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

[AntonToo]

You are the fucking tool.

 

[daveman]

Trump went all in on illegals when he killed the bipartisan DEPORT MORE bill, so save those fantasies for someone else.

You probably believe that, too.

 

[Billiejeens]

You probably believe that, too.

He has an echo chamber Cult that can get him to believe any crap that they choose.

 

[daveman]

He has an echo chamber Cult that can get him to believe any crap that they choose.

It doesn't hurt that he's so gullible, like all his fellow Cult members.

 

[Billiejeens]

It doesn't hurt that he's so gullible, like all his fellow Cult members.

Cults effectively target the weak.

 

[daveman]

We’ve read your posts.

There’s no way in hell that shit is true

Lesh, I owe you a huge apology. I forgot to include the link to the article in the OP.

Here it is.

I'm sorry.

 

[AntonToo]

You probably believe that, too.

Because it's true, Trump obviously wants problems at the border to run on. Why the fuck else would he be lobbing against the bipartisan DEPORT MORE bill?

Use your head.

 

[daveman]

Because it's true, nothing Trump loves more then some border volatility to run on.

By allowing tens of thousands of known criminal illegals to run free in the nation, the Democrats have provided plenty of that.

 

[AntonToo]

By allowing tens of thousands of known criminal illegals to run free in the nation, the Democrats have provided plenty of that.

Yep, can't address what you quote, can't deny that Trump's opposition to Deport More bill is electioneering at it's worst, so you deflect to some other bullshit.

 

[MarathonMike]

the unfettered influence the donors have over this party and the lives they've destroyed in the process.

not to mention the Democrats trying to destroy the greatest country of the modern world.

 

[Man With A Plan]

What would you Trumptards have to say if not for constant bullshit?

Bill would clearly suspend asylum process and have more border agents and judges deport more, faster. Where the hell did get your claims?

Did you even read the bill? It would have hired more judges to process them faster...it did nothing to deport people! It would have let more people in legally than Jae Johnson was calling a "crisis" during the Obama Administration! How is THAT fixing the border?

 

[CHAZBUKOWSKI]

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.

I worked for Republicans for years. Every single one of them were child rapists.

 

[BackAgain]

Oh, I wouldn't expect you to believe it.

Fumblin’ Dickweed is just a pussy. So nobody cares what it says.

 

[Man With A Plan]

I worked for Republicans for years. Every single one of them were child rapists.

Is that why you worked for them for years? (Dumbest post on this board today...hands down!)

 

[AntonToo]

Did you even read the bill? It would have hired more judges to process them faster...it did nothing to deport people! It would have let more people in legally than Jae Johnson was calling a "crisis" during the Obama Administration! How is THAT fixing the border?

Yes I've read and you don't know wtf you are talking about.


1. Bill would suspend asylum process if border activity picks up and it starts getting overwhelmed.
2. Bill would increase border agents, who would remove more illegals immediately on ecounter.
3. More adjudicators to quickly resolve assylum applications (deporting 99% of aplicants), instead of keeping illegals in the country.
4. More drug screening machines.

Overall effect is more people getting caught, less people stuck in process limbo, more people deported, faster.

 

[BackAgain]

I worked for Republicans for years. Every single one of them were child rapists.

What a douche. You really don’t imagine that your shit is believed by anyone, do you?

You’re a tard.

 

[Man With A Plan]

Yes I've read and you don't know wtf you are talking about.


1. Bill would suspend asylum process if border activity picks up and it starts getting overwhelmed.
2. Bill would increase border agents, who would remove more illegals immediately on ecounter.
3. More adjudicators to quickly resolve assylum applications (deporting 99% of aplicants), instead of keeping illegals in the country.
4. More drug screening machines.

The asylum process only gets suspended if you're getting over 4,000 a day for five days in a row. As I said earlier...that's more people a day than Jae Johnson was calling a "crisis" when he was in charge of border security for the Obama Administration! And the people who are in charge of those numbers are the same people who have been lying to the American people about the border for the last 3 1/2 years! Like we should trust Mayorkas? Are you kidding?

 

[Man With A Plan]

Yes I've read and you don't know wtf you are talking about.


1. Bill would suspend asylum process if border activity picks up and it starts getting overwhelmed.
2. Bill would increase border agents, who would remove more illegals immediately on ecounter.
3. More adjudicators to quickly resolve assylum applications (deporting 99% of aplicants), instead of keeping illegals in the country.
4. More drug screening machines.

Overall effect is more people getting caught, less people stuck in process limbo, more people deported, faster.

You think they're going to deport 99% of applicants? Where did you pull that number out of?

 

[Lesh]

Did you even read the bill? It would have hired more judges to process them faster...it did nothing to deport people! It would have let more people in legally than Jae Johnson was calling a "crisis" during the Obama Administration! How is THAT fixing the border?

Did YOU read the bill. It not only had more judges and more courts… it made the criteria for successful applications for asylum MUCH tougher

It was a conservative wet dream but Trump didn’t want anything positive to happen regarding the border so he killed it

 

[Man With A Plan]

Did YOU read the bill. It not only had more judges and more courts… it made the criteria for successful applications for asylum MUCH tougher

It was a conservative wet dream but Trump didn’t want anything positive to happen regarding the border so he killed it

More judges and more courts just means they can process them faster. Conservatives want the border secured. That bill did not secure the border.
As for Trump not wanting anything positive to happen? Biden could have fixed the border anytime he wanted. He chose not to until it was election year. That shows me who really didn't want anything positive to happen regarding the border. Trump will secure the border. With Biden it was always smoke and mirrors. His administration flooded the country with millions of unvetted illegals and they did so deliberately!