Showing posts with label Dark Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark Money. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2014

105 ♠♣♠ Bradley Foundation: Rubble Pile Builder for the Middle Class and American Institutions


Corp Wolf P.A.C. Warlord-08666FU21, Bradley Foundation for Corp’s Mob Pay-offs :: Mitch Daniels’ & FOX Newes-4-Ewes Roger Ailes’ $250k Bradley Award from a Conservative Political Think-Tank, Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation; Heritage Foundation; American Enterprise Institute; Cato Institute; FreedomWorks; Americans for Prosperity; American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC); Koch Brothers Cabal, Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels; Education ::
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"Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, ...promoting 'American democratic capitalism.' ...has given away more than $400 million to fund conservative causes, including school voucher campaigns, anti-union ‘right to work’ laws, pro-marriage initiatives, global warming denial groups and efforts to combat voter fraud. (Translation: Throw Democrats off of old and new Confederate Red State voting rolls & initiate complex Voter ID requirements that the poor, young, an elderly can't comply with.) …quietly donated far more to conservative causes than the Kochs.” ::
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Bradley Cabal "dollars fund ...Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and the libertarian Cato Institute. ...help to bolster corporate-backed, tea party astroturf groups ...look like grassroots initiatives ...FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)." ::
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"Named for its two founding brothers, the Bradley Foundation attracts less attention than the half-dozen different family foundations controlled by the better-known billionaire Koch brothers, Charles and David." Previous Bradley Corp Mob payoff award Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Attorney General Edwin Meese and conservative commentator George Will ::
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<> #1. WINNER!
{With help from the Supreme Court, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush &
Secretary of State Katherine Harris, stole the 2000 Florida election by purging voter rolls of democrats for his brother George, POUTS 43.  And Jeb Bush spearheaded the privatization of public school, by state funding pay-to-play charter schools, which spilled over into Gov. Mitch “Easy Rider Rent-Boy” Daniels’ Indiana in 2007.} ::
<> #2. WINNER!
{As POTUS 43 George W. Bush Budget Director, and former Lilly Drug Corp-VP, “Easy-Rider Rent-Boy” Mitch Daniels approved tax cuts to the rich and corps while borrowing from China and the Fed Bank Platinum Card to finance Afghanistan and Iraq wars and a 2003 Medicare D (full price Corporate Welfare, with no negation for high volume drug purchase) program “off the books.”
He was elected Indiana Gov. in 2006.  “Easy Rider” Mitch lost or hid state Millions in State funds 3 times, cut the education budget, broke the state teachers union, privatized education (for his charter school donors), and privatized the Northern Indiana Toll way to get money to dole out and consolidate his political power.  By the end of 2 terms as In Gov., “Easy Rider” had nominated 8 out of the 10 Purdue Trustees who would unanimously coronate him “President” of the University.  During Super Bowl week 2012, “Easy Rider” Mitch made Indiana a Confederate Right-To-Work for peanuts State, screwing the very workers who were impressed by his Harley riding skills.  But RTW was stopped by a judge he nominated, citing Indiana State Law.}
<> #3. WINNER!
{Rogers Ailes – Fox Newes For Ewes CEO (1993 >), at GO Pee TV, once said
“The truth is whatever people will believe.”} ::
<> #4. WINNER!
{Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese III resigned in disgrace for his participation in a contracting scandal.} ::
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"Bradley Foundation Awards $250,000 Prizes To Roger Ailes, Mitch Daniels"
~ Christina Wilkie - Huffington Post, {Subscribe}, 06-12-13 :: BB Link/URL
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Corp Wolf P.A.C. Warlord-08666FU22, Bradley Foundation for Corp’s Mob Pay-offs; Municipal Laws Proposed by Koch Lobbyists, A.L.E.C. & Bradley Foundation Lawyers;
*MI Michigan Authoritarian Lite “Emergency Manager” Bill
(^^^) “Update: Foley & Lardner insider confirms existence of Municipal Government Reform Bill” ~ Badger Democracy, {Subscriber Supported}, 05-19-11 :: Link/URL
< http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/update-foley-and-lardner-insider-confirms-existence-of-municipal-government-reform-bill/
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Corp Wolf P.A.C. Warlord-08666FU23, Bradley Foundation for Corp’s Mob Pay-offs; Municipal Laws Proposed by Koch Lobbyists, A.L.E.C. & Bradley Foundation Lawyers;
*MI Michigan Authoritarian Lite “Emergency Manager” Bill
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“Update: Foley & Lardner insider confirms existence of Municipal Government Reform Bill”
~ Badger Democracy, {Subscriber Supported}, 05-19-11 :: Link/URL
< http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/update-foley-and-lardner-insider-confirms-existence-of-municipal-government-reform-bill/
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104 ♠♣♠ Donor’s Trust Psychopath’s Cabal: Building the Spider Web for Forbes 400 Kings






