A left-wing organization is pumping money into an effort to kill legislation that would prevent banks from denying loans to farmers based on political considerations. The organization, The Daily Wire has learned, has ties to a deeper network of far-left groups, including one that appears to be flush with foreign money.
Unlocking America’s Future is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&amp;ad_type=all&amp;country=US&amp;is_targeted_country=false&amp;media_type=all&amp;search_type=page&amp;view_all_page_id=163734473485371">running ads</a> on Facebook targeting North Carolina and opposing legislation that would <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/house-agriculture-committee-approves-anti-esg-farmers-protection-act/">prevent</a> banks from denying loans to farmers based on controversial environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics. The group has spent just shy of $30,000 on Facebook ads from early July to early August.
The legislation, its Republican sponsors say, would prevent farmers from being compelled to go along with a political agenda and ensure that lending remains “based upon whether they have good credit or not but not based upon their ESG score.”
But Unlocking America’s future is just a trade name used by an organization set up by established left-wing organizations to bolster Biden in the 2020 election.
Unlocking America’s Future, <a href="https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/EXTUID_4337124">according</a> to a non-profit database and the Washington, D.C., corporate registry, is a trade name used by Climate Power. This left-wing organization was created in the lead-up to the 2020 election as a <a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/this-climate-group-has-80m-to-help-biden/">joint project</a> of the Sierra Club, the American Progress Action Fund, and the League of Conservation Voters. The group came on the scene with $80 million ready to deploy in an effort to boost then-candidate Joe Biden.
Under the name “Unlocking America’s Future,” the organization has launched an ad campaign opposing the Farmers Protection Act, targeting Raleigh and other areas with paid ads calling on several state representatives and Governor Josh Stein to reject the proposal.
“Billionaires want to force banks to ignore financial risks, putting North Carolina’s economic future at risk,” read the paid Facebook ads, which began in late May and have continued into August. “Stand up for North Carolina’s economic future by focusing on responsible investing, lowering costs, and creating jobs.”
While the ads grandstand against “billionaires” attempting to exert influence on North Carolina’s politics, the organization has ties to a network of left-wing activist groups tied to a Swiss billionaire.
Climate Power is a project of the Fund for a Better Future, which has been <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dark-money-democrats-wyss-politics-elections-601d40cd01569190559d545418afe396">scrutinized</a> as a vehicle that’s allowed foreign money to flood into American politics through issue-advocacy groups, allowing foreigners to exert influence on America’s politics despite a prohibition on foreign donors directly bankrolling candidates for public office.
Swiss billionaire and prominent left-wing donor Hansjörg Wyss was a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dark-money-democrats-wyss-politics-elections-601d40cd01569190559d545418afe396">major backer</a> of the Fund for a Better Future, the Associated Press reported as Climate Power sought to boost Biden’s legislative agenda and support Democratic congressional candidates.
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Climate Power has also pushed the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda, at least internally, according to organization documentation. The organization’s 2023 registration form reveals that the group employed racially discriminatory practices when selecting board members.
“The makeup of the board shall be reflective of the diversity of the progress movement and the corporation staff,” the document reads. “The board should not be less than approximately 40% Board members who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color and 51% of Board members who identify as women.”
“The corporation shall use best efforts to ensure that the diversity of the Board is no lesser than the diversity of staff.” it goes on to add.
Climate Power did not respond to a request for comment.

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Leftist Network With Foreign Ties Tries To Kill Bill Protecting Farmers From ESG Agenda

