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Foster Friess -- Billionaire Republican investor who spent $3 million to help launch the Daily Caller.

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widow: CNP GINNI [CLETA?]

In May 2021, Blackwell facilitated an “Action Session” at CNP’s 40th anniversary meeting on how to combat the national voting rights effort, featuring U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential electoral college results, and GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who has promoted Trump’s Big Lie and advised him on his infamous call pressuring Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” enough votes for the former president to win the state.

At its February meeting, CNP hosted a screening of the film:{**Capitol Punishment**:(style="box-sizing:inherit"):}: with director Chris Burgard, which promotes the claim that, “Everything that we are being told [about the insurrection] is a lie and Americans are being persecuted to support that lie.” CNP has extensive ties to #StoptheSteal and the violent insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, CMD reported.

Others joining the CNP executive committee this year include Jerry A. Johnson (treasurer), former president of the National Religious Broadcasters; William G. Boykin, retired Army lieutenant general and executive vice president of theFamily Research Council; Chad Connelly, president of Faith Wins; and Millie Hallow, managing director of executive operations at the National Rifle Association.

Blackwell is also listed as president of the board of directors for CNP Action, and Fitton is a new director of the affiliate.

The Gold Circle Members list is largely similar to the September 2020 directory, with many of the new additions representing shifts from lower membership tiers. Notable new members include Ashland University President Carlos Campo; Lynn Friess, widow of GOP megadonor Foster Friess;and Ryan Helfenbein, executive director of the Standing for Freedom Center and a vice president at Liberty University.

KIRK TPUSA: bill montgomery is TP guy, col parker

And Charlie said he had memorized all the faces from this website of all the big donors there. And he happened to run into the guy in a stairwell and he pulls out his business card. And the guy was impressed with his pitch, whatever it was for those few seconds. And weeks later gives him $10,000.

And that was Foster Friess, one of the big donors. From that moment still though, Charlie Kirk gets on Fox News a couple of times. He was on “Fox News Live” from the convention floor with Neil Cavuto. But into the fall of 2012, that $10,000 does help them. But Charlie says in that eulogy by the winter, by December, they were broke again; and they didn’t have any direction, they didn’t have any events, they didn’t have any more ways to get on it.

So they decided: ‘Hey, let’s go to New York and corner Neil Cavuto again and get on TV again.’ So it was really a series of luck— but also Bill Montgomery constantly encouraging and pushing Charlie Kirk. But also, yes, when you don’t have a platform and you get platformed by Breitbart,Breitbart and Fox News, you’re constantly going to be invited back if you do well on them.

And he was invited back, I think he appeared on Fox news three or four times that year. It was really, can you make the most of the opportunities that you were given? And, and indeed that is, I guess the origin story of Charlie Kirk. He said it took off after that winter, December 2012. And it did. By 2015, which is obviously three years later, they’re a million dollar organization, which is a fast-moving train, if you know anything about nonprofits....

https://www.alternet.org/2020/12/trump-allies/

Trump is rewarding more than two dozen current and former administration officials and others with prestigious government appointments on his way out of office – including his current Secretary of Transportation,Elaine Chao [IWF WOMEN FOR THOMAS], his former campaign manager and Senior Counselor, Kellyanne Conway, and campaign surrogate, lobbyist Matt Schlapp.

Also on the list, a billionaire hotelier reportedly linked to "a possible pay-for-play scheme" with the RNC.

The nominations, announced Tuesday, appear to mirror reports that say the president is preparing a flood of pardons, even to people who have never asked for them, merely because he can.

Trump nominated **Kellyanne Conway** to the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy. The Board acts as a board of governors, and "inquires into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters relating to the Academy which the Board decides to consider."

Conway, according to the Office of Special Counsel, has broken federal law so frequently she was recommended for "removal" from her White House position by the federal watchdog agency. Trump ignored the recommendation.

Trump nominated Secretary **Elaine Chao** to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The appointment carries a six-year term.

Also nominated to the Kennedy Center is Lynn Friess, wife of major Republican donor **Foster Friess**.

Lobbyist **Matt Schlapp**, the head of the American Conservative Union, which operates the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), was nominated by Trump to be a Member of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board. According to Bloomberg the LoC Trust Fund Board "operates as a federal board governing funds donated to the Library of Congress. The Board deposits the incoming money with the Secretary of the Treasury and the librarian of the Library of Congress may distribute the money. LoC Trust Fund Board holds the power to invest, reinvest, and retain investments as well."

