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2024-05-06 Fifth Column
Politico mocked for being surprised on who is funding anti-Israel protests: 'Surprising to who?'
[NYPOST] Anti-Israel protesters who have descended on college campuses are reportedly getting funding from several big-name Democratic donors, according to a report, that have backed President Biden’s re-election efforts.

Democratic donors such as George Soros
...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true...
, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Susan and Nick Pritzker, who own the Hyatt Hotel corporation, have funded pro-Paleostinian efforts to protest the Israel-Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
 war, Politico reported.

Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are the main organizations behind the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, as well as other campuses, according to the outlet.

They are backed by the Tides Foundation, which receives a substantial amount of funding from Soros, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and distributes money to left-wing causes.

The Rockefeller Fund donated $300,000 to the Tides Foundation in 2022, according to Politico.

The Tides Foundation has given $500,000 to Jewish Voice for Peace, a far-left, anti-Zionist organization, who blamed the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the US, rather than Hamas.

The Politico report, headlined, "Pro-Palestianian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden’s biggest donors," was panned online Sunday for finally acknowledging what others had reported months ago.
Posted by Fred 2024-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top
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#1 The sums mentioned, IMO, can't account for the expenses.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-05-06 03:22||   2024-05-06 03:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The money from the large donors was used for the "matching donations" pledges in the fundraising push directed at the rank and file lib contributors.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-06 07:15||   2024-05-06 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 

Tired looking up some background data on the Politico Top Brass, to get a feel for their slanted views.

The (Chief Executive Officer)surname "Sheikholeslami is Surname (1 in 11K common to IRAN and millions to 1 in every other nation on earth.

Note: She background notes indicate she attended US Colleges, worked at, NPR, WAPO and etc. But doesn't say if her parents or her were BORN here or immigrated here from ______

The Chief Operations Officers "Dekan" surname is most common in Ukraine. Mark Dekan has lots of Polish and Eastern Europe Media Career history, from what bkgrd info can be gleaned.
Posted by NN2N1 2024-05-06 07:46||   2024-05-06 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 John Kerry's wife Teresa (Heinz) was at one time a big contributor to the Tides Foundation
Posted by Lord Garth 2024-05-06 08:02||   2024-05-06 08:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't forget Build Back Better or Inflation Reduction Act slush funds.
Posted by swksvolFF 2024-05-06 08:37||   2024-05-06 08:37|| Front Page Top

#6 "Surprising to WHOM?"
Jeez, people! Get it correctly! Being pedantic is so tiring.
By the way, that's the big contributors. Anyone check the small to medium contributors to see if they're using unalive names and addresses as a cover?
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-05-06 09:07||   2024-05-06 09:07|| Front Page Top

#7 re: #6

Thank you sir for saving me the trouble. That's one of the many faux pas that I've beaten out of my kids....now working on grand kids.
Posted by alanc 2024-05-06 09:46||   2024-05-06 09:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Being pedantic is so tiring.

Amazing.
Be happy your kids are communicating.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-06 12:21||   2024-05-06 12:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I went through that with trailing daughter #2, who takes after her father, alanc. She early grasped the idea that others would take her thoughts more seriously if she presented them with proper grammar and spelling, rather than assuming she didn’t know what she was doing because of such surface considerations. So much sense did this make to her that in high school she edited all her friends’ writings to ensure they got the grades their work deserved, too. I was so proud!
Posted by trailing wife 2024-05-06 13:28||   2024-05-06 13:28|| Front Page Top

#10 BTW, the funders of illegal protests, trespassing, destruction of property and so forth are not probably being investigated by the FBI. This is because those funders also fund Democratic party candidates.

This was the case with groups funding the protests against the police training facility in Fulton County Atlanta. Many of them were active in funding Democrat candidates in GA or funding activists like Stacy A. in her various orgs.
Posted by Lord Garth 2024-05-06 18:22||   2024-05-06 18:22|| Front Page Top

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