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A liberal billionaire with a long history of funding left-wing organizations has been accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a former employee, according to a new lawsuit.
Hansjorg Wyss, the 89-year-old Swiss billionaire who has dumped heaps of cash behind liberal organizations in the United States, stands <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/hansjorg-wyss-halter-ranch-lawsuit-20327267.php">accused</a> of harassing a former employee of a winery in Paso Robles, California, that he owns.
Madison Busby, a former project manager at Halter Ranch Winery, alleges that Wyss groped her, exposed himself to her, and told her stories about his sexual activities, including “his many sexual affairs outside his marriage.” The lawsuit goes on to claim that Wyss, who critics say <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-aims-to-close-loopholes-to-ensure-u-s-elections-are-free-from-foreign-influence">supplied</a> a left-wing dark money organization with hundreds of millions of dollars and poured <a href="https://freebeacon.com/issues/memo-reveals-100-million-effort-by-clinton-foundation-donor/">another $100 million</a> into an effort to bolster the Democrat Party&#8217;s electoral chances, even suggested that Busby and her husband engage in group sex with him and another woman.
Then, Busby says, the leftist billionaire retaliated against her after she rejected his sexual advances. Busby’s lawyer says that Wyss’ harassment of his client caused her emotional distress and financial damage in the form of lost wages.
“Madison has suffered severe emotional distress from the harassment which took place over the course of many years, and also from lost wages and then future damages,” Busby’s attorney John Ly said. “She’s been harmed immensely.” The complaint alleges that Wyss even admitted to Busby in 2022 that “if you ever went after me for sexual harassment, you would win.”
Halter Ranch denies the claims of the lawsuit against its owner. “The allegations in the complaint are not true and we intend to vigorously advance the facts that surround their time at the winery and their departure,” the winery said in response to the complaint.
Busby and her husband Bryce Mullins lived in a house on the Halter Ranch property, the complaint says, adding that Wyss would stay at the house with them when he was in town. But when the couple got married and had a baby, they moved into a smaller house on the property that wasn’t large enough for Wyss to stay with them on his trips. Then Wyss charged the couple $1,650 a month in rent instead of the usual $300 per month, the lawsuit says.
Then when Busby voluntarily resigned and filed her complaint against Wyss, Mullins’ employment at Halter Ranch was allegedly terminated.
Mullins filed a claim of his own, alleging that Wyss failed to honor an agreement that would have provided Mullins with equity in Halter Ranch that eventually would have been worth $30 million.

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Left-Wing Mega-Donor Accused Of Sexually Harassing Employee

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After being slammed by the Left for her critical comments regarding the way the Kamala Harris campaign blew through billions of dollars, a powerful fundraiser for the Democratic Party who was a member of the DNC finance committee announced she was leaving the party, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/dnc-powerhouse-fundraiser-announces-exit-from-democratic-party-following-attacks-its-like-leaving-cult?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling</a> it a “cult.”
Lindy Li, who publicly stumped for Harris, appeared on Fox &amp; Friends Weekend, where she stated, “I think, unfortunately, the Democratic Party has the stench of loser written all over the party.”
“This past week has been harrowing for me,” Li <a href="https://x.com/PiersUncensored/status/1869495101241626871" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Piers Morgan. “This Saturday, I went on Fox &amp; Friends and I said that ‘Democrats have a stench of loser hanging over them.’ As soon as I said that, there were boycott campaigns against me. Unblock, unfollow campaigns. I lost 40,000 followers in four days. People have called me the w-word, I don’t know what we’re allowed to say, but you can fill in the blank.” Urged by Morgan to say the word, she continued, “They called me a whore, they called me the c-word. They asked for me to be deported. &#8230; All these so-called Democrats, the party of inclusion, the party of diversity? Masks off. And it’s even worse, because they pretend to occupy the moral high ground.”
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“When I dare to utter any criticisms of the goddess Kamala Harris, I get ostracized,” she said. “Me, after having raised tens of millions of dollars for the party. And I’m being called a grifter, when all along, all these years, I’ve said on TV, I’ve said to the press, I’m a conservative Democrat. &#8230; My donors are pissed. &#8230; Why did we spend millions of dollars on five-star hotels for campaign staffers? Why did we spend $500,000 essentially bribing Al Sharpton moments before he interviewed Kamala? These are legitimate questions, but no, in the cult, you can&#8217;t ask questions. And leaving the Democratic Party or even questioning the Democratic Party is like leaving a cult. It&#8217;s terrifying. I don&#8217;t want to be a part of this craziness anymore. They&#8217;re accelerating my rightward shift.&#8221;
Mentioning people calling her a &#8220;communist spy,” she stated, “They&#8217;re calling me a spy for the regime that killed my great-grandfather and these are the people who call themselves the social justice warriors. They&#8217;re going headfirst into racism anytime someone dares to disagree with them. I want to be a part of the team that says men are men and women are women and men shouldn&#8217;t play in women&#8217;s sports.&#8221;
“They&#8217;re shrinking their tent,” she said. “They&#8217;re basically pushing me to bring my tens of millions of dollars that I&#8217;ve raised and can continue to raise to a different team that treats me better, that treats me with common decency.”
“I was actually surprised, not entirely shocked, that they failed to address where the billions of dollars went,” Li had <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg95EyX7-A0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NewsNation. &#8220;Let’s bear in mind that it wasn’t just a billion dollars; it was two billion, because they raised a billion through the campaign and another billion through the SuperPac. So where did that two billion dollars go? So we know so far that millions went to celebrities, went to private jets, to ice cream &#8230; it’s astounding. So how can Americans believe that the Democratic Party can properly handle taxpayer funds if we can’t even handle a campaign? there has to be a serious accounting and a serious post-mortem, not just slapping each other on the back and congratulating each other. &#8230; I have a duty of care to my donors, who gave millions of dollars, and it wasn’t easy for them to give; some of them were paying in installments. It was a sacrifice for them.”

