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Anonymous ID: 866dd0 July 15, 2020, 6:15 p.m. No.9974364   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4441 >>4463 >>4677 >>4717 >>4879

Never Trump Lincoln Project Devoted 89 Percent of Disbursements to ‘Operating Expenditures’

 

The Lincoln Project, led by outspoken Never Trump personalities like Rick Wilson and George Conway, devoted over 89 percent of its disbursements to “operating expenditures,” according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC data, covering the period from November 5, 2019, to March 31, 2020, showed the Never Trump super PAC — which describes its primary mission as defeating both “President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box” — reporting $2,587,886.64 in total contributions and $1,384,428.21 in total disbursements. According to the data, the super PAC reported $1,236,036.35 in “operating expenditures,” accounting for 89.3 percent of total disbursements in that period. Independent expenditures accounted for the remaining $148,131.86. According to the FEC, the Lincoln Project, at the end of that timeframe, reported $1,203,458.43 cash on hand.

 

Cofounder Rick Wilson is no stranger to controversy or financial issues. He launched the Lincoln Project as those issues continued to pile up, as Breitbart News has extensively detailed: Records demonstrate that as Trump was taking off as a political force, Wilson’s personal financial situation turned dour. The bank was moving in on his house, credit card companies were suing him over debt accrued, and the IRS filed various liens against him for almost $400,000 for back taxes in February 2014. As that happened, Wilson’s political style changed to become anti-Trump instead of continuing with his decades-long history of inflammatory right-wing politics. Wilson’s The Lincoln Project, a group of Never Trump political consultants running targeted ads attacking Trump this year, has been touting an ad bashing the Confederate flag as a symbol of “treason” against the United States.

 

Controversies have only continued to bubble up. Wilson recently made waves after attempting to “cancel” Domino’s Pizza for responding kindly to a compliment from White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, which she issued over seven years ago. The attack quickly morphed into an accidental self-own for Wilson, as social media users uncovered old photos posted by his wife, Molly, depicting what appeared to be Wilson’s cooler emblazoned with the Confederate flag, which the Lincoln Project described as “a symbol of a treasonous, and failed uprising against the United States.” The top of their cooler reads, “The South will rise again”.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/15/never-trump-lincoln-project-devoted-89-percent-of-disbursements-to-operating-expenditures/

Anonymous ID: 866dd0 July 15, 2020, 6:30 p.m. No.9974529   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4577

Soros Pledges $220M to Racial Justice Orgs But Refuses to Answer Questions on Lack of Black Leadership at Soros Hedge Fund

 

Despite George Soros’s Open Society Foundation pledging to invest $220 million in “Black-led justice organizations” in pursuit of “racial equality,” the progressive mega-donor’s billion-dollar hedge funds have refused to answer questions about black leaders employed at his own hedge fund. The major Democratic party donor’s foundation announced it seeks to embolden “organizations and leaders building power in Black communities across the country” on July 13th. But when asked by The National Pulse if Soros Fund Management actually has employed senior partners or managing directors who were black, the multi-billionaire’s firm refused to answer questions. Contacted by email and via telephone, Soros Fund Management initially bizarrely claimed it did not have a press team, then offered an email address. They then proceeded to ignore the enquiry.

 

Given Soros’s propensity to spend money on organizations pushing racial messaging in the United States and wider Western world, it might seem obvious for them to have leading black figures in their companies. And if they did – they would likely want to make public mention of “leading the way” for other firms, or similar. Instead, the silence raises questions as to whether or not Soros practices what he preaches, and what he funds. In 2019 a Stanford Study revealed institutional investors “exhibited racial bias when asked to appraise fund management teams overseen by white and black men.” “Asset allocators—or, professional investors—were asked to rate venture capital funds based on their evaluation of a one-page summary of the fund’s performance history and other capabilities. One discovery was professional investors rated venture investing teams headed by white men more approvingly than firms managed by black professionals.” The study also revealed people of color in the industry “are likely to encounter more bias as they achieve stronger credentials.” But Soros and his organization do not appear to take any position on this trend inside his own industry, instead seeking to fund Democrat-aligned groups like Black Voters Matter, in a transparent attempt to push left-wing, anti-Trump messaging on black communities. Black Voters Matter is co-founded by LaTosha Brown, who describes herself as ”an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer with over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors.”

