In San Francisco, local politics has become a battleground with accusations flying between different parties. Garry Tan's parody of Tupac lyrics prompted the San Francisco board of supervisors to call the police, highlighting the growing influence of the 'tech elite' on local politics. Julie Pitta, a former journalist turned activist, has been accused of being a radical left operative, engaging in election interference, and committing a crime on camera. The controversy centers around her involvement with the Phoenix Project, a new 501(c)4 organization aiming to uncover 'dark money' despite potentially being funded by such means. Critics, including those suggesting involvement from billionaire Dustin Moskovitz, point out the hypocrisy of Pitta's actions, as she was previously fired from her column at Richmond Sunset for her behavior and has been associated with dark money practices despite her public denouncements of them. The situation has escalated with accusations of Pitta attacking democracy by stealing campaign signs from Marjan Philhour as part of her activism.
As you may have heard, renowned local thief @JuliePitta started a new dark money organization to track dark money. Its kickoff meeting is the 19th at a bar formerly named--I swear to God I'm not making this up--THIEVES TAVERN. https://t.co/oorpYM2Dwj
Promising to expose 'dark money' in San Francisco, the progressive Phoenix Project circulated a dramatic ad targeting investor Garry Tan. https://t.co/rawayPc8mx
The SF Democratic Party has endorsed all our worst officials: Dean Preston, Connie Chan, Chesa Boudin, and Aaron Peskin. That's why the party needs new leadership. Use and share the @GrowSF Voter Guide by March 5 to elect leaders focused on outcomes. https://t.co/e0KfokvR4F
LEFTISTS DESTROYING DEMOCRACY: Four examples of San Francisco's radicals shamefully and unlawfully interfering with elections and free expression. My latest column out today: https://t.co/zVx68fSbEd https://t.co/VwSHT4slxF
So your little “dark money” project is a 501(c)4 @JuliePitta — this you? ⬇️ https://t.co/GvjSeTLDQa https://t.co/XQNUM7uriV
So let me get this straight @juliepitta — you’re running a 501c4 which hides donors, making it ripe for dark money, while accusing @MarjanPhilhour of taking dark money after you stole her campaign signs? https://t.co/9iImGh5Pge
You filed in Nov. 2023 @JuliePitta — conspiracy theories about your little dark money-funded project won’t get you out of this. FYI, @MarjanPhilhour didn’t “attack you” — it was you who attacked democracy by stealing her campaign signs as a @conniechansf operative. https://t.co/Ii8XNksCXK https://t.co/fFIUi9djkx
So @JuliePitta you have slammed 501c4 orgs as “dark money” because donors are hidden. Why did you make your little project a 501c4 rather than a 501c3 where donors are disclosed? https://t.co/LzFUfw1yNg
Only an “award winning journalist” who was a member of @DSA_SF would compare @ManKitLam4 getting permission to replace signs with Julie Pitta illegally removing signs. What Pitta did is the same thing Kruta did — and we know how that worked out (arrest, mugshot, lawsuit). ⬇️ https://t.co/56IEYL6B61 https://t.co/FmTVG1htJP
Committing a crime is “very fun” to Darcie, Emily and friends. @decadimitry says @JuliePitta did a good thing ripping down @MarjanPhilhour campaign signs. Well, the editor of @RichmondSunset didn’t think it was fun or good—he fired Pitta from her little propaganda column. Gil ❌… https://t.co/g63QULHlJd
Oh please — where were you all when @DeanPreston LITERALLY tried to silence me because one month prior, I wrote a negative article about him? @MarjanPhilhour had nothing to do with this — @juliepitta was caught on video asking the clerk to take the poster down 🙄 https://t.co/Bkn9QpNLD5
Julie Pitta has no shame. She commits a crime and election interference on camera and then tries to promote her new PAC that goes after "dark money" but is funded by dark money. Only in San Francisco. 🤪 https://t.co/UUCFmHY058
Unreal. @juliepitta is going to uncover “dark money” by starting a 501c4, which keeps donors private. Julie’s railed against them as “shady Republican billionaire orgs.” So @PhoenixProjNow wants to keep its billionaire radical donors secret? That you Dustin Moskovitz? 🤣 https://t.co/svxHoSPISN
Years ago @JuliePitta may have been a journalist, but her job in San Francisco has been radical left operative allowed by @RichmondSunset to spew propaganda while sitting on activist boards like @sfberniecrats and @SFRisingAction. What ancient reputation she had is ruined. https://t.co/afqELWGcAK
garry tan tweeted a parody of tupac lyrics, and the san francisco board of supervisors called the cops. were these literal maoists truly scared? of course not. for the first time in memory, the "tech elite" are actually making an impact on local politics. and so it's war. https://t.co/JFuWkS35GA