I Worked for Democrats for Years. Billionaires Have Unfettered Influence | Opinion

[IDIOCRACY]

Is that why Republicans nominated a bilionaire for President?

That's not a comparison.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Bit over the top, Harpy. On the other hand...you seem to think that Trump is the Anti-Christ.

Trump the anti-christ? No. he is just your run of the mill conman leading his cult.

now, on the other hand my mother was very sure Obama was the anti-christ. She still might, we have not talked about it in a while

 

[justoffal]

During the summer of 2020, I worked as a consultant for multiple progressive DA candidates backed by George Soros and his foundation. In the places where they won, these DAs have since done immeasurable damage to the local communities. They failed to prosecute offenders, especially surrounding drug use and distribution, and allowed crime to run rampant, hurting communities of color the most—the very people they were supposedly trying to help.

Far from progressive, these Soros-backed DAs did more to hurt progressives than anything the Right has managed; to everyday Americans, the term "progressive" now conjures up images of fentanyl overdoses, crime, defecation in the streets, and riots.

I feel remorse for the work I did on these campaigns. The Soros money that was contributed to progressive DA races would have been better spent on supportive housing, mental health services, and recovery programs. Police need resources to arrest and imprison drug dealers and end open-air drug use. This is just common sense.

Unfortunately, the Soroses are just the tip of the iceberg.

I spent years fundraising for Democrats. I raised millions of dollars. And in the process, I routinely saw and heard about inappropriate relationships between donors and candidates that would bust anyone's bubble about the independence of our leaders. There is an entire donor ecosystem working against the interests of regular Americans—and it's the one top Democrats are swimming in.

Consider the long-time friendship between Kamala Harris and billionaire donor Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs. The New York Times described the women as being so close that they've gone on vacation together and consider each other family. Powell Jobs sat in Harris' exclusive friends and family suite at the DNC last month. She was also instrumental in getting Biden to step down to clear the way for Harris; one of her top aides circulated a polling memo to other key influential donors that allegedly showed Biden's inability to win.

It was another example of a megadonor overcoming the will of the people—and making things worse for voters. Now that the Kool-Aid from the DNC is wearing off, people are waking up to the realities of an untested candidate. Harris is barely beating Biden in key swing state polls, dodges questions from the press, and continually gaffes answers on significant policy issues. She can barely answer basic questions about her plans for regular people in friendly encounters with people like Oprah.

This is what happens when a candidate is anointed by donors and not selected by voters.

Or take Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn. He is a megadonor—a "big fish" as we would call him behind the scenes—and is expected to spend up to $100 million to ensure that Vice President Kamala Harris beats former President Donald Trump in the presidential election. But Hoffman has an agenda: He has publicly called for the resignation of FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, who Hoffman said is "at war with American business."

The reality is somewhat different: Khan has been one of the only lifelines for working people in the modern Democratic machine. She stood up for workers' rights by banning non-compete agreements and led efforts to block major mergers of grocery stores like the Kroger-Albertsons, which would have resulted in higher food prices and hurt union workers.

If Hoffman is successful in his public campaign to replace Khan, he will further cement the Democrats as the party of the wealthy, the powerful, and corporate elite. I won't be surprised when he gets the job done.

Another name I've seen pop up many times in my years fundraising for progressive candidates is the San Francisco based Democratic donor and influencer Steve Phillips. Phillips has written books that focus heavily on the importance of race in politics, with titles like Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority and How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good.

Yet, Donald Trump is on track to secure more support from minority voters, especially Black men, than any other Republican in generations. It's becoming increasingly clear that the real divide is the one separating the college educated from the working class of all races. But Phillips and others like him continue to focus exclusively on race—and you can see the direct impact this has on Democratic politicians, who talk much more about things like "equity" than they do about the class divide.

It's out of touch with the pulse of the country and deeply alienating to working-class voters who were once stalwart Democrats.

Unfortunately, the Democrats aren't getting the message. Last week, Alexander Soros posted images at his opulent New York mansion on X with Harris' VP pick, Tim Walz.

Is this how you convince people you're the party of the people? By posing with a billionaire nepo baby while Americans struggle to pay for groceries?

Some Democrats surely know how damaging such a photo is to their flailing brand. But Soros has so much power and influence that no one would dare tell him to take the photo down.

Internally, the Democrats know that like the photo of Walz with Alex Sorors, the Soros-funded criminal justice policies have been an embarrassing failure from an outcome, messaging, and public perception standpoint. They also know that Reid Hoffman and Laurene Powell Jobs do not have the best interests of regular Americans at heart—but they will continue to cower to them anyway.

Forget "Kamala is Brat" or the "Joy!" campaign. The image of Soros with Walz perfectly encapsulates the Democrats' real vibe these days—the unfettered influence the donors have over this party and the lives they've destroyed in the process.

Excellent post! Wow!!

 

[daveman]

Excellent post! Wow!!

Prediction:

Your post will be marked as "fake news" by butthurt leftists because you're agreeing with a post that tells the truth about Democrats.