Schlapp's wife, Mercedes Schlapp, was a White House communications official who left to work for the Trump campaign. Chao is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Also on today's list, billionaire hotelier, real estate developer, GOP donor, and failed ambassador nominee Douglas "Papa Doug" Manchester. Manchester was nominated to the Kennedy Center Board as well. A scathing January 2020 article detailed his lavish lifestyle and divorces, including from a Russian immigrant. That article suggested she had "a profile on a website for seekers of Russian brides."

Last year CBS News "uncovered a possible pay-for-play scheme involving the Republican National Committee and President Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas. Emails obtained by CBS News show the nominee, San Diego billionaire Doug Manchester, was asked by the RNC to donate half a million dollars as his confirmation in the Senate hung in the balance."

There are 26 nominations in total, just today.

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Ashland Daily Press

Friess initiates local Goya 'buycott' | Free

Foster Friess bought out the stock of Goya products at MarketPlace Foods in support of the company's embattled CEO Bob Unanue.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Wyoming libertarian group sues to campaign near poll centers

That year, Republican gubernatorial candidate Foster Friess was asked to leave a polling center the day of his primary election after he was ...

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7/20

cASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's leading libertarian think tank is suing the state for the right to campaign within a restricted speech buffer zone around polling centers.

The Wyoming Liberty Group will sue state Secretary of State Ed Buchanan and several Laramie County officials, the Casper Star-Tribune reported Tuesday.

The state currently prohibits campaigning of any kind within 100 yards of a polling place and within 100 feet of absentee polling locations. The law is intended to prevent voter intimidation. Similar restrictions are in place in every state in the country.

The lawsuit stems from a complaint filed by conservative activist John C. Frank, who is suing so he can stand on the sidewalk outside his local polling site on election day in order to boost conservative causes.

Attorneys for the libertarian advocacy group argue that the size of the buffer zones unfairly restricts free speech.

A secretary of state spokesman, Will Dinneen, declined comment.

The law was enforced in Wyoming as recently as 2018. That year, Republican gubernatorial candidate Foster Friess was asked to leave a polling center the day of his primary election after he was spotted campaigning near the entrance.

CNBC

Trump returns to the Hamptons for fundraising swing as Biden closes the cash gap

As for the event in Wyoming, Foster Friess, a businessman and former Republican gubernatorial nominee, will be one of the co-hosts to the ...

4 days ago

Daily Mail

Ivanka Trump nets $4 million for her father's campaign in first virtual fundraiser

... for a high-dollar fundraiser with prominent GOP businessman Foster Friess. Friess told CNBC the first daughter, her husband Jared Kushner, ...

1 day ago

WyoFile

The radical right has completed its takeover of the Wyo GOP

Foster Friess funded Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA. Plus the Koch brothers are funding much of the far right policies such as no ...

3 weeks ago

Casper Star-Tribune Online

Multimillionaire Foster Friess brings listening tour to Casper as he considers Senate run

Foster Friess is getting closer to an answer. The Wyoming multimillionaire and GOP megadonor has been considering a run for U.S. Senate for ...

Feb 21, 2020

Casper Star-Tribune Online

Foster Friess says he will not run for Enzi's U.S. Senate seat

CHEYENNE — After heavy speculation he would seek office, GOP megadonor and one-time Wyoming gubernatorial candidate Foster Friess ...

Mar 2, 2020

Cowboy State Daily

Foster Friess Offers $500k For Food Bank, Trades Scholarships

Friess, in a newsletter to his group of supporters “Foster's Outriders,” announced he and his wife Lynn are making the donation to help the food ...

Apr 13, 2020

Cowboy State Daily

Foster Friess: CNN Not Providing Perspective with Coronavirus

CNN's reporting fails to provide key perspectives. Compare this CNN map which distorts the extent of Coronavirus to our Foster's Outriders map ...

Mar 16, 2020

Cody Enterprise

ELECTION: Jones touts broad knowledge base | Local News

Jones said while he wasn't completely behind the candidacy of Foster Friess two years ago in the governor's race, he did appreciate the push ...

2 weeks ago

Stay up to date on results for Foster Friess.

Daily Caller News Foundation—$5.2 million

The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) funds much of the content of the Daily Caller website, a site that has several ties to white nationalists and was co-founded by now-Fox News host Tucker Carlson with $3 million from right-wing donor Foster Freiss. As of 2018, Carlson was secretary of the DCNF board of directors.

Charles Koch Foundation officials may express concern over the site’s extremism, but the foundation is DCNF’s biggest donor–by a mile. The Koch Foundation and the Charles Koch Institute combined to give over $3.3 million to the Daily Caller News Foundation from 2015-18, representing 37 percent of the group’s contribution revenue during that time period. Including grants from DonorsTrust, the Sarah Scaife Foundation and others, conservative nonprofits researched by CMD provided the DCNF with 58 percent of its donation revenue.

