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Max Blumenthal is a journalist, author, and documentarian highly critical of Israel who currently works as the editor-in-chief of the Grayzone. He is the son of Sidney Blumenthal, who worked as a journalist until becoming a communications strategist for the Clinton administration.
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Robert McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1 and a socialist
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Stanley “Stan” Greenberg is a Democratic pollster and political strategist. He is a founding partner of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and co-founder of Democracy Corps, both Democratic polling, political research, and consulting firms.
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The R Street Institute is a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that was spun off from the right-of-center and Chicago-based Heartland Institute in 2012.
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Jeremy Grantham is a British investor and philanthropist who is a major contributor to numerous left-wing organizations that work on environmental issues. He is the co-founder of the investment firm Grantham, Mayo, and van Otterloo. He controls an endowment worth hundreds of millions of dollars through the Grantham Foundation
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Eric Boehlert is a left-wing journalist who currently writes for the blog Daily Kos. Before that, he wrote for Salon, Rolling Stone, and Billboard. Previously, he was a fellow at the left-of-center media criticism outlet Media Matters founded by Clinton-family aligned Democratic operative David Brock. He also
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Bradley Beychok is a Democratic political strategist based in Washington, D.C. He currently works as the president and co-founder of American Bridge 21st Century, a Democratic Party-aligned opposition research organization. The organization was co-founded by conservative-journalist-turned-Democratic-activist David Brock. Previously, Beychok was president of Media Matters for America
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Angelo Carusone is the president and CEO of Media Matters for America (MMfA), a left-of-center organization that purports to “fact check” conservative media and political commentators. 1 Carusone frequently discusses “fake news”
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Anne Earhart is a California-based heiress and supporter of various left-leaning causes. She is one of the inheritors of the fortune of Getty Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. Earhart is a supporter of Democratic Party and left-of-center political causes with her political and advocacy giving. She is also the principal
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Andrea Mitchell is a television journalist who is the host of “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on cable news network MSNBC. 1 She is also the chief Washington correspondent and the chief foreign affairs correspondent
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The American Independent (TAI), formerly known as Shareblue, is a left-of-center and Democratic Party-aligned publication that covers politics and the progressive movement. It is part of True Blue Media and receives a significant portion of its funding from American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, both of which are within
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Sidney Blumenthal is an author and political consultant and has long been a controversial confidant and defender of both former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Bill Clinton is a Democratic politician who served as President of the United States from January 20, 1993 until January 20, 2001. He is the husband of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the father of Chelsea Clinton. In December 1998 he was impeached by
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The Skoll Foundation was founded by billionaire philanthropist Jeffrey Skoll. 1 Mr. Skoll is also the founder of Participant, a firm that produces films such as An Inconvenient Truth, the 2006
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Also see successor groups: State Innovation Exchange, SIX Action (Non-profits) The Progressive States Network (PSN) was a left-of-center organization, which included electoral groups, business associations, educational institutions, and advocacy organizations.
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Netroots Nation is as an annual convention that aims to train and amplify the efforts of liberal bloggers and online activists.1 The convention has become a
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National Popular Vote (NPV) was founded in 2006 by lottery scratch-card inventor John Koza and election lawyer Barry Fadem to lobby for an “interstate compact” for states to deliver their electoral votes for President to the “winner” of the national popular vote. While Koza and Fadem are both Democratic donors,
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The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund is a private foundation making grants to left-of-center organizations associated with health, education, and Jewish philanthropy. 1 Alan Davis, the fund’s president, is
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Horizons Foundation is a San Francisco-based grantmaking organization that supports predominately LGBT and left-of-center social causes. 1 Originally founded in 1980 as the philanthropic arm of the Golden Gate Business Association, the organization
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The Gruber family Foundation is a foundation created by Jon D. Gruber, a partner in Gruber and McBaine Capital Management, a San Francisco-based investment advisory firm, and Linda W. Gruber. The foundation supports left-of-center women’s organizations including supporters of abortions; journalism organizations including National Public Radio, Mother Jones,