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Top Fundraiser, Member Of DNC Finance Committee, Speaks Of Leaving Party, Calls It A ‘Cult’

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In the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, a top advisor to Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman reportedly suggested in an email that there was a possibility that the shooting was “encouraged and maybe even staged so Trump could get the photos and benefit from the backlash.”
Dmitri Mehlhorn, who has visited the White House at least 10 times during Joe Biden’s presidency, according to <a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/dem-powerbroker-who-suggested-trump-shooting-staged-has-visited-biden-white-house-at-least-10-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Free Beacon</a>, has revealed that he and Hoffman “have invested nine figures of our own money to prevent Trump from getting back into office,” <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/07/14/2024/top-democrat-pushed-reporters-to-consider-staged-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Semafor</a>, which reported the email, noted. “Hoffman has given $7 million to a Biden-aligned super PAC and $6 million to the anti-Trump Republican Accountability PAC so far this election cycle,” The Free Beacon noted.
In the email, which Semafor wrote “appeared to be addressed to sympathetic journalists, and which was also sent to Semafor,” Mehlhorn speculated that one “possibility &#8212; which feels horrific and alien and absurd in America, but is quite common globally &#8212; is that this ‘shooting’ was encouraged and maybe even staged so Trump could get the photos and benefit from the backlash. This is a classic Russian tactic, such as when Putin killed 300 civilians in 1999 and blamed it on terrorists to ride the backlash to winning power. Others who have embraced this tactic of committing raw evil and then benefitting from the backlash include Hamas on October 7. If any Trump officials encouraged or knew of this attack, that is morally horrific, and Republicans of decency must demand that Trump step down as unfit.”
Although Mehlhorn acknowledged the possibility that “some crazy anti-Trumper in this chaotic moment decided to assassinate the former President,” he also wrote, “I know I am prone to bias on this, but this is a classic Putin play and given the facts seems more plausible. Look at the actual shot. Look at the staging. Look at how ready Trump is to rally; this pampered baby s*** his pants when an eagle lunged at his food. Look at how quickly Trump protects himself at the expense of others, but showed few of those lifelong instincts in this moment. And consider how often Putin and his allies run this play.”
“I know it feels yucky to discuss such a possibility. But in this case, the odds are so high, and the stakes so consequential, we must as[k] the question &#8230; Ask the question, people. If it proves wrong, we should respond appropriately to a non-staged act of political violence, as outlined above. But your credibility and our entire system of truth and justice depends on being certain of the answer,” he continued.
Mehlhorn later apologized for the email, stating on Sunday, “Last night, I sent an email I now regret. It was drafted and sent without consultation from team members or allies. I have apologized to them directly. I also want to apologize publicly, without reservation, for allowing my words to distract from last night’s central fact: political violence took yet another innocent American life last night. We must unite in condemnation of such violence in every instance, without reservation. Any other topic is a distraction. I am grateful that those injured last night appear to be on the path to full recovery.”

Donald Trump Injured During Shooting At Campaign Rally In Butler, PA

Advisor To Top Dem Donor Urged Media To Consider Assassination Attempt ‘Staged’: Report