Charles Koch alleges he is not a fan of Trump, but Daily Caller and other Koch grant recipients has often been generous to the president. In fact, Daily Caller accepted an estimated $150,000 from the 2016 Trump campaign to rent its email list. Recently, reporting revealed that Trump family friend Tom Hicks, Jr. said last year that the Daily Caller editor could be counted on to advance Trump’s personal political goals regarding Ukraine.

Middle East Media and Research Institute—$5.1 million

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/21/17760724/wyoming-primary-elections-2018-live-results-foster-friess

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Wyoming’s next governor will almost assuredly be picked in Tuesday’s Republican primary election, capping off one of the state’s most expensive campaigns ever.

Half a dozen Republicans are running to replace outgoing Gov. Matt Mead, one of the most popular governors in the country. Given Wyoming’s blood-red hue — this state voted for Donald Trump by nearly 50 freaking points — whoever emerges from the GOP primary is the next governor-in-waiting, barring some shocking twist in the next few months.

GOP megadonor Foster Friess headlines the Republican field. His closest contenders appear to be State Treasurer Mark Gordon, business executive Sam Galeotos, and attorney Harriet Hageman, the only woman on the GOP ballot.

gordon 33 v ff 25%

Wyoming governor: the race to replace Matt Mead

Friess, who got very rich running a mutual fund in the 1990s, has already put more than $2 million of his own money into his gubernatorial campaign. He’s trying to cross the line from being a major Republican donor — he regularly gives millions of dollars to GOP candidates in election years — to a Republican politician. He has notably gotten the support of Donald Trump Jr.

But several other candidates have raised $1 million or more; state observers say this could end up being Wyoming’s most expensive election ever.And Friess doesn’t seem to have pulled away from the field based on the polling we’ve seen.

A poll this month from the Trafalgar Group found Friess leading the GOP primary at 21 percent, but Gordon was right behind him at 20 percent. Hageman received 16 percent, Galeotos was just shy of 10 percent, and 20 percent of voters were still undecided.

In such a wide-open field, anything could happen on primary day. But Friess has spent a lot of money to buy his ticket to the governor’s mansion.

Democrats have to run their primary, too, of course, even if none of the prominent election forecasters give them even a snowball’s chance of winning the November election.

We don’t have any polling, but Mary Throne[72%] is a former Democratic leader in the state legislature who has the support of some of the top Democrats in the state and has raised the most money — if there is a frontrunner, she’s probably it.

Her competitors don’t have quite the same profile: Ken Casner ran and lost a campaign for the state legislature in 2016. Rex Wilde had a failed Senate bid in 2014, and Michael Allen Green rounds out the field.

SAN mercer

As OpenSecrets reported last month, SAN received another $2 million from the 45Committee, another pro-Trump dark money group, which is itself partly funded by other dark money groups.

The dark money churn is real.

Ronald S. Lauder, the heir to the Estee Lauder fortune, gave $1.1 million. Lauder has long been a supporter of conservative and pro-Israel causes, and his longtime political adviser Allen Roth serves as president of Secure America Now.

The remaining $60,000 in reported contributions came from three donors: Brad Anderson, the former CEO of Best Buy;Foster Friess, the investor and longtime Republican donor; and Olympus Ventures LLC, which is tied to a foundation created by Dick Schulze, the founder of Best Buy.

Social welfare organizations like Secure America Now are not supposed to have politics as their primary purpose, but a combination of vague rules and ineffective oversight make it easy for such groups to spend heavily in elections, without being required to disclose their donors.

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IWF funders include the Charles R. Lambe Foundation [22], controlled by Charles Koch, and Donors Trust [23], a fund for conservative philanthropists that has pushed millions into organisations promoting climate science denial and fighting laws to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Higgins is also board member at the Philanthropy Roundtable [24], another route for conservative philanthropy which shares two members of personnel with Donors Trust or its partner organisation Donors Capital Fund [25].

Also on the board of trustees at Randolph is Polly Freiss, the daughter-in-law of conservative Christian businessman Foster Freiss.

Foster Freiss put more than $2 million into Republican Senator Rick Santorum’s 2012 run for his party’s nomination for the presidency. Freiss also bankrolled conservative news outlet The Daily Caller [26], which regularly publishes articles supporting the views of climate science denialists.

