ICYMI: Golden Steered $500,000 to Democratic Activists

Jared Golden steered half a million dollars to a far-left activist group that is now offering $21 per hour for folks to canvas for Golden in the ME-02 congressional race. 

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Golden, Pingree Steered $500,000 from “Inflation Reduction Act” to Democratic Activists
Maine Wire
August 23, 2024

Maine’s Democratic members of Congress, Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree, supported a $500,000 taxpayer-funded “environmental justice” grant for a left-wing activist group — the same group that’s now offering to pay $21 per hour for left-wing activists to canvass Maine’s Second Congressional District from now until the Nov. 5 elections.

On Oct. 25, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a tranche of $3.5 million in grants that were awarded to six projects in Maine geared towards advancing “environmental justice.”

The funding for the grants came from President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act — which authorized more $400 billion in spending on a broad range of activities tied to energy and climate change initiatives.

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Among the organizations awarded funds by the EPA was the Maine People’s Resource Center, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm of the Maine People’s Alliance, a progressive activist and lobbying organization that pushes left-wing causes in Maine.

Although the two groups appear separate on paper, they share staff, office space, and support for progressive policies and Democratic politicians.

The joint 501(c)3 / 501(c)4 arrangement allows for the activist group to benefit from a (c)3 status, such as by accepting government grants and tax-deductible donations, while maintaining the freedom to spend large sums of money directly influencing politics via the (c)4 arm.

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The Maine People’s Alliance is actively running advertisements on Craigslist seeking paid political canvassers to operate in the Second Congressional District around Bangor.

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