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Major Democratic donors have informed Future Forward, which has been a pro-Biden political action committee, that they will freeze $90 million in donations if the president remains in the presidential race, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/12/us/biden-trump-election/after-a-high-profile-news-conference-biden-heads-to-michigan-heres-the-latest?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times.</a>
The Times, citing &#8220;two people who have been briefed on the conversations,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/us/politics/biden-donors-money.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the frozen contributions include eight-figure donations from multiple people. According to the Times, one donor said Future Forward approached him multiple times about a contribution following Biden&#8217;s disastrous debate, but the donor said he and others are &#8220;holding off.&#8221;
A Future Forward adviser reportedly said the Super PAC expected donors who had paused contributions to unfreeze them once the Democrats resolved the uncertainty surrounding Biden&#8217;s nomination. The potential blow to Biden&#8217;s campaign comes just hours after Biden sought to assuage fears surrounding his mental and physical capabilities by holding a rare solo press conference on Thursday.
While most analysts agreed that Biden performed better during his hourlong press conference, which took place after he gave remarks at a NATO summit, than he did during his debate against former President Donald Trump, the presser appeared to do little to assure Democrats about his re-election chances. During the summit and the press conference, Biden committed multiple verbal blunders, including calling Trump his vice president and referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as &#8220;President Putin.&#8221;
Biden, however, reiterated that he is committed to staying in the race, even as a growing number of Congressional Democrats have publicly called for him to step aside. Along with lawmakers and, reportedly, some major donors, a handful of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-turns-on-biden-these-celebrities-say-its-time-to-go" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrities</a> have also publicly called on the president to end his campaign and allow for another candidate to take his place atop the ticket.
Actor George Clooney, who hosted a massive Hollywood fundraiser for Biden last month, wrote an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html">op-ed</a> in The New York Times earlier this week, saying, &#8220;[T]he Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe ‘big F-ing deal‘ Biden of 2010. He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate.”
Leftist author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-author-stephen-king-says-biden-should-bow-out-of-race">Stephen King</a> and filmmaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-moore-says-elder-abuse-must-stop-calls-for-biden-to-step-down-after-utter-collapse-at-debate">Michael Moore</a> have also called on Biden to step aside.
Democrats have reportedly held private meetings on Capitol Hill throughout the past week to discuss how the party will move forward with the questions swirling on Biden&#8217;s mental ability. Former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who are still viewed as major voices within the Democratic Party, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/obama-pelosi-biden-democrats-2024/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> talked privately and expressed concerns about Biden&#8217;s candidacy.
The Democratic Party Convention, where Biden is set to officially be nominated as the party&#8217;s presidential nominee, will be held in Chicago on August 19-22.

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Major Dem Donors Put $90M Pledge On Hold As Long As Biden Remains In Race: Report

Major Dem Donors Put $90 Million Pledge On Hold As Long As Biden Remains In Race: Report

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A top Democrat megadonor said on Friday that she is continuing to back President Joe Biden amid calls by some in the party to have him removed from the top of the ticket.
Billionaire real estate heiress Amy Goldman Fowler, who is one of the party&#8217;s largest donors, told The New York Times: “I continue to support President Biden’s re-election effort and I am making my maximum contribution to his campaign today.”
Goldman Fowler has given $27 million to Democrats over the course of her life and said she plans to give another $400,000 to Biden&#8217;s re-election effort.
&#8220;You probably have not heard of Amy Goldman Fowler, but she is a *way* bigger donor than people you have heard of,&#8221; said New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer. &#8220;A lot of ink gets spilled in this business on mega-donors who are more bark than bite. This one is the precise opposite.&#8221;
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One of the Democratic Party’s single biggest donors BACKS Joe Biden in a rare statement.
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Biden has been trying to quiet voices from inside his party who are beginning to push for him to be replaced as the party&#8217;s nominee before the Democrat Party&#8217;s convention following his disastrous debate performance last week against former President Donald Trump.
Biden conducted an interview with ABC News on Friday that earned him mixed reviews from people who were looking for him to prove that his debate performance was just a fluke.
While many of them conceded that his performance was a step up from how he looked in the debate, they said that it was not enough to ease concerns that many in the party have about his cognitive abilities moving forward.

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Top Democrat Megadonor Rallies Behind Biden: ‘I Continue To Support President Biden’s Re-Election Effort’

Top Democrat Megadonor Rallies Behind Biden: 'I Continue To Support President Biden’s Re-Election Effort'

Billionaire Tom Dundon, who owns the Carolina Hurricanes, said that major donors are backing former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden because of Biden&#8217;s &#8220;nonsense.&#8221;
Dundon made the remarks during a Fox News interview on Wednesday ahead of this fall&#8217;s rematch between the two candidates.
&#8220;Historically, some of the way Trump treats people doesn&#8217;t sit well with them when you have choices, but there&#8217;s really not many choices anymore,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/billionaire-carolina-hurricanes-owner-wall-street-titans-embracing-trump-hard-support-nonsense">said</a>.
He added that many people are backing Trump because Biden&#8217;s term in office has been disastrous, from his foreign policy, open borders, and surging inflation rates.
&#8220;Some of the things have gotten to where it&#8217;s hard to support nonsense,&#8221; he said.
Left-leaning POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/10/billionaires-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-trump-00162219">highlighted</a> the shift among many Wall Street power players, stating that &#8220;many high-dollar donors at banks, hedge funds and other financial firms&#8221; had &#8220;turned their backs on Trump&#8221; over his criticism of the 2020 election and the judicial system, but now they are &#8220;looking past qualms about his personality&#8221; to focus &#8220;on issues closer to the heart: how he might ease regulations, cut their taxes or flex U.S. power on the global stage.&#8221;
Some who are coming back to Trump include Point Bridge Capital founder Hal Lambert, hedge fund executive Nelson Peltz, and hotel mogul Robert Bigelow.
Trump “is a much better choice than what we have now. Just check out the four years that Trump was in office versus the three years that President Biden was in office,” said billionaire New York radio station owner and real estate investor John Catsimatidis. “It’s horrible what’s going on.”
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Billionaire hedge fund manager <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-ackman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Ackman</a> is reportedly leaning toward backing Trump because of Biden&#8217;s response to the rise in anti-Semitism that has erupted on his watch.
Steve Schwarzman, the CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, a private equity and real estate firm, is also coming back to support Trump.
Schwarzman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-secures-support-of-billionaire-blackstone-ceo-i-am-planning-to-vote-for-change">said</a> that the “dramatic rise of anti-Semitism has led me to focus on the consequences of upcoming elections with greater urgency.” The 77-year-old businessman added that the Biden administration’s policies on the economy, immigration, and foreign affairs “are taking the country in the wrong direction.”
“For these reasons, I am planning to vote for change and support Donald Trump for president,” he said. “In addition, I will be supporting Republican Senate candidates and other Republicans up and down the ticket.”

