Does anyone know about Chuck Todd's connection?

[LiberalFighter]

His wife, Kristian Denny Todd.

She works for Maverick Strategies out of Washington D.C.

Open Secrets shows Maverick Strategies receiving $1,342,293 from the Sanders campaign.

[DLCWIdem]

1. This is something that we need to know.

Particularly because there is a thread that said Chuck Todd said she couldn't get elected as dog catcher.

[kstewart33]

3. Yes, he declared a while ago that Hillary was done.

That was unusual, coming so early in the race.

[sheshe2]

7. I wonder if they are members here? nt

[Lucinda]

2. Interesting! I know nothing about her or the company! n/t

[FloridaBlues]

4. He really doesn't seem to like HRC. His face gets distorted when he talks about her

[WhiteTara]

6. His wife is getting paid a butt load for him

to not like her and say nasty things. But the BS campaign is pure as the driven snow.

[savalez]

5. Spread the word LF.

Side note, "Revolution Messaging" is most likely the trolls on DU.

[enid602]

8. Kristian

According to the Wikipedia article on Chuckles, Kritian is CO-FOUNDER of Maverick.

[enid602]

11. Kristian

According to her LinkedIn profile:

Summary


An ambitious and optimistic communications professional with 20 years of demonstrated success in strategic messaging, crisis/issues communications, brand management and media relations. Extensive expertise lies in ability to assess, manage and control communications during a crisis including ongoing litigation and/or regulatory investigation or inquiry. Extensive experience working with CEOs and executive management of Fortune 100 corporations, elected officials and politicians. Extremely effective at producing desired results quickly and on target. Able to motivate and educate staff on evolving methodology of global communications and public relations. Highly skilled in modern methods of information delivery - including all digital and social media platforms -as well as utilizing such methods to enhance results. Highly proficient at brand and issue elevation and CEO positioning. Fluent in French. Has managed budgets in excess of $10 million.


Experience


Consultant

Maverick Stategies

January 2010 – Present (6 years 5 months)

Instrumental in executing a grass roots campaign for a multi-national corporation with desired results on target and on budget.



Principal

Maverick Strategies and Mail LLC

January 2007 – January 2010 (3 years 1 month)



Press Secretary

Fritz Hollings campaign

1998 – 1998 (less than a year)



Skills

[enid602]

12. Maverick: 4 employees and $250K annual revenues; the bernie contract is significant

According to buzzfile.com:


Contact Information


Maverick Strategies and Mail


2300 N Pershing Dr
Arlington, VA 22201



Contact: Kristian Todd
Title: Principal
Phone: [phone]
Website:


There are 21 Companies located at 2300 N Pershing Dr, Arlington, VA 22201


Business Description

Maverick Strategies and Mail is located in Arlington, Virginia. This organization primarily operates in the Mailing Service business / industry within the Business Services sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 8 years. Maverick Strategies and Mail is estimated to generate $250,000 in annual revenues, and employs approximately 4 people at this single location.

[Fla Dem]

23. More

Kristian Denny Todd

Basic facts
Organization: Maverick Strategies
Role: Strategist
Location: Washington, D.C.
Expertise: Campaign strategy
Affiliation: Democrat
Education: •Florida State University
•California State University Sacramento

]Prior Experience
Kristian Denny Todd is a Democratic campaign communications strategist working in Washington, D.C. She was an advisor to Jim Webb's 2016 presidential campaign in the exploratory phase.[1] Todd is married to Chuck Todd, the moderator of "Meet the Press" on NBC. She is also a co-founder—along with Jessica Vanden Berg and Steve Jarding—of Maverick Strategies and Mail, a messaging and voter contact firm.[2]
Career

In 2006, Todd worked as the senior communications strategist for Jim Webb's (D-Va.) U.S. Senate campaign; Todd "directed all earned and paid media strategy on behalf of the candidate."[3] Webb narrowly defeated incumbent Sen. George Allen (R).[4]

With Maverick Strategies, Todd worked for a number of national clients as well as for the Washington, D.C., mayoral campaign of Muriel Bowser.[5]

Todd is married to Chuck Todd, the political director for NBC News, current moderator of "Meet the Press" and former editor of "The Hotline" in National Journal.

