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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums“Black Americans for a Better Future” Super PAC 100% Funded by Rich White Guys
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/28/black-americans-for-a-better-future-super-pac-100-funded-by-rich-white-guys/New FEC filings show that all of the $417,250 in monetary donations to a Super PAC called Black Americans for a Better Future comes from conservative white businessmen including $400,000, or 96 percent of the total, from white billionaire hedge fund manager Robert Mercer.
Mercer, co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies on Long Island, is best-known politically for donating $11,000,000 to Keep the Promise I, a Super PAC backing Ted Cruzs presidential run....
BABF appears to exist solely as a vehicle for Washington, D.C., consultant Raynard Jackson, who is African-American. Jackson is quoted on his firms website stating that You have a fundamental right to pursue business interests with the least amount of interference from the government. Jackson has elsewhere accused Barack Obama of relentless pandering to homosexuals.
At an event in November 2015 at the National Press Club, which cost BABF $13,252.79 for the venue and catering, Jackson said that Having well-trained, credible, experienced African-Americans constantly challenging the liberal orthodoxy in the media will create a tectonic shift in the perception of the Republican Party within the Black community.
Mercer, co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies on Long Island, is best-known politically for donating $11,000,000 to Keep the Promise I, a Super PAC backing Ted Cruzs presidential run....
BABF appears to exist solely as a vehicle for Washington, D.C., consultant Raynard Jackson, who is African-American. Jackson is quoted on his firms website stating that You have a fundamental right to pursue business interests with the least amount of interference from the government. Jackson has elsewhere accused Barack Obama of relentless pandering to homosexuals.
At an event in November 2015 at the National Press Club, which cost BABF $13,252.79 for the venue and catering, Jackson said that Having well-trained, credible, experienced African-Americans constantly challenging the liberal orthodoxy in the media will create a tectonic shift in the perception of the Republican Party within the Black community.
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“Black Americans for a Better Future” Super PAC 100% Funded by Rich White Guys (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jan 2016
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villager
(26,001 posts)1. "Well-trained," eh? nt.
randys1
(16,286 posts)2. That surely isnt condescending, MASTAH
Sometimes I wonder if us white folk should just look in the mirror and thank our lucky fucking stars that Black people have a sense of humor.
Cuz if this was in reverse, god help the planet
(my post is not to you but about the OP, i hope that is clear)
villager
(26,001 posts)3. I figured. But yeah, the phrase was appalling in its inadvertent "honesty."
Unfortunately.
randys1
(16,286 posts)4. inadvertent "honesty."
phrase of the week