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Billionaire NHL Team Owner On Why Big Donors Are Turning From Biden To Trump: ‘Hard To Support Nonsense’

In September 2020, the Omidyar Network, the activism vehicle of former eBay chief Pierre Omidyar, issued a &#8220;<a href="https://omidyar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Guide-Design_V12_JTB05_interactive-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Call to Reimagine Capitalism in America</a>,&#8221; bemoaning &#8220;structural racism, colonialism, paternalism,&#8221; and proposing to build &#8220;an explicitly anti-racist and inclusive economy.&#8221;
Omidyar was spending millions of dollars, largely funneled through dark money groups, to put Joe Biden in the White House. After his election victory, one of Omidyar’s groups, called <a href="https://www.reset.tech/people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reset</a>, explained how it would use the Biden presidency to implant its people to pursue its goals, specifically targeting agencies it believed had sway.
&#8220;Most promisingly, the Biden administration may open the door for specific actions on antitrust and competition policy in the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission,&#8221; it said, adding that it would &#8220;support a constellation of organizations working on research, communications, and advocacy to ensure they are more than the sum of their parts.&#8221;
Three years later, the France-born Omidyar has succeeded to an extent seldom seen, with a vast swath of top FTC posts going to people who worked for his “constellation” of groups — and sometimes continued to do so even as they joined the federal government.
<a href="https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/open-markets-applauds-president-bidens-choice-to-nominate-lina-khan-for-commissioner-of-the-federal-trade-commission" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lina Khan</a>, the FTC&#8217;s chair, was previously the legal director of the Open Markets Institute, funded by the Omidyar Network. <a href="https://www.economicliberties.us/press-release/economic-liberties-executive-director-to-depart-for-role-at-ftc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Miller</a>, the government agency&#8217;s chief of staff, left her role as executive director of the American Economic Liberties Project, funded by the Omidyar Network, to take the job.
FTC&#8217;s chief technology officer, Stephanie Nguyen, served as a Civic Science Fellow for Consumer Reports, also funded by the Omidyar Network. FTC technology advisor Erik Martin previously worked with the Democracy Fund, which is solely funded by Omidyar. FTC’s spokesman, Douglas Farrar, worked for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, funded by Omidyar. In May 2022, Alvaro Bodeya, a former board member of the Omidyar-backed group Free Press, was appointed as the FTC’s fifth commissioner, giving it a Democrat majority.
The list goes on, with figures such as FTC associate director Shauol Sussman, attorney advisor Alex Petros, and attorney Kurt Walters all coming from the activist groups seeded by Omidyar.
Perhaps most alarming, by January 2024, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104170814/https://ainowinstitute.org/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">all four officials</a> listed on the website of AI Now Institute, an activist group funded by Omidyar to regulate how big tech firms use artificial intelligence, had been <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/11/ftc-chair-lina-m-khan-announces-new-appointments-agency-leadership-positions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hired</a> as FTC advisers, while apparently continuing to work at the nonprofit.
The advisers contributed to key FTC outputs including a <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Combatting%20Online%20Harms%20Through%20Innovation%3B%20Federal%20Trade%20Commission%20Report%20to%20Congress.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report to Congress</a> on “online harms” including “disinformation.”
The report relied on partisan groups lamenting “far-right violence,” and adopted critical race theory in questioning the legitimacy of hate crime enforcement because it turns out that minorities, such as blacks and Muslims, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-stats-on-2021-anti-trans-hate-crimes-dont-support-claims-of-genocide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“disproportionately”</a> commit them. It lamented that “Facebook played a critical role in spreading false narratives about the election immediately before the January 6, 2021, siege of the United States Capitol.”
“The only effective ways to deal with online harm are laws that change the business models or incentives allowing harmful content to proliferate,” it concluded.
