dagblog - Comments for "What Happened at The Root? (+ bonus: What happened at BLM? in first comment)" http://dagblog.com/link/what-happened-root-35079 Comments for "What Happened at The Root? (+ bonus: What happened at BLM? in first comment)" en but wait! there's more! with http://dagblog.com/comment/313670#comment-313670 <a id="comment-313670"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/313665#comment-313665">AND then there&#039;s also WHAT</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>but wait! there's more! with which outlets like the Examiner can make headlines (as I've always maintained, the whole organization continues to be way counterproductive to its own supposed goals and even is bad for the health of our national body politic)</p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/black-lives-matter-shuts-down-fundraising-days-after-liberal-states-threatened-legal-action">Black Lives Matter shuts down fundraising days after liberal states threatened legal action</a></p> <p>by <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/andrew-kerr" target="_blank">Andrew Kerr, Investigative Reporter</a> | | February 02, 2022 06:42 PM</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/black-lives-matter">Black Lives Matter</a> shut down all of its online fundraising streams late Wednesday afternoon, just days after California threatened to hold the charity's leaders personally liable over its lack of financial transparency.</p> <p>The move comes less than a week after a <em>Washington Examiner </em><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/blms-millions-go-unaccounted-for-after-leaders-quietly-jump-ship">investigation</a> found that BLM has had no known leader in charge of its $60 million bankroll since its co-founder resigned in May. <u>California and Washington recently ordered BLM to cease all fundraising activities in their blue states</u> due to the failure of the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/black-lives-matter?utm_campaign=autolink&amp;utm_source=internal&amp;utm_medium=autolink">Black Lives Matter</a> Global Network Foundation, the legal entity that represents the national BLM movement, to report information about its finances in 2020, the year it raised tens of millions amid the racial protests and riots that followed George Floyd's killing [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:35:23 +0000 artappraiser comment 313670 at http://dagblog.com AND then there's also WHAT http://dagblog.com/comment/313665#comment-313665 <a id="comment-313665"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/what-happened-root-35079">What Happened at The Root? (+ bonus: What happened at BLM? in first comment)</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>AND then there's also <em>WHAT HAPPENED AT BLACK LIVES MATTER?</em></p> <p>A big fucking complicated financial mess, that's what, so bad your eyes glaze over reading it (a little like Trumpco in the <em>eyes glaze over</em> thing). Nobody can even find anyone in charge of it anymore!</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Read <a href="https://twitter.com/Sean_Kev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sean_Kev</a>’s report on the murky finances of Black Lives Matter <a href="https://t.co/Uap4EEUTAN">https://t.co/Uap4EEUTAN</a></p> — New York Magazine (@NYMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1488120542456598528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">I feel like the Black Lives Matter organization is gonna end up on American Greed.</p> — Unobtainium Daydreams (@ShimminyKricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShimminyKricket/status/1488336630641577984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Some in the BLM movement well and truly mastered the art of appearing to be self-sacrificing 'social-justice warriors' whilst personally benefiting from the hyper-capitalist promotion of grievance narratives.<br /><br /> Never allow race-baiting capitalists to undermine social cohesion.</p> — Dr Rakib Ehsan (@rakibehsan) <a href="https://twitter.com/rakibehsan/status/1488097657499361280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:52:10 +0000 artappraiser comment 313665 at http://dagblog.com