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Dem Megadonors, Officials Financially Tied to Electric Bus Company Boosted by Biden
Dem-linked investment firms pumped millions into Proterra before White House spotlighted green company Nicholas and Susan Pritzker in 2013 / Getty Images Collin Anderson and Matthew Foldi • May 5, 2021 5:00 am
Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm is not the only prominent Democrat with financial ties to an electric bus company repeatedly boosted by the Biden administration, documents reviewed by the
Washington Free Beacon show.
Nicholas and Joby Pritzker members of Illinois Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker s megadonor family own nearly 12 million shares of ArcLight through their venture capital fund, Tao Capital. ArcLight in January announced a $1.6 billion merger with Proterra, which will see the electric vehicle manufacturer go public in 2021. Granholm served on Proterra s board for nearly four years and still holds up to $5 million in company stock.
Fight Against Boudin’s Recall Gets $100,000 Gift From Gascón PAC
Remember George Gascón? Both SF district attorney Chesa Boudin and Los Angeles DA Gascón face recall efforts, a pro-Gascón PAC has made a lavish contribution to help Boudin.
Well, here’s a wrinkle to the narrative that the Recall Chesa Boudin effort is largely funded by one donor. Boudin’s allies are fighting back against the still-collecting-signatures effort to recall the very liberal Democratic Socialist SF district attorney, and as such, have started up a couple of political action committees (PACs) to finance that fight. And one of these PACs is stop us if you’ve heard this before largely funded by one donor.
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Fired DAs, cops, and critics chip in against Krasner
At least 21 former city prosecutors donated more than $500 to Vega’s campaign, including several who were fired by Krasner and later sued over their dismissal, as well as some who migrated to Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office.
Vega, 64, was also among the early layoffs in 2017, following Krasner’s election. He later filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the DA, 59, over his firing. The case remains ongoing.
Vega has gotten support from local attorneys, including Jimmy Binns and Michael Diamondstein, as well as defense lawyers Brian McMonagle and Fortunato Perri. The latter two represented former Philly Police Inspector Joseph Bologna in a police brutality case Krasner filed during the George Floyd protests last summer.
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BY MOLLY LIEBERGALL, THE BADGER PROJECT
A loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law allows individuals to make unlimited donations to political parties, and also allows political parties to make unlimited donations to candidates. If an individual wants to donate directly to a candidate, there are limits based on state and federal law. But not if they give through a party.
Here’s who is taking advantage of that loophole in Wisconsin, according to campaign finance records.
1. Karla Jurvetson
$2.8 million to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
A physician, philanthropist, and political activist from Silicon Valley, Karla Jurvetson is divorced from a super-successful tech investor. She has emerged as one of the Democratic Party’s most prolific donors. Of the 41 states that received her support this year, Wisconsin got the largest sum by far, but Arizona, Pennsylvania and other battleground states still received around $1 million each, acco