Just as Reset pledged, key roles at the Department of Justice were also captured. DOJ Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter had worked, through his previous law firm, as a lawyer for the Omidyar Network. The division&#8217;s Senior Counsel, Sally Hubbard, came from the Open Markets Institute, and Deputy Chief of Staff Robyn Shapiro came from the American Economic Liberties Project.
At least 12 people linked to Omidyar nonprofits have worked in the Biden White House itself, including Joelle Gamble, a “principal” at Omidyar Network who was named Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, and Omidyar Network Vice President Paula Goldman, who was named to Biden&#8217;s National AI Advisory Committee.
One of Omidyar’s top goals is breaking up companies, particularly tech firms, to prevent them from being something close to monopolies. In some ways, that&#8217;s an unexpected focus: Omidyar himself made his billions through eBay, a tech firm that had a stranglehold on its corner of the market. Conservatives also share a distrust of big tech firms like Meta, TikTok, and Google, and want their power limited.
But the reasons identified in Reset&#8217;s manifesto — seemingly attacking big tech firms for not being helpful enough to Democrats in elections — highlight the strident politics that come with the man who has successfully bought his way into Washington.
Omidyar Network has pledged to &#8220;commit to the calling of <a href="https://medium.com/omidyar-network/omidyar-networks-statement-reflecting-and-responding-to-injustice-5e1b928a68b7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Angela Davis</a>,&#8221; referring to the longtime communist who was acquitted of murder after she bought one of the guns used in the killing of a judge, and who was involved in the Jonestown suicide cult.
A <a href="https://capitalresearch.org/article/omidyars-political-machine-from-tech-billionaire-to-mega-donor-repost/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Capital Research Center</a> (CRC) probe fashioned Omidyar as the new version of liberal mega-donor George Soros. His massive partisan activities have flown under the radar because he prefers to influence politics through ostensible charity groups rather than direct campaign contributions. The Omidyar Network says it has paid out more than <a href="https://jobs.mediajobboard.com/company/omidyar-network-312991/job/reporters-in-residence-summer-2024-in-washington-dc-xn8e8lhixxjwq43afxkf22592vp99a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.86 billion</a> and “reimagines critical systems, and the ideas that govern them, to build more inclusive and equitable societies.”
Its efforts to reshape politics in the United States frequently rely on infiltration, funding former conservative Bill Kristol to make it seem like many Republicans don’t like Donald Trump; a “Faith in Public Life” project to push liberal causes among religious people; and a “Millennial Action Project” to convince young conservatives to adopt liberal policies.
Omidyar has also heavily pushed the ability to vote by mail, and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/02/artificial-intelligence-ai-dnc-campaign-2024-republicans/84846498-20b1-11ef-becb-2cf8dbfd9eb9_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid the reliably liberal Associated Press</a> to write about AI and <a href="https://jobs.mediajobboard.com/company/omidyar-network-312991/job/reporters-in-residence-summer-2024-in-washington-dc-xn8e8lhixxjwq43afxkf22592vp99a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">other journalists</a> $50,000 to write about “reimagining capitalism.”
Omidyar has escalated his efforts since the emergence of Trump, writing that &#8220;Trump is a dangerous authoritarian demagogue&#8221; and &#8220;endorsing Donald Trump immediately <a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/pierre-omidyar-gives-100000-to-new-anti-trump-super-pac/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disqualifies </a>you from any position of public trust.&#8221;
The FTC and the Omidyar Network did not return requests for comment.
Parker Thayer, a researcher who has extensively looked at Omidyar’s presence in Washington, says the full extent of his influence is likely unknown.
“The Biden Administration has already proved itself <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secretive-soros-funded-group-works-behind-scenes-biden-admin-policy-documents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highly susceptible</a> to the influence of billionaires’ pet nonprofits that don’t have an entire government agency full of former staffers at their disposal,” said Thayer. “I shudder to imagine how much sway Omidyar and his network might hold.”

