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13 Jan, 5 tweets, 4 min read
BREAKING: Recent tax filings show @theintercept parent company, Pierre Omidyar’s @firstlookmedia, pulled in $28M+ in 2019.

$25M (over 88%) came from Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which receives funds from tech billionaires like Dustin Moskovitz and Jeff Skoll.
This total is slightly lower than 2018, where @firstlookmedia took $31M+ from Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which I reported on earlier this year.

SVCF's 2 yr total is $51M+, making up practically all of First Look's funding during that span.
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz's nonprofit "Good Ventures" raised $97M for the SVCF in 2018, before officially rolling under their umbrella.

Per the 2020 election cycle, Moskovitz gave $36M+ to pro-Biden SuperPAC "Future Forward", as well as $830K to Biden's Victory Fund.
As for the Silicpn Valley Community Foundation, they reported over $1.2 Billion in contributions in 2019, mostly in the form of noncash contributions (stock/properties) valued in the $10s—even $100s—of millions, from unidentified sources.
*Last year. Ugh.

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12 Nov 20
A 2019 report on Dominion Voting Systems' "Democracy Suite" by Texas SOS determined numerous vulnerabilities and issues in the software and hardware—such as convoluted setup, lost adjudication results, incorrect prompts, and power failures.

Certification was recommended denied.
After the examination ended in the recommendation of not certifying Dominion Voting's "Democracy Suite", further reports by Texas State Dept. questioned whether it was "suitable for its intended purpose" and if it "operated efficiently and accurately".

Certification was denied.
Texas officials reviewed Dominion's "Democracy Suite" on at least 6 separate occasions, all of them resulting in recommendations of not certifying it for use.

A compilation of these reports can be found here:
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11 Nov 20
In the interest of objectivity, I should point out that Mr. Paul seems to have a few things confused.

1. Feinstein's husband Richard Blum actually had ownership in Avid Technologies, a media company whose program intercepted vote tally wire data for news broadcasts.

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2. Dominion Voting Systems is actually owned by Staple Street Capital, themselves and offshoot of mega investment firm The Carlyle Group, with ex-Obama officials sitting on the board of SSC, such as William Kennard.
3. Dominion Voting does have a relationship with Nancy Pelosi's ex-Chief of Staff Nadeam Elshami, but only in a lobbying capacity, being part of the Brownstein, Farber et. al. Team hired by Dominion last year.
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15 Sep 20
NEW: I dug into the top 50 political vendors (per @OpenSecretsDC) and found that over a dozen of them—including 2 of the top 5—cashed in on PPP loans.

Most of these companies have had tens of millions of dollars come their way this cycle.

My latest:
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Buying Time LLC, ranked #2 of top political vendors, has had $222M pass through them this cycle ($430M+ since 2016), with $186M coming from Tom Steyer's Presidential committee.

They received a PPP loan worth up to $350,000
Rising Tide Interactive was another beneficiary of Steyer's run, with $77M of their $86M this cycle came from services related to his digital campaign.

Rising Tide was approved for a PPP loan for up to $1M, as was DSPolitical—another firm founded by RTI partner Eli Kaplan.
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8 Sep 20
Whats up Twitter.

From time to time I feel it's necessary to just spout some thoughts and musings into the ether—to just float ideas into the universe.

This is one of those times.
Over the last few years, especially the past one, alot of people assume my position on many issues—which is natural, given my status and a fledgling independent journalist.

I figure this would be a good time to go through some of those issues.
First of all, I believe in creative, open discussion—which is kinda the purpose of this thread.

I don't have all the answers, but I do believe that discussion—even disagreements—are essential to progress.
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10 Jun 20
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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8 Jun 20
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:

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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.
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