{"id":1043840,"date":"2021-11-22T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043840"},"modified":"2021-11-22T11:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:14:56","slug":"bezos-commits-largest-donation-obama-foundation-has-received-100-million-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bezos-commits-largest-donation-obama-foundation-has-received-100-million-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos Commits Largest Donation Obama Foundation Has Received: $100 Million, Report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbezos-commits-largest-donation-obama-foundation-has-received-100-million-report-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new report states that Amazon&nbsp;billionaire&nbsp;Jeff Bezos&nbsp;has committed $100 million to the Barack Obama Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m told the $100 million was midwifed by&nbsp;Jay Carney, Bezos\u2019 political sherpa and the former Obama press secretary. Carney ran point for Bezos, and Obama eventually spoke directly with the Amazon C.E.O. earlier this year. The two are not close, but \u2018have seen each other socially from time to time,\u2019&nbsp;Valerie Jarrett, the Obama family\u2019s longtime aide-de-camp told me,\u201d Theodore Schleifer of <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/bezos-and-obamas-surprise-100-million-marriage\/?utm_code=teddy%40puck.news\">Puck News<\/a> reported, adding, \u201cThe gift, the largest single donation ever made to the Foundation, has no restrictions on its use. \u2026 The Obama Foundation, for instance, has already raised over $720 million from donors toward its $1.6 billion goal, including about $170 million in 2020 and $140 million in 2019, according to recent tax filings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schleifer posited, \u201c[Bezos] is despised by what Carney might call the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/WN\/white-house-press-secretary-robert-gibbs-back-harsh\/story?id=11378661\">professional left<\/a>, given his unapologetic business practices, stratospheric net worth, and essentially libertarian politics. \u2026 A hefty donation to the former president\u2019s foundation thus greases Bezos\u2019 entry into Obama-world, and to the Democratic establishment more broadly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/17\/bezos-blue-origin-hires-lobbyist-with-ties-to-obama.html\">reported<\/a> last week that&nbsp;Bezos\u2019 space tourism company Blue Origin had hired a lobbyist with ties to former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration.&nbsp;Blue Origin hired Mac Campbell from Capitol Counsel \u201cto lobby on behalf of the company to \u2018monitor and evaluate proposed changes to the Internal Revenue Code being considered by Congress as part of the budget reconciliation process,\u2019 according to a lobbying registration form,\u201d CNBC stated, adding, &nbsp;\u201cCampbell was an assistant U.S. trade representative for congressional affairs while working in Obama\u2019s executive office before moving on to the powerful Senate Finance Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s Luke Roziak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obama-presidential-center-chicago-hypocrisy\">noted last August<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Obama is using his birthday to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.obama.org\/60-for-60\/\">raise funds<\/a>&nbsp;for his planned \u201cpresidential center,\u201d a monument to the man and his legacy that is scheduled to break ground as soon as this month on prime parkland in Chicago. Critics say that the project has brazenly violated the policies and philosophies that Obama spent his presidency pushing on others, in ways that will permanently harm the environment and the city of Chicago. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Obama and the Obama Foundation do not own the public park. Yet Chicago, which has massive pension debt and an impoverished tax base, agreed to essentially give the land to the private group in the form of a 99-year \u201cland use agreement\u201d for a sum of $10. Epstein estimates the value of the land at $200 million. Until 2019,<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report states that Amazon\u00a0billionaire\u00a0Jeff Bezos\u00a0has committed $100 million to the Barack Obama Foundation.\u201cI\u2019m told the $100 million was midwifed by\u00a0Jay Carney, Bezos\u2019 political sherpa and the former Obama press secretary. Carney ran point for Bezos, and Obama eventually spoke directly with the Amazon C.E.O. earlier this year. The two are not close, but \u2018have seen each other socially from time to time,\u2019\u00a0Valerie Jarrett, the Obama family\u2019s longtime aide-de-camp told me,\u201d Theodore Schleifer of Puck News reported, adding, \u201cThe gift, the largest single donation ever made to the Foundation, has no restrictions on its use. \u2026 The Obama Foundation, for instance, has already raised over $720 million from donors toward its $1.6 billion goal, including about $170 million in 2020 and $140 million in 2019, according to recent tax filings.\u201dSchleifer posited, \u201c[Bezos] is despised by what Carney might call the\u00a0professional left, given his unapologetic business practices, stratospheric net worth, and essentially libertarian politics. \u2026 A hefty donation to the former president\u2019s foundation thus greases Bezos\u2019 entry into Obama-world, and to the Democratic establishment more broadly.\u201dCNBC reported last week that\u00a0Bezos\u2019 space tourism company Blue Origin had hired a lobbyist with ties to former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration.\u00a0Blue Origin hired Mac Campbell from Capitol Counsel \u201cto lobby on behalf of the company to \u2018monitor and evaluate proposed changes to the Internal Revenue Code being considered by Congress as part of the budget reconciliation process,\u2019 according to a lobbying registration form,\u201d CNBC stated, adding, \u00a0\u201cCampbell was an assistant U.S. trade representative for congressional affairs while working in Obama\u2019s executive office before moving on to the powerful Senate Finance Committee.The Daily Wire\u2019s Luke Roziak noted last August:Obama is using his birthday to\u00a0raise funds\u00a0for his planned \u201cpresidential center,\u201d a monument to the man and his legacy that is scheduled to break ground as soon as this month on prime parkland in Chicago. Critics say that the project has brazenly violated the policies and philosophies that Obama spent his presidency pushing on others, in ways that will permanently harm the environment and the city of Chicago. \u2026Obama and the Obama Foundation do not own the public park. Yet Chicago, which has massive pension debt and an impoverished tax base, agreed to essentially give the land to the private group in the form of a 99-year \u201cland use agreement\u201d for a sum of $10. Epstein estimates the value of the land at $200 million. Until 2019, Chicago\u2019s mayor was Rahm Emanuel, who served as Obama\u2019s chief of staff.The Daily Wire noted last July:In May 2021, the \u201cPatriotic Millionaires\u201d \u2014 a coalition of Americans with incomes over $1 million or assets over $5 million \u2014 protested in front of Bezos\u2019 homes in New York and Washington. Reflecting Suozzi\u2019s \u201cPatriot Tax\u201d proposal, the group argues that wealthy Americans have a duty to give more of their incomes to the federal government.\u00a0\u201cTax the rich. Save America. Yes, it really is that simple,\u201d reads their billboard targeting Bezos, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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