Not even Bernie would talk trash about George Clooney even if he helps raise campaign funds for Hillary and her allies. George Clooney most likely is not the main source of frustration for many Bernie supporters. It's the old model of campaign fundraising and all the crap such a model brings to the table like special access to the candidate (should the candidate win upcoming election) bundlers or whoever throws in some of the biggest dollars get and so forth.


From Los Angeles Times - Turning big-money politics upside down

Bernie Sanders' campaign legacy could be how he raises money from so many people

While Bernie Sanders expresses disdain for big banks and other corporate lenders, some of the most valuable field lieutenants in the Vermonter’s political “revolution” are a band of techies here who have proven masterful at persuading Americans to make credit-card payments.

Nate Thames, executive director of ActBlue Technical Services, keeps close watch of traffic through the fundraising platform at its Somerville, Mass., headquarters. (Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times)

In a barely marked storefront location down the street from Tufts University, this team heavy with millennials operating under the name ActBlue mills around an office space with the usual tech firm quirks -- beanbag chairs, a pingpong table, a massive net for dropping party balloons – doing work that is not particularly sexy. But it is turning big-money politics upside down.

ActBlue is a decade-old nonprofit that creates fundraising software to help Democrats build networks of donors, instead of leaving them isolated on the various databases controlled by individual campaigns. The system enables donors who might tap into it to give to one particular candidate or cause broaden their participation, and send money to any other ActBlue client by simply punching a button on their phone.

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