{"id":2239207,"date":"2024-05-07T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-surprised-biden-donors-are-funding-pro-hamas-revolutionaries\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:46:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:46:35","slug":"politico-surprised-biden-donors-are-funding-pro-hamas-revolutionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-surprised-biden-donors-are-funding-pro-hamas-revolutionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Expresses Shock Over Biden Donors Funding Pro-Hamas Rebels"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fpolitico-surprised-biden-donors-are-funding-pro-hamas-revolutionaries%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=2239207&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>Politico&#8217;s recent investigation reveals the surprising support for far-left campus protests by donors\u200c linked \u2062to President Biden. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-hes-aware-of-possibility-cia-could-assassinate-him\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. acknowledges CIA's potential to assassinate him.\">revelations shed light<\/a> on the backing received by pro-Palestinian demonstrators and raise questions about\u200d the\u200c donors&#8217; motives and implications. The exposure has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-to-buy-an-apple-fruit-purchase-sends-shopper-into-intense-meltdown-that-goes-viral\/\" title=\"Shopper's Meltdown Over  Apple Goes Viral\">sparked online debates<\/a> and\u2063 discussions regarding the\u2062 funding\u2063 sources and political allegiances involved.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Politico\u2019s editors are \u201csurprised\u201d to find the far-left demonstrations overwhelming college campuses this spring are funded by the same sources fighting to keep President Joe Biden in power. On Sunday, the Beltway magazine published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/05\/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expos\u00e9<\/a> on the financiers bankrolling the campus protests, for which demonstrators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/student-campus-protests-veteran-activist-groups-17ccd094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trained for months<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro-Palestinian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden\u2019s biggest donors,\u201d the headline reads. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1957035664\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5036d1e187b27a5bbdb554f32a02a84b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5036d1e187b27a5bbdb554f32a02a84b\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cPresident Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him \u2018Genocide Joe\u2019 \u2014 but some of the groups behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/follow-the\/\" title=\"Chase the Cash\">demonstrations receive financial backing<\/a> from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection,\u201d Politico reported. \u201cThe donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paper highlighted two organizations in particular, Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are backed by the Tides Foundation, which got its start with funding George Soros and has received money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. <\/p>\n<p>Politico also reported a $500,000 donation to Jewish Voice for Peace by David Rockefeller Jr. through the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, where he sits on the board. \u201cRockefeller Brothers has separately given grants to both the Tides Foundation and the Tides Center,\u201d the paper says. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire \u2014 and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Politico was immediately mocked online for describing the far-left donor networks <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/01\/left-wing-dark-money-groups-are-bankrolling-anti-israel-demonstrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">behind<\/a> the outbreak of pro-Palestinian demonstrations as \u201csurprising.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a0aa4e417fee8ec4175ed204b1d7a45f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a0aa4e417fee8ec4175ed204b1d7a45f\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSurprising to who?\u201d wrote Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"WKkpLKQD78dy79UYtBDwRqme5UcjiJ0xT3RgAZbPpHB2QnWckN0tudhYfTJs41C46GlSog1zfjLslCZIMoAeGw2nFh\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Surprising to who? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kcVZgDEo34\">https:\/\/t.co\/kcVZgDEo34<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJimBanks\/status\/1787110858142707910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"jgwGtQkIMnxKdO\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Surprising source&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NMa8Tyoe2U\">https:\/\/t.co\/NMa8Tyoe2U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKjbUepWOB\">pic.twitter.com\/oKjbUepWOB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1787137076174913799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"PauEqFhfZbGrXtE200kkhmd1iDUef15vxSC7wTAjbzKcpadsFUC6LJMKmtnB3VYZILwV9RHjW4g\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is actually the least \u201csurprising\u201d thing I have heard all year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GLIBYsrqml\">https:\/\/t.co\/GLIBYsrqml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChayaRaichik10\/status\/1787130745309307359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is only \u2018surprising\u2019 if you\u2019re brand new to following Democrat money in politics,\u201d wrote Republican communications consultant Matt Whitlock.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"NrX4icgQbTV63HMmesPl8x2JhURkq\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is only \u201csurprising\u201d if you\u2019re brand new to following Democrat money in politics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9OIBQb4vwc\">https:\/\/t.co\/9OIBQb4vwc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1787102506256097502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Far-left funding for pro-Hamas demonstrations are \u201cno surprise to anyone who\u2019s been paying attention,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/06\/opinion\/its-not-surprising-that-the-dem-donors-who-love-biden-back-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> The New York Post editorial board. \u201cThese protests are very much part and parcel of today\u2019s total progressive package, which very much includes the prez.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Post has been beating that drum for a long time, only to be denounced for it,\u201d the editorial board added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-10bb65d6159a434b1127a58796a7a346 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-10bb65d6159a434b1127a58796a7a346\"><\/div>\n<p>Politico\u2019s editors were also apparently surprised to learn Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, which the obtained the Post four years ago, was authentic. Nearly a year after the presidential election, Politico published a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/25\/politico-scoop-on-biden-laptop-proves-the-dangers-of-disinformation-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story claiming<\/a> to have verified the laptop hard drive that the magazine had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sought<\/a> to discredit as an instrument of Russian interference. The Post\u2019s election-year reporting on the hard drive exposing the Democrats\u2019 presidential nominee as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/27\/biden-family-whistleblower-joe-biden-is-compromised-by-communist-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compromised<\/a>\u201d by the Chinese Communist Party led one of the nation\u2019s oldest papers to be locked out of its own Twitter account for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/twitter-reinstates-new-york-post-account-11604096659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weeks<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Four years later, The New York Post\u2019s editorial board is mocking the Beltway magazine for its journalistic gymnastics to protect the president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Politico deserves credit for telling the truth about the Soros-seeded Tides Foundation, David Rockefeller Jr. and Susan and Nick Pritzker, the magazine is still bending over backward to accommodate Joe Biden \u2014 why else did its headline cast these revelations as \u2018surprising\u2019?\u201d the board wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The far-left organizers of the sustained demonstrations on college campuses disrupting classes and degrading education have drawn the attention of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/twitter-reinstates-new-york-post-account-11604096659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to the Wall Street Journal last week, protestors have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-vulnerable-house-democrats-hope-state-parties-can-help-with-messaging\/\" title=\"Report: Vulnerable House Democrats Hope State Parties Can Help With Messaging\">spent months training<\/a> for the campus takeovers with the support of leftist groups. On Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-05\/Hawley-Letter-to-Garland-re-Dark-Money-Funding-Antisemitic-Protests.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding a federal investigation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just spontaneous student unrest,\u201d Hawley wrote. \u201cIt is coordinated and funded by a powerful network of anti-Israel advocates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley is demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) probe violations of tax-exempt rules under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the non-profits financing the unrest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs IRS Revenue Ruling 75-384 established, no organization may retain its tax exemption if it backs protests at which members are urged to commit acts of civil disobedience,\u201d Hawley wrote. \u201c\u2026[B]y supporting illegal acts while enjoying tax-exempt status, dark money groups and foundations are defrauding the American people and putting Jewish students and faculty at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-02c87ae98918c8d5a095aba88966c940 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-02c87ae98918c8d5a095aba88966c940\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politico revealed its surprise at far-left demonstrations on college campuses this spring, funded by backers supporting President Biden. In an expos\u00e9, the magazine detailed the financiers behind the protests, which protesters had prepared for extensively. 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