🚨 SCOOP 🚨
DonorsTrust, the "dark money ATM of the conservative movement," gave a whopping $1.5 million to white nationalist hate group VDARE and $10,500 to the nonprofit behind the white nationalist publication American Renaissance in 2019. exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/04/dar…
DonorsTrust is a favorite funding vehicle for billionaire GOP megadonors like Koch, DeVos, and Mercer.
This is the first time, to our knowledge, that DonorsTrust has donated to explicitly white nationalist groups. exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/04/dar…
This is by far the largest donation I've seen from any source to a white nationalist group, period.
DonorsTrust has a history of donations to anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, & anti-LGBTQ hate groups. exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/04/dar…
And get this: After receiving $1.5M from DonorsTrust, VDARE purchased a castle in West Virginia for $1.4M.
@MichaelEHayden The significance of these two hate groups cannot be understated. American Renaissance is credited w/ originating the "black-on-white crime" myth, which has inspired deadly acts of terror, including Dylan Roof's 2015 massacre. exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/04/dar…
@MichaelEHayden Peter Brimelow, who runs VDARE, and Jared Taylor are two of the country's most notorious living white nationalists. To fund their groups is unconscionable.
SPLC's @MichaelEHayden told me, "The sick joke is that the white nationalist movement poses as if they are fighting against elites. Now we know that elites are fighting alongside white nationalists, putting the lives of everyday people in danger.” exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/04/dar…
To be clear: DonorsTrust manages individual donor accounts. When donors put their money in those accounts, DonorsTrust takes complete & legal control of the money. DT ultimately decides where it goes, and its board has to approve each recipient. This was a conscious choice.
@duboo@EXPOSEDbyCMD@FDRLST You saw it here first! @duboo obtained the 2019 990 tax record from the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation.
Uihlein is the 5th-biggest donor to outside political spending groups this year (at least $62.9 million). opensecrets.org/outsidespendin…
FDRLST Media Foundation got its nonprofit status in March 2019, so we will likely see more donations as other 2019 tax records from rightwing oligarchs come in.
I and many others have been saying for years that Pelosi is terrible both at her job (if that job is to actually advance the Dem Party and help Americans, but I truly don't know what she thinks her jobs is) and as a person and should never be speaker again, but here we are.
SCOOP from @duboo: DonorsTrust, the conduit for anonymous donations from wealthy rightwingers like Koch, Mercer & DeVos gave white nationalist hate group VDARE a whopping $1.5 million in 2019. exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/03/don…
That’s easily the biggest donation I’ve seen to a white nationalist hate group. Big amounts often go to anti-Muslim groups, but nonprofits like DonorsTrust don’t tend to give large amounts to WN groups.
Will have a more detailed story soon at @EXPOSEDbyCMD.
I've been through the thought process on this before, and after listening to folks who monitor and report on Fox News daily, I believe it's never good to appear on the network, especially its most toxic programs (Ingraham and Carlson). By appearing, you're legitimizing...
...white nationalists' favorite cable TV network. Fox is a horrific, radicalizing propaganda force & should be completely shunned at all costs. I think an exception is high-level political debates & town halls, which aren't hosted by the most extreme personalities.
If you're running for office and have the chance to explain your policies to millions of people in a non-white nationalist context (yes, these debates & town halls have plenty of liberals in attendance), how could you not.
While I have you here, please donate to the Shinnecock Nation, which is fighting for its sacred land & economic rights during the pandemic right next to the ultra-wealthy Hamptons: gofundme.com/f/p72wbj
How do you run key Senate campaigns during the greatest economic downturn in 100 years, & against a party that exists entirely to further enrich the wealthy, & just forget to talk about the economy and jobs??