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5 Dec, 7 tweets, 4 min read
SCOOP from @duboo at @EXPOSEDbyCMD:

Who funds The Federalist?

GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein, the billionaire CEO of shipping supply company Uline.

In August 2019, his family foundation gave $400,000 to the @FDRLST Media Foundation. beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2042…
@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.
More on the Uihlein donations:
We also know a few other details about The Federalist's finances.

The George E. Coleman Jr. Foundation, led by former National Review chair Daniel Oliver, is an investor in FDRLST Media.
And the co-founder of the increasingly rightwing RealClearPolitics, John McIntyre, is a director of FDRLST Media. Jenn McIntyre is a director and executive. At the time of this SEC filing, RCP & FDRLST shared the same address. dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/1…
....and there's more.

DonorsTrust, the "dark money ATM" of the conservative movement, gave $250,000 to FDRLST Media Foundation in 2019. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2041…

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4 Dec
🚨 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…
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If anyone still thinks Pelosi, after rejecting a $1.8 trillion relief bill & losing 14 House seats, is a political mastermind, seek help please.
This is the bill she's now promoting
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.
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3 Dec
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.
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2 Dec
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.
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That'd be Kelly Loeffler's husband giving $5 million to the pro-Loeffler super PAC, which Loeffler is legally prohibited from coordinating with.
That's on top of the $5.5 million that Sprecher had already given to the super PAC.

$10.5 million for your wife's super PAC, totally normal! projects.propublica.org/itemizer/filin…
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& read this about their struggle from @dailyposter dailyposter.com/p/why-native-a…
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It’s sad reading this bc it’s totally right and Biden and the Dem Party simply aren’t gonna do most of all of these things.
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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??
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