{"id":6631,"date":"2020-02-07T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=6631"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:18:58","slug":"heres-the-zionist-billionaire-funding-buttigiegs-cultural-marxist-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=6631","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s the Zionist billionaire funding Buttigieg&#8217;s cultural marxist agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa\u2019s disastrous voting app<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6632\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-11.15.20-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-11.15.20-AM.png 855w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-11.15.20-AM-300x161.png 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-07-at-11.15.20-AM-768x413.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Behind the app that delayed Iowa\u2019s voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires. Its top donor Seth Klarman is a Buttigieg backer who has dumped money into pro-settler Israel lobby groups.<\/h3>\n<p>By Max Blumenthal<br \/>\nThe GRAYZONE<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, 12 hours after voting in the Democratic Party\u2019s Iowa caucuses ended, the results have not been announced. The delay in reporting is the result of a failed app developed by a company appropriately named Shadow Inc.<\/p>\n<p>This firm was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kgosztola\/status\/1224579634983063552\">staffed by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaign veterans<\/a>\u00a0and created by a Democratic dark money nonprofit backed by hedge-fund billionaires including Seth Klarman. A prolific funder of pro-settler Israel lobby organizations, Klarman has also contributed directly to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/12\/17\/national-security-mandarins-groomed-pete-buttigieg\/\">Pete Buttigieg\u2019s campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The delay in the vote reporting denied a victory speech to Senator Bernie Sanders, the presumptive winner of the opening contest in the Democratic presidential primary. Though not one exit poll indicated that Buttigieg would have won, the South Bend, Indiana mayor took to Twitter to confidently proclaim himself the victor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iowa, you have shocked the nation.<\/p>\n<p>By all indications, we are going on to New Hampshire victorious. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IowaCaucuses?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IowaCaucuses<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteButtigieg\/status\/1224564353040625665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The bizarre scenario was made possible by a mysterious voting app whose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dems-iowa-caucus-voting-app-stirs-security-concerns-11580063221?redirect=amp#click=https:\/\/t.co\/l6bfvyOSpT\">origins had been kept secret by Democratic National Committee officials<\/a>. For hours, it was unclear who created the failed technology, or how it wound up in the hands of Iowa party officials.<\/p>\n<p>Though a dark money Democratic operation turned out to be the source of the disastrous app, suspicion initially centered on former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook and his Russiagate-related elections integrity initiative.<\/p>\n<h3>Leveraging Russia hysteria into lucrative election opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>While Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price refused to say who was behind the failed app,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/20\/01\/14\/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\/\">he told NPR<\/a>\u00a0that he \u201cworked with the national party\u2019s cybersecurity team and Harvard University\u2019s Defending Digital Democracy project\u2026\u201d Price did not offer details on his collaboration with the Harvard group, however.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/31\/us\/politics\/iowa-caucuses-hacking-security.html\">New York Times<\/a>\u00a0reported that this same outfit had teamed up with Iowa Democrats to run a \u201cdrill of worst-case scenarios\u201d and possible foreign threats, but was also vague on details.<\/p>\n<p>Robby Mook, the former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton\u2019s failed 2016 presidential campaign, was the co-founder of Defending Digital Democracy. His initiative arose out of the national\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/how-the-russia-spin-got-so-much-torque_b_5906e5f6e4b03b105b44ba15\">freakout over Russian meddling<\/a>\u00a0that he and his former boss helped stir when they blamed their loss on Russian interference. Mook\u2019s new outfit pledged to \u201cprotect from hackers and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/cyber-conference-facebook-idCNL1N1KG26G\">propaganda attacks<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He founded the organization with help from Matt Rhoades, a former campaign manager for Republican Mitt Romney whose public relations company was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2017\/11\/6\/16616416\/shervin-pishevar-definers-public-affairs-lawsuit-republican\">sued by a Silicon Valley investor<\/a>\u00a0after it branded him \u201can agent of the Russian government\u201d and \u201ca friend of Russian President, Vladimir Putin.\u201d Rhoades\u2019 firm had been contracted by a business rival to destroy the investor\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>As outrage grew over the delay in Iowa caucus results, Mook publicly denied any role in designing the notorious app.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobbyMook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobbyMook<\/a>, you may not have built the app, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a> is reporting that you were involved in stress testing it.<\/p>\n<p>Any comment? