Arabella Network’s Leftist ‘Dark Money’
Influence Expanding, Author Reveals
Posted By: Judy W., 4/29/2024 7:43:40 AM
The left-wing Arabella Advisors network has raked in more money than either of the two major political parties and affects almost every element of public policy and elections, argues Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, a Washington-based investigative think tank. Walter’s new book “Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America” shows that in the 2020 election cycle, Arabella Advisors’ nonprofits took in $2.4 billion. That’s $1 billion more than the combined fundraising of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee. That amount rose to $3 billion in the 2022 election cycle, Walter says. Moreover, he adds, nothing on the Right comes close
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Walter’s new book “Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America” shows that in the 2020 election cycle, Arabella Advisors’ nonprofits took in $2.4 billion. That’s $1 billion more than the combined fundraising of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee.
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Booger-haired girl got carried off by no-nonsense police. (X Video) She was not as talkative as she was earlier. (X Video) The pepper spray was flying .(X Video) Dude got a facial. (X Video) They had their communist medics out in force.
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Donors include George Soros, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg. They give to specific projects, like Biden's overturning Title IX to make sure boys can compete with girls in sports, and the push for "criminal reform," now known as revolving doors to freedom for criminals.