@HenryAWallace

the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, most state houses and many state legislatures. Let's say I want to invest in getting some legislative and regulatory, um, "goodwill" for my business or my industry, where would my donation $$ go?

Unrepentant Donna Brazile would bother a donor like me, but I haven't donated anything to Democrats except for one 2016 "Democratic" (wink, wink) primary candidate from Vermont for a while anyway.

What do we know of how these people spend? They've had all kinds of problem--public relations, computer, legal, etc. Some kinds of consultants don't come cheap. And, as best I can tell, many in the political field have few qualms when it comes to expense account type expenditures.

And where's likeable George Clooney with his $350K per couple fundraisers, just when broke New Democrats need him most?

Besides dharma, what rhymes with karma?

@HenryAWallace

Besides dharma, what rhymes with karma?

PHARMA.

the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, most state houses and many state legislatures. Let's say I want to invest in getting some legislative and regulatory, um, "goodwill" for my business or my industry, where would my donation $$ go?

Unrepentant Donna Brazile would bother a donor like me, but I haven't donated anything to Democrats except for one 2016 "Democratic" (wink, wink) primary candidate from Vermont for a while anyway.

What do we know of how these people spend? They've had all kinds of problem--public relations, computer, legal, etc. Some kinds of consultants don't come cheap. And, as best I can tell, many in the political field have few qualms when it comes to expense account type expenditures.

And where's likeable George Clooney with his $350K per couple fundraisers, just when broke New Democrats need him most?

Besides dharma, what rhymes with karma?

@WoodsDweller Well...actually, the establishment, I think, usually continues to fund both parties because they'll need whichever party is out of power to pose as an unwilling victim dragged along into consistently terrible policy decisions by the party in power. Thus, from 2000-2008 the Republicans are the nightmare monster that must be defeated, while the Dems are the imperfect good guys who will, with help, rise up and defeat the nightmare monster and make things better (slowly and imperfectly, because, you know, "world as we find it.") From 2009-2016, the Democrats are the monstrous villains who continued the wars, let Wall St commit crimes with no consequences, forced austerity on the true victims of Wall Street's disgusting binge drunk, and allowed the police state to grow at a record pace, while the Republicans--at least some of them--are the libertarians out for the Bill of Rights, an isolationist foreign policy, protectionism, and a better life for the little guy. Then the Republicans become the monstrous villains who take healthcare away from the American people and have dubious ties with nasty foreigners while being cruel to other foreigners who want to immigrate here, while the Democrats become the defenders of everything Black, female, immigrant, or Muslim (which is almost too much to contemplate without spitting up one's coffee on one's keyboard.)

This stupid crap narrative is complicated nowadays by the elites discovering the wonders of the Obama era, in which you can, for the small price of allowing an elitist with Black skin into the Presidency, take over anti-racist discourse and puppeteer a remarkable number of anti-racist movements, using them as your firewall against criticism which creates a sort of boomerang effect of catapulting the critic's criticism back at him in the form of a character attack. You don't even have to get creative about the character attack. You don't even have to make up a story, as they did from Kerry all the way back to Muskie. The act of criticizing Barack Obama is enough to condemn you. Now the act of criticizing Hillary is enough to condemn you. Hell, the act of not criticizing Trump loudly and constantly enough is enough to condemn you.

Film at 11, stay tuned.

@Dopeman That would be quick and easy, and in light of the rampant corruption in this country, the result will probably be the same anyway.

money by skipping the whole "primary" thing and just anointing Kamala Harris now. $7.5 million cash on hand isn't enough to fake a whole primary but it should cover a pretty nice coronation.

Lord Marshall - That we acknowledge your many accomplishments, your steady faith, and above all, your unflinching loyalty.

Vakko - Obedience without question. Loyalty till UnderVerse come.

Lord Marshall - Well done, Vaako.

@glitterscale , It's been a long time since I smelt beautiful.

The DCCC has figured out that it wants all those bankster's dollars. No need for us progressives to apply to the DCCC for any aid in running because THEIR puppet meisters want nothing to do with progressives!

