{"id":1824387,"date":"2023-01-26T08:19:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824387"},"modified":"2023-01-26T08:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T13:22:30","slug":"after-years-of-siding-with-alleged-democrat-abusers-hollywoods-beloved-nonprofit-times-up-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-years-of-siding-with-alleged-democrat-abusers-hollywoods-beloved-nonprofit-times-up-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"After Years of Siding With Alleged Democrat Abusers, Hollywood\u2019s Beloved Nonprofit \u201cTimes Up\u201d Closes"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fafter-years-of-siding-with-alleged-democrat-abusers-hollywoods-beloved-nonprofit-times-up-closes%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=1824387&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-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gg2.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The 2018 Golden Globes had a dramatic start in the wake the Harvey Weinstein scandal. \u201cgender rights\u201d organization Time\u2019s Up raked in over $22 million from many of Hollywood\u2019s most prominent names such as Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, and Reese Witherspoon. Just five years later, Time\u2019s Up is now officially closing its doors after the group was revealed to be nothing more than another partisan operation that opted to protect Democrats from the very type of sexual assault and workplace inequality allegations they claimed to be fighting against. The celebrities who enthusiastically supported the legal fund are now radio silent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime\u2019s Up\u00a0will formally cease its operations by the end of January and direct its remaining $1.7 million in funds to the Time\u2019s Up Legal Defense Fund (TULDF),\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/times-up-closed-1235306328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> Report this week  <\/p>\n<p>Time\u2019s Up first revealed its partisan bias during Joe Biden\u2019s presidential campaign when former Senate staffer Tara Reade came forward <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/04\/30\/evaluating-tara-reades-sexual-assault-allegation-against-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accusing<\/a> In 1993, a married Senator Biden accused Reade of pushing her against the wall, kissing her and forcibly entering her skirt with his fingers. Although the organization claimed Reade\u2019s allegations should not \u201cgo ignored,\u201d It was later revealed that SKDKnickerbocker was run by Anita Dunn who was a top Biden campaign strategist. <\/p>\n<p>Dunn was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/stevenperlberg\/former-obama-adviser-anita-dunn-helped-harvey-weinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> To have given Weinstein previously \u201cdamage control advice.\u201d The irony \u2014 that Time\u2019s Up was created in response to the Weinstein allegations as an effort to stop and prosecute other predators \u2014 is lost on no one. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually cried a little because I felt really betrayed,\u201d Reade told <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/joe-biden-accuser-says-times-up-betrayed-her-in-that-hallway-he-was-a-man-assaulting-a-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Law &#038; Crime<\/a> At the time. \u201cThey never told me that their public relations was run by Anita Dunn. I found out in real-time reading Ryan [Grim]\u2019s article.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my perspective: the payments look like a way to silence me further from getting my story heard,\u201d Reade said of the conflicting interests between SKDKnickerbocker and Biden\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t that they were staying out of politics. Time\u2019s Up was of course proud to take bold stands against politicians such as Donald Trump and figures like Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, over whom it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/times-up-calls-national-walkout-support-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-1146325\/#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">organized a \u201cnational walk-out\u201d<\/a> Based on the most tenuous of allegations <\/p>\n<p>But Time\u2019s Up\u2019s silence on Biden and oTher Democrats such as Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax would be small potatoes compared to revelations found in New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 2021 report that Time\u2019s Up chief,\u00a0Tina Tchen, and TULDF co-founder Roberta Kaplan were asked by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s office for guidance on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations brought by a former Cuomo aide, Lindsey Boylan.<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan resigned from the Time\u2019s Up board after the AG\u2019s investigation found that Kaplan<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/andrew-cuomo-accusations-times-up-failing-survivors-1234994707\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> gave input <\/a>on a letter Cuomo\u2019s office drafted to rebut Boylan\u2019s allegations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Cuomo aide Melissa] DeRosa reported back to the Governor that Ms. Kaplan and the head of Time\u2019s Up thought the letter was okay with some changes, as did [Cuomo ally Steven] Cohen, but everyone else thought it was a bad idea,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2021.08.03_nyag_-_investigative_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AG\u2019s report <\/a>reads. <\/p>\n<p>Less than a month after the AG\u2019s report came out in the fall of 2021, Time\u2019s Up\u2019s A-list advisory board quietly <a href=\"http:\/\/In addition to Chastain and Witherspoon, the board members included Natalie Portman, Janelle Monae, Brie Larson, Tessa Thompson, Padma Lakshmi, Laura Dern, America Ferrera, Kerry Washington, Tarana Burke, Alyssa Milano, Gretchen Carlson, Amy Schumer and Julianne Moore.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dissolved<\/a>. The 71-member board was made up of Witherspoon and Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman (Janelle Monae), Brie Larson, Brie Thompson, Tessa Thompson and Padma Lakshmi.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/times-up-advisory-board-natalie-portman-jessica-chastain-reese-witherspoon-1235060159\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>, Time\u2019s Up co-founder Nina Shaw wrote an email to the members instructing them, \u201cThere is no need for your individual resignations, as the group no longer exists.\u201d She also explained that \u201cThe goal behind a quick dissolution of the GLB [Global Leadership Board] was to shield all of you from unfair scrutiny.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Also, there was no need for public apology and handwringing that would ordinarily be required if the accused were not a member of the Democratic Party. You can continue to sleep soundly into the night. <\/p>\n<p>Time\u2019s Up\u2019s disgusting partisan leanings ultimately disparaged and put an end to their own cause. They got what they deserved, but what about Hollywood\u2019s most vocal and prominent #MeToo defenders and fundraisers? Are there any repercussions? It is not. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n Madeline Osburn manages The Federalist&#8217;s editorship. Contact her at madeline@thefederalist.com or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madelineorr\">follow her on Twitter<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2018 Golden Globes had a dramatic start in the wake the Harvey Weinstein scandal. \u201cgender rights\u201d organization Time\u2019s Up raked in over $22 million from many of Hollywood\u2019s most prominent names such as Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Shonda Rhimes, and Reese Witherspoon. Just five years later, Time\u2019s Up is now officially closing its doors &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1823767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4770,4038,8455,5791,4912,5893,16444,16443,4126,7552],"class_list":["post-1824387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-abusers","tag-alleged","tag-beloved","tag-closes","tag-democrat","tag-hollywoods","tag-nonprofit","tag-siding","tag-times","tag-up"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}