{"id":2208523,"date":"2024-03-28T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-nonprofit-interfering-in-milwaukees-2024-elections-got-750k-from-soros-group\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:51:52","slug":"left-wing-nonprofit-interfering-in-milwaukees-2024-elections-got-750k-from-soros-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-nonprofit-interfering-in-milwaukees-2024-elections-got-750k-from-soros-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive organization in Milwaukee received $750K from Soros group ahead of 2024 elections"},"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%2Fleft-wing-nonprofit-interfering-in-milwaukees-2024-elections-got-750k-from-soros-group%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=2208523&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 Democrat-friendly dark money organization supporting Milwaukee&#8217;s 2024 elections received funding from a group linked to George Soros. The group was offered a\u200b substantial election grant\u2063 from Cities Forward \u2063for election equipment and educational campaigns, with connections to left-wing causes supported by Soros-funded \u200borganizations like Open Society Foundations. The affiliations reveal an intricate web of Democrat-backed financial influence in electoral processes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Democrat-friendly dark money group bankrolling Milwaukee, Wisconsin\u2019s 2024 elections previously received $750,000 from an organization founded by leftist billionaire George Soros. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Urban Milwaukee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmilwaukee.com\/2024\/03\/11\/city-hall-800000-non-partisan-grant-will-improve-milwaukees-election-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a>\u00a0that the Democrat stronghold \u2014 in a county Joe Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/results\/state\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won<\/a>\u00a0by nearly 40 points in the 2020 election \u2014 was offered a $786,500 election grant from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citiesforward.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cities Forward<\/a>, a virtually unknown nonprofit organization that markets itself as a \u201cnonpartisan effort focused on helping cities around the country make participation in the democratic process a priority.\u201d According to Claire Woodall, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, the funds will be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/13\/milwaukee-set-to-accept-800k-from-a-cryptic-elections-group-with-democrat-dark-money-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used<\/a> to purchase new election equipment such as voting machines that print paper ballots and ballot tabulators, among other items. <\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Election Commission and the Milwaukee Public Library also <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/milwaukee-accepts-over-1-million-zuckerbucks-ahead-vote-ban-private\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accepted<\/a> a $250,000 grant from Cities Forward. Just the News reported that the grant will go towards a supposedly \u201cnon-partisan public education campaign \u2026 to increase civic connection among residents\u201d that includes \u201cEncourag[ing] ALL residents to register to vote, sign up to vote by mail, vote early, and update their state ID\/driver\u2019s licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist has since learned that Cities Forward was previously given a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?grant_id=OR2022-87617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$750,000 grant<\/a> from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-leftists-get-censored-by-social-media-platforms\/\" title=\"Antifa, leftists get censored by social media platforms\">left-wing organization<\/a> founded and financed by Soros that \u201cgives away nearly a billion dollars per year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-taxpayer-funded-antiracist-group-funneled-nearly-300k-to-husbands-law-firm\/\" title=\"President of Taxpayer-Funded Antiracist Group Funneled Nearly 0K to Husband\u2019s Law Firm\">left-wing organizations<\/a> around the world to advance his vision of an \u2018open society,&#8217;\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/open-society-foundations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">InfluenceWatch<\/a>. Through the years, OSF has funded numerous left-wing organizations such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/american-civil-liberties-union-aclu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/william-j-brennan-center-for-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brennan Center for Justice<\/a>, and prioritizes backing Democrat-backed causes such as \u201cenacting liberal comprehensive immigration reform (including a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants), cutting the number of prison inmates by 50 percent, increasing welfare handouts, and raising taxes to redistribute wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OSF\u2019s $750,000 grant was earmarked for Cities Forward in 2022 when the latter was an initiative of the New Venture Fund. As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/new-venture-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">InfluenceWatch<\/a>, the New Venture Fund \u201cfocuses primarily on social and environmental change,\u201d and is \u201cthe largest 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the network of five nonprofits created and managed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/for-profit\/arabella-advisors\/\">Arabella Advisors<\/a>, a Washington, D.C.-based philanthropy consulting company that caters to major foundations and organizations on the political Left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Restoration News\u2019 Hayden Ludwig first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorationofamerica.com\/restoration-news\/eric\/breaking-milwaukee-takes-arabella-dark-money-to-count-your-ballots-in-zuck-bucks-scandal-repeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Cities Forward\u2019s connections to the New Venture Fund last week. <\/p>\n<p>But Cities Forward\u2019s ties to Democrats\u2019 dark money empire doesn\u2019t stop there. As I previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/13\/milwaukee-set-to-accept-800k-from-a-cryptic-elections-group-with-democrat-dark-money-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in these pages, the group is apparently run by Trevor Ostbye, who previously worked at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/democracy-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democracy Fund<\/a>, another left-wing organization that prioritizes Democrat causes and bankrolls partisan voter registration efforts. Ostbye has also contributed to reports issued by leftist organizations that dishonestly smear Republican-backed election integrity laws and previously donated to Democrat Doug Jones\u2019 2017 Senate campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee\u2019s acceptance of the aforementioned Cities Forward grants comes ahead of Wisconsin\u2019s April 2 primary elections, in which electors will vote on a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/26\/wisconsin-voters-have-a-chance-to-rid-their-elections-of-zuckbucks-for-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-house-approves-constitutional-amendment-to-keep-zuckbucks-out-of-elections\/\" title=\"LA House OKs Amendment To Block 'Zuckbucks' From Elections.\">constitutional amendment proposal<\/a><\/a> that seeks to prohibit private money from being used to conduct elections. <\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 contest, the Center for Tech and Civic Life and the Center for Election Innovation and Research collectively received\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techandciviclife.org\/100m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds of millions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. These \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/12\/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zuckbucks<\/a>\u201d were poured into local election offices in battleground states around the country to change how elections were administered, such as by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dekalb-county-officials-skirted-georgia-law-to-acquire-funds-from-left-wing-dark-money-elections-group\/\" title=\"Exclusive: DeKalb County Officials Skirted Georgia Law To Acquire Funds From Left-Wing Dark Money Elections Group\">expanding unsupervised election protocols<\/a> like mail-in voting and the use of ballot drop boxes. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, the grants were heavily skewed towards Democrat-majority counties, essentially making it a massive Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/shining-a-light-on-zuck-bucks-in-key-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capital Research Center<\/a>, Wisconsin received $10.1 million in \u201cZuckbucks\u201d from CTCL, which \u201cdistributed a total of 31 grants above the $5,000 minimum to Wisconsin cities and townships.\u201d Of those 31 grants, 28 went to cities, eight of which were won by Trump and 20 by Biden. Milwaukee received the fourth largest amount of funds per capita, behind Racine, Green Bay, and Kenosha, respectively.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A left-leaning dark money group funding Milwaukee&#8217;s 2024 elections got $750K from a group linked to George Soros. Recently, Urban Milwaukee disclosed that the group, in a county where Biden won overwhelmingly, was given a $786,500 election grant by Cities Forward, a lesser-known organization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2208524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-Soros-Festival-Economia.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-Soros-Festival-Economia.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208523","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}