 

[IM2]

Yet, Donald Trump is on track to secure more support from minority voters, especially Black men, than any other Republican in generations. It's becoming increasingly clear that the real divide is the one separating the college educated from the working class of all races. But Phillips and others like him continue to focus exclusively on race—and you can see the direct impact this has on Democratic politicians, who talk much more about things like "equity" than they do about the class divide.

Trump is about get sorely disppointed. You guys do this every 4 years. And every 4 years you are wrong.

Here we see classic right wing gaslighting. None of this is true but this is how the right race pimps in 2024. While this fool posts jibberish, The master forehead Stephen Miller has started the America First Legal Foundation. He can't call it what it really is, the White Supremacy Legal Foundation. Yet we see this moron talking about how it's democrats using race. Trump has specfically stated that he was going to fight for the civil rights of whites, and will focus on stopping anti white discrimination. That discrimination doesn't exist, so then what trump is going to do and Project 2025 is all about it, is erase or roll back civiL rights laws.

It's funny how whites like this guy do things. They want us to believe that because they don't explicitly mention race in something that what they propose is not about race. Steven Miler's orgnization is about white supremacy, but he covers it by the use of the term American. The one immutable truth I have learned in 63 years of being black is that when a white person says that race should not be an issue, Race is THE issue.

White is a race and all this fool is posting is that whites should be able to continue using race to their advantage and nobody has the right to oppose them.

 

[IM2]

That's not a comparison.

White is a race and you guys use it all the time. So you right wingers need to shut the hell up crying about people making things about race.

 

[daveman]

Here we see classic right wing gaslighting. None of this is true but this is how the right race pimps in 2024. While this fool posts jibberish, The master forehead Stephen Miller has started the America First Legal Foundation. He can't call it what it really is, the White Supremacy Legal Foundation. Yet we see this moron talking about how it's democrats using race. Trump has specfically stated that he was going to fight for the civil rights of whites, and will focus on stopping anti white discrimination. That discrimination doesn't exist, so then what trump is going to do and Project 2025 is all about it, is erase or roll back civiL rights laws.

It's funny how whites like this guy do things. They want us to believe that because they don't explicitly mention race in something that what they propose is not about race. Steven Miler's orgnization is about white supremacy, but he covers it by the use of the term American. The one immutable truth I have learned in 63 years of being black is that when a white person says that race should not be an issue, Race is THE issue.

White is a race and all this fool is posting is that whites should be able to continue using race to their advantage and nobody has the right to oppose them.

Y'know, I don't know if anybody's told you this or not, but NUH UH!! is not an effective refutation.

Oh, and you're a racist. You have white people because they're white. You're a racist. End of story.

 

[IM2]

Y'know, I don't know if anybody's told you this or not, but NUH UH!! is not an effective refutation.

Oh, and you're a racist. You have white people because they're white. You're a racist. End of story.

Too bad that's not what happened.

Funny how it's only you whites on the right that say this. You racists just have to be victims.

 

[Lesh]

During the summer of 2020, I worked as a consultant for multiple progressive DA candidates backed by George Soros and his foundation. In the places where they won, these DAs have since done immeasurable damage to the local communities. They failed to prosecute offenders, especially surrounding drug use and distribution, and allowed crime to run rampant, hurting communities of color the most—the very people they were supposedly trying to help.

Far from progressive, these Soros-backed DAs did more to hurt progressives than anything the Right has managed; to everyday Americans, the term "progressive" now conjures up images of fentanyl overdoses, crime, defecation in the streets, and riots.

I feel remorse for the work I did on these campaigns. The Soros money that was contributed to progressive DA races would have been better spent on supportive housing, mental health services, and recovery programs. Police need resources to arrest and imprison drug dealers and end open-air drug use. This is just common sense.

Unfortunately, the Soroses are just the tip of the iceberg.

I spent years fundraising for Democrats. I raised millions of dollars. And in the process, I routinely saw and heard about inappropriate relationships between donors and candidates that would bust anyone's bubble about the independence of our leaders. There is an entire donor ecosystem working against the interests of regular Americans—and it's the one top Democrats are swimming in.

Consider the long-time friendship between Kamala Harris and billionaire donor Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs. The New York Times described the women as being so close that they've gone on vacation together and consider each other family. Powell Jobs sat in Harris' exclusive friends and family suite at the DNC last month. She was also instrumental in getting Biden to step down to clear the way for Harris; one of her top aides circulated a polling memo to other key influential donors that allegedly showed Biden's inability to win.

It was another example of a megadonor overcoming the will of the people—and making things worse for voters. Now that the Kool-Aid from the DNC is wearing off, people are waking up to the realities of an untested candidate. Harris is barely beating Biden in key swing state polls, dodges questions from the press, and continually gaffes answers on significant policy issues. She can barely answer basic questions about her plans for regular people in friendly encounters with people like Oprah.

This is what happens when a candidate is anointed by donors and not selected by voters.

Or take Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn. He is a megadonor—a "big fish" as we would call him behind the scenes—and is expected to spend up to $100 million to ensure that Vice President Kamala Harris beats former President Donald Trump in the presidential election. But Hoffman has an agenda: He has publicly called for the resignation of FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan, who Hoffman said is "at war with American business."

