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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 14, 2023

No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists
The self-proclaimed centrist group is using a vendor that assists election deniers, MAGA Republicans, and the radical Trump right.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/no-labels-is-helping-a-firm-that-raises-money-for-right-wing-extremists-anedot/

No Labels' website urges politicians & citizens to eschew the “extremists on the far left & right,” & it asks people who are “fed up with the angriest voices dominating our politics” to sign up as members & donate to the group.
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#NoLabels #fraud #FarRight #fundraising

No Labels is helping a firm that raises money for right-wing extremists

The self-proclaimed centrist group is using a vendor that assists election deniers, MAGA Republicans, and the radical Trump right.

Mother Jones

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 14, 2023

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But No Labels neglects to inform its online contributors that a cut of their gift goes to a company that aids Republican candidates and far-right organizations that engage in the harsh politics of extremism that No Labels professes to renounce.

[Wikipedia] No Labels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Labels
No Labels is an American political organization that supports centrism and bipartisanship. No Labels was founded in 2010 by current board president and CEO Nancy Jacobson as a 501(c)(4).
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No Labels - Wikipedia

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 11, 2023

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No Labels Donor Has Financial Ties to Jared Kushner
https://newrepublic.com/article/174207/no-labels-donor-financial-ties-jared-kushner

Drew McKnight is co-CEO of Fortress Investment Group which had several high-profile business deals w. Kushner family real estate business

No Labels is “a Republican ratfuck operation” said Pat Dennis, president of super PAC/Democratic opposition research group American Bridge

Fortress Investment Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_Investment_Group
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#NoLabels #2024USelections #JaredKushner #RepublicanParty #AmericanBridge

No Labels Donor Has Financial Ties to Jared Kushner

Why did No Labels, which claims to be nonpartisan, accept money from someone closely tied to a member of Trump’s inner circle?

The New Republic

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Mark Penn on No Labels: “No Role, Real or Imagined”
https://newrepublic.com/article/174260/mark-penn-no-labels-no-role-real-imagined

h/e Penn is married to Nancy Jacobson, the activist and CEO of No Labels

Penn is the CEO/managing partner of Stagwell, company with holdings that include both the polling firm HarrisX, which No Labels pays to conduct its polling, as well as the Republican consulting firm Targeted Victory
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#MarkPenn #NancyJacobson #NoLabels #RepublicanParty #neofascism #ElectoralFraud

Mark Penn on No Labels: “No Role, Real or Imagined”

The former Democratic pollster and current Trump booster says he’s not part of the “Unity Ticket” group run by his wife. Some Democrats are skeptical.

The New Republic

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 12, 2023

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[follow the money 💰]

Nancy Jacobson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Jacobson

Mark Penn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Penn

Stagwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagwell

Targeted Victory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook#Misleading_campaigns_against_competitors
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#NoLabels #MarkPenn #NancyJacobson #Stagwell #TargetedVictory #RepublicanParty #ElectoralFraud #fraud #neofascism

Nancy Jacobson - Wikipedia

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 13, 2023

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No Labels Appears to Be Losing Board Members
2 board members have been dropped from its roster as the dark money group readies a 3rd-party presidential ticket

Brookings Institution(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Institution) Senior Fellow William A. Galston broke ties with No Labels in April warning that a No Labels ticket would operate as a spoiler for President Biden’s re-election campaign & benefit Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine democracy.
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#BrookingsInstitution #WilliamGalston

Brookings Institution - Wikipedia

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 13, 2023

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Sen. Joe Manchin (R-WV) to speak at ‘No Labels’ town hall in New Hampshire
Group wants to run third-party presidential slate in 2024
https://rollcall.com/2023/07/12/manchin-to-speak-at-no-labels-town-hall-in-new-hampshire

Manchin, who has not said whether he will seek reelection & also hasn’t ruled out a presidential bid, will be a keynote speaker at a No Labels town hall

Joe Manchin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Manchin

https://persagen.com >> search: "Joe Manchin"
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#JoeManchin #NoLabels

Manchin to speak at ‘No Labels’ town hall in New Hampshire - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III, who hasn’t said if he’ll run for Senate or president next year, will speak at a No Labels town hall in New Hampshire.

