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BREAKING:

America's Progressive Promise PAC, the pro-Biden Super PAC started by former Bernie Sanders senior aide Jeff Weaver, report $0 in donations in their first reporting period, dated 04/01 to 06/30—per new FEC filings.
docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…
Though it may look like the Super PAC is off to a rocky start, Politico recently reported that Weaver was in talks with billionaire (and Epstein rehabilitator) Reid Hoffman's donor network (i.e. Democracy Alliance).

We wont know more until 10/15.
politico.com/amp/news/2020/…
On the contrary, it's possible that APP is indeed in trouble. According to the article cited in the tweet above, they were supposed to kick off an 8 week outreach event in June.

Being as they took no donations and paid no expenses, it's safe to say this never happened.
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BREAKING:

Sunrise Movement receives $250,000 from Soros Super PAC, Democracy PAC.

Soros Fund Management owns millions of dollars in oil/gas companies, including Energy Transfer Partners—owners of DAPL.

My @TheRokfin exclusive report:

rokfin.com/article/1351
Here's the original post that I broke, containing receipts. This donation appears to be a sharp turn in rhetoric for Sunrise, who have been hypercritical of tje billionaire class and their influence on politicians.
Putting aside the usual conspiracies, why is Soros money not a good look for an environmental group? Soros Fund Management owns stock in multiple pipeline companies—including over $2 Million in DAPL owners Energy Transfer, according to their latest 13F filing with the SEC.
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Safariland is one of the largest tear gas & riot gear suppliers in the world.

They're financed in part by a joint venture between capital firms FS Investments and KKR.

FS executives, including their CEO and Executive Director, have donated approx. $25,000 to Joe Biden so far FEC filing showing CEO of FS Investments donating to Biden campaignScreen cap of various FS executives thar have donated to the Biden campaign
FS Investments have a PAC, of course, and though they've only raised a little over $115,000 they've managed to donate $15,000 each to:

—NRCC
—DSCC
—DCCC

Mitch McConnell's victory fund also got $10,000. FEC filings that list major FS PAC donations
Safariland's majority owner, Warren Kanders, was forced to resign from his position at the Whitney Museum last year.

Kanders still sits on the Advisory Board of Brown Universities Institute of Environment and Society.
brown.edu/academics/inst… Screen cap of Brown University's IBES Advisory Council website
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NEW:

Tara McGowan, CEO of dark money group Acronym, has funnelled $3 Million in ad-buys from her Super PAC to her own business—Lockwood Strategy—since 09/2018.

PACRONYM has taken in over $9 Million this cycle from billionaire donors such as Soros, Sussman, and Katzenberg.
This is how Super PACs are turned into for-profit businesses:

1. Start a Super PAC

2. Start a digital ad company

3. Spend donations to Super PAC on purchasing digital ads from the company you own, so the donors' money is now in your pocket.

This is how the racket works.
You may have heard about Acronym recently—that's because they also own Shadow, the app that brought down the Iowa caucuses.
google.com/amp/s/www.vox.…
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