On his personal web page, Freiss promotes climate science denial sources [27] including Climate Depot and The Heartland Institute [28]. Friess’s website has also promoted Lomborg’s views.

Foster Freiss and his daughter Polly attended the Koch brother’s secretive 2010 strategy meeting in Aspen [29], along with Heather Higgins and a host of other conservative activists.

The tax records of the Kansas-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation indicate it has given the CCC two $150,000 grants — one in 2011 [30] and another in 2012 [31].

The foundation is the legacy of pharmaceutical entrepreneur Ewing Kauffman and currently holds $1.89 billion in assets.

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IWF

THE BIGGEST DONOR: FOSTER FRIESS, A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE GOP GUY

The largest reported funder of the Independent Women’s Voice that January was Foster Friess. He gave $87,000 to the effort, nearly 33% of the funding.

The 73-year old investment fund manager describes himself as a “billionaire wannabe” because he has a net worth of only about $500 million.

And, he’s no independent.

He funded the Super PAC of evangelical GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum (R-PA) in 2012.

Friess gave at least $1 million to advance the Koch Brothers’ agenda, making that pledge at one of their political strategy session in preparation for the 2012 elections.

The billionaire wannabe has spent at least $3 million to underwrite the Daily Caller operation. It provides daily fodder for Donald Trump’s claims. And the Trump operation pays Daily Caller to email its subscribers to promote his presidential campaign.

He also spent at least $100,000 to help Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) win his recall election in 2011.

And, he’s no feminist.

Friess told journalist Andrea Mitchell his position on birth control: “[T]his contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s so … inexpensive, you know, back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.”

That’s Friess. Definitely not an independent woman.

But he does have close ties to Higgins. She contacted Friess to get funding to begin James O’Keefe’s controversial campaign against ACORN.

He threw his voice (money) through IWV in the Scott Brown race for the Senate.

Friess is now “all-in” for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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Conservative activist James O'Keefe plotted a potential voter fraud sting of the Service Employees International Union in 2010 in Massachusetts — a sting that, had it been carried out, could have been funded by Rick Santorum patron Foster Friess.

The plot is elaborated on and eventually ruled out in an email chain started by conservative writer John Fund, who emailed Republican National Lawyers Association executive director Michael Thielen that the union was "contracting for buses on election day."

"If you're black or brown they'll rope you in and take you to the polls, registration can be worked out," Fund wrote, per his "Boston source." His email was forwarded on to others, forming the basis for the plans.

The email exchange, parts of which may be missing, is below. Read from the bottom. The last email is from James O'Keefe to associates Stan Dai and Nadia Naffe, who later filed harassment charges against O'Keefe.

Others on the thread include Heather Higgins, the founder of the conservative Independent Women's Voice and the late Andrew Breitbart.

Naffe told BuzzFeed she flew to Boston to investigate, but that they never uncovered anything of interest and the project fizzled.

From: "James E. O'Keefe III" Date: January 13, 2010 12:21:54 PM EST To: xxxxxxx@gmail.com, xxxxxx@aol.com Subject: Fwd: brainstorm of sorts, here - far-fetched? Maybe not?...

Your thoughts Nadia?

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Heather Higgins Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Subject: Re: brainstorm of sorts, here - far-fetched? Maybe not?... To: Steve Friess , James O'Keefe xxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com, Andrew Breitbart Cc: Foster Friess

Andrew and James, I'm forwarding what could be a very clever idea from Steve Friess in response to the intel below from John Fund re SEIU's intentions in Tuesday's election in MA. Don't know what it would cost, but you all should talk.

Warmest regards -Heather Higgins

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Steve Friess wrote:

Wouldn't it be great if a "ACORN sting video" could be produced about these busses?

Dad - maybe bounce this off Breitbart?

Some black /Latina conservatives could be wired for video, and get picked up on one of these busses, and show what goes on. My guess -they are offering cash, (which I am pretty sure is illegal), and I also would wager that at least some of these busses are making more than one stop with the same people - ie getting them to vote twice -though I don't know the mechanics of that.

Perhaps some private detective types would be needed to help track down the busses, and a block or two ahead of them to drop our cameramen off...

Too much to dream? Imagine pulling this off - legal / image problems for SEIU would be a good thing... think there's upside to this?

Brietbart would know, and Fund would know - 'if we catch them doing X, it could mean Y' - I just don't know what the stakes are...

On Jan 12, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Heather Higgins wrote:

Foster --See below from John Fund re SEIU -Acorn is in MA as well. It would be hugely helpful if you would assist with our non-glamorous but highly effective GOTV effort. If you could possibly let me know today, that would be helpful to our planning. This is such a great opportunity for making trouble in the best sort of way - I hope you can help us really capitalize on it.