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OHOVs2vX4u\">https:\/\/t.co\/OHOVs2vX4u<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2FmbnZc4tT\">pic.twitter.com\/2FmbnZc4tT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franklinleonard\/status\/1224563451558649857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, journalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhfang\/status\/1224561674679488513\">Lee Fang reported<\/a>\u00a0that a previously unknown tech outfit called Shadow Inc. had contracted with the Iowa Democratic Party to create the failed technology. The firm was comprised of former staffers for Obama and Clinton as well as the tech industry, and had been paid for \u201csoftware rights\u201d by the Buttigieg campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franklinleonard\/status\/1224563451558649857\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"7\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-ancestor EmbeddedTweet-ancestor--repliesRefresh\" data-scribe=\"section:conversation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20305\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?resize=845%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?w=1290&amp;ssl=1 1290w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?resize=1024%2C239&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?resize=768%2C179&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?resize=150%2C35&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?resize=1200%2C280&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"Shadow Inc Pete Buttigieg Iowa caucus app\" width=\"845\" height=\"197\" data-attachment-id=\"20305\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/02\/04\/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app\/shadow-inc-pete-buttigieg-iowa-caucus-app\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?fit=1290%2C301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1290,301\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shadow Inc Pete Buttigieg Iowa caucus app\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;FEC filings show the Iowa Democratic Party and Pete Buttigieg campaign paid Shadow Inc., which developed the flawed app used in the Iowa caucus&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?fit=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Shadow-Inc-Pete-Buttigieg-Iowa-caucus-app.png?fit=845%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FEC filings show the Iowa Democratic Party and Pete Buttigieg campaign paid Shadow Inc., which developed the flawed app used in the Iowa caucus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>An Israel lobby moneyman\u2019s path to Mayor Pete\u2019s wine cave<\/h3>\n<p>Shadow Inc. was launched by a major Democratic dark money nonprofit called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anotheracronym\/status\/1085934845942026241\">Acronym<\/a>, which also gave birth to a $7.7 million Super PAC known as Pacronym.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/readsludge.com\/2020\/01\/23\/hedge-fund-billionaires-power-new-democratic-super-pac\/\">Sludge<\/a>, Pacronym\u2019s largest donor is Seth Klarman. A billionaire hedge funder, Klarman also happens to be a top donor to Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar.<\/p>\n<p>Though he has attracted some attention for his role in the campaign,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2018\/09\/klarman-abandoning-prominent\/\">Klarman\u2019s prolific funding of the pro-settler Israel lobby<\/a>\u00a0and Islamophobic initiatives has gone almost entirely unmentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Klarman is the founder of the Boston-based Baupost Group hedge fund and a longtime donor to corporate Republican candidates. After Donald Trump called for forgiving Puerto Rico\u2019s debt, Klarman \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/10\/20\/hedge-fund-billionaire-klarman-says-puerto-rico-should-pay-its-debts.html\">the owner of $911 million of the island\u2019s bonds<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 flipped and began funding Trump\u2019s opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire\u2019s crusade against Trump ultimately led him to Mayor Pete\u2019s wine cave.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2019, Klarman had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michelatindera\/2019\/12\/21\/here-are-the-billionaires-backing-pete-buttigiegs-presidential-campaign\/#349edcf95fc6\">donated<\/a>\u00a0$5,600 to Buttigieg and pumped money into the campaigns of Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris as well.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire\u2019s support for centrist candidates appears to be not only about his own financial interests, but also his deep and abiding ideological commitment to Israel and its expansionist project.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2013\/11\/palestinian-billionaire-repressive\/\">I reported for Mondoweiss<\/a>, Klarman has been a top funder for major Israel lobby outfits, including those that support the expansion of illegal settlements and Islamophobic campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Klarman was the principal financier of The Israel Project, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/asa-winstanley\/israel-lobbys-commando-force-taken-out\">recently disbanded<\/a>\u00a0Israeli government-linked propaganda organization that lobbied against the Iran nuclear deal and backed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/security\/2009\/07\/08\/49918\/tip-settlements-manual\/\">the Israeli settlement enterprise.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Klarman has heaped hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) and the American Jewish Committee. And he funded The David Project, which was established to suppress Palestine solidarity organizing on college campuses across the US and battled to block the establishment of a Muslim community center in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Through his support for the Friends of Ir David Inc., Klarman directly involved himself in the Israeli settlement enterprise, assisting the US-based tax-exempt arm of the organization that oversaw a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/jerusalem-city-of-david\/\">wave of Palestinian expulsions<\/a>\u00a0in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.<\/p>\n<p>Other pro-Israel groups reaping the benefits of Klarman\u2019s generosity include Birthright Israel, the AIPAC-founded Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2017\/11\/10\/trump-cia-bin-laden-neocon-think-tank-fdd-iran\/\">Foundation for the Defense of Democracies<\/a>\u00a0(FDD), a neoconservative think tank that helped devise Trump\u2019s \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign of economic warfare on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Klarman is the owner of the Times of Israel, an Israeli media outlet that once\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2014\/08\/yochanan-genocide-permissible\/\">published a call for Palestinian genocide<\/a>. (The op-ed was ultimately removed following public backlash.)