{"id":56258,"date":"2024-08-25T14:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56258"},"modified":"2024-08-25T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:15:50","slug":"imaginary-people-making-real-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=56258","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary People Making Real Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article about the funding for ActBlue. ActBlue was founded in 2009 to help Democrats in fundraising. The organization serves as a conduit for left-wing donors<\/a>, with two more arms\u2014ActBlue Charities<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ActBlue Civics<\/a>\u2014funneling money to 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) clients, respectively.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Paging Dr. Adrienne Young, M.D.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The good doctor is listed online as an \u201cinternist\u201d in McKees Rocks, a borough in western Pennsylvania\u2019s Allegheny County, known locally as \u201cthe Rocks.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Campaign finance filings report Young\u2019s practice is located on Heckel Road in McKees and list a 412 area code phone number. But her office does not appear to exist at this address and the number is not in service. Moreover, none of the receptionists attached to doctors\u2019 offices located in close proximity to Young\u2019s office address in McKees have ever heard of her. That\u2019s peculiar in and of itself. But a search of campaign finance records only adds to the intrigue.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Someone identified as Adrienne Young has been making substantial contributions to a left-of-center political action committee known as\u00a0ActBlue<\/a>, according to Federal Election Commission<\/a>\u00a0records.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Restoration News is still attempting to contact the individual listed in campaign finance documents as Adrienne Young. Records list her residing on Leet Road in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. These records show that since 2017, Young has made 17,342 in contributions to ActBlue totaling $209,670.06\u2014which averages seven contributions per day.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evidently the doctor is doing very well.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

\u201cSmurfing<\/a>\u201d involves repackaging large sums of money into smaller, individual transactions to appear less suspicious and avoid scrutiny from law enforcement officials. Is \u201cAdrienne Young\u201d a cover for such an operation, benefiting Democrats?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While it is indisputably the case that ActBlue is ringing the bell with hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions, it\u2019s not evident the smaller contributions that translate over time into larger sums are coming from an individual donor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the more recent contributions to ActBlue leading back to the donor identified as Young came on March 16, 2023, in the amount of $1196.50. That\u2019s not an unusual amount for an individual, but what is unusual is folding that amount into more than 17,000 contributions made over the span of several years. The donor identified as Young was actively contributing to ActBlue at least through part of this year with a donation of $429.00 made on April 30, 2024. If a smurfing operation is underway, it may not be limited to what\u2019s flowing into ActBlue.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please follow the link to read the entire article. This sort of cheating needs to have serious legal consequences.<\/p>\n

On Friday, The Gateway Pundit<\/a> posted an article with the response of the Former Chief Impact Officer at ActBlue.<\/p>\n

This is the response:<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with an OKeefeMedia Citizen Journalist, Geri Prado former Chief Impact Officer at ActBlue, downplayed concerns about the organization\u2019s suspicious fundraising practices. Prado attempted to brush off allegations by describing ActBlue merely as \u201ca payment processor for campaigns, but it\u2019s not a campaign,\u201d and likened it to PayPal, citing credit card fees as a standard issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When asked about potential money laundering, Prado dismissed the concern, \u201cNo\u2026 It\u2019s a very hard thing to do,\u201d downplaying the likelihood of any illegal activity. However, she admits, \u201cThere are other problems,\u201d hinting at other issues within the organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This comes amidst reports that Federal Election Commission (FEC) records are inaccurately reflecting senior citizens as having made donations far beyond their actual contributions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see what the current Department of Justice does with these allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Daily Signal posted an article about the funding for ActBlue. ActBlue was founded in 2009 to help Democrats in fundraising. The organization serves as a conduit for left-wing donors, with two more arms\u2014ActBlue Charities\u00a0and\u00a0ActBlue Civics\u2014funneling money to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7366,6287,853,1625,5598,8702,9444,180,2888,10397],"class_list":["post-56258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-actblue","tag-campaign-finance","tag-democrats","tag-election-commission","tag-federal-election-commission","tag-funding","tag-fundraising","tag-law-enforcement","tag-political-action-committee","tag-the-daily-signal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56278,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56258\/revisions\/56278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}