Many thanks, Heather

-------- Original Message --------Subject: FW: John Batchelor From: "Fund, John" Date: Tue, January 12, 2010 8:25 am To: 'Michael Thielen'

Tip from Boston source (normally reliable)

Seiu contracting for buses on election day and heading to roxbury, mattapan, roslindale and jamaica plain. If you're black or brown they'll rope you in and take you to the polls, registration can be worked out.

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

In the next installment, O'Keefe, who appears to have contacted Fund at this point, starts setting up

From: "James E. O'Keefe III" > Date: January 13, 2010 4:16:14 PM EST> To: "mikeroman.com" > Subject: Re: ACORN videos / seiu / election>> what time zone are you in. I'm assuming you mean 8Est. That works.> I'm 201-637-0564>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:10 PM, mikeroman.com wrote:>>>> Have time to talk around 8?>>>>>> On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, James E. O'Keefe III wrote:>>>> > Mike,>> >>> > Got your info from John Fund.>> > I was the producer of the ACORN Videos>> > Would like to know whereabouts of the busses in Boston SEIU, et al are using in order to bus people in to vote in the Tuesday special election.>> > Thinking about sending some undercover folks up there.>> >>> > James

Then O'Keefe proposed sending Nadia Naffe up to Boston:

From: "James E. O'Keefe III"

Date: January 14, 2010 11:10:49 PM EST

To: xxxxxxx@aol.com

Cc: Stan Dai

Subject: Boston

Nadia,

We're willing to book you a plane ticket to Boston to get some footage from the SEIU busses.

Joe will be joining you taking care of logistics/equipment--- but i'll be in new orleans causing trouble.

im confident your training will take you far.

Interested in making some more video history?

James

A couple days later, O'Keefe has booked travel for Naffe, who was to do the operation. This email included an Orbitz booking confirmation:

From: "James E. O'Keefe III" > Date: January 15, 2010 2:46:09 PM EST> To: nknaffe@aol.com, Stan Dai , Joe Basel > Subject: Fwd: Travel Document - Boston 1/18/10>> Nadia,>> here's what I could come up with- one stop but its along the way - no 12 hour flights, more like 4-5 hour flight.> leaving tampa mon at noon> leaving boston wed at 2pm so you can sleep.>> keep in mind Wed morning is for additional work - if the polls are continuing if its close..>> I'll also get you a hotel room for the mon night - Joe is flying in overnight from San Francisco and arrives at 6:30am.>> Joe will be picking you up shortly thereafter. But you will have to wake up around 7 on tuesday - your country needs you.>> More details to follow.> James

He also set up a place for her and Joe Basel, one of the men later arrested with him after the Senator Landrieu affair, to stay in Boston (Naffe and Basel are copied on the email):

From: "James E. O'Keefe III"

Date: January 16, 2010 10:59:14 PM EST

To: Amy Contrada

Cc: xxxxxx@aol.com, Joe Basel

Subject: Boston election day,

Amy,

Two of my collegues are coming to Boston to infilrate the SEIU on election day. One of them is a female.

Would you be able to put them her up Monday night?

James

The video from the trip, if it was ever made, was never published.

"I believe there was discussion of doing something but O'Keefe's office will tell you nothing was done," said Fund, reached by email.

"This is a classic example of someone trying to breath life into a three-year old dead horse," said Fund.

He said that other reporters had contacted him about it in the past and that some "pointed out the email thread looked truncated and edited." .

Reached by email, Naffe said the emails were authentic: "Fund and Steve Friess, the son of billionaire Foster Friess, introduced the idea to O'keefe that SEIU would fraudulently register anyone with brown skin to vote."

"James flew me out to Boston to find the SEIU busses, just days after that email was sent," Naffe said. She claimed that "Congressman Steve King from Iowa was waiting at the hotel when we arrived to take us to dinner. He gave us a pep talk about illegal voting."

"O'keefe has the footage, though I'm doubtful he would share any of it. Since, he was arrested a week later in New Orleans while attempting to wire tap Senator Mary Landrieu," Naffe said.

O'Keefe didn't respond to a request for comment.

Update: Fund emailed to say that he thinks his original email was altered: "I maintain the email was edited to take out the fact I was referring to what someone told me might be happening and that I was asking a source (whom I have quoted in the past) if they had heard anything about it."

He also wished to clarify that he did not personally tip O'Keefe to the busing. That has been reflected above.