Roll Call

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 16, 2023

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With Centrist Manifesto No Labels Pushes Its Presidential Bid
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/us/politics/no-labels-presidential-run.html

Skeptics say document on “politics of problem solving” by No Labels’ chief strategist Ryan Clancy is heavy on identifying problems / light on concrete solutions

https://www.commonsensemajority.org/_files/ugd/9f0726_a8092681d4cc40ae8623b98b83d3853d.pdf

No Labels’ opponents No Labels' rhetoric / appeals to centrism mask secret agenda to return Republicans to White House

#NoLabels #ElectoralFraud #neofascism #RepublicanParty #2024PresidentialCandidates

With a Centrist Manifesto, No Labels Pushes Its Presidential Bid Forward

The bipartisan group, facing enormous opposition from Democrats, hopes a new policy document will advance its political cause — and possible third-party White House run.

The New York Times

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 17, 2023

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No Labels Says It’s Not a Political Party. But It’s Setting Up State Parties
Democrats & Never-Trump GOPers worry about group’s 2024 plans
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/no-labels-is-setting-up-state-parties-2024

No Labels says it is not a political party: parties must disclose their funders; nonprofit outfits do not

But in several states No Labels established affiliates that explicitly declare as a political party, & some of these groups, particularly in Florida, have deep Republican roots
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#NoLabels #ElectoralFraud

No Labels says it's not a political party. But it's setting up state parties.

Democrats and Never-Trump GOPers are worried about the group's 2024 plans.

Mother Jones

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 18, 2023

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At No Labels Event Disagreements on Policy Seep In
Senator Joe Manchin III & former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. stressed that they were not a 3rd-party presidential ticket — yet. And on issues like climate & guns, they debated their views

As the ostensibly bipartisan interest group No Labels discovered, consensus campaigning and governance is all well and good until it comes time for the details.
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#NoLabels #RepublicanParty #ElectoralFraud #neofascism #CultureWars #populism

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 18, 2023

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Wagons Circle Around No Labels as Big-Name Group Forms Super PAC
Dick Gephardt-led group will raise money to block No Labels from helping Donald Trump

Bipartisan group of prominent Democrats, Republicans formed to fight No Labels groups efforts to prop up a 3rd-party presidential ticket is ready to go to war: it created a new super PAC - Save Our Republic - to raise money to stop No Labels.

#NoLabels #RepublicanParty #ElectoralFraud #SuperPAC #SaveOurRepublic

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 23, 2023

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Third Party For Billionaires: No Labels offers corporate politics w. even more billionaire control
https://www.levernews.com/finally-a-third-party-for-billionaires

No Label's “Common Sense” agenda announced at town hall with coal baron Joe Manchin (D-WV), who worked closely with No Labels & big business to block key progressive policies throughout Biden’s presidency.

https://persagen.com > search: "Joe Manchin"

#NoLabels #DefundBillionaires #JoeManchin #RepublicanParty #neoliberalism #DarkMoney #ElectoralFraud

Finally, A Third Party For Billionaires

Americans might want a third party, but the latest attempt from No Labels offers more of the same corporate politics with even more billionaire control.

The Lever

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 30, 2023

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Joe Manchin (D-W) Raises More Funds Than GOP Rivals, But His 2024 Plans Remain Undisclosed
Manchin raised more than $1 million during the second quarter bringing his total to $10.8 million
https://truthout.org/articles/manchin-raises-more-funds-than-gop-rivals-but-his-2024-plans-remain-undisclosed

#JoeManchin #neoliberalism

Manchin Raises More Funds Than GOP Rivals, But His 2024 Plans Remain Undisclosed

Manchin raised more than $1 million during the second quarter bringing his total to $10.8 million.

Truthout

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 1, 2023

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Harlan Crow & Texas Republican Donors Give to No Labels 2024 Super PAC
Billionaire Crow gave $5,000 in 2023-06 to super PAC backing No Labels 2024 presidential plan, 1 of >12 real estate executives giving to limitless spending group
https://readsludge.com/2023/08/01/harlan-crow-and-texas-republicans-give-to-no-labels-2024-super-pac

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110651107706531719
No Labels Could Hand the 2024 Election to Donald Trump
https://newrepublic.com/post/174082/no-labels-hand-2024-election-donald-trump

#NoLabels #HarlanCrow #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #DefundBillionaires #neofascism #ElectoralFraud #GOP #DarkMoney #superPACs

Harlan Crow and Texas Republican Donors Give to No Labels 2024 Super PAC

Billionaire Harlan Crow gave $5,000 in June to a super PAC backing the No Labels 2024 presidential plan, one of more than a dozen real estate executives giving to the limitless spending group.

Sludge

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