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Top potential Kamala Harris VP pick 'likely no longer the betting favorite': report
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After reading your comment, I looked at their info and was also concerned about their lack of transparency.
I did some looking around from their press features to her LinkedIn posts. It definitely is an odd ratio of Democrat related stories vs Republican. Especially with their own report stating
I got that second hand. I was going to bite the bullet and just give them my email and whatnot just to see what I could uncover. A long look at the privacy policy terms and that was a heck no.
In one of her LinkedIn posts she had a little blurb about an associate of hers:
So I decided to look at Ms. Higginbotham to see if she might be this mysterious co-founder. She is the managing director for Unite America. They dabble mostly in making primaries more fair/accessible and ending gerrymandering. Seems along the same lines as Emma Davidson-Tribbs with NWDL.
Still not getting any real answers since both nonprofits are just a nebulous, word-salad of buzz words. Then I looked at EDTs previous ventures. She's co-founder and principal of Harrison Clark, LLC. Co-founder again interesting I thought. Looking at their about page is a picture of the two, EDT and SJH. It's, as far as I can tell, a lobbying and consulting firm with fingers in lots of pies but specializing in issues they mostly align with.
If I had to guess, and take that for what it's worth from who it's coming from, they both use the 501Cs as PR to score larger campaigns. All of this could be completely above board. The only things that I find unsettling are the lack of transparency and the seemingly disproportionate targeting of Democrats.
I don't know but thanks for being skeptical.
I really appreciate you continuing the research here. It's definitely suspicious. Groups pushing for progressive ideals should be transparent, transparency is so important. Interesting to know that this isn't the first thing EDT has cofounded and not have the other founders listed.
I hope there is an actual journalist who can do more in depth research out there paying attention.