{"id":2099222,"date":"2023-11-15T03:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T08:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-dark-money-megadonor-george-soros-hides-behind-democracy-pacs-to-sabotage-it\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T03:27:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T08:27:29","slug":"how-dark-money-megadonor-george-soros-hides-behind-democracy-pacs-to-sabotage-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-dark-money-megadonor-george-soros-hides-behind-democracy-pacs-to-sabotage-it\/","title":{"rendered":"George Soros uses &#8216;Democracy&#8217; PACs to conceal his dark-money donations and undermine democracy."},"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\">26<\/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-dark-money-megadonor-george-soros-hides-behind-democracy-pacs-to-sabotage-it%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=2099222&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--><h2>The Influence\u2063 of George Soros: Unveiling the Billionaire&#8217;s Political Web<\/h2>\n<p><em>The following is an adapted excerpt \u200dfrom <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Controligarchs-Exposing-Billionaire-Globalist-Dominate\/dp\/0593541596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire\u2062 Class, their Secret\u200b Deals, \u2062and the Globalist Plot\u2063 to Dominate Your \u2064Life<\/a><em>  (Sentinel, Nov. 14).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the \u2064United States, global financial speculator George Soros\u2062 has been \u2062the single-biggest financier of overtly political causes for\u2062 decades. In 2022, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/elections-overview\/biggest-donors?cycle=2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poured<\/a> $178.8 million into\u2063 federal campaigns, making him by far the biggest\u2064 campaign contributor in that cycle. Then \u200cthere are\u2062 his hidden and comingled political contributions \u200d\u2014 a vast web of \u200bdark\u2062 money \u2014 that are intentionally designed to influence elections and \u2063avoid public scrutiny. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Power of\u200b Dark \u200dMoney<\/h3>\n<p>According to OpenSecrets.org, \u2063a research organization that tracks money\u200b in politics (coincidentally funded by Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundations), Soros \u2062Fund Management was\u2064 by far the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/orgs\/soros-fund-management\/summary?id=D000000306\">largest<\/a> single political contributor going \u2064into the 2022 midterm elections. The fund ranked \u200cfirst\u2063 out\u2064 of 31,955 contributor organizations with\u200d a\u2064 known war chest of approximately $180\u200c million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/orgs\/soros-fund-management\/recipients?id=D000000306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not a single\u200b dollar<\/a> \u200cwent to a Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The political research group noted that organizations like Soros Fund Management cannot legally contribute directly to \u200dcandidates or party committees. Instead, the fund funneled cash to\u200b political affiliates, the largest being an entity \u200dinnocuously \u200btitled\u200d Democracy PAC II. \u2062The super PAC\u2019s Federal Election Commission filing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00786624\/?tab=about-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lists<\/a> Michael Vachon as its treasurer. Vachon \u200chas\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democracy-alliance\/michael-vachon-the-consigliere\/\">served<\/a> on boards \u200cof left-wing organizations tied to Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/michael-vachon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">such as<\/a> NYC Partners, Democracy Alliance, and Catalist. George\u200c Soros\u2019 son, Alexander, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/04\/nonprofit-financed-by-billionaire-george-soros-donated-140-million-to-political-groups-in-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">runs<\/a> the super PAC.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Extensive Network<\/h3>\n<p>To be \u2062sure, Republican \u2062billionaires use\u200d the same methods \u2063of concealing how their dark money flows, but Soros\u2019\u2063 dizzying political financing\u200d network is unparalleled. Other Democracy PAC II affiliates include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/C00428557\/summary\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ColorofChange.org<\/a>,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/C00010603\/summary\/2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DNC Services Corp.<\/a>, \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/justice-public-safety\/C00651505\/summary\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice \u200c&#038;\u2062 Public Safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-parties\/DSCC\/2020\/summary?name=democratic-senatorial-campaign-cmte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic Senatorial\u200d Campaign Committee<\/a>, \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/democracy-pac\/C00693382\/summary\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democracy PAC<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/forward-majority-action\/C00631549\/summary\/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forward Majority Action<\/a>,\u200d to\u2064 name just \u200ba \u200bfew (each\u2062 with multimillion-dollar\u2062 budgets).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, the first iteration of Democracy \u2062PAC funneled \u2063more than $80 million to Democratic groups and candidates\u2064 in \u200bthe 2020 \u200celection cycle. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/soros-pours-125m-into-super-pac-ahead-of-midterms-00002847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> to Politico, Soros said the massive spend was necessary for \u201cstrengthening the infrastructure of American democracy: voting rights and civic participation, civil rights and \u2063liberties, and the rule of law.\u201d \u200dIncidentally, the Soros-linked America Coming Together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&#038;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">political action committee<\/a> \u200cwas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2007\/08\/soros-linked-group-hit-with-huge-fine-005555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slapped<\/a> with what\u2063 was, at the\u200d time,\u2064 the \u2064third-largest \u2064fine in the Federal Election\u200d Commission\u2019s \u200bhistory following \u2064the \u2062unsuccessful\u2062 bid to defeat President George W. \u200dBush in \u200b2004 and install Sen. \u2062John Kerry, D-Mass., in the White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The\u2064 Controversial Influence<\/h3>\n<p>Ironically,\u200d Soros would later say that Obama (whose 2012 opponent, Mitt Romney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2010\/03\/mitt-obama-fuels-anti-americanism-033797\">suggested<\/a> was the most anti-American president in the nation\u2019s history) was \u2064his \u201cgreatest disappointment.