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Robbie Jaeger 🔎 Profile picture
Robbie Jaeger 🔎
@RobletoFire
Independent Journalist covering Politics & Pipelines @mcscnetwork Founder @PolitiFiNews Inquiries: rjaeger_mcsc@protonmail.com https://t.co/JjJMNDVID
Oct 27, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
I broke Soros' donation to Sunrise Movement’s PAC over a year ago—and even though the @FreeBeacon is acting like they just found it, their article is massively incomplete.

It doesn't even mention that Soros @OpenSociety gave $500K to @sunrisemvmt in 2019, and $1M in 2020. Though this article was written a week or so before I broke news of Soros' $1M 2020 donation, if you want the most in-depth look at Sunrise Movement's billionaire donors, you can read my report here:
jaeger.substack.com/p/billionaire-…
Oct 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Last August, Colonial Pipeline spilled into the Oehler Nature Preserve outside or Huntersville, NC.

Colonial revised their volume estimates 3 times (growing exponentially every time) until deciding their last estimate of 1.2M gals was too low.
medium.com/@RobletoFire/t… After being pressed for an updated volume estimate by state and local officials, Colonial Pipeline said they couldn't give one.

And even if they did, the estimate would be "open to interpretation". Meaning, they have no idea how much spilled.
medium.com/@RobletoFire/c…
Aug 3, 2021 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Very early numbers starting to come in from #OH11 via NYT Image 1% reporting, Brown off to a nearly 4000 vote lead on Turner. #OH11 Image
Jul 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Key points not in the story that are worth mentioning:

1. Donor data for DMFI PAC beyond 01/25/21 (GA Special Election) isnt yet public.

2. As of 01/25, DMFI had $101K cash on hand—yet they've spent $660K against Turner, so there is new money (which Schusterman could still be). There's a reason why I haven't reported this yet, even though these numbers have been available since February.

Nearly all the money Schusterman gave DMFI was spent BEFORE their recent blitz against Turner—so we can't say for sure she's the donor behind it, though she may be.
Feb 23, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Lately I've been trying to just ignore all of the so called "in-fighting", keep my head in the research, and focus on what's important: the work.

But my patience has worn out.

If you come at me or my colleagues with bad faith attacks or outright lies, I will expose you. It's so easy to sit around and creep @nikoCSFB or @Fiorella_im's timeline and disparage their work.

It's much more difficult to do some work of your own.

"Those who can't talk about those who can".
Feb 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The mainstream media is going to keep Trump in the spotlight as long as they can—because he made them stars pulling record ratings.

You wont see the same veracity of reporting on Biden, because criticism of Democratic politicians in those circles will get you blacklisted. Eventually, they'll have no choice but to put Biden in the spotlight. When that happens, much like with Obama, it will be milquetoast puff pieces full of softball questions.

Then their ratings will bottom out. Why? Because it's boring.

Then they'll invent their next boogeyman.
Jan 28, 2021 • 22 tweets • 31 min read
BIDEN CABINET FINANCIALS MASTER THREAD:

This will be a catalog of the incoming Biden administration's financial disclosures and relevant data/stories—several of which were first reported by us here @McscNetwork.

Thread begins below👇 1. ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE

Blinken's most prominent business ventures came from @WEAdvisors, a consulting firm he co-founded, which paid him $1.2M+ to consult for:
@McKinsey
@Microsoft
@blackstone
@boeing
@GileadSciences
@ATT
@RBC
@SoftBank
@Uber
@FedEx
Jan 13, 2021 • 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.
Nov 12, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
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.
Nov 11, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
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.

Cont. 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.
Sep 15, 2020 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
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:
medium.com/@RobletoFire/t… 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
Sep 8, 2020 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
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.
Jun 10, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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.
Jun 8, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
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
May 19, 2020 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
NEW:

Kamala Harris' 2019 financial report has dropped.

She reported over $270,000 in advance royalties from her book, "The Truths We Hold"—but the real juice is diving into where her millionaire lawyer husband, Doug Emhoff, parks his money.

Let's take a look, shall we? Image As I said before, Kamala Harris pulled in $270,000+ in advance royalties from her book deal in 2019.

That's where a large bulk of her income came that year.

Now, let's look at some of their investments. ImageImage
May 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
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.
Apr 10, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
According to financial disclosures, Rep. Ro Khanna's many portfolios reflect numerous purchases of Pfizer ($87K—$430K) and Dupont ($23K—$170K), as well as multiple sales of Caesar's Entertainment stock ($15K—$235K) with transactions beginning around 2/24. Many elected officials got into hot water for making big trades before the Covid-19 stock market plunge, including Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Her recent purchases of Dupont, who makes protective equipment in high demand now, have come under scrutiny as well.
time.com/5814158/georgi…
Feb 18, 2020 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
In my first @TheRokfin exclusive article, I explore how 30 wealthy donors, including Mike Bloomberg, are funding the DNC through the Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund—and how their definition of "grassroots" is much different than ours.
rokfin.com/article/731 @TheRokfin The Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund is a joint fundraising committee run by the DNC (thier registered address is DNC HQ)

This committee has given more to the DNC than any other this cycle.

The problem? It's about as grassroots as a club of 30 oligarchs can be.
Jan 25, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
DNC Chair Tom Perez has nominated John Podesta to be on the Rules Committee for the 2020 Convention. Lets look at some other notables, starting with the Credentials Committee:

Vice Chair Shefali Duggal was on the National Finance Board for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
Jan 10, 2020 • 20 tweets • 12 min read
So 8 Democrats decided to side with Republicans and vote NO on the War Powers Resolution.

Let's take a look, shall we? Let's start with Rep. Anthony Brindisi (NY-22)

Brindisi hasn't raised a ton, but he has taken $10,000 from AmeriPAC.

AmeriPAC takes money from defense companies such as:

—Raytheon
—Northrop Grumman
—General Dynamics
Dec 12, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
On the heels of Center for Popular Democracy endorsing Bernie Sanders, another dark money group, Indivisible, seems to have thrown their support behind Elizabeth Warren.

Let's take a look, shall we?
npr.org/2019/12/11/786… Let's take a look at Indivisible's board.

First is Meighan Stone. She's on the Council on Foreign Relations—so we're off to a good start.