[Peace-discuss] Krystal Ball is a grifter

[David Green]

"But thus far, nobody has benefited more financially from the group than
Ball herself. Of the $445,000 Ball raised for the group, she paid herself
more than a third of that — $174,000 — in salary, according to documents
filed with the Federal Election Commission. The majority of her salary —
$104,000 — came in the first three months of this year alone.

That’s nearly eight times more than the nearly $22,000 the PHP has used to
support its dozen endorsed candidates, some of whom have received just a
single $1,000 contribution.

Political groups with a glaring discrepancy between personal salaries and
candidate contributions are often deemed so-called “Scam PACs,” a type of
organization that enriches its founders while doing little to assist the
cause or candidate they purportedly support. And indeed, when presented
with the FEC data by McClatchy, several of PHP’s donors and supporters
reacted with anger, going so far as to withdraw their endorsement and
contributions.
“As a donor to the People's House Project and someone who had hoped it
would make a positive impact in getting candidates elected, I am as
disappointed as anyone that so little of the money raised has made its way
to candidates,” Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, one of the group’s most important
early supporters, said in a statement to McClatchy. “I can no longer
support this PAC.”  "

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article210775574.html
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