RANDOM MUSINGS FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL

6/15/2020

WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO?

Do this:  fire up the old computer and go to "blacklivesmatter.com" (their global webpage) and click on "donate".  Notice that you have been redirected to "secure.ACTBLUE.com/donate/ms_blm_donate_2019".  

Now, have you heard of Red States and Blue States: i.e. Republican States and Democrat States?  This website is set up for Democrat voters to back Democrat politicians and causes.  ActBlue calls themselves a "fundraising platform for Democrat candidates up and down the ballot, progressive organizations and nonprofits." 

Per OpenSectets.org

In the 2020 election cycle (2019-2020), Act Blue has the following expenditures to date recorded:

$1,057,598,402 to federal candidates (yes, that's billions)
$173,518,251 to committees
$118,292,171 to national parties
$30,054,811 to joint fundraising committees
$21,077,128 to state and local parties
$365,971 to miscellaneous contributions
$83,239 to state and local candidates

In the 2020 election cycle, the big recipients were:

$186,780,034 to Bernie 2020
$119,253,857 to Biden for President
$93,478,053 to Elizabeth Warren Exploratory Committee
$78,100,096 to Pete for America
$55,684,053 to Democrat Congressional Campaign Cmte
$43,167,720 to Amy for America
$31,705,527 to Friends of Andrew Yang
$31,067,413 to Democrat Senatorial Compaign Cmte
$29,927,077 to Democrat National Cmte
$29,558,536 to Amy McGrath for Senate

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