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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:13 PM

Saviolo (2,919 posts)

Hey, remember that super grifty wall GoFundMe? It gets griftier:

Sorry, it's not in text form, it's a podcast. But yeah, not only was it super grifty from the start (I mean, of course), but those refunds that are being issued... sort of aren't.

Recommended listening: https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/the-whole-story-behind-that-we-build-the-wall-gofundme.htm

In short, the guy who's running the grift has moved the potential money from the relatively transparent platform of GoFundMe into getting people to "opt in" to moving the money into his 501(c)4, which will make it all tax-free dark money. The guy has a history of grifts and links to right wing meme and "alternative facts" Facebook news sources. He's also run GoFundMe campaigns in the past with absolutely no accounting for the destination of the money.

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Hey, remember that super grifty wall GoFundMe? It gets griftier: (Original post)	Saviolo	Jan 2019	OP
A Republican grifter????	Power 2 the People	Jan 2019	#1
It's like they just can't help themselves.	Saviolo	Jan 2019	#4
They are crooks who recognize that the typical deplorable is exceptionally dumb and gullible.	LonePirate	Jan 2019	#26
That's what they do. Because that's who they ARE.	calimary	Jan 2019	#28
I don't feel sorry for those who donated.	Aristus	Jan 2019	#2
And now, the grifter has this:	MineralMan	Jan 2019	#3
Is he even able to drive?	obamanut2012	Jan 2019	#8
I have no idea.	MineralMan	Jan 2019	#9
That'll go nicely...	skypilot	Jan 2019	#11
Larceny by Conversion? n/t	MFGsunny	Jan 2019	#5
I remember many here donating to the "generous" homeless guy and his benefactors.	cwydro	Jan 2019	#6
Whatever happened with Jill Stein's fund?	oberliner	Jan 2019	#7
Got any inside dirt to enlighten us?	ornotna	Jan 2019	#20
There was this article last month	oberliner	Jan 2019	#21
Fishy smell. She REEKS of it.	calimary	Jan 2019	#29
The whole thing seemed fishy from the get go	oberliner	Jan 2019	#33
Kicking for the word griftier...	Phentex	Jan 2019	#10
lol	Cha	Jan 2019	#22
Thankee, thankee	Saviolo	Jan 2019	#23
It's the griftiest!	dchill	Jan 2019	#27
how much did he raise?	Hamlette	Jan 2019	#12
He is still collecting $	CountAllVotes	Jan 2019	#32
Womp womp.	tanyev	Jan 2019	#13
That podcast was hard to get through.	Iggo	Jan 2019	#14
Yeah, the second half is all about the actual grift	Saviolo	Jan 2019	#17
You know, I think they mentioned that at the beginning...	Iggo	Jan 2019	#19
Milking the rubes is an enterprise in the era of Trump.	Vinca	Jan 2019	#15
Always has been.	Saviolo	Jan 2019	#25
I hope he spends all of those millions	obamanut2012	Jan 2019	#16
Yep. He raised money he said was for a veteran's hospital	octoberlib	Jan 2019	#18
K&R	JHan	Jan 2019	#24
Grifty McGrifterson	MontanaMama	Jan 2019	#30
Happy to be of service.	Saviolo	Jan 2019	#31

Response to Saviolo (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:40 PM

Power 2 the People (2,437 posts)

1. A Republican grifter????

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:59 PM

Saviolo (2,919 posts)

4. It's like they just can't help themselves.

The episode he did last week was a two-parter about the KKK. The second KKK that arose in the 20's was primarily a pyramid scheme. Yes, friends the second coming of the KKK was a MLM scheme.

You can hear that one here: https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-two-the-grifters-who-resurrected-the-kkk.htm

But I also recommend listening to part one: https://www.behindthebastards.com/podcasts/part-one-the-birth-of-the-ku-klux-klan.htm

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:00 AM

LonePirate (11,022 posts)

26. They are crooks who recognize that the typical deplorable is exceptionally dumb and gullible.

The deplorables are seen as the easy marks they are.

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:38 AM

calimary (61,257 posts)

28. That's what they do. Because that's who they ARE.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:42 PM

Aristus (53,946 posts)

2. I don't feel sorry for those who donated.

A fool and his money, and all that.

Plus, they were donating to a stupid cause, so they really deserved getting plucked...