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The Daily Caller abandoned an attempt to accuse the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer of plagiarism, including in her comprehensive expose of Koch Industries. Tucker Carlson, who runs the Daily Caller, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, which has received over $5.5 million from Koch foundations since 1997. Charles Koch co-founded Cato, and Cato’s directors include David Koch and Kevin Gentry of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.

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Foster Friess, theWyoming investor, contributed $2.52 million to super PACs, mostly to those supporting the presidential candidacy of Rick Santorum. Since Santorum dropped out of the race, Friess has shifted his contributions to help Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans. Friess is estimated to be worth above $500 million.

He has given $2.1 million to Red White and Blue Fund (supporting Santorum), $100,000 to Restore Our Future (supporting Mitt Romney), $100,000 to FreedomWorks, $50,000 to Leaders for Families (also supporting Santorum), $50,000 to Freedom PAC, $25,000 to Friends of the Majority, $25,000 to USA Super PAC, $10,000 to Freedom Born Fund, $10,000 to Arizonans for Jobs, $10,000 for Independence Virginia PAC,$10,000 to Club for Growth Action, $5,000 to Fund for Freedom and $872 to Jan PAC.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Foster_Friess

Foster Stephen Friess (born April 2, 1940 in Rice Lake, WI) is an Americanmutual fund managerand supporter of conservative Christian and radical Right causes and candidates. In a 2001 article, BusinessWeek suggested Friess, who manages the multi-billion dollar Brandywine Fund, "may be the longest-surviving successful growth-stock picker, having navigated markets for 36 years, in his own firm since 1974."[1]

Life

Foster Friess was born in 1940 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, a town of approximately 5,000 people. His father was a cattle dealer with a high school education and his mother dropped out of 8th grade to pick cotton on the family farm to rescue it from bankruptcy. While earning a degree in Business Administration from theUniversity of Wisconsin, he served as president of the Chi Phi Fraternity, enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and was named one of the "ten most outstanding senior men." In 1962 Foster married Lynnette Estes and two sons, two daughters and eight grandchildren followed.

Foster is a born-again evangelical Christian. He moved to Wyoming for the beneficial regulatory and tax climate that the well-to-do enjoy in that state.

Career

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Foster trained to be an infantry platoon leader and served as the intelligence officer for the First Guided Missile Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas. In 1964, Foster launched his investment career with the Brittingham family-controlled NYSE member firm in Wilmington, Delaware, eventually becoming Director of Research. Success came slowly during the beginning years of building his owninvestment management firm, Friess Associates which he and Lynn launched in 1974.[2]

The firm grew to over $15.7 billion (assets under management) before Foster turned the reigns over to new management in 2001. Forbes named Brandywine Fund, Friess Associates flagship, as one of the decade's top performers as a result of its average 20% annual gains in the 1990s. In 2001, Friess Associatessought and found a partner in AMG to facilitate succession planning and spread ownership among Friess teammates. AMG first acquired a majority interest in Friess Associates in October 2001 and today holds a 70% interest. 20% equity ownership of the firm is held by a broad group of key Friess teammates, including senior management and researchers. The Friess Family retains 10% equity.[3]

Awards and achievements

Political Activism

Friess is a Republican donor. He was a staunch supporter of George W. Bush's administration, donating $689,000 to Republican organizations and the Bush presidential campaigns over the last decade. He has been an active and generous patron of far-Right political causes and candidates, contributing millions to candidates and groups.

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2005 to 2007

1997

Right Wing Media Investments

Website & Blog

Friess has a website at http://fosterfriess.com/ where he and contributors write for his "[Campfire Blog http://fosterfriess.com/campfire-blog/]"

Opinions

The Washington Post in 2010 notes:

"Friess, who has gone hunting with Cheney, is a man of many opinions. He has sent out fundraising letters to fight the Democrats' health-care legislation, calls much of the information on global warming "distorted and manipulated," and says "the American public is oblivious to the fact that we are at war and that just playing defense is a disastrous course to take."[16]