Corp Wolf P.A.C. Warlord-0666B01, Corp’s Pandemic “Donors Trust” Cabal,
Virginia "Right-Wing Charity;" Increase in dark money donations ::
/\/Click_ Blue_ Links < ↓ /\/see Intro_ Quotes_ Credits/\/
Dark Money Org. does not disclose donors funding Climate Change Denial after the Koch Brothers and Exxon slow donations to disclosing P.A.C.’s ::
"Since 1999, the nonprofit charity Donors Trust has handed out nearly $400 million in private donations to more than 1,000 right-wing and libertarian groups." ::
"The most detailed accounting to date shows Donors Trust funds a wish list of right-wing causes, prompting Mother Jones magazine to label it ‘the dark-money ATM of the right.’" :: “…months-long investigation into the Donors Trust called ‘Donors Use Charity to Push Free-Market Policies in STATES.’" (^^^) "Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret" ~ John Dunbar - The Center for Public Integrity, Amy Goodman – Democracy Now, {Subscriber Supported News}, 02-19-13, Video, 12+ Min :: Link/URL*^*< http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/19/donors_trust_little_known_group_helps
>_^_ The Center for Public Integrity, Politics :: "KEY FINDINGS:
1.) Donors Trust is a VA-based charity ...$400 million from private donors to free-market causes since 1999.
2.) Dozens of major conservative philanthropies hold Donors Trust accounts ...Charles Koch (Tea Party).
3.) Donors Trust has funded at least 51 state-level, free-market think tanks since 2007.
4.) A conservative media outlet called the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity drew 95 percent of its revenue from Donors Trust in 2011." ::
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"In 2009, a network of online media outlets began popping up in state capitals across the nation, each covering the news from a clearly conservative point of view." ::
"One Donors Trust grant to Mackinac Center was earmarked for “statehouse reporting” efforts. Mackinac put the money toward a media machine of blogs and research studies making the case for the state’s new “right-to-work” law." ::
"Conservative foundations and individuals use Donors Trust to pass money to a vast network of think tanks and media outlets that push free-market ideology in the states — $86 million in 2011 alone." ::
"Nonprofit group lets donors fly 'totally under the radar'"
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"Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states"
~ Paul Abowd - The Center for Public Integrity, {Subscriber Supported}, 02-14-13 :: Link/URL
< http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states
>_^_ Mother Jones Exposes Tax Records of Donors Trust ::
IRS Tax Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax - Under section 501(c), 527, or 4947(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code - 2011 - $39,267,594 taken in :: "list of all of Donors Trust's 2011 grants:" ~ Right-Wing-Recipient Orgs.
"Bankrolls the Heartland Institute, a shrill flag-bearer for climate-change denialism; the American Legislative Exchange Council, the right-wing bill mill; ...slew of think tanks and advocacy shops promoting an anti-union, free-market agenda. As The Nation's Ari Berman recently reported, Donors Trust is also the sole funder of the Project on Fair Representation, ...gut the Voting Rights Act." (^^^) "Exclusive: Donors Trust, The Right's Dark-Money ATM, Paid Out $30 Million in 2011" ~ Andy Kroll - Mother Jones, {Subscriber Supported}, 02-11-13 Link/URL
< http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/02/donors-trust-2011-dark-money-heritage-cato-unions
>_^_ Right-Wing Attacking Voting Rights, The Nation ::
