PolitiFi

The 100% independent source for political finance and conflict of interest reporting. Founded by @RobletoFire for @MCSCNetwork.

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

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[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

America Votes also received anonymous donations of $44M and $32M, the former being identified in previous reports as coming from New Venture Fund, the parent organization of Sixteen Thirty Fund run by Arabella Advisors—meaning 65% of their funding came from the Arabella network.

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

NEW: Newly obtained tax forms show liberal dark money group America Votes spent $176M+ influencing the 2020 Election.

They raised $249M from anonymous sources, floated by a $120M donation which—per @PoliticoScott's report—likely came from dark money behemoth Sixteen Thirty Fund.

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

For 16 years, Colonial Pipeline never assessed a section of their pipeline running beneath a nature preserve in North Carolina.

For 16 years, it sat corroding until a crack spilled 2M gallons of gas—the largest such spill in US history.

Unacceptable.
https://t.co/WFLVWnb9tE

[PolitiFi @PolitiFiNews]

BOMBSHELL: In 2004, Colonial Pipeline made a repair to a segment of pipe outside Huntersville, NC.

Afterwards, Colonial neglected the site for 16 YEARS—while corrosion ate it away, causing the largest spill in US history.

@Robletofire's exclusive:
https://t.co/MzF6BVow75

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

NEW: The "dark money" nonprofit created to support TRUMP, @A1Policy, raised $51.2M in 2020, & funneled $20.3M to a linked super PAC (@AmericaFirstPAC) supporting Trump's reelection, with another $16M paid to GOP consulting firms for "media advocacy." https://t.co/ARfyYSKrkL

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

LOBBYING NEWS: Jeff Ricchetti, brother of Biden aide Steve Ricchetti, made $750K in Q3 lobbying Congress for @Amazon, @TCEnergy, and several pharmaceutical companies on drug pricing reform—3 of which, @GSK, @IpsenUS, and @EisaiUS—signed @PhRMA's September letter opposing it.

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Don't try it or #RobbieReceipts will expose it!!! Subscribe to @PolitiFiNews & follow @RobletoFire to learn when your favorite politicians get bought or dark money groups take over your "grassroots" groups.

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

NEWS: As part of Democrats' reconcilation bill, The REDUCE Act would tax the production of virgin plastics.

Now, the world's largest chemical companies and their leading trade group are spending millions lobbying to axe the tax.

My latest @PolitifiNews:
https://t.co/lqpuOgI7n4

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

ICYMI: Updates to the @OpenSociety grant database show how George Soros spent tens of millions on political groups in 2020—such as $17M to dark money group Sixteen Thirty Fund, which spent $60M electing Democrats.

That and more in my latest @PolitiFiNews:
https://t.co/Kn5fFefgVF

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

Soros' @OpenSociety donated $15M to @ObamaFoundation to "scale up their international programs and in particular, Obama Foundation Leaders, Scholars and Fellows programs”, per the foundation's website.
https://t.co/Kn5fFefgVF

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

In addition to Sixteen Thirty Fund, Soros gave heavily to nonprofits under the same umbrella, such as:

New Venture Fund ($25M)
Hopewell Fund ($5M+)
Windward Fund ($1M)
North Fund (sponsored by Sixteen Thirty) ($3M+)
https://t.co/Kn5fFefgVF

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

"Progressive" groups got alot of support from Soros down the general stretch, when many turned from Sanders (after he dropped) to support Biden:

@WorkingFamilies ($9M)
@sunrisemvmt ($1M)
@PplsAction ($900K)
@CPDAction ($1.3M)
@MaketheRoadNY ($480K)
https://t.co/Kn5fFefgVF

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

NEWS: A recent update to @OpenSociety's grant database provides a snapshot of George Soros' election year spending on political dark money groups—one being Sixteen Thirty Fund, to which he gave $17M.

I broke down some major donations in my latest:
https://t.co/Kn5fFefgVF

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

NEW: George Soros' @OpenSociety gave roughly $17 Million to liberal dark money behemoth Sixteen Thirty Fund* in 2020, per a recent update to their online grant database.

*Sixteen Thirty Fund spent $60 Million funding Democrat SuperPACs during the last election cycle.

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

NEW: Sunrise Movement received another $1,000,000 from George Soros' @OpenSociety in 2020.

@sunrisemvmt has received at least $1.5M from Soros' foundation since 2019, making him their largest known donor by far.

[PolitiFi @PolitiFiNews]

NEW: From the beginning, @sunrisemvmt built a brand on being a "grassroots" organization.

However, since 2019 they've landed some deep-pocketed donors—from DNC megadonors like Soros and Liz Simons, to billionaire-funded nonprofits like Ford Foundation.
https://t.co/2StpsijW4Z

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

Since their inception, @sunrisemvmt has billed themselves as a "grassroots" organization.

However, since 2019 the've landed some deep-pocketed donors—Soros, Liz Simons, and billionaire-funded nonprofits like Ford Foundation.

My latest @PolitiFiNews:
https://t.co/V0N9VgIdE6

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

NEW: Tax filings show Silicon Valley-based dark money group @futureforwardUS—whose SuperPAC spent $140M+ supporting Democrats in 2020—got an early boost from $5M+ in @Facebook stock from an anonymous backer.

My latest scoop for @PolitiFiNews:
https://t.co/RqJO3UPcYI

[Robbie Jaeger 🔎 @RobletoFire]

SCOOP: Tax docs reviewed by @PolitiFiNews show Future Forward USA raised $5M+ during FY 2019—all of which came in the form of a donation of Facebook stock.

Future Forward's Super PAC, FF PAC, spent $140M+ supporting Democrats in the 2020 election.