Philanthropy

References

  1. ↑ Robert Barker (2001-07-16). Buy-and-Hold Isn't His Style. Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  2. ↑ FRIESS ASSOCIATES. Brandywinefunds.com (2011-08-08). Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  3. ↑ FRIESS ASSOCIATES: AMG Partnership. Brandywinefunds.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  4. ↑ Atlas Economic Research Foundation :: ATLAS FREEDOM DINNER 2004Template:Dead link
  5. ↑ Foster S. Friess (2002-05-11). What Kind of Society is Good for Business and Investing?. Hillsdale.edu. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  6. ↑ Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership | HOBYTemplate:Dead link
  7. ↑ The Fund for American Studies - Alumni
  8. ↑ Medals of Distinction / UDconnection
  9. ↑ WyoFile - Foster Friess]
  10. ↑ " Wealthy Wyoming investment fund manager bankrolling pro-Santorum Super PAC," by Michael Isikoff , NBC News
  11. ↑ Gavin Aronsen, "The Koch Brothers' Million-Dollar Donor Club", Mother Jones, September 6, 2011
  12. ↑ WyoFile - Foster Friess]
  13. ↑ Walker's Out-Of-State Supporters, Opponents Bill Lueders, Ashland Current - December 24, 2011
  14. ↑ A Gift With Strings Ties Up a Town, James Brooke, New York Times, August 23, 1997
  15. ↑ " Wealthy Wyoming investment fund manager bankrolling pro-Santorum Super PAC," by Michael Isikoff , NBC News
  16. ↑ Media Notes: A look at Tucker Carlson's political Web site, the Daily Caller
  17. ↑ Lynn and Foster Friess Family Foundation. Tgci.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  18. ↑ Mobile Medical Clinics. Healthcaresolutions.ning.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Foster Friess. Nationalchristian.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  20. ↑ Debons, Amanda (2008-04-07). Opening of Maryvale YMCA celebrated. Azcentral.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.
  21. ↑ Board of Education - Buildings and Grounds Committee. Ricelake.k12.wi.us. Retrieved on 2011-09-19.

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Foster Stephen Friess (born April 2, 1940) is an American businessman and supporter of conservativeChristian causes. In a 2001 article, BusinessWeek suggested Friess "may be the longest-surviving successful growth-stock picker, having navigated markets for 36 years, in his own firm since 1974."[1]

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Friess was born in 1940 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, a small town with a current population of 8,000. As a high school student, Friess held a variety of leadership positions, including valedictorian, class president, and captain of the basketball, track, golf and baseball teams.[citation needed]

A first-generation college graduate, Friess attended the University of Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Madison), where he earned a degree in business administration. As a student, he served as president of Chi Phi Fraternity, enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and was named one of the "ten most outstanding senior men". In 1962 he married fellow student Lynnette Estes.[citation needed]

Friess identifies as a born-again evangelical Christian. Despite his professional success, he was unhappy due to a "marriage flirting with divorce and emotionally distant children"; in October 1978, Friess "did one of those 'born again' things".[2] He often refers to God as the "Chairman of my board" and his personal website quotes Galatians 6:2 and Matthew 25:35–40. He attributes all of his subsequent success, both personal and professional, to his faith.[citation needed]

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After graduating from college, Foster trained to be an infantry platoon leader and served as the intelligence officer for the First Guided Missile Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas. In 1964, he began his investment career, joining the Brittingham family-controlled NYSE member firm in Wilmington, Delaware, where he eventually rose to the position of Director of Research.

In 1974, Friess and his wife launched their own investment management firm, Friess Associates, LLC. Although success came slowly in its early years, the firm grew to over $15.7 billion in assets managed. Forbes named the Brandywine Fund, a Friess Associates flagship that boasted an average of 20% annual gains in the 1990s, as one of the decade's top performers.[3]

In 2001, Friess Associates partnered with Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), an asset-management firm, to facilitate succession planning and to spread ownership among its partners. AMG acquired a majority interest in Friess Associates in October 2001 and held a 70% interest as of September 2011. A broad group of Friess partners, including senior management and researchers, held 20% equity ownership, while the Friess family retained 10%.[4]

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Friess has been an active patron of religious and conservative causes. He was instrumental in keeping the political campaign of the 2012 presidential hopeful RickSantorum alive by financing a super PAC, the Red, White and Blue Fund,which ran television advertisements on behalf of Santorum, who was unable to run a television campaign with his own funds. According to campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission, Friess's contributions to the Red, White and Blue Fund amount to more than 40% of its total assets – or, $331,000 as of 31 December 2011.[5][6] He had donated $250,000 toSantorum's re-election campaign in 2006, and at least that amount to the Republican Governors' Association.[7] In the wake of the New Hampshire Republican primary, 2012, and before the South Carolina primary, Friess told Politico that he was "putting together a challenge grant to encourage other wealthy donors to give to the Red, White and Blue Fund, ... he said [the fund] received a $1 million check" the day after the New Hampshire vote.[8] The Million-dollar donation was conveyed in four checks between November, 2011 and January, 2012.[6]