"bipartisan consensus that supported the VRA for nearly fifty years has collapsed, and conservatives are challenging the law ...Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Section 5 of the VRA, which compels parts or all of sixteen states with a history of racial discrimination in voting to clear election-related changes ...The case will be heard on February 27. The lawsuit, originating in ...Alabama, is backed by leading operatives and funders ...along with Republican attorneys general in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas. Shelby County’s brief claims that 'Section 5’s federalism cost is too great'" (^^^) "Why Are Conservatives Trying to Destroy the Voting Rights Act?" ~ Ari Berman - The Nation, {Subscriber Supported}, 02-05-13 :: Link/URL
< http://www.thenation.com/article/172685/why-are-conservatives-trying-destroy-voting-rights-act#
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Corp Wolf P.A.C. Warlord-0666B02, Corp’s Pandemic “Donors Trust” Cabal,
Virginia "Right-Wing Charity" ::
"Since 1999, the nonprofit charity Donors Trust has handed out nearly $400 million in private donations to more than 1,000 right-wing and libertarian groups." ::
Big Oil Donors & Keystone XL story by Tara Lohan – Moyers & Co; notes and quotes ::
XL Southern Leg opened in 2011 “…a 485-mile strip of Oklahoma & Texas”
XL Northern leg "...environmental impact statement... Environmental Resources Management, and paid for by TransCanada itself. ...later found that the State Department intentionally kept the public in the dark about the connections. …Conflict..." ::
“Dark money ...by the Kochs to counter climate change action …Donors Trust and Donor Capital to cover their tracks because such donations don’t need to be made public. ...Donors Trust doled out …$63 million by 2010.”
"…2013 speech at Georgetown University, Obama …approve the pipeline if it didn’t exacerbate climate pollution." ::
"Cushing ...“pipeline crossroads of the world.” ...hosts a terminus of the Keystone pipeline …Obama fast-tracked the southern leg of Keystone XL to help move crude out of Cushing and toward the Gulf …exported." ::
“…observers documented dozens of anomalies and problems apparently caused by TransCanada contractors not following …engineering code.” ::
"The southern leg crosses 631 rivers and streams in the Lone Star State alone. ...The Keystone pipeline (So. Leg) had 12 spills in its inaugural year."
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"The Keystone XL Pipeline’s ‘Accidental Activists’"
~ Tara Lohan – Moyers & Co., {Subscriber Supported}, 01-22-14 :: Link/URL
< http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/22/how-obama-threw-the-south-under-a-bus-for-the-keystone-xl-pipeline/

>_^_ FIND CORP’s that legislate Against Fellow Americans, and Corp’s who stopped funding A.L.E.C. “directly,” but still fund Trade Org’s that combine & “launder funds” for A.L.E.C.’s Corp lawmaking operations, “by proxy.” ::
“A.L.E.C. Corporations” (who write & promote “Boutique” Industry Laws)
~ SourceWatch – Center for Media & Democracy {Subscribe} :: BB Link/URL
< http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Corporations

>_^_ Neutered bitly Shorter ↑ Link < http: // bit (.) ly/19VvwkC
>_ ^_ CLICK “YOUR” STATE to discover YOUR (“THEIR”) A.L.E.C. Legislators,
Libertarian Sock-Puppet School for Red-State Gov’t-Munchausen by proxy
“ALEC Politicians” “Legislators w/ALEC Ties” (find-expose puppet’s :poop: )
~ SourceWatch – Center for Media & Democracy {Subscribe} :: BB Link/URL
< http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Politicians

>_^_ Neutered bitly Shorter ↑ Link < http: // bit (.) ly/OnXVMP
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