DEMOCRATS caught taking dark money from foreign donor
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Foreign election interference
Wyss’s representatives say his foundations’ money is not being spent on political campaigning.
But documents and interviews show that his foundations have come to play a prominent role in financing the political infrastructure that supports DEMOCRATS and their issues.
While most of his operation’s recent politically oriented giving was channeled through the three nonprofit funds, Mr. Wyss’s foundations also directly donated tens of millions of dollars since 2016 to groups that opposed former President Donald J. Trump and promoted DEMOCRATS and their causes.
Beneficiaries of his direct giving included prominent groups such as the Center for American Progress and Priorities USA, as well as organizations that ran voter registration and mobilization campaigns to increase DEMOCRAT turnout, built media outlets accused of slanting the news to favor DEMOCRATS and sought to block Mr. Trump’s nominees, prove he colluded with Russia and push for his impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/politics/hansjorg-wyss-money-democrats.html
Wyss’s representatives say his foundations’ money is not being spent on political campaigning.
But documents and interviews show that his foundations have come to play a prominent role in financing the political infrastructure that supports DEMOCRATS and their issues.
While most of his operation’s recent politically oriented giving was channeled through the three nonprofit funds, Mr. Wyss’s foundations also directly donated tens of millions of dollars since 2016 to groups that opposed former President Donald J. Trump and promoted DEMOCRATS and their causes.
Beneficiaries of his direct giving included prominent groups such as the Center for American Progress and Priorities USA, as well as organizations that ran voter registration and mobilization campaigns to increase DEMOCRAT turnout, built media outlets accused of slanting the news to favor DEMOCRATS and sought to block Mr. Trump’s nominees, prove he colluded with Russia and push for his impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/politics/hansjorg-wyss-money-democrats.html
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gemini104104
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Bs as it is not foreign enemy owed and insurrectionist GOP/GQPers who saved Democracy from the ravaging affects of the sewer conspiring and covid lawlessly hacked in tRunmp insurgency of rot, but true Democrats who saved Democracy in 2020 based on the unhacked, historical will of the over 81 million voter and a uncorrupted electoral college this time in 2021 all of which is in compliance with U.S. Constitutional law at electing President Biden.
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So it is only illegal when Democrats do it? That is not how the law works. Republicans wanted to allow foreign owned corporations to donate money, and now they can.
Is it foreign money? It is considered American money, because it is from an American corporation. Remember, corporations are considered people by the Republicans.
Wyss has had American corporations for several decades now. According to your link, he setup a 501c4 non-profit corp... Which according to the Citizens United decision is as American as any human born in America to two American parents.
It is time to grow up and remember that laws meant for Republicans can be applied to everyone else.
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No it isn't.
Hansjörg Wyss lives in Lander WY and is the founder of Synthes USA, a medical device manufacturer based in Westchester PA and Switzerland.
Corporations united comes back to bite teabaggers (www.teaparty.org) in the ass.
NOW, they whine.
ExpressLane
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This!
Money from a foreigner is foreign money.
The New York Times reported that Hansjörg Wyss had "quietly created a sophisticated political operation to advance progressive policy initiatives and the DEMOCRATS who support them."
In 2015, the Wyss Foundation established The Hub Project, which seeks "to shape media coverage to help DEMOCRAT causes". The goal of The Hub Project is to help DEMOCRATS be more effective at conveying their arguments through the news media and directly to voters. Its objective was to encourage a dramatic shift in "the public debate and policy positions of core decision makers". The Hub Project engaged in paid advertising campaigns that criticized Republican congressional candidates in 2018.
The Hub Project is part of Arabella Advisors, a leading vehicle for funneling "dark money" on the political left. The Hub Project is housed within the Arabella-sponsored groups, the New Venture Fund, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund. Between 2007 and 2020, the Wyss Foundation donated approximately $56.5 million to these groups. The New Venture Fund underwrites Acronym, which owns the Courier Newsroom, a group seeking to boost DEMOCRAT candidates through local news stories and advertising.[35]
The Wyss Foundation also has donated to States Newsroom, a nonprofit media group. Media watchdog NewsGuard reported that the States Newsroom journalism had been "bought by people with a political agenda".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyss_Foundation
Wyss's people say the money wasn't used for electoral activities. But he has become a top funder of pro-Dem political infrastructure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/politics/hansjorg-wyss-money-democrats.html
Poor Anchovies.
Exactly, “pro-Dem political infrastructure” doesn’t mean contributing to political campaigns, well, unless right wing semantics has yet another “alternative” vocabulary