Rich Democrats plot dark money campaign for 2020

Washington Free Beacon:
A secretive dark money network comprised of powerful liberal donors who help set the Democratic agenda descended on Washington, D.C., to begin plotting strategy for the next two years leading up to the 2020 elections.

The Democracy Alliance, a donors' club of liberal millionaires and billionaires that counts George Soros as a member, gathered just blocks away from the White House at the Capital Hilton hotel for the group's fall investment conference to discuss post-midterm election strategy, according to a conference agenda obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

"Two years ago, on the day after Donald Trump's surprise victory, we threw out the planned agenda for that year's upcoming conference and got to work with colleagues and allies trying to understand what hit us," the agenda reads. "Now we meet at a different moment—still with much work to do, but with the wind at our backs."
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The conference—which is not publicly announced—features heavy security in the area where the donors and activists gather for their sessions, which are off-limits to anyone not involved with the group. The alliance additionally warns its members to "refrain from leaving sensitive materials in public spaces" and to dispose of all paperwork in "specifically-identified recycling bins."

Partners of the alliance, each obligated to spend at least $200,000 a year in support of approved groups, hosted representatives from a number of liberal organizations and Democratic politicians to discuss how to expand the electorate leading up to the 2020 elections, bankrolling and assisting youth voter efforts, and pushing a more progressive agenda in Congress, among other objectives.

Environmental billionaire Tom Steyer, a partner in the alliance who is leading the campaign to impeach President Donald Trump, was listed as the host of a Thursday panel where members were briefed on "how we as a donor community can support efforts to grow more permanent, stronger youth power for 2020."

Soros's lobbying group, the Open Society Policy Center, hosted a session called "After Kavanaugh," where members were briefed on strategies for future judicial nomination fights.

"The fight over the Kavanaugh nomination saw unprecedented grassroots activity to defeat an unpopular and damaged nominee," the agenda explains. "But as we now know, it was insufficient. With a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, how should we prepare for the next vacancy, and what will be needed to bring a similar sense of urgency to the lower federal courts and the state courts?"

Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), who will soon chair the House Intelligence Committee, held a three-hour closed-door briefing with partners in the alliance on Friday morning. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) took part in a session on "exercising progressive power in Congress."
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Guys like Steyer and Soros are living proof that the rich are not always smart.  One of the reasons the Democrats are going the dark money route is they are losing their union cash cows because they can longer extort money out of people who do not want to pay dues.  BTW, this is the party that used to campaign on "getting the money out of politics."

The meeting does appear to confirm that the nefarious campaign against Kavanaugh was financed by this dark money effort, and there is a suspicion that dark money is also financing the "caravan" expenses as it moves through Mexico in an attempt to breach the US border and break immigration law.

The DOJ should consider a RICO action against those responsible for paying for this illegal activity.

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