Matt Palumbo is author of ‘The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros’
Alexander Soros is officially taking over his father George’s kingdom.
And along with more money than God, Alex inherits an empire of influence rivaling governments and reaching beyond national borders.
For the non-profit philanthropy, Open Society Foundation (OSF), created by the now 92-year-old financial wizard and funded by a $25 billion war chest, is far more than a simple charity.
As I documented in my book ‘The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros,’ OSF has been wielded as one of the most powerful progressive forces in the world, active in over 120 countries.
Having spent nearly $20 billion since its founding, the OSF boasts an annual budget of $1.5 billion, mostly backed by wealth Soros accumulated as a hedge fund manager.
One of the most fascinating looks into Soros’ influence overseas came in the form of a document leaked in 2017 from the OSF’s Open Society Policy Institute, titled ‘Reliable Allies in the European Parliament.’
The document profiled all members of European Parliament that were viewed as allies of the Soros empire – spanning 11 committees and 26 delegations.
At the time, 226 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) out of 705 were identified as ‘proven or likely’ allies of Soros.
At the least, this reveals a sophisticated political international lobbying organization. If Soros-friendly MEPS were their own party, they’d have been the largest in the EU’s law-making body.
The Soros family also boasts significant influence over American media. An analysis from the Media Research Center found numerous media outlets employ journalists who also serve on boards of organizations that receive large amounts of funding from Soros.
Alexander Soros is officially taking over his father George’s kingdom. And along with more money than God, Alex inherits an empire of influence rivaling governments and reaching beyond national borders.
Those companies include ABC, NPR, the New York Times, CNN, CBS, PBS, and countless smaller outlets, such as the Sacramento Bee, Seattle Times, LA Times and Baltimore Sun.
The media has long shielded George Soros from criticism, portraying it as conspiratorial. But as Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Sacks recently tweeted, Soros has been very clear in his intention to mold America in his vision by leveraging millions over the democratic process. And that is certainly worthy of scrutiny.
‘Soros sought to have an outsized impact on public policy…’ Sacks wrote. ‘In any other context, the influence of money in politics would be a legitimate topic of conversation. Indeed, it is highly appropriate in a democracy to recognize when a special interest has subverted the public interest.’
Elon Musk replied to the thread and observed that, ‘Soros astutely identified a massive arbitrage opportunity in district attorney elections, where a relatively small amount of money has outsized influence.’
Indeed, that appears true.
A 2016 Politico article reported that Soros poured more than $3 million into local district-attorney campaigns in six states in a single year. In one case, Soros donated $930,000 to a single candidate – reportedly more than 22 times the local median household income.
Without a doubt, OSF identified an opportunity to earn the biggest bang for their buck. In fact, the OSF’s funding of far-left, progressive prosecutors has done more to make Soros a household name than anything else in his decades of political meddling.
To date, OSF has invested at least $40 million getting nearly eighty far-left local prosecutors elected nationwide, according to the non-profit Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund.
See a story of a violent criminal being released without bail or a killer getting a slap on the wrist, it’s often the case that a Soros-linked prosecutor was behind that injustice.
Soros reportedly spent over $2.5 million backing George Gascón, who assumed office as Los Angeles DA in December 2020.
Gascon summarized the views of so many DAs funded by Soros in declaring that he would not treat juvenile criminals like adults and that he wouldn’t prosecute crimes ‘associated with poverty.’
That could apply to nearly anything – and it did.
In August 2021, 16-year-old Kristopher Baca pleaded guilty to a felony assault hit-and-run after plowing a stolen car into a mother, who was pushing her 8-month-old child in a stroller.
The collision, caught on camera, shows the vehicle lurch toward the pair, as Baca raced down a narrow Los Angeles alleyway.
Soros reportedly spent over $2.5 million backing George Gascón (above), who assumed office as Los Angeles DA in December 2020.
In August 2021, 16-year-old Kristopher Baca pleaded guilty to a felony assault hit-and-run after plowing a stolen car into a mother, who was pushing her 8-month-old child in a stroller.
The victim told a court that it was like he was trying to murder her. ‘As the car got dangerously close to us, [Baca] turned the wheels in our direction and accelerated as he aimed to kill us,’ her statement read.
The mom and child went sent flying over the hood. Baca sped off and crashed into truck that blocked him in.
He was arrested for DUI. The victims – miraculously – survived with only minor injuries.
Yet for a crime that could surely have resulted in the deaths of two innocent people, Gascon’s office recommended a sentence of five to seven months in a juvenile facility described by prosecutors as ‘less than a military school and a little bit tougher than a summer camp.’
Chants of ‘No good cops in a racist system’ and ‘F*** the police’ heard at the 2017 victory party of Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner offer an insight into the ideological tilt of his supporters.
Campaign reports showed that Soros spent nearly $1.7 million in that race – equalling nearly 30% of all spending in primary.
In Krasner’s two years after taking office, he dropped charges on over 60% of shooting cases, and 37% of illegal firearms cases. In 2020, Philadelphia under Krasner prosecuted the fewest felony cases in thirty years – and just as a nationwide crime wave was just kicking off.
Even as Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw complained in 2022 that her officers were, ‘tired of arresting the same suspects over and over again, only to see them right back out on the street to continue and sometimes escalate their criminal ways,’ Krasner’s office appeared to make the problem worse.
