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Yes Joe - That is how the Clinton Foundation gets a lot of its money. Their donors are posted on their website (but I *think* they have to get permission from the donor in order to identify them).

The important point is what they do with their money - how that is interpreted is, of course, based on one's political leanings. The Clinton Foundation actually performs most of the charitable work itself, it is not so much a conduit to pass money down to other entities.

My piece was more along the lines of the smaller organizations and surrogates that pop up as needed (to subtly push a larger agenda) and are ultimately funded by a small number of individuals that have profit-based motives.

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we did away with the concept of Dark Money (not to mention the concept of money=speech) across the board.

From: Letter: Dark money and the perfection of greed

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