\u201d Not because Obama\u2019s leftward lurch didn\u2019t go far enough, but because Obama, in Soros\u2019 view, \u200dstabbed him\u200c in the back, politically, and left him to operate outside the inner White House circle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2016, Soros threw his full weight behind\u200c Hillary Clinton\u2063 and\u2063 against Donald Trump by pouring millions into her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/combative-economist-and-former-president-face-off-in-costa-rica-election\/\" title=\"Combative economist and former president face off in Costa Rica election\">presidential election run<\/a>. FEC filings in the summer of 2016 showed \u200dSoros\u200b had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/07\/george-soros-democratic-convention-226267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">committed<\/a> or personally donated more than $25\u2063 million \u2014 mostly \u2064for \u2062her benefit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The\u200c Ongoing Influence<\/h3>\n<p>Upon Trump\u2019s \u2062election, the\u2063 Soros <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2016\/11\/george-soros-declares-war-on-trump\">mission<\/a> turned to getting rid of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-dark-money-megadonor-george-soros-hides-behind-democracy-pacs-to-sabotage-it\/\" title=\"George Soros uses 'Democracy' PACs to conceal his dark-money donations and undermine democracy.\">45th \u2062duly elected president<\/a> \u2062of the United \u2063States. How that jibed with\u2063 any honest notion of\u200c democracy is \u200danyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Corporate media\u2063 outlets with \u200da collective\u200d loathing for\u2063 President\u2062 Trump used the Soros-backed group\u2019s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/senate-dems-tapped-soros-funded-operative-to-research-trump-russia-conspiracy\/\">assertions<\/a> to substantiate\u2064 Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s impeachment effort.\u200d Trump was indeed impeached and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-acquitted-impeachment.html\">acquitted<\/a> by\u200d the Senate. Just as in previous elections, Soros reportedly\u2063 told a group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/01\/23\/davos-2020-george-soros-says-china-leader-xi-is-trying-to-exploit-trumps-weaknesses.html\">at the World Economic Forum<\/a> \u200d in Davos, Switzerland,\u200c that the 2020 election would \u2064determine the \u201cfate of the world.\u201d He said \u2063Trump was \u2063\u201ca con man and \u200da narcissist,\u200c who wants the world to revolve\u200d around \u2062him.\u201d Previously at \u200dthe World Economic Forum,\u200b Soros \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/george-soros-donald-trump-is-doing-the-work-of-isis-terrorism-u-s-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> Trump was \u2062\u201cdoing the work of ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Continuing Influence<\/h3>\n<p>Soros <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/soros-pours-record-50-million-into-2020-election\/\">spent<\/a> $52 million in the 2020 presidential election cycle,\u2062 according \u2063to Federal Election Commission\u2063 filings. But there is no way to know how much money \u200dand influence originated from the\u200d billionaire \u200dactivist, whether directly or \u2062indirectly via his Open Society \u2064Foundations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One thing \u200dis certain: The 2020 presidential election, amid\u200d unprecedented Covid-era\u200d election changes and summer riots destabilizing dozens of American cities and the nation\u2019s capital, was unlike \u2062any in \u200cAmerican history. Soros-backed prosecutors are already \u200dswaying the 2024 presidential election via <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/12\/heres-what-the-house-gop-should-do-right-now-to-fight-democrats-republic-crushing-lawfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawfare<\/a>. Soros grant recipients are attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/03\/knowing-they-will-lose-at-the-ballot-box-soros-funded-leftists-turn-to-lawfare-to-defeat-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remove<\/a> the leading opposition candidate from the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>And George \u2062and Alex Soros are only just getting started.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200bWhat impact has the Working Families \u200dParty, funded \u2062by \u200cDemocracy PAC II, had on \u200dthe political landscape?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bRel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;>Planned Parenthood Action\u200b Fund<\/a>, \u200dand\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/C00263650\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Working Families\u200c Party<\/a>. These organizations have received millions of dollars from Democracy PAC II for their political activities. Moreover, Soros himself\u2064 has been a major donor to\u200c the Democratic National Committee, contributing\u2064 millions of dollars to their efforts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reach and\u200c impact of Soros\u2019 political\u2063 web extends beyond elections. His Open Society Foundations,\u2063 established in 1979, fund a wide range of left-wing\u200d organizations and initiatives around the world. These organizations seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-liberal-case-for-banning-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"The Liberal Case for Banning Critical Race Theory\">promote liberal values<\/a>, social justice, and open societies. Soros\u2019 influence in \u2064global politics is far-reaching, and his funding has been pivotal in supporting a wide\u2064 range of causes, from immigration reform to criminal justice\u200c reform.<\/p>\n<p>George Soros has been a lightning rod for controversy and \u200dconspiracy theories. His vast\u200c wealth, combined\u200d with his\u200c overt political involvement, has made \u200bhim a popular\u2062 target for criticism and scrutiny\u2063 from both\u2063 the left and the right.\u200b However, it is undeniable \u2063that\u2062 Soros wields immense influence over\u200b political landscapes both \u2064in the \u2063United States and \u200baround the world.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2024 elections approach, \u2063it \u200dis likely\u200d that George\u2062 Soros and his\u2062 political web will continue to play a significant role\u200c in shaping the \u2063political landscape. The extent of his\u2062 influence and the reach of\u200d his dark\u200c money remain sources of concern for those\u200b who believe in transparent and democratic\u2064 elections.<\/p>\n<p>It is important for voters and the public to be \u200daware of\u2063 the power and influence\u200b of individuals \u200clike George Soros, \u200bwho use their\u2063 vast fortunes to shape the political agenda and influence the \u200doutcomes of elections. Democracy thrives when\u200c there is transparency and accountability in the political process, and \u200cit is\u2063 essential that we remain \u2063vigilant in uncovering the hidden webs of\u2064 influence and \u200ddark money in our democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is an adapted excerpt from Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life (Sentinel, Nov. 14). In the United States, global financial speculator George Soros has been the single-biggest financier of overtly political causes for decades. 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