Anons. I'm trying to figure out a full proof logic to show the issue with ActBlue. The Opensecrets page shows their contributions, but I'm not sure it would show passthrough contributions to nonprofits through ActBlue Charities.

Afaict AB Charities is mostly to facilitate charities making donations to campaigns, but it also appears they allow orgs to split donations amongst multiple other non profit recipients. That leads me to believe that BLM could potentially be using AB charities as a legit donation mgmt provider.

If it's that simple, then there's no real the issue and we've been had.

But if it IS that simple, it still doesn't explain the $1.4bb in campaign contributions made by ActBlue. At 3.5% "tip" per donation, that's $40bb in donations…. Seems unrealistic.

Also, there's this… Methods by which ActBlue can take control of your donation and spend it as they see fit.