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POLITICAL
PAWNS: March For Our Lives Funded by the DNC Pretending To Be
Unaffiliated Taxpayers
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The
news headlines are dominated by the March For Our Lives demonstration
in Washington D.C., with the narrative being that it was grassroots
protest organized by "students" following the Parkland shooting. But
this is far from grassroots, and far from organized by any student. We
dug through FEC filings and tax records to determine who is pushing
the gun control agenda.
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The
March for our Lives website does its best to present itself as a
resource for information about the demonstration. However, when you
begin to dig into their "donate" links and other information in their
FAQ, it becomes clear that March For Our Lives is being organized and
funded by Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund.
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https://marchforourlives.com/faq/
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Everytown
is a nonprofit organization that was founded by former NYC Mayor
Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg, a notorious liberal who endorsed Hillary
Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, founded Everytown
to "match the National Rifle Association in political influence."
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/04/16/bloomberg-aims-to-spend-50-million-on-gun-control/?utm_term=.6de372574aff
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According
to Form 990 records, Everytown's fundraisers include events hosted by
Lisa Presta, who has also hosted events such as DCCC Women's Power
Lunch with Nancy Pelosi, and Jackie Brot Weinberg, whose name has come
up in the Clinton Foundation email leaks.
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http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2016/261/598/2016-261598353-0e92810b-9.pdf
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https://gyazo.com/1a49dc18008b7cc6da7c65aa6f33c5ec
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http://politicalpartytime.org/party/32878/
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https://archive.org/stream/CF_Leaks_10-4-16/2015%20-%202016%20LGBT/6.8.15%20NYC%20Breakfast/6.8.15%20NYC%20Breakfast%20Invite_djvu.txt
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According
to FEC filings, Everytown has made contributions to the Clinton
campaign and the DNC.
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https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000067401&cycle=2016
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Everytown
has also made contributions to ActBlue per these reports. ActBlue
bills itself as "the online clearinghouse for Democratic action." It
was founded in part by a man named Benjamin Rahn; one look at his
twitter profile shows his political affiliations pretty quickly.
Everytown is using ActBlue as their platform for accepting donations.
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https://everytown.org/donation-information/
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https://secure.actblue.com/donate/socialstudiessquared
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https://twitter.com/brahn
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ActBlue
also acts as a funnel for MediaMatters. MediaMatter’s has a stated
mission of "comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting
conservative misinformation in the U.S. media".
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https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/media-matters-action-network-1
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MediaMatters
has also been known to rely on the work of the Bloomberg School of
Public Health. And if you recall, Bloomberg founded Everytown.
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https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/10/24/leading-gun-violence-researcher-shows-how-wash-post-got-it-wrong-efficacy-strong-gun-laws/218313
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https://www.jhsph.edu/faculty/directory/profile/739/daniel-webster
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MediaMatters
was created partially by David Brock with the help of the Center for
American Progress. David Brock also founded Correct the Record, a
super PAC which was heavily criticized during the 2016 election for
paying people to defend Clinton in various online discussions, a
practice many have denounced as an example of “astroturfing.”
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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-digital-trolling-20160506-snap-htmlstory.html
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The
Center for American Progress was founded as a “left leaning think
tank” that was designed to be an alternative to the Heritage
Foundation. The first president and CEO was John Podesta, who still
serves on the board of directors. Podesta was the chairman of the 2016
Clinton campaign and was Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton in the mid
90s.
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https://www.americanprogress.org/c3-board/
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And
to put a pin in it, MediaMatters has also made donations to American
Bridge 21st Century, a liberal super PAC who has also received funding
from the likes of George Soros, the billionaire notorious for his
globalist agenda supported by Hillary Clinton.
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https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cmte=C00492140&cycle=2018
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/20/hillary-clinton-embraces-george-soros-radical-visi/
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Long
story short, this “grassroots campaign” is anything but. It’s being
bankrolled by some of the most influential political groups in the
world, yet somehow we’ve been led to believe it was organized by
students.