@orestes

Everyone in the Democratic Party owes both Clintons. Their ability to make money influence peddling still exists.

They're not getting donations because donors have not yet gotten any return on all of the money they sank into hillary. You can only imagine the promises that were made. It reminds me of the article that came out on election day, reporting that during the day staffers were looking at dc real estate and discussing what their titles were going to be in the admin. By evening, it had all evaporated. I confess I thoroughly enjoyed their flipped fortune.

@orestes

They're not getting donations because donors have not yet gotten any return on all of the money they sank into hillary. You can only imagine the promises that were made. It reminds me of the article that came out on election day, reporting that during the day staffers were looking at dc real estate and discussing what their titles were going to be in the admin. By evening, it had all evaporated. I confess I thoroughly enjoyed their flipped fortune.

@gjohnsit

Obama's long con, er, I mean game?

"The Triumph of Obama’s Long Game."

So I guess losing both houses of Congress, the POTUS, and most of the states was just 11th dimensional chess.
Brilliant!

@LoneStarMike

over at WayofTheBern

1) Perkins Coie charges to the DNC for the month of June were $121,060.42. Of that amount, the DNC disbursed payments to Perkins Coie of $80,981.20. DNC's outstanding balance to Perkins Coie at the end of the month was $40,079.32. The bulk of the payments are for $40,000 each and the description is for legal services. The other odd amounts are for things like postage and travel, etc. I think the $40,000 is the monthly legal retainer fee.

2. There are three PAC's associated with the DNC

• Hillary Victory Fund
• Hillary Action Fund (added recently)
• Democratic Hope Fund (added recently)

In June, Hillary Victory Fund transferred $76,000 to the DNC, and Hillary Action fund transferred three payments totaling $267,388.36 to the DNC.

Back on April 4 (See Page 8) The Democratic Hope fund transferred $350,000 to Obama for America.

And here was the question posed by another user at WoTB:

I wonder if this is actually a defensive maneuver. Keep the cash out of the official party coffers just in case the leftist infidels can get over the walls. This way, they still control the money that controls the party, but if we get control of the party, we still can't touch the money.

I think a lot of the big donors have stopped donating to the DNC and instead donating to PAC's

@LoneStarMike
a PAC? That's the argument I always get from Armando. "Wink, it's just a PAC, it's Not the party." Well, maybe, but if it controls the money what's the difference (is my argument)?

over at WayofTheBern

1) Perkins Coie charges to the DNC for the month of June were $121,060.42. Of that amount, the DNC disbursed payments to Perkins Coie of $80,981.20. DNC's outstanding balance to Perkins Coie at the end of the month was $40,079.32. The bulk of the payments are for $40,000 each and the description is for legal services. The other odd amounts are for things like postage and travel, etc. I think the $40,000 is the monthly legal retainer fee.

2. There are three PAC's associated with the DNC

• Hillary Victory Fund
• Hillary Action Fund (added recently)
• Democratic Hope Fund (added recently)

In June, Hillary Victory Fund transferred $76,000 to the DNC, and Hillary Action fund transferred three payments totaling $267,388.36 to the DNC.

Back on April 4 (See Page 8) The Democratic Hope fund transferred $350,000 to Obama for America.

And here was the question posed by another user at WoTB:

I wonder if this is actually a defensive maneuver. Keep the cash out of the official party coffers just in case the leftist infidels can get over the walls. This way, they still control the money that controls the party, but if we get control of the party, we still can't touch the money.

I think a lot of the big donors have stopped donating to the DNC and instead donating to PAC's

@chuckutzman

drown the remainder in the bathtub.

@MrWebster

money, Democrats surrendered unconditionally circa 1980.

Also tell him not to be so gullible.

The money will come once the 2020 presidential election happens and it can once again launder money meant for states to go to the establishment candidate. And once again George Cloony can piously declare the dems must have big money to fight big money. Plus he said the was okay as the money he raised was to go to down-ticket candidates, which by everything published about the money laundering back to Hillary never happened.

Looks like donors are still around, but giving directly to PACs and candidates. At this point really no need to donate anyway as the DNC is in the hands of Obama supporters and Clintonistas.