{"id":1979783,"date":"2023-07-21T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-get-filthy-rich\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:32:43","slug":"how-democrats-get-filthy-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-get-filthy-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats&#8217; Path to Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/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%2Fhow-democrats-get-filthy-rich%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=1979783&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--><div>\n<h2>Plaintiffs in Google settlement get $95 each, \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrats-get-filthy-rich\/\" title=\"Democrats' Path to Wealth\">lawyers pocket  million<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong>: A bunch of Democratic lawyers are \u2063getting rich after settling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-defends-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-for-taking-money-from-citadel-wont-commit-to-recusal-in-gamestop-scandal-video\/\" title=\"Psaki Defends Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen For Taking Money From Citadel \u2013 Won\u2019t Commit to Recusal in GameStop Scandal (VIDEO)\">class action lawsuit<\/a> \u200dagainst Google.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 The plaintiffs\u2064 in the case, Illinois residents\u200c who can prove Google violated their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-states-taking-on-house-democrats-equality-act\/\" title=\"Majority of states taking on House Democrats\u2019 Equality Act\">privacy rights<\/a> between \u200d2015\u200b and 2022, will receive about $95 each.<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u2062    \u2063\u2022 Their lawyers\u200d will receive $35 million in fees.<br \/>\n\u2063\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>Why it matters<\/strong>:\u200d The <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/jnswire\/jns-media\/a8\/fb\/11854100\/rivera_v_google_attorney_fees_motion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawyers<\/a> who worked on the \u2063Google case are Democratic donors, obviously. Lawyers love Democrats because \u200bDemocrats favor\u200d policies \u2062that inevitably \u2063require the involvement of \u200blots of highly compensated lawyers.<br \/>\n  \u200b\n  <\/p>\n<p>    \u2063  \u2063\u2022 Lawyers and\u200d law\u200d firms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/industries\/totals.php?cycle=2014&#038;ind=K01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> \u200d $254 million to \u2063Democrats during\u200c the\u2062 2020 election \u200ccycle, more than four times the \u200bamount they \u200cgave Republicans. That&#8217;s\u2064 a quarter of a billion dollars.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>By the numbers<\/strong>: Collectively, the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-reasons-the-nyts-hit-job-on-john-durhams-imminent-report-instantly-unravels\/\" title=\"6 Reasons The NYT\u2019s Hit Job On John Durham\u2019s Imminent Report Instantly Unravels\">named attorneys<\/a> have contributed \u200cthousands of dollars to \u200cDemocratic candidates and committees\u200c over the years, and $500 to Mitt Romney in 2012, according to a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> analysis.\n  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tina Wolfson, Adhoot &#038; Wolfson \u2014 donated more than $13,000\u200d to Democratic \u200dcandidates since 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Theodore Maya,\u200d Adhoot &#038; Wolfson \u2014 donated to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.<\/li>\n<li>Frank \u2064Hedin, Hedin Hall LLP \u2014 donated more than $11,000 \u2062to Democratic candidates and committees\u2063 since 2020, including $2,800 to Joe Biden&#8217;s presidential \u2063campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Scott\u2064 Bursor, Bursor &#038; Fischer \u2062\u2014 donated more than $12,000 to Democratic candidates since 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    \u200c \u200d \u2022 Katrina Carroll and Kyle Shamberg, Lynch Carpenter LLP \u2014 each\u2063 gave $2,900 to\u2063 Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) in August 2022,\u200c after his stroke.<br \/>\n\u200c\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>Bottom line<\/strong>: Lawyers are the worst. If you like them and think they should have more money, vote for Democrats.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic lawyers have profited immensely from a class action lawsuit settlement with Google. Illinois residents, who can demonstrate privacy violations by Google from 2015 to 2022, will receive approximately $95 each. Meanwhile, the lawyers involved will pocket a staggering $35 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":1979784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1979783","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\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}