The Young Turks have taken the establishment path to becoming a hypocritical shell of their former selves.
They claim to be a Progressive institution.
A closer look suggests otherwise.
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Before the Katzenberg deal, TYT got $4 Million from former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer. In the deal, Kenan Turnacioglu, a parter at investing firm Pointstate Capial, joined the TYT board.
In the 2016 Primary, he donated $2,000 to Hillary Clinton.
TYT added on, and even before the $20 million, started quietly adding senior staff from the largest media companies around, including MSNBC, FOX Intl. (former VP is also a TYT board member) and Yahoo.
Suddenly their makeup became that of whom they dispised --
Mainstream Media.
When the $20 million deal hit, Katzenberg got all the attention, which was justified, considering he spent almost $1 million on HRC and another $1 million on Priorities USA during the 2016 cycle.
He's not a guy you would trust to push the Progressive agenda.
While Katzenberg was getting all the hate, he wasn't the only one investing. In fact, a newly formed investment firm named 3L is listed as the Primary investor according to Crunchbase.
3L's founder, Shawn Colo, got a seat on the TYT board.
Shawn Colo, who according to hissocual media *really* likes Chuck Schumer, started out as a venture capitalist extraordinaire, and in 2006 he started Leaf Group -- with $100 million from Goldman Sachs.
Years later he would turn the profits into 3L, and buy his way into TYT.
There was another notable investor in TYT as part of the deal: Greycroft.
Greycroft is an investment firm started by Alan Patricof.
In 2016, he donated over $60,000 to establisment candidates, including Hillary Clinton.
Alan Patricof is *very* connected to the Corporate wing of the Democrat party.
He stayed at the White House when Bill Clinton was in office, and was National Finance Chair for both HRC runs.
How connected is Patricof?
He even found is way into Jeffrey Epstein's "Black Book".
Side note - Greycroft also manages $1,250,000 of CA Senator Feinstein's wealth.
There becomes a disturbing trend if you can see it:
What once was seen as the champion of independent media has now been financially backed by the establishment.
TYT rallied us against money in politics, then took millions from the people who put it all there to begin with.
They told us they weren't like Mainstream Media companies, then they filled their offices with former senior staff from almost every major one of them.
They became their own worst enemy via their philosophical hypocrisy.
Speaking of hypocrisy, that brings me to Emma Vigeland, daughter of 2 former US Attorneys, both of which (along 178 former Federal prosecutors) also petitioned Rod Rosenstein to appoint a Special Counsel in the wake of James Comey's firing.
One of Vigeland's parents even donated $3,000 dollars to Hillary Clinton in 2016, and was a fundraiser for Kirsten Gillibrand's 2010 Senate run, the latter Vigeland interned for the next year.
No, I will not divulge names. I don't trust the internet.
So, next time Emma Vigeland tries to tell you Tulsi Gabbard is anti-LGBT because she was raised in an ultra conservative household, and that people can't rise above their upbringings, remind her that she was raised by the establishment.
Does that make her anti-Progressive?
TYT has become rife with hypocrisy from the top down.
When Bernie was cheated, instead of donning Yellow Vests, they told you to Vote Blue -- and it didn't matter who.
When that didn't work, they blamed you for voting your conscience.
Just like the establishment.
All of that being said, let me make one thing clear. I do not condone the use of any of this information for the purpose of doxxing or harrassing anyone.
Please, do not do it. Be ethical.
The Executives, the Millionaires, the On Air borderline celebrity talent could care less what us peons think. They live intentionally public lives. They can handle criticism.
Their parents and spouses, on the other hand, do not.
Respect that.
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