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It’s a *structural* problem. The machine which spends billion of dollars to employ tens of thousands of “civic engagement coordinators” can dominate low turnout elections. Nothing more, nothing less.

The GOP has to accept this instead of taking any silly lessons away like “we lost because we didn’t compromise enough”
The problem with Republican donors playing catch-up is that it's also structural.

If you gave me a hundred million dollars, I would have no idea how to spend it to mobilize voters.

But Open Society would know how to squeeze every last penny for maximum inpact.
As an example, look at Indivisible job postings (for context, Indivisible organized NoKings). Their postings speak an entirely different vocabulary of expertise which is foreign to anyone who's working in the private sector. Image

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Nov 4
I just came across this in an Open Society Foundations document about how to fix public “mistrust” of liberal "democracy," and I honestly feel sick reading it. I've read many alarming quotes, but few are so "mask off" like this.

"I believe the time has come for a responsible, courageous elite, those who care far more about addressing the genuine social problems than about election results. Only a political elite with vision, prudence and a focus on the general good—to whom the electorate… can cede part of their sovereignty in the elections—will be able to justify public trust and spearhead... our struggle to survive.""

Read that again. The proposed solution to the public's distrust in democracy... is less democracy.
An unelected "elite" to whom the public should cede sovereignty.

Abolish democracy to save democracy. This kind of thinking is what we're up against.Image
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To make it even more insane, she doesn't follow it up with, "yeah, I know, this sounds dystopian, hear me out..."

she follows it up with "I can already imagine the reactions of many: this is a naive utopia, it is impossible in this day and age."

Utopia. It's utopia to her and her audience.
This woman is not a raving Soros rando. She has been decorated with the highest civilian honors in multiple countries - Italy, France, Germany, Council of Europe for her democracy work. She is an expert on "basic principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law." Image
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Oct 22
I created a giant democracy connection map. Download is in the next link.
Click the link to download the high res file. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1zwuy9y…Image
It's a bit wonky, hoping @twinforces can figure out a better UI.
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Oct 14
👀 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗢𝗯𝗮𝗺𝗮'𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮-𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.

🔹 In college, Barack Obama helped co-found a local chapter of CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador), a U.S. group that supported the FMLN, a Marxist guerrilla front fighting the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government.

🔹 CISPES often worked alongside the Nicaragua Network, which championed the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. (U.S. intelligence later confirmed that the Sandinistas supplied El Salvador’s rebels with weapons and training.)

🔹 As the solidarity scene matured:

• 1985: Nicaragua Network + Detroit CISPES ➡️ merge → CASC (Central America Solidarity Committee)
• 1993: CASC + MICAH ➡️ merge → OSCA (Organization in Solidarity with Central America)
• 1998: Former Nicaragua Network activists incorporate the Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ), folding their old network inside as a project.

Today AFGJ still operates as a left-wing umbrella group ... the same lineage that began with 1980s “solidarity” campaigns.

So yes… the activist ecosystem that once rallied for Marxist guerrillas in Central America evolved, merged, and rebranded, and figures like Obama (via early CISPES work) and later Bill Ayers (through AFGJ-linked circles) both trace lines back into that same network.Image
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CISPES (of which Obama founded a local chapter, according to David Garrow) was found to have furnished funds to Marxist rebels in El Salvador, in possible violation of the Firearms Control Act.

They also met with FMLN, potentially violating FARA.

The report goes onto detail other allegations that weren't substantiated, such as CISPES taking direction from foreign governments on when and where to demonstrate.Image
I found a declassified CIA document that states that Farid Handal, brother of the Salvadoran Communist leader, traveled to meet with representatives of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to create these solidarity networks in the USA -- including CISPES. Image
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Oct 13
🧵 THREAD: Meet the Organizers Behind No Kings protest: Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg & Ezra Levin 🇺🇸

Taking a break from book writing for this...

This week, the movement that started with a Google Doc... Indivisible... is back in the streets. ✊ Founded by former congressional staffers Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin and funded by George Soros' Open Society network, Indivisible has grown from a viral guide into one of the most powerful grassroots networks in the U.S.

Now, they’re leading NoKings, a nationwide push to remind America that democracy means no one is above the law. 👑❌

This thread dives into who Greenberg and Levin are, how Indivisible rose to prominence, and what’s really behind the “No Kings” movement.

As always, patience as I pull the thread together in real time.
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When you go to the NoKings website, you'll find over a hundred partners listed, many of them familiar and many Soros-backed. They include big names closely tied to the DNC such as Marc Elias' Democracy Forward.
Greenberg and Levin are co-founders of Indivisible. Other than donor-advised funds, their backing primarily comes from Open Society and Fund for a Better Future. The latter is a shadowy nonprofit backed by Sergey Brin and played a key role in the infamous "Build Back Better" campaign of 2020.Image
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Oct 3
Does anyone know how the SPLC is funded? They report receiving over $100MM in contributions each year, but CauseIQ shows they receive few large grants from other nonprofits; they report only 26MM and that's over multiple years. That's unusual. (And, no, they don't report receiving government money.)Image
I think I'm onto something. They get paid as vendors by a ridiculous number of nonprofits: Image
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Sep 24
🧵 THREAD: Richard Grenell: praising "diplomacy" with Maduro, Chevron, and the pro-Venezuelan MAGA faction 🇻🇪

Just last week, Grenell declared:

"I've sat across from Nicolás Maduro... I believe we can still have a deal. I believe in diplomacy. I believe in avoiding war."

Maduro is a Communist tyrant who has upended hundreds of thousands of lives, Venezuela is the self-declared capital of Antifa, and serves as the Western hemisphere proxy for Chinese and Iranian interests.

Why is President Trump's special envoy talking like this on stage in Asunción? 🕳️🐇

The answer goes a lot deeper and darker than you'd think.

This might be my most controversial thread yet... but it involves a whole lot of MAGA players who are invested in maintaining the status quo with Venezuela, mostly through Chevron oil licenses.
For a long time, Chevron has had its tentacles on MAGA. Back on May 6th, a coordinated messaging campaign went up among multiple mega-influencers. Two days after that, one of the most famous MAGA influencers wrote her first op-ed concerning Chevron and China messaging. I redact the name because I don't want to make it about her.Image
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This early May timing coincided with the threat to shut down Chevron leases on May 27.

Earlier this year, Harry Sargeant III was identified as the one who opened up communications between Maduro and Grenell in an attempt to create an "oil-for-migrants" deal. His Image
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