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Former President Donald Trump and Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis reportedly held a private meeting on Sunday to discuss working together in the upcoming election.
The meeting in Miami, Florida, was set up by real-estate broker Steve Witkoff, who is a friend of Trump and has a relationship with DeSantis. Witkoff also attended the meeting.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/us/politics/trump-desantis-meeting.html">reported</a> that the three men &#8220;met alone in a private room at Shell Bay,&#8221; a development and golf club that Witkoff owns.
Trump is looking for DeSantis&#8217; help in fundraising to keep up with President Joe Biden&#8217;s donations, and DeSantis is looking to get back to the point where he is viewed as a strong candidate for the 2028 presidential race, the report said.
POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/28/desantis-trump-meeting-miami-00154845">reported</a> that the meeting was a &#8220;pivotal turn&#8221; that &#8220;could help restore&#8221; the relationship between the two before the primary season.
The former president launched a series of attacks on DeSantis during the primary, with the governor responding by ramping up more direct criticisms of Trump as the race heated up. When DeSantis dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, rhetoric from both men indicated there was still bad blood.
The Sunday meeting comes after DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-to-launch-effort-raising-money-for-trumps-campaign-report">told</a> donors and supporters earlier this month about his plans to fundraise for the former president at a private retreat.
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“I will follow the governor’s lead and I will do anything that he or President Trump ask me to do to help him win this election,” said Texas businessman Roy Bailey. “I know where there are DeSantis supporters all over Texas and all over the country that will want to help President Trump.”
“He’s committed to helping Trump in any and every way,” Bailey added. “If we can unlock and motivate our donors for Trump and put more fuel in his tank, that’s what we want to do, and that’s what we need to do to make sure [President Joe] Biden is not reelected.”
The report said that DeSantis’ full backing of the Trump campaign is a major asset for Trump because “DeSantis’ finance committee is full of fundraisers with massive networks” that can donate money.

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The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee (RNC) reported a March fundraising haul of $65.6 million, giving the former president $93.1 million cash on hand as he attempts to catch up to the Biden campaign&#8217;s numbers, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/03/trump-rnc-raised-65-6-million-march-00150300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>.
While the impressive haul still falls short of the Biden campaign and Democratic National Committee (DNC), it is a welcome sign for Trump&#8217;s team as the presumed Republican nominee campaigns around the country, preparing for a rematch against President Joe Biden. Trump&#8217;s $65 million haul last month is more than the amount his campaign received in March 2020 when he posted $62 million.
The Biden campaign has yet to report its fundraising numbers for March, but at the end of February, the president, along with the DNC, ended with around $155 million on hand after both Team Biden and the DNC raised $53 million in the month. Biden&#8217;s team also reported raising $25 million from a single event last week featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Meanwhile, Trump is set to start April with a major fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, where his aides expect the campaign to pull in more than $40 million, POLITICO reported. Trump&#8217;s 2024 war chest and fundraising effort have been hampered by his numerous legal battles, which require him to pay millions of dollars in legal fees, amounts some political action committees are helping cover when their funds would usually be used to boost Trump&#8217;s candidacy.
Earlier this week, the former president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-posts-bond-in-ny-civil-fraud-case-preventing-seizure-of-his-assets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a $175 million bond in his New York civil business fraud case — an amount significantly lowered by an appeals court panel. The bond acts as a guarantee of payment if Judge Arthur Engoron’s $464 million judgment is upheld. If Trump ultimately loses his appeal, he will still have to pay the full amount of Engoron’s judgment, which grows in interest every day, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-posts-175m-bond-ny-civil-fraud-case-averts-asset-seizure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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While Biden continues to dominate with fundraising, Trump boasts a polling lead nationally and in seven major battleground states, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> average. A poll released Tuesday from The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-trailing-trump-in-six-of-seven-battleground-states-new-poll-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> Trump ahead of Biden in six of the seven battleground states, with Wisconsin being the only exception.

