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Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes on the full range of topics relating to national defense, foreign policy and international security. Dowd’s commentaries and essays have appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, Military Officer, The American Legion Magazine, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, The Claremont Review of Books, World Politics Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Examiner, The Detroit News, The Sacramento Bee, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, The Landing Zone, Current, The World & I, The American Enterprise, Fraser Forum, American Outlook, The American and the online editions of Weekly Standard, National Review and American Interest. Beyond his work in opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and university lecturer; congressional aide; and administrator, researcher and writer at leading think tanks, including the Hudson Institute, Sagamore Institute and Fraser Institute. An award-winning writer, Dowd has been interviewed by Fox News Channel, Cox News Service, The Washington Times, The National Post, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and numerous radio programs across North America. In addition, his work has been quoted by and/or reprinted in The Guardian, CBS News, BBC News and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dowd holds degrees from Butler University and Indiana University. Follow him at twitter.com/alanwdowd.

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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

Dark Blood Money

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Written by Laurence F Sanford, Senior Analyst ASCF

Categories: ASCF Articles

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Dark blood money is poisoning America.

Dark money refers to money spent to influence political outcomes where the source of money is not disclosed. The most common dark money organizations are tax-exempt nonprofits under the IRS 501(c) tax code. The names of donors are secret and not disclosed to the public.
● 501(c)(3)s are not allowed to engage in political activities, but donations are tax-exempt.
● 501(c)(4)s can engage in political activities, but donations are not tax-deductible.

“Blood Money” is the title of a book by Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute. The book describes how the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) covert actions are corrupting elite leadership in politics, industry, Hollywood, professional sports, and Wall Street. The CCP’s involvement in the Mexican cartel drug trade (fentanyl), social justice movements, media (TikTok), and the medical establishment (Fauci) are creating chaos and decadence in the United States.

The Heritage Foundation describes a “Revolutionary Ecosystem” of dark blood money that sustains and supports Marxist and Islamic terror groups with the purpose of ending American democracy, capitalism, and Western civilization. Not only are U.S.-based organizations part of this revolutionary ecosystem, but so are foreign entities such as China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.

The four components of the revolutionary ecosystem are:
1. Activist organizations
2. Fiscal sponsors
3. Donors
4. Radical media groups

Activist organizations --- among the most prominent are:
● American Muslims for Palestine
● Students for Justice in Palestine
● Samidoun
● Jewish Voice for Peace

Fiscal sponsors are non-profit organizations that offer legal, administrative, and tax-exempt status to activist organizations.
● The Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) receives funding from the George Soros Open Society and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. AFGJ supports Marxist Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The German government recently banned Samidoun, along with Hamas, for terror activities.
● Tides Foundation funds BLM, Progress Unity Fund, and Jewish Voice for Peace. It also sponsors the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, which trains anti-Israel protesters on U.S. campuses. Tides is a “pass-through” service, which makes it nearly impossible to trace original donors to the recipient. Anonymity is essential to people who work with Tides. Billions of dollars have been collected for pass-through by Tides.
● Westchester Peace Action Committee fiscally sponsors Student for Justice in Palestine (SJP), one of the most active groups against Jews.
● Thousand Currents fiscally sponsor BLM. Thus, when you donate to BLM, you are directed to its fundraising partner, ActBlue, which distributes the money to Thousand Currents and then grants it to BLM. (Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate Trump, donated through ActBlue.)

Donors
● Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros funds Open Society Foundations. In addition to funding the revolutionary ecosystem, Soros funds political campaigns for progressive district attorneys such as Alvin Bragg in New York City, who recently dropped charges against hundreds who participated in the Columbia University riots.
● Solidaire funds various BLM and pro-Palestinian groups and is closely linked to the Pritzker family. (The present governor of Illinois and former secretary of commerce under Obama are Pritzkers.)
● Neville Roy Singham and his wife, Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK, live in Shanghai and have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. A New York Times feature says that Singham “works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide” with hundreds of millions of dollars. Singham mixes progressive advocacy with CCP talking points. Singham sold his Chicago-based software company for $780 million.

Radical media groups
● BT Media - a left-wing news outlet group receiving funds from Singham.
● Common Dreams - pro-BLM, pro-Hamas news outlet
● The Gray Zone was founded by Max Blumenthal, son of Clinton confidant Sydney Blumenthal.

Summary

Recent anti-Israel, anti-American marches on college campuses and cities throughout America are fueled by a consortium of Marxist and Islamic organizations protesting Israel’s response to the Hamas genocide of October 7, 2023. The protests are manifestations of Marxist and Islamic ideologies that have permeated American society for years. The ultimate goal is ending America and Western civilization.

Action
1. Light one candle rather than curse the darkness. Join groups to expose “useful idiots” mouthing Marxist/Islamic propaganda.
2. Elect leaders who recognize the threat and who will fight for American values.
3. Demand that the IRS remove tax exemptions for 501(c)s that advocate against America.
4. Enforce laws for all. Corrupt district attorneys, many funded by Soros, and politicians allow rioters to escape punishment for illegal violence and property seizure. BLM rioters in 2020 and anti-Israel rioters in 2024 received no jail time, yet a 76-year-old grandmother was sentenced to two years in jail for involvement in blockading access to an abortion clinic.
5. Eliminate DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs. DEI fosters racial grievances, social unrest, low morale, and declining performance standards in the military, government, business, and education.

Peace Through Strength!

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