ICYMI 👉Outside GOP group targets women👉John Jordan, a California winery owner and head of the group Americans for Shared Prosperity
👉bothered by the Democrats’ focus on a “war on women”👉So the ads he commissioned from Florida-based admaker Rick Wilson politico.com/story/2014/09/…
Commissioned ad by admaker Rick Wilson
Adding to thread
2016 Five donors you've never heard of who could shape the 2016 race-
Unlike most donors who write a big check and maybe dial into the odd conference call or offer off-the-cuff advice, John Jordan thehill.com/homenews/campa…
Side note: John Jordan/The tough life of American billionaire campaign financiers wired.com/beyond-the-bey…
Side note: John Jordan now supports Republican candidates through his own super-pac, “I know really well how to sell things. I make my own ads,” Jordan said. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
More side note 👉John Jordan
California vintner John Jordan wants to shape politics -- on his terms /Jordan followed a model set by the Koch brothers and Tom Steyer, though he has a fraction of their wealth. latimes.com/nation/politic…
Adding/🤔 Former Flack for GOP Russia Stooge Finds Redemption as Lincoln Project Damage Control Adviser/Before joining the Lincoln Project, Setmayer worked in the office of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.)
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Frederick P. Wellman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ScoutComms, Inc./Fred Wellman, Lincoln Project, executive director-
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Noting US Chamber/#KochNetwork
above ... same US chamber rewarding Manchin & Sinema 😏
🤔06-The operation is designed to mask any connection with the US military. The Pentagon has a contract with a small Washington-based firm called Lincoln Group, which helps translate and place the stories.
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The Lincoln Group’s Iraqi staff, or its subcontractors, sometimes pose as freelance reporters or advertising executives when they deliver the stories to Baghdad media outlets. The arrangement with Lincoln Group is evidence of how far the Pentagon has moved to blur -
-the traditional boundaries between military public affairs - the dissemination of factual information to the media - and psychological and information operations, which use propaganda and sometimes misleading information to advance the objectives of a military campaign.”
The Lincoln Group, formed in November 1999 is "a D.C.-based business 'intelligence' company that handles services from 'political campaign intelligence' to commercial real estate in Iraq.
#KochNetwork #AEI etc.
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Vets for Freedom/ #KochNetwork
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If there is one underlying belief of modern conservatives, it is that the truth is not as important as what you can get people to think is true. Hence, the importance of a good PR strategy.
Add/The Lincoln Project
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Add/ Run by Republicans and bankrolled mostly by Democrats, The Lincoln Project has propelled itself onto the list of top spending super PACs thanks to cash infusions from small donors as well as billionaire backers.
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That includes a $10 million grant to the NeverTrump group Defending Democracy Together (DDT), founded by former Republican commentator Bill Kristol. Sixteen Thirty Fund (1630 Fund) influencewatch.org/non-profit/six…
Add/The discovery of Project Yellowstone and its connection to the Lincoln Project comes as the leaders of the super PAC are under scrutiny for their dealings and the role of political strategist John Weaver.
cnbc.com/2021/02/16/lin…
Add/Lincoln Project/founded by eight current and former Republican political operatives: George Conway III #KochNetwork , Reed Galen, Jennifer Horn, Rick Wilson, Mike Madrid, Ron Steslow, Steve Schmidt, and John Weaver.
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The cartoon hosts pointed out that seven of The Lincoln Project’s members were President George W. Bush alumni, mocking the Bush-Cheney administration for always doing “what was right for the country, that country being Saudi Arabia.”
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Add to thread of “Never Trumpers”
- has ties to Heritage Foundation #KochNetwork
“following script, imo
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Add/ icymi Top advisers ditch anti-Trump Lincoln Project as implosion gains steam over sexual harassment scandal
Tom Nichols, a 'Never Trump' foreign policy expert, said he’s leaving his role as an unpaid adviser/ Axios etc. #KochNetwork
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Add/ Tom Nichols, Author at the Koch funded “The Federalist”thefederalist.com/author/tomnich…
Tom Nichols/ Heritage Foundation #KochNetwork
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Add/ Senior Partners at Firm Hired to 'Review' Lincoln Project Scandal Have Donated Thousands to Group
freebeacon.com/politics/paul-…
Fraudulent’: Trump tormentor Lincoln Project loses big money in cybertheft scheme
/see thread
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Hackers steal $35k from George Conway’s(CNP, Federalist Society member) anti-Trump Super PAC Lincoln Project
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icymi REVEALED: CONWAY, BANNON MEMBERS OF SECRETIVE GROUP
08/31/16
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2018/George Conway Starts Anti-Trump Club Within Conservative Federalist Society
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The Lincoln Project, a prominent super PAC, lost $35,000 to hackers via fraudulent transactions.
The group said that one of its vendors was hacked and sent it authentic-looking invoices.
CONway #KochNetwork
businessinsider.com/hackers-stole-…
Repost/ ‘Fraudulent’: Trump tormentor Lincoln Project loses big money in cybertheft scheme rawstory.com/raw-investigat…
Add/ Rick Wilson #KochNetwork
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