlue’s fundraising efforts.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/</ref> | + | Raheem Kassam and [[Gatewaypundit]] exposed [[Black Lives Matter]] as a [[money laundering]] scheme for the Democratic National Committee.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/exclusive-donations-including-international-funding-blacklivesmatter-com-go-directly-dnc-money-laundering/</ref> On the BLM homepage, which features a “[[Defund The Police]]” petition front and center, if a user chooses to donate, they're rerouted to a site hosted by ActBlue, the DNC's official payment portal.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00401224&cycle=2020</ref> ActBlue claims to be tax-exempt organization and all donations to it are tax-deductible. The terms and conditions also link to ActBlue and mention “Campaign Finance Laws”.<ref>https://secure.actblue.com/content/fineprint</ref> [[Joe Biden]] is a top beneficiary of the ActBlue's fundraising efforts.<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/</ref> |
| | ActBlue contributions comprise 99.64 percent of all funds raised for the “[[Biden for President]]” entity and the total is nearly 773 times greater than the group with the second-highest donation sum. As of May 21, 2020, the organization has donated $119,253,857 to the “Biden for President” effort.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=c00401224&cycle=2020</ref> | | ActBlue contributions comprise 99.64 percent of all funds raised for the “[[Biden for President]]” entity and the total is nearly 773 times greater than the group with the second-highest donation sum. As of May 21, 2020, the organization has donated $119,253,857 to the “Biden for President” effort.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=c00401224&cycle=2020</ref> |
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| − | Thousand Currents, the charity that manages fundraising for Black Lives Matter, includes on its board [[Susan Rosenberg]], a convicted [[terrorist]] who was sentenced to 58 years in prison. Rosenberg’s involvement with the [[May 19 Communist Organization]], which carried out its bombing campaign in the 1980s, earned her a spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/black-lives-matter-fundraising-handled-by-group-with-convicted-terrorist-on-its-board</ref> She was arrested in 1984 while unloading 740 pounds of stolen explosives and a sub-machine gun from a truck. Rosenberg was pardoned by [[Bill Clinton]] on his last day in office.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/27/convicted-terrorist-black-lives-matter-thousand-currents/</ref> | + | Thousand Currents, the charity that manages fundraising for Black Lives Matter, includes on its board [[Susan Rosenberg]], a convicted [[terrorist]] who was sentenced to 58 years in prison. Rosenberg's involvement with the [[May 19 Communist Organization]], which carried out its bombing campaign in the 1980s, earned her a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted List.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/black-lives-matter-fundraising-handled-by-group-with-convicted-terrorist-on-its-board</ref> She was arrested in 1984 while unloading 740 pounds of stolen explosives and a sub-machine gun from a truck. Rosenberg was pardoned by [[Bill Clinton]] on his last day in office.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/27/convicted-terrorist-black-lives-matter-thousand-currents/</ref> |
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| | [[George Soros]], Rob McKay, and other [[Democracy Alliance]] donors have given millions of dollars to groups associated with the movement, which have in total raked in over $133 million. Organizations associated with Soros are said to have provided at least $33 million to various BLM movement groups since 2016.<ref>Richardson, Valerie. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/black-lives-matter-cashes-100-million-liberal-foun/ “Black Lives Matter cashes in with $100 million from liberal foundations.”] The Washington Times. August 16, 2016.</ref> | | [[George Soros]], Rob McKay, and other [[Democracy Alliance]] donors have given millions of dollars to groups associated with the movement, which have in total raked in over $133 million. Organizations associated with Soros are said to have provided at least $33 million to various BLM movement groups since 2016.<ref>Richardson, Valerie. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/black-lives-matter-cashes-100-million-liberal-foun/ “Black Lives Matter cashes in with $100 million from liberal foundations.”] The Washington Times. August 16, 2016.</ref> |
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| − | In 2015, the fundraising club Democracy Alliance, led by Soros and Taco Bell heir Rob McKay, recommended “its donors step up check writing to a handful of endorsed groups that have supported the Black Lives Matter movement.” BLM Movement groups that received support from the Democracy Alliance were the Black Youth Project 100, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Black Civic Engagement Fund, Color of Change, and the Advancement Project.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth And Wheaton, Sarah. [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/major-donors-consider-funding-black-lives-matter-215814 “Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter.”] Nov. 13, 2015. </ref> | + | In 2015, the fundraising club Democracy Alliance, led by Soros and Taco Bell heir Rob McKay, recommended “its donors step up check writing to a handful of endorsed groups that have supported the Black Lives Matter movement.” BLM Movement groups that received support from the Democracy Alliance were the Black Youth Project 100, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Black Civic Engagement Fund, Color of Change, and the Advancement Project.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth And Wheaton, Sarah. [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/major-donors-consider-funding-black-lives-matter-215814 “Major donors consider funding Black Lives Matter.”] Nov. 13, 2015.</ref> |
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| − | Additionally, the [[Ford Foundation]] and the Borealis Philanthropy created the Black-led Movement Fund,<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/11/the-complex-funding-and-ideology-of-black-lives-matter/</ref> a funding vehicle for the Movement for Black Lives, the coalition of groups responsible for the extremist “Vision 4 Black Lives.”<ref>[https://borealisphilanthropy.org/grantmaking/black-led-movement-fund/ “Black-led Movement Fund.”] Borealis Philanthropy. </ref> The fund has received “pledges of more than 100 million dollars from liberal foundations and others eager to contribute.” | + | Additionally, the [[Ford Foundation]] and the Borealis Philanthropy created the Black-led Movement Fund,<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/11/the-complex-funding-and-ideology-of-black-lives-matter/</ref> a funding vehicle for the Movement for Black Lives, the coalition of groups responsible for the extremist “Vision 4 Black Lives.”<ref>[https://borealisphilanthropy.org/grantmaking/black-led-movement-fund/ “Black-led Movement Fund.”] Borealis Philanthropy.</ref> The fund has received “pledges of more than 100 million dollars from liberal foundations and others eager to contribute.” |
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| | ==Foreign interference in elections== | | ==Foreign interference in elections== |