The reality is somewhat different: Khan has been one of the only lifelines for working people in the modern Democratic machine. She stood up for workers' rights by banning non-compete agreements and led efforts to block major mergers of grocery stores like the Kroger-Albertsons, which would have resulted in higher food prices and hurt union workers.

If Hoffman is successful in his public campaign to replace Khan, he will further cement the Democrats as the party of the wealthy, the powerful, and corporate elite. I won't be surprised when he gets the job done.

Another name I've seen pop up many times in my years fundraising for progressive candidates is the San Francisco based Democratic donor and influencer Steve Phillips. Phillips has written books that focus heavily on the importance of race in politics, with titles like Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority and How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good.

Yet, Donald Trump is on track to secure more support from minority voters, especially Black men, than any other Republican in generations. It's becoming increasingly clear that the real divide is the one separating the college educated from the working class of all races. But Phillips and others like him continue to focus exclusively on race—and you can see the direct impact this has on Democratic politicians, who talk much more about things like "equity" than they do about the class divide.

It's out of touch with the pulse of the country and deeply alienating to working-class voters who were once stalwart Democrats.

Unfortunately, the Democrats aren't getting the message. Last week, Alexander Soros posted images at his opulent New York mansion on X with Harris' VP pick, Tim Walz.

Is this how you convince people you're the party of the people? By posing with a billionaire nepo baby while Americans struggle to pay for groceries?

Some Democrats surely know how damaging such a photo is to their flailing brand. But Soros has so much power and influence that no one would dare tell him to take the photo down.

Internally, the Democrats know that like the photo of Walz with Alex Sorors, the Soros-funded criminal justice policies have been an embarrassing failure from an outcome, messaging, and public perception standpoint. They also know that Reid Hoffman and Laurene Powell Jobs do not have the best interests of regular Americans at heart—but they will continue to cower to them anyway.

Forget "Kamala is Brat" or the "Joy!" campaign. The image of Soros with Walz perfectly encapsulates the Democrats' real vibe these days—the unfettered influence the donors have over this party and the lives they've destroyed in the process.

We’ve read your posts.

There’s no way in hell that shit is true

 

[justoffal]

Prediction:

Your post will be marked as "fake news" by butthurt leftists because you're agreeing with a post that tells the truth about Democrats.

One of my sons was the biggest fund raiser for the DNC for years in the North East. I know all about the BS trust me.

 

[IDIOCRACY]

White is a race and you guys use it all the time. So you right wingers need to shut the hell up crying about people making things about race.

Have you gone full retard IM#2? Nobody mentioned anything about race. Racism lives up your ass dude.

 

[justoffal]

White is a race and you guys use it all the time. So you right wingers need to shut the hell up crying about people making things about race.

White is not a race anymore than black or yellow.

Y'know, I don't know if anybody's told you this or not, but NUH UH!! is not an effective refutation.

Oh, and you're a racist. You have white people because they're white. You're a racist. End of story.

That would mean he hates himself. Has anybody told you?

 

[justoffal]

Have you gone full retard IM#2? Nobody mentioned anything about race. Racism lives up your ass dude.

Especially since he's been exposed....it's as if he's trying to fog out the facts by overplaying something that was already massively overplayed ...

 

[daveman]

Too bad that's not what happened.

Funny how it's only you whites on the right that say this. You racists just have to be victims.

That's exactly what happened. Your acknowledgment is neither sought nor required...and it damn sure isn't expected.

So, you hate people because they're white. But you're not a racist.

Me, I don't hate anyone because of their race. And you claim I'm a racist.

I'd ask you to make it make sense, but you'd just screech NUH UH!! again. And that's gotten so damn boring.

 

[daveman]

We’ve read your posts.

There’s no way in hell that shit is true

Hey, guess what? I DIDN'T WRITE THE ARTICLE, GENIUS. The article's author wrote the article, and surprise! It's not me!

Are leftists just too damn stupid to click a link?

 

[daveman]

White is not a race anymore than black or yellow.

That would mean he hates himself. Has anybody told you?

I've heard a couple things, and it wouldn't surprise me. But leftists are notoriously self-loathing.

Hell, if I was a leftist, I'd hate myself, too.

 

[Lesh]

White is not a race anymore than black or yellow.

That would mean he hates himself. Has anybody told you?

White is not a race???

You are not a smart or honest person then

 

[justoffal]

White is not a race???

You are not a smart or honest person then

That's the problem I am honest.

Caucasian is a race...white is a culture.

 

[Lesh]

That's the problem I am honest.

Caucasian is a race...white is a culture.

Thanks for the distinction without a difference

White is of course a shorthand way of saying Caucasian

 

[justoffal]

Thanks for the distinction without a difference

White is of course a shorthand way of saying Caucasian

Not it isn't....
Caucasoid is a category of facial bone pattern...the skin need not be light. The Three categories including Negroid and Mongoloid have long since been discarded as utter nonsense in favor of the much more accurate term human race.