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eridani

(51,907 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 08:08 AM Feb 2016

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/34879-qblack-americans-for-a-better-futureq-super-pac-100-funded-by-rich-white-guys

New FEC filings show that all of the $417,250 in monetary donations to a Super PAC called “Black Americans for a Better Future” comes from conservative white businessmen — including $400,000, or 96 percent of their history of donations to political and philanthropic causes.

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"Black Americans for a Better Future" Super PAC 100% Funded by Rich White Guys (Original Post) eridani Feb 2016 OP

That's nuts! StandingInLeftField Feb 2016 #2

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1. 96 percent of the total, from white billionaire hedge fund manager Robert Mercer.

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 08:11 AM

Feb 2016

Gee, I wonder who they're supporting and why they have to pretend to be POC?

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2. That's nuts!

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 08:14 AM

Feb 2016

It's like the 19th Century all over again!

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3. If only we could reach the Blacks with our message of trickle down salvation...

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 08:20 AM

Feb 2016

they would rise up from the shackles place on them by Democrats with their "free stuff!"

say the white billionaires.