'''Democracy Alliance''' was founded by former [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] [[U.S. Department of the Treasury|Treasury]] official [[Rob Stein]], [[Erica Payne]] and various donors in 2005. The Muckety website maintains a [http://www.muckety.com/Democracy-Alliance/5024725.muckety relationship map] on some of the major financial donors to the Democracy Alliance. '''View [http://www.muckety.com/Democracy-Alliance/5024725.muckety Democracy Alliance Muckety Map]'''
==Website==
==Board of Directors and Members==
The Board of Directors identified on the Democracy Alliance website (September, 2007) are:
* [[Robert Rob McKay]], Chair
* [[Anna Burger]], Vice Chair, [[SEIU]]
* [[Drummond Pike]], Treasurer
*[[Gara LaMarche]]
*[[Norman Lear]]
*[[Peter B. Lewis]]
*[[John Luongo]]
*[[Alan Patricof]]
*[[Rob Reiner]]
*[[Herb Sandler]]
*[[Marion Sandler]]
*[[Guy Saperstein]]
*[[Bernard Schwartz]]
* [[Democracy: A Journal of Ideas]], [http://capitalresearch.org/news/news.html?id=551]
*[[EMILY's List]]
*[[Kirwan Institute]]
*[[Media Matters for America]]
* [[New Democratic Network]], [http://capitalresearch.org/news/news.html?id=551]
* [[People for the American Way]], [http://capitalresearch.org/news/news.html?id=551]
* [[Progress Now]]
* [[Progressive Majority]], [http://capitalresearch.org/news/news.html?id=551]
* [[Secretary of State Project]]
*[[Sierra Club]]
*[[USAction]]
*[[VoteVets]], [http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/interviews/jon_soltz/]
* [[Young People For]], [http://www.democracyalliance.org/difference.php]
* [[Women's Voices. Women Vote.]], [http://www.democracyalliance.org/difference.php]
==Related SourceWatch Resources==
*[[99% Spring]]
*[[MoveOn]]
*[[Campaign to Defend America]]
* [[Colorado Democracy Alliance]]
* [[John Podesta]]
* [[Progressive Media]]
*[[Anna Lefer Kuhn]]
==Articles==
===2005===
* Don Hazen, [http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21192/ The Right-Wing Express], AlterNet, February 7, 2005.
*Jim VandeHei and Chris Cillizza, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/16/AR2006071600882.html A New Alliance of Democrats Spreads Funding], Washington Post, July 17, 2006.
*[http://mediamatters.org/items/200607190002 O'Reilly smeared Media Matters, Democracy Alliance], [[Media Matters for America]], July 19, 2006.
*Judith Siers-Poisson, [httphttps://www.prwatch.org/node/5034 Funding The Left], PRWatch.org, July 27, 2006.
*Ari Berman, [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061016/berman Big $$ for Progressive Politics], The Nation, October 16, 2006.
*Matthew Vadum and James Dellinger, [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18899 Leftists in Search of Permanent Democrat Majority], Human Events, December, 2006.
===2007===
* Silla Brush, [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070401/9ideas.htm In the Tanks for the Democrats], US News & World Report, April 1, 2007.
*Jon Wiener, [http://www.calendarlive.com/books/la-bk-wiener12aug12,0,525210.story?coll=cl-books-features The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics], a review of the book by Matt Bai, August 12, 2007, Los Angeles Times.
*John Stauber, [httphttps://www.prwatch.org/node/6368 Iraq: The "Gift" That Keeps on Bleeding], PRWatch.org, August 20, 2007.
* Matt Bai, [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-bai23sep23,0,6023565.story?coll=la-opinion-center Democrats, Look West], Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2007.
*Dan Morain, "[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-money13nov13,1,3814081.story Campaigns raise stakes on nonprofits: Untraditional donation channels are expected to gain ground in 2008. They assure anonymity and do not impose caps]," ''Los Angeles Times'', November 13, 2007.
===2008===
* Matthew Vadum and James Dellinger, [[Capital Research Center]], [http://capitalresearch.org/news/news.html?id=551 Democracy Alliance: Billionaires for Big Government What’s Next for George Soros’s Democracy Alliance?] A January, 2008 Update of a 2006 issue of [[Foundation Watch]].
* [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/03/union.html As Clinton and Obama struggle, so do the unions behind each], LA Times Blogs, March 6, 2008.
* Sean Collins, [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/reviewofbooks_article/4926/ The hole at the heart of the Democratic Party], Spiked On-Line.com, March 11, 2008.
* Michael Abramowitz, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402647.html Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC Political Funds, Lobbying to Promote Arab-Israeli Peace Deal], Washington Post, April 15, 2008.
*Drummond Pike, [http://drummondpike.tides.org/index.php/2008/05/01/live-from-the-da/ Live, from the DA….], Drummond Pike's Blog, May 1, 2008.
* Daisy Maxey, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120995556917566773.html Democratic Booster Blue Fund Group Has Been Singing the Blues Lately], Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2008.
*John Fund, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121581650524447373.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Obama's Liberal Shock Troops], Wall Street Journal opinion page, July 12, 2008.
* Michael Barker, [http://www.swans.com/library/art14/barker02.html The Soros Media "Empire" The Power of Philanthropy to Engineer Consent], Swans.com, July 14, 2008.
* Peter Overby [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93357018 Union Operative Advocates And Gains Power], National Public Radio, August 6, 2008.
* Julian Brookes, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julian-brookes/an-interview-with-erica-p_b_137206.html An Interview with Erica Payne, Author of The Practical Progressive], Huffington Post, October 23, 2008
===2013===
* [[John Stauber]], [http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/15/the-progressive-movement-is-a-pr-front-for-rich-democrats/ The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats], March 15, 2013, CounterPunch.
===2014===
* [[Kenneth Vogel]], [http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/democrats-democracy-alliance-liberal-donors-105972 The Left's Secret Club ], April 24, 2014. Politico.
* [[Kenneth Vogel]], [http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/inside-the-vast-liberal-conspiracy-108171 Insider The Vast Liberal Conspiracy], June 23, 2014, Politico
===2015===
* [[Kenneth Vogel]], [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/secret-effort-to-sell-hillary-clinton-to-rich-liberals-118528 The Secret Effort to Sell Hillary to Rich Liberals], June 2, 2015, Politico.
===2016===
* [[Kenneth Vogel]], [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/democratic-donors-hollywood-conference-221764 Donors seek to harness Hollywood to boost liberal causes], April 10, 2016, Politico.
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