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    Tom Steyer Buys the DC Press

    Tom Steyer Buys the DC Press

    BY: Andrew Stiles // April 28, 2014 11:00 am

    Tom Steyer is trying to buy America (AP)



    Left-wing eco-billionaire Tom Steyer’s campaign to buy our democracy is proceeding apace. His Super PAC, NextGen Climate, is the lead sponsor of today’s THE POLITICO Playbook, the preeminent Beltway newsletter authored by Mike Allen:


    Without a hint of irony, the sponsored message from NextGen Climate Action describes the PAC’s mission as “exposing” politicians who “cater to special interests.” NextGen Climate Action is not a special interest, obviously, but is merely “a non-partisan organization focused on bringing climate change to the forefront of American politics.”

    The ad, which THE POLITICO reportedly offers at a rate of $35,000 a week, also links to the PAC’s website, and Steyer’s formal invitation to Charles and David Koch to “come out of the shadows” and take part in a public debate over climate change. Not surprisingly, it also repeats the thoroughly debunked claim that the Koch brothers are “one of the biggest leaseholders in the Alberta tar sands.”

    THE POLITICO’s Allen has faced intense criticism for his use of “native” advertising—blurring the lines between journalism and sponsored content. Of course, much of this criticism has been limited to Allen’s handling of advertisers deemed to represent Republican interests, such as the Chamber of Commerce.

    Nevertheless, Playbook’s elite status appears to have waned of late, even if it remains the go-to source for news about THOUGHT LEADERS, birthday announcements, and readouts from “powerhouse dinners” in the DC-Metropolitan area. On the other hand, the people who still read Playbook are probably far more likely than average Americans to think climate change is the greatest moral crisis since slavery. So credit Steyer for knowing his audience.

    http://freebeacon.com/blog/tom-steye...-the-dc-press/






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    Tom Steyer Buys Harry Reid

    BY: Andrew Stiles // May 19, 2014 12:12 pm




    Left wing eco-billionaire Tom Steyer has formally purchased Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.). Steyer recently donated $5 million to Senate Majority PAC, the pro-Democratic Super PAC run by former Reid aides, making him the single largest contributor to the group.

    The transaction is related to Steyer’s broader effort to buy American democracy for $100 million and block construction of the wildly popular Keystone XL pipeline. In fact, news of Steyer’s donation comes just days after Senate Democrats helped kill a bipartisan energy efficiency bill after Republicans tried to require a vote on Keystone approval.

    It also highlights the absurdity of Harry Reid’s senile jihad against the billionaire Koch brothers. Reid has accused the Kochs of “trying to buy America,” while insisting that Steyer is a benign billionaire who is simply “concerned about climate change.”

    So far this year, top donors to Senate Majority PAC include:

    • Tom Steyer, hedge fund billionaire
    • Fred Eychaner, media magnate/billionaire
    • James Simons, hedge fund manager/billionaire
    • James Atwood, Jr., hedge fund manager
    • Jon Stryker, billionaire heir to medical supply empire
    • Anne Bass, wife of billionaire corporate jet tycoon
    • Unions
    • Trial lawyers

    The New York Times reports [emphasis added]:
    As of last month, Mr. Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, were the top source of super PAC money in the country this election cycle, contributing a total of more than $11 million. But the bulk of their money has so far gone to Mr. Steyer’s own political organization, NextGen Climate.
    Mr. Steyer has emerged not only as a top outside ally of Senate Democrats, but also as one of their leading direct supporters. The Senate super PAC’s other big donors include Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, and Fred Eychaner, a Chicago media executive.
    These billionaires are ruining our republic. The Koch brothers, on the other hand, are just concerned about hospitals.


    http://freebeacon.com/blog/tom-steyer-buys-harry-reid/

    I think that there are many billionaires who buy and cell our politicians for their own agenda all the time. The only agenda all of these people care about is their own!!! There are many like Harry Reid out there who are bought many times over by many different people from many different places and it gets dizzying to me.. I consider them all traitors.
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