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Obvious maladies: prepublication reviews and Trump’s Bolton problem : Comments
By Binoy Kampmark, published 23/6/2020It was another atrocious week for US President Donald Trump, whose efforts to prevent the publication of his former national security adviser's memoir seemed more than a touch childish.
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Nothing as organised as the “Organizing for Action” (OFA), I reckon.
Maybe Australia's ABC and other federal public servants loose groupings perhaps?
More information about OFA is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizing_for_Action
OFA is "A nonprofit and community organizing project that advocates for the agenda of former U.S. President Barack Obama. The organization is officially non-partisan, but its agenda and policies are strongly allied with the Democratic Party.
It is the successor of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and of Organizing for America, which itself succeeded Obama's 2008 campaign.
Founded after Obama's re-election, the group seeks to mobilize supporters in favor of Obama's legislative priorities. OFA is registered as a 501(c)(4) organization, which may advocate for legislation but is prohibited from specifically supporting political candidates.
Chairman Jim Messina (Obama's 2012 campaign manager) and Michelle Obama announced the formation of OFA on January 18, 2013. White House official Jon Carson left the Obama administration to become the executive director. Campaign senior adviser David Axelrod serves as a consultant.
Funding
Jim Messina has stated that the group would not be accepting corporate donations and would disclose donation amounts, and OFA executive director Jon Carson and Messina have both stated that OFA is a non-partisan, grassroots issue advocacy group.
In March 2013, OFA said that it would begin to publish its donors list (including donation amounts) on a quarterly basis.
In May 2014, the organization halved its staff and announced that it would stop requesting large contributions."
COMMENT
But OFA may now have grown again in membership and funding to fix Trump.
Cheers