Conservative Tree House is leftist filth

A CTH article ( archived link) written by the esteemed Sundance was shared on here. It cites an article from The Lever, detailing the evils of DeSantis and the state pension's investment decisions. The premise is that because financial firms are donating to the Republican Governors Association, and the RGA gives money to DeSantis as a republican governor along with all other RGA govenors, it's a pay-for-play scheme.

Excerpt from CTH article which links to The Lever:

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DeSantis gets anti-wokeism credit for confronting ESG investment, and simultaneously DeSantis gets more donations as an outcome of the state money he diverted from ESG investments. [Good article on the process here] This is an example of how the ‘illusion of choice’ aligns with the best interests of the Sea Island Billionaires, and it’s a pretty smart approach, confirming a process of how the RGA will be used this cycle.

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Turns out The Lever is actually a far left news source. The founder is this creep.

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David J. Sirota (born November 2, 1975) is an American journalist, columnist at The Guardian, editor for Jacobin, author, television writer, and screenwriter. He is also a political commentator and radio host based in Denver. He is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, political spokesperson, and blogger. In March 2019, he began working as the senior advisor and speechwriter on the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign.[1] In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's Don't Look Up alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. He is founder of The Lever (formerly The Daily Poster), an independent investigative news outlet.[2]

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A few choice quotes from this great source:

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A Lever review found that had the state pension fund instead been invested in a simple, low-cost index fund, compared to its present mix of holdings, teachers, police officers, and other state employees would have about $10 billion more in their retirement funds.

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Yes because that's how that works

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But under DeSantis’ leadership, the state pension fund’s investments have been a boon for financial firms whose executives have delivered huge donations to the Republican Governors Association (RGA), which has pumped $22 million into the Friends of Ron DeSantis, a political committee that supported DeSantis’ gubernatorial campaigns and is expected to finance a super PAC supporting his 2024 presidential bid. Friends of Ron DeSantis was the largest recipient of RGA cash last cycle.

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tl;dr: CTH is leftist trash and people who cite it on here should be laughed off the site or possibly banned