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David Brock has decided to lead the part of the #Resistance that involves throwing parties for tech billionaires. Next week, while Donald Trump makes himself at home in the White House, the Clinton hit man turned ally will gather 120 top Democratic donors at Miami’s Turnberry Isle resort for three days of panels, strategy sessions, and not-ready-for-TED talks — all aimed at establishing a liberal version of the Koch brothers’ vast political network.
The summit is intended to mirror the one the billionaire oilmen held in January 2009, when all the pundits were pretty sure that America would never elect a charismatic but incompetent conservative again.
“We really aspire to be like the Kochs,” Brock told BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer, who broke the news of his Democracy Matters 17 conference.
Brock acknowledges that there already is a network of liberal megarich people who imagine themselves as a countervailing force to the Kochs called the Democracy Alliance. But, per Brock, Democracy Matters is different in one key way.
“The DA has veered away from politics,” Brock told BuzzFeed. “This conference is openly political.”
At this point, you may be thinking, “In what sense is a donor network that gives to progressive political groups around the country not ‘openly political?’”
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The summit is intended to mirror the one the billionaire oilmen held in January 2009, when all the pundits were pretty sure that America would never elect a charismatic but incompetent conservative again.
“We really aspire to be like the Kochs,” Brock told BuzzFeed’s Ruby Cramer, who broke the news of his Democracy Matters 17 conference.
Brock acknowledges that there already is a network of liberal megarich people who imagine themselves as a countervailing force to the Kochs called the Democracy Alliance. But, per Brock, Democracy Matters is different in one key way.
“The DA has veered away from politics,” Brock told BuzzFeed. “This conference is openly political.”
At this point, you may be thinking, “In what sense is a donor network that gives to progressive political groups around the country not ‘openly political?’”
David Brock Is Ready to Monetize the Resistance
Because this http://www.ncsl.org/ was not enough, right? So, it's better to to this Home - State Innovation Exchange ? and now this.