More>>>
https://ballotpedia.org/Kristian_Denny_Todd

[beachbumbob]

9. Chuck Todd is a joke as well as most all others on msnbc...or came from

MSNBC.....all jokes...

[Haveadream]

10. Excellent find, LiberalFighter!

Understanding the labyrinth of powerful connections in Washington truly helps explain why politicians, industries and people in the media form the alliances they do. Bernie says he doesn't have ties to the "establishment" but all those donations are certainly helping him with that.

[anotherproletariat]

13. Good to know. I always thought he was just a bad journalist.

Now I know he is a corrupt journalist.

[wisteria]

14. Todd is not to be trusted to report fairly.

[LiberalFighter]

15. There has been too many times when the facts don't support his claims.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

16. I always thought....

he had an anti-Hillary tone. Now I know. Great post.

[fleabiscuit]

17. Toad has always had a hate on for PBO as well. A republithug.

[Cha]

18. Yeah, didn't he write some stupid book about the President and

Obama made fun of it @ one point..

Chuck Todd’s Obama book says more about the author than it does about the president

http://www.cjr.org/review/chuck_todds_obama_book_says_mo.php



LOL.. chucky is strange.. I know President Obama very well.. thanks anyway, Chuck.

[BootinUp]

20. Todd never met a Democrat he liked. nt

[Cha]

21. No kidding.. And, it's certainly "..not his job to correct repub lies.."

I remember him on c-span back in the day.. he use to be one that was more balanced if memory serves. Then he went to msnbc and turned into a gopropaganda tool.

I can surmise from that.. that he was given his marching orders from the Media ***** Brass and has exceled beyond their wildest dreams.

[SharonClark]

28. Except his wife

[Stuckinthebush]

19. This is significant

Great discovery!

Chuck needs to be demoted for being a terrible host but this adds a new charge -- biased.

Perhaps a campaign to MSNBC is in order!

[Walk away]

22. So, it sounds as if Bernie Sanders has paid outright for Chuck Todd!

Shouldn't MSNBC be reporting on this?????

[enid602]

24. very least

Well, at the very least, I think he should be required to state some sort of disclosure each time he goes off on an anti-Hill rant.

[Chi-chi]

25. Here's documentation

Chuck Todd, Meet the Press, NBC News, MSNBC:

NEED TO ISSUE DISCLAIMER WHEN
CHUCK TODD SPEAKS ON ELECTION?

______________________________________

Wife of Chuck Todd,
Kristin Denny Todd,
per LinkedIn*

Consultant
Maverick Strategies
January 2010 - present

Principal
Maverick Strategies & Mail LLC
January 2007 - January 2010

__________________________________

Courtesy of Center for Responsive Politics** and per FEC:
Sanders' campaign has paid Maverick Strategies & Mail LLC
$1,342,293

*https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristian-denny-todd-1041298
**https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/expend.php?cycle=2016&id=N00000528

[yallerdawg]

26. The much-maligned former moderator of "MTP"...

David Gregory now appears on CNN regularly.

He has a disclaimer:

“My wife, Beth Wilkinson, represents several of Hillary Clinton’s aides in the criminal investigation and other investigations related to the email, so I want to disclose that.”

https://cnncommentary.com/2016/05/26/when-called-onto-analyze-clinton-email-scandal-gregory-makes-important-disclosure/

[Squinch]

27. Well, well, well. Not surprised at all. Very dishonest of him not to disclose it.

[SharonClark]

29. I'm surprised this hasn't been disclosed before

I don't think Todd is a bad reporter, just mediocre like most of the DC reporters.