<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Buttigieg has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/4\/3\/18293545\/pete-buttigieg-democrats-president-israel-omar-palestine\">sought to distinguish himself<\/a>\u00a0from Sanders on the issue of Israel-Palestine. During a testy exchange this January with a self-proclaimed Jewish supporter of Palestinian human rights, the South Bend mayor backtracked on a previous pledge to withhold military aid to Israel if it annexed parts of the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/IfNotNowOrg\/status\/1222888022292750336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1222888022292750336&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegrayzone.com%2F2020%2F02%2F04%2Fpro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app%2F<\/p>\n<p>Another recipient of Klarman\u2019s funding, Amy Klobuchar, has taken a strongly pro-Israel line,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/01\/amy-klobuchar-says-she-would-work-on-increasing-support-for-israel-if-elected-president\/\">vowing to support Trump\u2019s relocation of the US embassy<\/a> from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Klarman\u2019s interest in Israel has apparently led him to support regime change in Syria. In 2017, the pro-Israel billionaire\u2019s foundation donated $100,000 to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2018\/04\/12\/al-qaedas-mash-unit-how-the-syrian-american-medical-society-is-selling-regime-change-and-driving-the-us-to-war\/\">Syrian American Medical Society<\/a>, a US-based non-profit that has lobbied aggressively for US intervention in Syria while partnering on the ground with foreign-backed extremists that occupied large swaths of the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20308\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20308\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?resize=796%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?w=796&amp;ssl=1 796w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w\" alt=\"Seth Klarman foundation funds Syrian American Medical Society SAMS\" width=\"796\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"20308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/02\/04\/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app\/seth-klarman-foundation-funds-syrian-american-medical-society-sams\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?fit=796%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"796,469\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Seth Klarman foundation funds Syrian American Medical Society SAMS\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Klarman Family Foundation\u00a02017 990 form shows it funds the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?fit=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-foundation-funds-Syrian-American-Medical-Society-SAMS.png?fit=796%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Klarman Family Foundation\u00a02017\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.klarmanfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_990-PF.pdf\">990 form<\/a>\u00a0shows it funds the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back home in the US, Klarman has contributed heavily to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciamemorialfoundation.org\/donate\">funding the CIA Memorial Foundation<\/a>. He is listed alongside former CIA Director George Tenet as a top individual contributor to the group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20310\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20310\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?resize=845%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?w=1510&amp;ssl=1 1510w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?resize=1024%2C650&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?resize=768%2C487&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?resize=150%2C95&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?resize=1200%2C761&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"Seth Klarman CIA Memorial Foundation\" width=\"845\" height=\"536\" data-attachment-id=\"20310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/02\/04\/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app\/seth-klarman-cia-memorial-foundation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?fit=1510%2C958&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1510,958\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Seth Klarman CIA Memorial Foundation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Billionaire Seth Klarman is listed as a top donor to the CIA Memorial Foundation&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?fit=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/thegrayzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Seth-Klarman-CIA-Memorial-Foundation.jpg?fit=845%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billionaire Seth Klarman is listed as a top donor to the CIA Memorial Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Klarman\u2019s support for Buttigieg,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2019\/12\/30\/coup-plotters-cia-agents-mayor-pete-endorsers\/\">The Grayzone previously reported<\/a>, has been complimented by a surprisingly long roster of former high-ranking CIA officials, regime-change architects, and global financiers.<\/p>\n<h3>Battling Bernie with hedge fund money and sexism claims<\/h3>\n<p>Like Klarman, Donald Sussman is a hedge funder who has channeled his fortune into Pacronym. He has given $1 million to the Super PAC and was also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2016\/10\/20\/hedge-fund-manager-s-donald-sussman-gave-21-million-to-pro-clinton-super-pac-priorities-usa\/\">top donor to Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Sussman\u2019s Paloma Partners\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2016\/05\/hedge-fund-megadonors-capitalize-on-offshore-opportunities\/\">operates<\/a>\u00a0through a series of offshore shell companies, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hedge-funds-got-bailout-bucks-too-2009-3\">received tens of millions of dollars<\/a>\u00a0in the 2009 federal bailout of the banking industry.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter, Democratic operative Emily Tisch Sussman, declared on MSNBC in September that \u201cif you still support Sanders over Warren, it\u2019s kind of showing your sexism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ibrahimpols\/status\/1177719744096559110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1177719744096559110&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegrayzone.com%2F2020%2F02%2F04%2Fpro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app%2F<\/p>\n<p>As Democratic elites like the Sussmans braced for a Bernie Sanders triumph in Iowa, a mysterious piece of technology spun out by a group they supported delayed the vote results, preventing Sanders from delivering a victory speech.<\/p>\n<p>And the politician many of them supported, Pete Buttigieg, exploited the moment to declare himself the winner.<\/p>\n<p>In such a strange scenario, the conspiracy theories write themselves.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/02\/04\/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app\/\">https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2020\/02\/04\/pro-israel-buttigieg-seth-klarman-iowas-voting-app\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire pro-Israel Buttigieg backer Seth Klarman funds group behind Iowa\u2019s disastrous voting app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}