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Elizabeth Warren is a Democratic politician who has served as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2012 and is a well-known leader of the left-progressive faction within the Democratic Party. Prior to her election to the Senate, Warren had a long career in academia and on government advisory panels related to
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The Scherman Foundation is a left-of-center foundation based in New York City. The foundation focuses its giving in the areas of public policy advocacy and community organizing, predominantly to left-of-center causes and left-leaning constituencies. The foundation has six program areas: Arts, Environment, Governmental Transparency and Accountability, Human Rights and Liberties,
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The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) is a left-leaning advocacy group and charity based in Los Angeles, California, that supports programs to aid former and current inmates in California state prisons and juvenile detention centers. The organization sponsors several programs and projects centered on providing outreach and education to inmates and reentry
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Tom Daschle is a Democratic Party politician who represented South Dakota as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator, rising to become Senate Democratic Leader in both the majority and minority.
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Arise Chicago is a left-of-center, faith-based worker center which organizes among primarily non-unionized workers in the Chicago area. The organization promotes unionization and left-of-center labor policy, leading demonstrations supporting policies including increased labor regulations, a $15 minimum wage, and increased “wage theft” protections.
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Person
Demond Drummer is executive director and co-founder of New Consensus, an advocacy organization founded in 2018 to advocate for an environmentalist-far-left policy package known as the “Green New Deal.” A left-leaning technology policy activist and community educator prior to joining New Consensus, Drummer co-founded the Chicago-based educational group and computer
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Border Angels (“Angeles de la Frontera”) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advocates for left-leaning immigration policies. The nonprofit was formed in San Diego, California in 2003 by activist Enrique Morones and provides water and supplies to migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
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Navigator Research is a left-of-center polling and public opinion research organization. The group is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a funding and fiscal sponsorship organization managed by the Washington, D.C.-based consultancy Arabella Advisors. Democratic-aligned pollsters Jeffrey Pollock and Nick Gourevitch of Global Strategy Group and
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New Jersey for a Better Future is a left-of-center healthcare advocacy organization. It is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) funding and fiscal sponsorship group managed by the Washington, D.C.-based left-of-center consultancy Arabella Advisors. Background New Jersey for a Better Future is a left-of-center organization advocating for
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Democracy Forward (DF) is a center-left litigation and advocacy nonprofit created in early 2017 by high-level Democratic Party operatives. The organization has been aggressive in targeting the Trump administration.1 Examples include an ethics complaint against
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NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation is the California state affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation, a pro-abortion rights group. The organization promotes a radical pro-abortion legislative agenda at the local and state level. Issue Positions Abortion Access NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation categorically opposes laws which may limit access to abortion.
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The Simons Foundation is a private foundation founded by left-leaning Renaissance Technologies hedge fund founder James Simons and his wife, Marilyn. The Foundation funds research in four broad areas: mathematics and physical sciences, life sciences, autism research, and “Outreach & Education.” The Foundation conducts its own research through the Flatiron
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Person
Tom Perez is the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and a former Secretary of the Department of Labor during the Obama administration. A 2016 report from National Public Radio stated he was “considered the most liberal member of Obama’s Cabinet.” Similarly, a 2016 analysis
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Non-profit
Also see Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (Nonprofit) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum (CRES) is a right-leaning environmental nonprofit founded in 2015 as the fundraising and research arm of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), a 501(c)(4) advocacy group formed in 2013 to advocate that Republicans increase
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Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) is a right-leaning environmental advocacy organization funded by and connected to left-wing environmentalist organizations. 1 The
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The Hub Project is a left-of-center advocacy and research organization established by former Obama administration officials in 2017 that works with other groups to promote left-of-center policy. The group acts as an “incubator for groups backing Democrats and their causes.”
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Mothership Strategies is a Democratic Party-aligned digital strategy firm that was founded in 2014 by Greg Berlin, Jake Lipsett, and Charles Starnes. All three men worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
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Sandler, Reiff, Lamb, Rosenstein and Birkenstock, P.C. (Sandler Reiff) is a “left-leaning” 1
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Cari Tuna is a left-of-center political donor and philanthropist. Tuna married Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz in 2013, and the couple have since co-founded four philanthropic organizations after signing the Giving Pledge to give away their entire fortune before their deaths. The couple founded the Good Ventures Foundation,
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The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) is a Democratic Party PAC (political action committee) conceived in late 2016 by political operatives in the Democratic Party and the Obama administration, including President Barack Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder. It officially launched on January 12, 2017.
