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NYT Columnist, CBS News Political Analyst Joins Secretive Dem Donor Conference

Jamelle Bouie refused to say whether he was paid by the Soros network

Jamelle Bouie


New York Times columnist and CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie addressed a closed-door gathering of the Democratic Party's top donors last week in potential violation of the paper's ethical guidelines, which prohibit paid speeches to political groups and urge staff members to be "especially sensitive to the appearance of partiality when they address groups that might figure in coverage they provide."

Pelosi Takes Break From Impeachment to Address Top Dem Donors

Full agenda shows Pelosi, other Democratic players to address wealthy donors of the Democracy Alliance in D.C.

Nancy Pelosi


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) will slip away from the impeachment hearings on Friday to deliver a closed-door briefing to the nation’s most powerful network of liberal donors and activists, according to an agenda obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Liberal Dark Money Group to Receive Private Briefing From House Dem Jerrold Nadler

Democracy Alliance holds private gathering at luxury Austin hotel, plots nearly $300 million in new political spending


AUSTIN—The largest donors on the left will be given a private briefing on investigations into President Donald Trump by House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) during a secretive Texas gathering this week, according to documents obtained exclusively by the Washington Free Beacon.

Top Dem Donors Hosted Director From Group That Registered Dead People to Vote

Ohio Organizing Collaborative director gave talk on "expanding the electorate" at secretive liberal conference (Updated)


The left's largest network of wealthy donors tapped an individual for a discussion on "expanding the electorate" at its fall investment conference from a group that was caught submitting fraudulent voter registration forms—including registering dead people to vote—and saw one of its employees go to prison for the crime.

Democracy Alliance Descends on Atlanta to Plot ‘Course for Progressive Power’

An inside look at the full agenda of the left's biggest dark money donor club

Intercontinental Buckhead


ATLANTA — Prominent Democrats such as Terry McAuliffe and DNC chair Tom Perez attended the latest Democracy Alliance meeting this week in Atlanta, where party officials and liberal groups met behind closed doors with the millionaires and billionaires they rely on to fund the effort to regain "progressive power."