In January, Yaaseen Bivins, 21, was charged in connection to a deadly shooting outside a high school football scrimmage that killed a 14-year-old and wounded four others. Philadelphians were shocked to learn that Bivins could have been behind bars instead.
He had been found guilty, just eight weeks prior, for crashing his car while drag racing into a pregnant woman killing her unborn baby. But Krasner’s prosecutors decided against revoking his bail, allowing him to go free while awaiting sentencing.
Chants of ‘No good cops in a racist system’ and ‘F*** the police’ heard at the 2017 victory party of Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner (above) offer an insight into the ideological tilt of his supporters.
In January, Yaaseen Bivins, 21, was charged in connection to a deadly shooting outside a high school football scrimmage (above, crime scene) that killed a 14-year-old and wounded four others. Philadelphians were shocked to learn that Bivins could have been behind bars instead.
Bivins (above) had been found guilty, just eight weeks prior, of crashing his car while drag racing into a pregnant woman killing her unborn baby.
In the aftermath of the George Floyd riots and amid criticism of these permissive law enforcement policies, Soros made a strikingly public statement, writing an opinion article for the Wall Street Journal in June 2022.
‘I have supported the election (and more recently the re-election) of prosecutors who support reform. I have done it transparently, and I have no intention of stopping… Judging by the results, the public likes what it’s hearing,’ he wrote.
However, the public apparently didn’t like what was happening.
In uber-liberal San Francisco, DA Chesa Boudin was recalled as residents balked at radical reforms that diverted thugs from jail, reduced punishments for a litany of property crimes and seemingly ignored fentanyl dealers, whose drugs deepened a homelessness crisis fueled by mental illness and addiction.
In fact, the ferociously addictive and deadly opioid killed more people in San Francisco than COVID, yet Boudin’s office reportedly did not convict a single drug dealer in all of 2021.
In contrast to the claims of transparency in his op-ed, Soros attempted to save face by denying that he had funded Boudin at all. And while Soros didn’t directly back Boudin, his money did flow to the progressive DA through a network of liberal groups.
As reported by the Free Beacon, the group Fair and Just Prosecution, which promoted Boudin, is bankrolled by the Tides Center. Soros’s Open Society Foundation reportedly gave them $30 million between 2016 and 2020.
That brings us to the current day.
Almost no one believed George Soros would cede control of his empire before his passing. But it has gone to his 37-year-old son, even though the Soros heir doesn’t come across as someone born to lead.
In uber-liberal San Francisco, DA Chesa Boudin was recalled as residents balked at radical reforms that diverted thugs from jail, reduced punishments for a litany of property crimes and seemingly ignored fentanyl dealers, whose drugs deepened a homelessness crisis fueled by mental illness and addiction.
In fact, the ferociously addictive and deadly opioid killed more people in San Francisco than COVID, yet Boudin’s office reportedly did not convict a single drug dealer in all of 2021.
Watch any interview with him on YouTube, and you’ll see a man who struggles to make eye contact or exude any confidence whatsoever when speaking, slouching over and often struggling to get through sentences.
Despite this, he did boast something of a playboy lifestyle in the past, with the Daily Mail reporting back in 2016 on his escapades, some posted on Facebook, including hanging with NBA players and models at his $72 million Hamptons summer retreat.
Clearly, the power of money is never to be underestimated. Maybe, the clues to OSF’s future were hiding in plain sight.
A scroll through Alex’s Instagram reveals countless meetings with leaders, among them Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and most recently, Vice President Kamala Harris, who made an effort to exclude any mention of that meeting from her public schedule.
His public persona stands in contrast to his more secretive father. And it’s evident that he doesn’t want to live his life in the shadows.
In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, he tried to portray a moderate side of himself, saying he wants the Democratic Party to embrace patriotism, and that ‘just because someone votes Trump doesn’t mean they’re lost or racist.’
A scroll through Alex’s Instagram reveals countless meetings with leaders, among them Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and most recently, Vice President Kamala Harris, who made an effort to exclude any mention of that meeting from her public schedule.
He did boast something of a playboy lifestyle in the past, with the Daily Mail reporting back in 2016 on his escapades, some posted on Facebook, including hanging with NBA players and models at his $72 million Hamptons summer retreat.
Alex notably didn’t mention any ‘law and justice’ issues, or the woke district attorneys that OSF has backed.
It must be kept in mind that Alex appears smart enough to understand the importance of optics.
One reason to doubt his sincerity is the hilarious comment that he wants to reduce the influence of wealth. ‘As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it, too,’ he claimed.
Of course, his father was the biggest political donor in the 2022 midterms cycle – if anything, right-wing donors are playing catch-up, not the reverse.
In putting Alex in charge, the OSF is guaranteed to remain at least ideologically consistent – if not veer further to the left.
Alex already indicated that the latter option is more likely, telling the Wall Street Journal that he’s ‘more political’ than his father. Whether Alex will embrace his dad’s support for woke DAs remains to be seen.
It’ll be interesting to watch how the mainstream media adapts to covering the influence of the Soros family when the man now at its helm flaunted his affluence all over Facebook.
They will truly have to make us choose between trusting them or our own eyes.
We shouldn’t be surprised when they try to do it.