In addition to Santorum's faith, pro-life stance, and hawkish foreign policy leanings, the possibility of defeating incumbent President Barack Obama was a major component of Friess's decision to back Santorum's campaign.[9] Friess reportedly considered major contributions to American Crossroads in hopes of influencing key 2012 senate races.[10]

Friess also donated $100,000 to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to help defeat the Democrats' recall effort in 2011. In addition, he has reportedly donated more than $3 million to the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller website.[7] At one of the semi-annual, private seminars held by the Koch brothers in June 2011, Friess was recognized for his donation exceeding $1 million to the Kochs' political activities.[11]

While being interviewed by Andrea Mitchell, regarding contraception, Friess said, "And this contraceptive thing, my gosh, it's so – it's such – inexpensive, you know, back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly."[6][12] The remark caused considerable embarrassment to Santorum's campaign.[12] Santorum labeled it "a bad off-color joke."[12] Following a loss in the Wisconsin primary, Santorum announced the suspension of his campaign on April 10, 2012.[13][14]

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Friess and his wife run the Friess Family Foundation, whose activities include supporting Christian mobile medical services, sponsoring Water Missions International's work to provide clean water in Malawi, and donating to relief and recovery efforts following natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, the2004 Indonesian tsunami, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[15] Friess sponsored a matching grant program to raise $2 million for relief efforts for the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and traveled to the areas most affected by the earthquake and tsunami in order to speak with local church and organization leaders to identify the best efforts to support.[16] He sponsored another matching grant for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, raising more than $4 million.[16]

He supported a YMCA development in Maryvale, Arizona, along with several local mentoring and ministry programs.[17] He is the principal donor behind the Friess Family Community Campus, a $3.7 million complex equipped with football, baseball, softball fields, and a track at Rice Lake High School in his hometown.[18]

Friess has won a number of awards for his religious work, including the Canterbury Medal from the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty,[19] the Adam Smith Award from Hillsdale College[20] the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award from the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation[21] the David R. Jones Award for Leadership in Philanthropy[22] and a Medal of Distinction from the University of Delaware.[23] He has been awarded honorary degrees from Pepperdine University, Regent University, and Goldey Beacom College.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Robert Barker (2001-07-16). "Buy-and-Hold Isn't His Style". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  2. ^ "Man Atop the Horse". FosterFriess.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Friess Associates". Brandywinefunds.com. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  4. ^ "Friess Associates : AMG Partnership". Brandywinefunds.com. n.d. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  5. ^ "FEC Disclosure Form 3 for RED WHITE AND BLUE FUND". Federal Election Commission. 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  6. ^ a(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-donors_6-0) b(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-donors_6-1) c(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-donors_6-2) Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam (February 21, 2012). "Super PAC donors revealed: Who are the power players in the GOP primary?". Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  7. ^ a(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-MSN01_7-0) b(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-MSN01_7-1) Isikoff, Michael, "Wealthy Wyoming investment fund manager bankrolling pro-Santorum Super PAC", NBC News, 4 January, 2012.
  8. ^ Kenneth P. Vogel, "3 billionaires who'll drag out the race", Politico, 2012-01-12, Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  9. ^ Rutenberg, Jim; Confessore, Nicholas (9 February 2012). ""Benefactor Likes Santorum Odds" (limited no-charge access)". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  10. ^ Molly Redden, "Pac Man: An eccentric Republican billionaire contemplates his next move", The New Republic, 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  11. ^ Gavin Aronsen, "The Koch Brothers' Million-Dollar Donor Club", Mother Jones, September 6, 2011.
  12. ^ a(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-joke_12-0) b(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-joke_12-1) c(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-joke_12-2) Eggen, Dan (February 17, 2012). "Foster Friess aspirin joke shows danger to candidates of outside political groups". Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  13. ^ Rick Santorum Ending His Campaign, Sources Say
  14. ^ Santorum To Suspend Campaign
  15. ^ Carrying Others Burdens – Friess Family Foundation
  16. ^ a(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-autogenerated1_16-0) b(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_ref-autogenerated1_16-1) "Foster Friess". Nationalchristian.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  17. ^ Debons, Amanda (2008-04-07). "Opening of Maryvale YMCA celebrated". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  18. ^ "Board of Education – Buildings and Grounds Committee". Ricelake.k12.wi.us. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  19. ^ Atlas Economic Research Foundation :: ATLAS FREEDOM DINNER 2004[dead link]
  20. ^ Foster S. Friess (2002-05-11). "What Kind of Society is Good for Business and Investing?". Hillsdale.edu. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  21. ^ Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership | HOBY[dead link]
  22. ^ The Fund for American Studies – Alumni
  23. ^ Medals of Distinction / UDconnection

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