https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/soros-hedge-fund-wont-answer-questions/

Anonymous ID: 866dd0 July 15, 2020, 7:07 p.m. No.9974856   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4875

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SOCIALITE ON THE RUN Ghislaine Maxwell moved house 36 TIMES in a year before FBI arrested her – and Covid face mask helped her stay hidden

 

GHISLAINE Maxwell moved house up to 36 times in the past year — before the FBI finally pinned down her location a week before her arrest. The Sun On Sunday can reveal details of the socialite’s life on the run in the US and the raid in which she was captured in New Hampshire. The heiress, 58, is locked up accused of grooming kids for Prince Andrew’s billionaire paedo pal Jeffrey Epstein. After placing her in handcuffs, FBI agents crowed that her arrest was sweeter than that of notorious US gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, an insider on the bust said. They also discovered her British security guard — a former soldier described as “ex-Special Forces”. Mask-wearing in the ­Covid lockdown is said to have helped her avoid detection. Maxwell’s arrest marked the end of a year’s journey which pals claim began on the West Coast, crisscrossed from Colorado to Wyoming and Idaho, before ending in the East. A source close to Maxwell said: “Ghislaine has been ­constantly on the move throughout the last year. She would stay in properties for a few days or a week. Security guards were by her side due to death threats. “She was never running from the Feds. She was ­running from journalists and crazy people who wanted to kill her. It was a serious problem. Her location was on a need-to-know basis.”

 

Maxwell, who has been charged in relation to US tycoon Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, is set to appear via video-link for a bail hearing in New York on Tuesday. She is intending to “vigorously” defend herself and is seeking bail on a £4million bond, in return for home confinement, GPS monitoring and passport confiscation. If the judge opens up the court’s public gallery, it will give people the first opportunity to catch a glimpse of her since last August. Back then — just days after Epstein killed himself in jail — a picture showed Maxwell eating at an LA burger restaurant. Then she vanished. But we have pieced together her journey from there to the £800,000 mansion she was arrested at on July 2. Our source claimed she was shuttled from safehouse to safehouse across the West. One city she is understood to have gone to was Denver, Colorado — home of the law firm she is using. The insider said: “I would say she moved around three times a month — 36 times. She took flights as well.” Our source added she spent her days cooking and exercising and read a book by Boris Johnson — plus one on the Epstein scandal itself. The source said: “She did go out, but not often. Obviously, with the coronavirus, people were wearing masks — it made things easier for her.” She made her way to New Hampshire in the North East, along with a pet cat and two dogs. Property records show a firm linked to her bought the secluded, 156-acre mansion, named Tuckedaway, in the rural town of Bradford in December last year. The pal said she did not move in until after March. But recycling boss Lois Kilnapp said a long-haired Brit, aged around 40, began coming from the home to dump rubbish from December.

 

Ms Kilnapp knew he was from 338 East Washington Road — where Maxwell was later found — because she issued him with a $1 recycling ­permit for his pick-up truck. Lois, 58, said: “I became very friendly with him. He was a bit of a character and I like characters. He was always smiling. I used to joke with him that he was the ‘Duke of Sussex’ because he led me to believe that he owned the home.” In March, he told her he was heading back to the UK. But he introduced a second Brit to her, a man aged around 50, who took over recycling duties. She added: “This guy wasn’t as outgoing. He didn’t really like to talk. Both men were big, rugged guys. I would guess that they were ex-military.” When Maxwell was arrested at Tucked­away, a British man named Martin was found by the FBI living in a nearby guesthouse. A law enforcement source told The Sun On Sunday that Martin was a security guard from a UK firm. He was described as a “former Special Forces soldier” who had been at Maxwell’s house since at least May this year. A UK security firm is believed to have sent three or four ex-British servicemen to the property on rotation. We told last week how Maxwell was revealed to have paid British veterans’ firm The Next Step nearly £150,000. Run by an ex-SAS hero, it provided advice on “preservation of life” and how to “relocate” but denied sending security to protect her.

 

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1123883/ghislaine-maxwell-moved-house-36-times-fbi/