“Conservatives, particularly the Koch Brothers, are playing for keeps with an even more pronounced financial advantages than in recent election cycles,” reads the introduction to a 62-page briefing book provided to donors ahead of April’s annual spring meeting of the DA, as the club is known, at Chicago’s tony Ritz-Carlton hotel.
The briefing book reveals a sort of DA-funded extra-party political machine that includes sophisticated voter databases and plans to mobilize pivotal Democratic voting blocs, air ads boosting Democratic candidates, while also — perhaps ironically — working to reduce the influence of money in politics.
Democracy Alliance officials did not dispute the authenticity of the document but declined to comment on it.
It makes public for the first time details of the complete organizational flowchart of the big-money left, including up-to-date budget figures and forecasts, program goals and performance assessments for the 21 core DA groups, including the Center for American Progress, Media Matters, America Votes and the Obama-linked Organizing for Action.
It also includes a “Progressive Infrastructure Map,” with 172 other groups to which the DA recommends that its rich liberal members — including billionaire financier George Soros and Houston trial lawyers Amber and Steve Mostyn — donate.
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Advancement Project
The Agenda Project
Alliance for Justice
AlterNet
America Votes
American Bridge 21st Century
American Constitution Society
American Independent News Network
American Sustainable Business Council
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans United For Change
Analyst Institute
The Atlas Project
Auburn Seminary
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice
Black Civic Engagement Fund
BlueGreen Alliance
Brave New Films
Brennan Center for Justice
The Bus Federation
Campaign for America's Future
Catalist
Catholics United
Center for American Progress
Center for Community Change
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Center for Media and Democracy
Center for Political Accountability
The Center for Popular Democracy
Center for Responsible Lending
Center for Social Inclusion
Center for Story-based Strategy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Citizen Engagement Laboratory
Climate Reality Project
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Code for Progress
ColorofChange.org
Common Cause
Common Purpose Project
Constitutional Accountability Center
Corporate Action Network
CREW
Democracy for America
Democracy Initiative
Democracy Now
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Demos
Drug Policy Alliance
Economic Innovation Institute
Economic Policy Institute
Emerge America
EMILY's List
Energy Action Coalition
Enroll America
Environment America
Fair Elections Legal Network
Fair Share Alliance
Faith in Public Life
The Foundation for the Future
Free Press
Free Speech for People
Free Speech TV
Freedom to Marry
Friends of Democracy
Fund for the Republic
Gamaliel Foundation
Gamechanger Networks
Generational Alliance
GetEQUAL
Green Corps
Green For All
Head Count Inc.
Hip Hop Caucus
House Majority PAC
Human Rights Campaign
I Vote
Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
J Street
Justice at Stake
Know Your Care
Latino Engagement Fund
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Leadership Center for the Common Good
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
League of Conservation Voters
League of Young Voters
Main Street Alliance
Majority PAC
The Management Center
MapLight
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
The Media Consortium
Media Matters for America
Mi Familia Vota
Midwest Academy
MomsRising
Mother Jones
Movement Advancement Project
NAACP
NARAL Pro-Choice America
The Nation
National Council of La Raza
National Democratic Redisricting Trust
National Domestic Workers Project
National Employment Law Project
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Immigration Forum
National People's Action
National Popular Vote
National Security Network
New America Media
New American Leaders Project
New Leaders Council
New Media Ventures
New Organizing Institute
NextGen Climate Action
NRDC
The Opportunity Agenda
Organizing for Action
People for the American Way
PICO National Network
Planned Parenthood
Priorities USA
Progressive Campaign Change Committee
Progressive Congress
Progressive Majority
Progressive States Network
ProgressNow
Project New America
Project Vote
Public Campaign
Public Citizen
Race Forward
Rainforest Action Network
Rebuild the Dream
ROC United
Rock the Vote
Roosevelt Institute
Scholars Strategy Network
Sierra Club
Small Business Majority
Sojourners
Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Progress Fund
State Engagement Initiative
State Voices
Student PIRGs
Sunlight Foundation
The Texas Future Project
Third Way
Truman National Security Project
UltraViolet
United for a Fair Economy
United Republic
US PIRGS
USAction
Voices for Progress
Voter Participation Center
VoteVets.org
Voto Latino
Washington Monthly
Wellstone Action
Women's Equality Center
Working America
Young Democrats of America
Young Invincibles
Youth Engagement Fund
YP4 and YEO Network
