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| Who Runs March for Our Lives? |
| 2018-03-25 |
| [SultanKnish] Follow the money. It’s a strange political fact, but nearly every major anti-gun group has been a front group. The NRA is maligned 24/7 and yet it’s completely obvious whom it represents. Despite the efforts to tie it to everyone from firearms manufacturers to the Russians (if you can’t tie any random Republican thing to the Russians these days, you won’t be working at the Washington Post or CNN for very long), it represents its five million members. Anti-gun groups tend to represent shadowy networks. Take Everytown, the noisiest and most dishonest anti-gun group on the scene. The one consistent thing about anti-gun groups is that that they are usually the opposite of what their name says they are. Everytown for Gun Safety was formed out of two other groups: Moms Demand Action and Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Both are actually front groups for Michael Bloomberg, the lefty billionaire and former boss of the Big Apple, who used New York City resources to host at least one of its websites. So Everytown is really New York City. March for Our Lives is on every cable channel, but who runs it? The photogenic teen fronts are out front. But it’s obvious to everyone that a bunch of teens don’t have the resources and skills to coordinate a nationwide movement. Instead it’s the experienced activists who are actually running things. The March for Our Lives Fund is incorporated as a 501(c)(4). Donations to 501(c)(4) groups are not tax- deductible. And they don’t have to disclose donors. That’s why they’re a great dark money conduit. But the March for Our Lives website suggests that donors who want to make a tax-deductible donation should write a check to the "March For Our Lives‐Everytown Support Fund". How will Bloomberg’s organization provide support for the supposed student group? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #10 The follow the money line should also be applied to all of that Anti War movement and the weathermen and SDS. I bet you would find some interesting funding sources...might sort of take the bloom off the rose of the romantic revolutionaries...Cuba? USSR? ChiCom? NORK? At any rate they had a lot of money to travel and live high while in hiding and seemed to always has lots of money and sources for incendiaries and explosives. Same can be said for these dim light bulbs. If they knew where the money was coming from and who was the wizard behind the curtain I would be some would opt out of this silliness. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-25 19:37 |
| #9 And the award for "Best Supporting Actor" goes to: Keep Shouting, Don’t Become Anesthetized, Pope Tells Young People |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2018-03-25 19:33 |
| #8 The strangest place I've heard of a bum with the tin cup out is the airline passenger exit. I worked with this guy Jack who complained about it at the Atlanta airport. I told him - 'that's prime panhandling real estate. You know how many bottles of Mad Dog 20-20 you can buy on a good day?' |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-03-25 12:42 |
| #7 He's as persuasive as a bum asking for change And they've had a lot more experience doing it. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2018-03-25 12:20 |
| #6 He's as persuasive as a bum asking for change. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-03-25 12:01 |
| #5 Hogg is a gift to the NRA. His raised fist picture and snarling potty mouth visage is already causing queasiness in some quarters and deserved jaundiced eye in others. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-25 11:50 |
| #4 This young useful idiot Hogg is really at his root a toxic narcissist craving attention. He's a sicko. And a bit of a maroon. I was amused by his outrage the other day over how his school mandating clear backpacks is a violation of their 1st Amendment rights. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-03-25 11:47 |
| #3 It is the Facebook generation meets participation trophies meets self-esteem teaching in elementary school. they all crave attention and it is not so much the cause as it is the attention. This young useful idiot Hogg is really at his root a toxic narcissist craving attention. He's a sicko. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-25 11:37 |
| #2 When these "youths" discover how the older generation has put them in hock forever, they are going to have bigger things to worry about. Some of them will even realize they were distracted by a bright shiny object dangled by older people (celebrities) when they should have been looking at something entirely more destructive to their lives later on. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-25 11:30 |
| #1 "The NRA is maligned 24/7." Add Trump to that list of Br'er Rabbits who are ensnared by the tar baby. The fable states that Br'er Fox comes up with a tar baby to trap Br'er Rabbit. The more Br'er Rabbit fights, the more ensnared he becomes with the tar baby. Except with the NRA or gun sales, it doesn't usually work out as in the fable. NRA membership and gun sales usually increase with every attempt by the left to limit or disarm the country. Bloomberg is pushing March for Our Lives. Many left-wing mayors are also behind "March." George Clooney and other Hollywoodie types are also supporting the march. Probably, Soros money is in there somewhere. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-03-25 11:10 |