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:45 PM

MineralMan (136,060 posts)

3. And now, the grifter has this:

Wholly owned by his 501(c)4 as an asset, of course:

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:35 PM

obamanut2012 (19,787 posts)

8. Is he even able to drive?

Am not being snarky.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:36 PM

MineralMan (136,060 posts)

9. I have no idea.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:02 PM

skypilot (8,416 posts)

11. That'll go nicely...

...with the leggy, blond wife that he likes to show off. This guy is a douche's douche.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:23 PM

MFGsunny (2,288 posts)

5. Larceny by Conversion? n/t

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:30 PM

cwydro (41,561 posts)

6. I remember many here donating to the "generous" homeless guy and his benefactors.

Lots of grifters out there.

Of all stripes.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:32 PM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

7. Whatever happened with Jill Stein's fund?

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:54 PM

ornotna (8,537 posts)

20. Got any inside dirt to enlighten us?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 05:18 AM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

21. There was this article last month

Why Won’t Jill Stein Pay Her Fines?

Jill Stein is flush with cash left over from both her 2016 Green Party presidential campaign, and a subsequent vote recount effort.

But Stein has yet to use a dime of it to clear about $53,000 in outstanding fines levied on her campaign for habitually submitting financial disclosures after federal deadlines, a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Federal Election Commission records indicates.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-wont-jill-stein-pay-her-fines

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:39 AM

calimary (61,257 posts)

29. Fishy smell. She REEKS of it.

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 12:09 PM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

33. The whole thing seemed fishy from the get go

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:43 PM

Phentex (15,603 posts)

10. Kicking for the word griftier...

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 05:23 AM

Cha (268,477 posts)

22. lol

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:46 PM

Saviolo (2,919 posts)

23. Thankee, thankee

I take great liberties with the vernacular.

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:08 AM

dchill (26,280 posts)

27. It's the griftiest!

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:05 PM

Hamlette (14,289 posts)

12. how much did he raise?

asking for a friend

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 12:05 PM

CountAllVotes (19,236 posts)

32. He is still collecting $

https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

Idiot!

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:49 PM

tanyev (33,366 posts)

13. Womp womp.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:39 PM

Iggo (43,839 posts)

14. That podcast was hard to get through.

The first half of it was one guy explaining who the gofundme guy was while I think three other people were giggling and going yeah he's a dumb dummy. Then there was a commercial break and I had to shut it off.

Did they ever get to the point of what was happening with the supposed refunds?

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:31 PM

Saviolo (2,919 posts)

17. Yeah, the second half is all about the actual grift

Robert Evans (the main host) is an exceptional researcher, and he always provides a LOT of context for everything he talks about on the podcast. And yeah, the other two were his former Cracked co-workers (Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll of Some More News and Even More News most recently), and they had just finished a 2-hour podcast about the history of the KKK, and they were a little loopy, for sure.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:26 PM

Iggo (43,839 posts)

19. You know, I think they mentioned that at the beginning...

...when he messed up their names.

I'll give it another shot.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:40 PM

Vinca (45,487 posts)

15. Milking the rubes is an enterprise in the era of Trump.

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 09:57 AM

Saviolo (2,919 posts)

25. Always has been.

The previous episode of the same podcast was a two-parter about the KKK. The first Klan was just a straight up terrorist organization in the late 19th century. The SECOND Klan that arose in the 1920's was really a pyramid scheme. Actually closer to a MLM. Totally worth the listen.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:00 PM

obamanut2012 (19,787 posts)

16. I hope he spends all of those millions

On vacations and cocaine, because every single person who donated did it because they are raging xenophobes, and hateful. Then, I hope this grifter gets hard Fed time for wire fraud.

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 07:38 PM

octoberlib (13,655 posts)

18. Yep. He raised money he said was for a veteran's hospital

and they said they never received a cent.

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Wed Jan 30, 2019, 06:49 PM

JHan (10,173 posts)

24. K&R

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:49 AM

MontanaMama (16,178 posts)

30. Grifty McGrifterson

See what you started?😏

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Thu Jan 31, 2019, 10:53 AM

Saviolo (2,919 posts)

31. Happy to be of service.

Other suggestions:

Grifty McGriftface
The Great Griftoni
Griftomatic
Grifty the Griftiest Grifter

And the great thing is, it applies to just about anyone in the GOP orbit at all.

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