BLM donations go to ActBlue, which then funds democratic candidates for president

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[–]LockeDemosthenes 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

This is not true. While very sketchy that BLM refuses to reveal where they are spending their money, using actblue as an intermediary between BLM and donors doesn't have anything to do with other campaigns or charities that also use actblue. Focus on real, verified things such as BLMs manifesto on their website detailing their goal of eliminating 'the western nuclear family.'

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

goal of eliminating 'the western nuclear family.'

This has already successful in the black community (over 90% raised without a father); I guess they are trying to inflict the same "progress" on whites.

[–]kissfan7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Can you clarify the source for that 90% statistic. I can't find it on Google.

EDIT: Found a source that says 65%.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sorry, it was 72% for black children. I was thinking of interracial white/black children which is like 92%.

https://blackcommunitynews.com/72-percent-documentary-on-fatherless-black-children/

[–]kissfan7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Do you have a source for the 92% number?

Also, we should note that the Moynihan Reports conclusions are debatable.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sure, it's been killed by the powers that be (counter to the narrative), but an archive exists.

https://archive.is/g85sz

[–]Desdinova 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I looked in to this a week or so ago when it started making the rounds. If you read the terms and follow how the links work, the BLM site goes to an Act Blue payment page, which then takes a portion for processing (can't recall how much) then sends the money to BLM. They probably do this with a wide range of lefty sites.

BLM probably regrets this now that the dough is rolling in, but at the time they set it up it was probably easier than maintaining their own payment portal.

But it looks like they are up front about it, I don't see what would be illegal. The fact that Act Blue sends money to candidates has no connection.

[–]stormy_waters2021 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree. Presently there is not enough information to say what happens to the money. Just a small percentage going to ActBlue isn't a big deal, I think people are jumping on the "But if they don't claim the money, ActBlue gets it and then gets distributed how they see fit". That would be bad, but you can't prove that is actually happening because there isn't any public information to review.

It would be another thing if there was a direct link to show BLM directly giving money to a political organization because that alone would not allow them to keep their 501(c)(3) status per the IRS.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But ActBlue is a nonprofit too, so it's fine with the IRS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActBlue

Nonprofits are super-political these days quite frequently, and there's really no checks or balances enforced on that