Politico: Biden's biggest donors are backing the pro-Palestine college protests
THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. So much for the idea that this is all a GOP or Russia plot.
"Some of the most outspoken groups against Biden and Israel get funding from foundations attached to some of the biggest names in Democratic circles."
President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him “Genocide Joe” — but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection.
The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Gates, Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Two of the main organizers behind protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and it in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change. (Gates did not return a request for comment, and Soros declined to comment.)
Another notable Democratic donor whose philanthropy has helped fund the protest movement is David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In 2022, the fund gave $300,000 to the Tides Foundation; according to nonprofit tax forms, Tides has given nearly $500,000 over the past five years to Jewish Voice for Peace, which explicitly describes itself as anti-Zionist.
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 — 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.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 6, 2024 8:49 PM
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I was just at breakfast and said this thing will be what sinks Biden. Not the border. Everyone on the left can more or less get behind whatever Biden does there.
Because the Israel drama is truly fracturing the left. The far left has lost its mind (according to me), us "normal" liberals are watching the Titanic sinking. No need to rearrange the deck chairs.
I can't believe the fucking Middle East endless drama is going to give us that orange fucker.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 5, 2024 5:53 PM
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He's forgiven a lot of their student loans and they still call him Genocide Joe.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 5, 2024 6:21 PM
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None of what you’re claiming the story claims, OP, is proven, Where does it say these protests are tangibly being funded by Biden supporters? Politico was bought out and is now a right-wing rag. Fuck you OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 5, 2024 6:47 PM
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I don’t even think a good chunk of it is about Palestine. It’s about weaponizing Progressives to vote against Biden.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 5, 2024 6:49 PM
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I think it's just a bunch of college kids trying to be total assholes cause they think it's "edgy". It's theater.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 5, 2024 6:57 PM
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These college people are going to affect barely a blip on the election.
[bold]Most of them didn't vote Biden before (remember Bernie bros - this is them today) and would've found "some" reason not to vote for him this time.[/bold]
One even marginally pro-Biden+pro-choice social media post closer to the election from Taylor Swift will outdo anything negative from these protests 100 fold
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 6, 2024 8:33 PM
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I think most likely what you are seeing is the same thing which caused this at the universities
The type of people that these nonprofits are hiring are becoming more and more radical just like the educators and graduate students being recruited at universities
No one could have thought that someone as horrible as Roxanne Gay could be hired by Harvard.
Staffing is putting DEI as the foremost component of new hiring, and the people they bring on have agendas. The checkwriters are not paying attention to how these groups are being staffed and whether they align with the mission of their philanthropic goals. Look at USC; the school is heavily intertwined with very Jewish Hollywood; yet leadership chose a Palestinian activist for the valedictorian title versus 200 other candidates. The people making these decisions have agendas, it doesn’t matter if it’s disruptive to the community. The agenda comes first.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 6, 2024 8:49 PM
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