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Joe Biden, who has portrayed himself as the champion of blue-collar workers, may be in for a rude surprise: former President Donald Trump has garnered a substantial amount of donations from workers in typically unionized industries.
<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/election-2024-trump-lags-biden-in-donations-but-not-with-blue-collar-workers?srnd=premium&amp;sref=zFmdEBXN" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg News</a> analyzed Federal Election Commission data from the second half of 2023 and found that Trump is winning the lion’s share of donors who work at companies such as Walmart and Federal Express; he is also collecting substantial donations from workers at airline and shipping companies. Meanwhile, Biden&#8217;s “campaign lags Trump in contributions from donors with oft-unionized job titles including mechanics and truckers,” Bloomberg reported.
Three key swing states in 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, contain large percentages of union workers in their voting blocs. Biden is clearly worried about Michigan, with its large Muslim bloc of voters, as he has been sending emissaries to speak to the Muslim population there. He himself has visited a UAW picket line there and various union halls.
Despite Biden implementing pro-union policies, Bloomberg notes that donors working for General Motors and Ford are roughly split between Trump and Biden.
Additionally, the powerful Teamsters Union, which has supported every Democratic presidential nominee since Al Gore in 2000, made its <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/trump-teamsters-union-rnc-donation-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first substantial donation</a> to the Republican Party in the last 20 years, giving the Republican National Committee $45,000.
In February 2021, one year after Trump left office, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/gop-rapidly-becoming-blue-collar-party-here-s-what-means-n1258468" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opined</a>, “There are signs across racial and ethnic demographic groups that Republicans are becoming the party of blue-collar Americans and the change is happening quickly.” NBC News pointed out that in the previous decade, the percentage of Republican blue-collar voters increased 12 points while Democrat blue-collar workers declined eight points.
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Between 2010 and 2020, the percentage of Hispanic blue-collar workers grew 13%, while the percentage of black blue-collar workers grew 7%. “Most of the GOP&#8217;s blue-collar growth took place during the presidency of Trump,” NBC News noted.
“While working class voters harbor reservations about both political parties, they align more with Republicans than with Democrats on most of the matters that concern them,” William Galston, a former Clinton White House aide, <a href="https://rollcall.com/2024/02/05/lawmakers-see-blue-collar-voters-as-key-in-biden-trump-rematch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a>.

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A leaked list of donors to Media Matters reveals that the self-proclaimed &#8220;media watchdog&#8221; is funded by some of America’s largest Democratic donors.
Media Matters, which is not required to disclose its donors due to its designation as a charity, appears to have accidentally identified five of its largest donors in a filing with the New Mexico Attorney General, the Washington Free Beacon first <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democratic-megadonors-bankroll-media-matters-leaked-donor-list-shows/">reported</a>.
Deborah Simon, the daughter of the founder of one of America’s largest shopping mall companies, donated $4 million to Media Matters. Simon <a href="https://www.ibj.com/articles/deb-simon-willing-to-do-anything-to-oust-trump-in-2020">pledged</a> to “do anything” to beat Trump in 2020 and has given <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=deborah+simon&amp;contributor_zip=46032">tens of millions</a> of dollars to Democrat candidates and causes, winning her a spot in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/top-election-donors-2022/">top 50 political donors</a> of the 2022 midterm cycle.
The Gill Foundation, the private foundation of LGBT activist Tim Gill, furnished Media Matters with just under $3 million. Gill is a <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democracy-alliance/tim-gill-dark-money-master/">pioneer</a> of the use of “dark money” in politics, helping to flip the Colorado state legislature in 2004 with his <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/organization/colorado-democracy-alliance/">Colorado Democracy Alliance</a>, which he co founded with fellow Democrat donor Patricia Stryker.
Another $1.75 million came from Bain Capital co-chairman Joshua Bekenstein and his wife, Anita. The couple has given <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail?cycle=2020&amp;id=U0000003074&amp;type=I&amp;super=s&amp;name=Bekenstein%2C+Joshua+%26+Anita">millions of dollars</a> to Democratic causes and were also in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/top-election-donors-2022/">top 50 political donors</a> in the 2022 midterms.
Media Matters received another $1.9 million from the Stephen Silberstein Foundation, a leftwing organization that has <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/stephen-m-silberstein-foundation/">funded</a> other progressive organizations, including the Center for American Progress, Amnesty International, and People for the American Way, among others.
Media Matters raised a total of $16.5 million in 2022, and organization executives enjoyed huge salaries, with president Angelo Carusone collecting a whopping $406,000 and founder David Brock receiving $270,000 as well as a $189,000 payment from a deferred compensation plan.
But while Media Matters is funded by Democrat mega donors and organizes advertiser boycotts against conservatives, it is portrayed as an objective media watchdog by some <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democratic-megadonors-bankroll-media-matters-leaked-donor-list-shows/">news outlets</a> have <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/18/musk-threatens-thermonuclear-lawsuit-against-media-watchdog-calls-advertisers-oppressors.html">referred</a> to the organization as a &#8220;media watchdog,&#8221; neglecting to mention its partisan ties.
Media Matters is currently facing investigations from Texas Attorney General <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-opens-investigation-media-matters-potential-fraudulent-activity">Ken Paxton</a> and Missouri Attorney General <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023.12.11-Notice-of-Investigation-MMFA-Final.pdf">Andrew Bailey</a>. The organization was also hit with a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.383454/gov.uscourts.txnd.383454.1.0_1.pdf">lawsuit</a> from X, formerly known as Twitter, alleging that Media Matters sought to “portray X’s social networking platform as being dominated by “white nationalist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories” in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”

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