{"id":53082,"date":"2025-08-29T02:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=53082"},"modified":"2025-08-29T02:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:40:48","slug":"democrat-policies-are-so-unpopular-that-a-dark-money-group-is-paying-progressive-influencers-8k-a-month-to-push-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=53082","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Policies Are so Unpopular That a Dark Money Group is Paying Progressive Influencers $8K a Month to Push Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hundred-dollar-bill-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1444832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hundred-dollar-bill-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"size-facebook wp-image-1444832\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screencap of YouTube video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A dark money group on the left is paying progressive influencers up to $8,000 a month to push Democrat policy ideas. Must be nice.<\/p>\n<p>This is so typical. For all of the Democrats\u2019 talk of getting \u2018big money\u2019 out of politics, they are the worst culprits of using big money to advance their agenda when it suits them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/28\/business\/dark-money-group-paying-pro-democrat-influencers-up-to-8k-a-month-report\/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Post<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u2018Dark money\u2019 group paying pro-Dem influencers up to $8K a month: report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A secretive dark money group tied to the Democratic Party is paying online influencers up to $8,000 a month to disseminate left-leaning talking points, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cChorus Creator Incubator Program\u201d is said to be funded by the \u201cSixteen Thirty Fund,\u201d a nonprofit sometimes portrayed as the left\u2019s answer to the Koch network and which has funneled money to dozens of Democratic-friendly influencers, according to WIRED magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The names attached to the program span some of the most recognizable liberal voices online.<\/p>\n<p>They include Olivia Julianna, the Gen Z activist who spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention; Loren Piretra, a former Playboy executive turned Occupy Democrats YouTuber; and Barrett Adair, the content creator who runs a viral American Girl Doll\u2013themed meme account.<\/p>\n<p>The program also includes Suzanne Lambert, who styles herself a \u201cRegina George liberal\u201d; Arielle Fodor, a teacher with 1.4 million TikTok followers; Sander Jennings, the TLC reality star and older brother of trans influencer Jazz Jennings; and David Pakman, host of a YouTube show.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More from the story in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/RadZa#selection-2535.0-2538.0\" target=\"_blank\">Wired:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are some real great advantages to \u2026 housing this program in a nonprofit,\u201d Graham Wilson, a lawyer working with Chorus, said to creators on a Zoom call reviewed by WIRED. \u201cIt gives us the ability to raise money from donors. It also, with this structure, it avoids a lot of the public disclosure or public disclaimers\u2014you know, \u2018Paid for by blah blah blah blah\u2019\u2014that you see on political ads. We don\u2019t need to deal with any of that. Your names aren\u2019t showing up on, like, reports filed with the FEC.\u201d (Wilson did not reply to a request for comment.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really makes you wonder if they believe what they say or they say what they say only for pay. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EpY8AhAxpJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/EpY8AhAxpJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter\/status\/1961100027788693711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If they are willing to pay $8k a month of their own money on no name influencers, imagine how they treat your tax dollars <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vbyga3Aosb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vbyga3Aosb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harrison Krank (@HarrisonKrank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarrisonKrank\/status\/1961084394187157769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is how popular Democrat ideas are. So popular that they have to pay people a ton of cash to advance them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/08\/democrat-policies-are-so-unpopular-that-dark-money\/\">Democrat Policies Are so Unpopular That a Dark Money Group is Paying Progressive Influencers $8K a Month to Push Them<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screencap of YouTube video. 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