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Defeat Disinfo

Defeat Disinfo was an American political action committee based in New York. It was formed in order to “defeat disinformation” about COVID-19 and Joe Biden allegedly shared by President Donald Trump. The PAC was terminated in January 2021.

History

The Defeat Disinfo PAC was registered with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by Ben Resnik in April 2020.1)

Organization

Donors

Donors to Defeat Disinfo include:2)

Name Affiliation
- Main Street One
- Red White & Definitely Blue
Harvey Allon Braddock Financial
Jeff Atwood Stack Overflow, Stack Exchange
Stephen Ball Frontier Communications
David Baver Western Governors University
James Bennett Jr. Neurodegeneration Therapeutics
Gary Bischoff -
Jerome Block -
Robert Boileau Verizon
Douglas Braak -
Paul Brown Dashboard Gear
Timothy Thomas Brown
Tanja Castro CastrolHaase
Robert Charnas Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Marc Chiang Duff & Phelps
Kristen Coates -
Jerry Cotlov -
Judy Davis -
Brian Dunn ZS
Brian Fargo Inxile Entertainment
Gerald Flannelly Faust Financial Management
Dan Freda -
Jeremy Fryer-Biggs -
Matthew Haicken Haicken Law
Stephen Harris -
Gregory Hawkins National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Jamie Holland -
James Humphreys James F. Humphreys & Associates
Steven Jacobs Blue State Digital
Richard Jones -
David Keefe -
William Kind -
Jim Kirkland VMWare
Mary Klinkel Canyon Ranch
Matthew Lammers IBM
Arthur Libera Eye for Art
Xiangyang Liu Ains
David Markun Routine Miracles
David McLure Practical Venture Capital
Andie Moore Genentech
John Moynes -
Deborah Noble West Wind Forest Products
Peter Norvig Google
Christopher Noxon -
Steven Pinker Harvard University
Barbara Radnofsky -
Jay Reba -
David Reines Inova Fairfax Hospital
Vivien Ressler -
Jason Rhodes Atlas Veture
Perry Rogers PR Partners
Jonathan Rubini JL Properties
Robert Scott -
James Sebenius Harvard Business School
Arthur Segel Harvard Business School
Srikanth Shoroff Microsoft
Jennifer Allan Soros Give Lively
Robert Spiegelman BTHR Solutions
Robert Scott
Jay Steiner Deutsche Bank
Joe White -
Donald Wolman Plexon
Teresa Wood Kaiser Permanente
1)
Reports Image Index for Committee ID: C00743625. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230424054314/https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00743625
2)
Organizations Disclosing Donations to Defeat Disinfo PAC, 2020. OpenSecrets. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2020?cmte=C00743625&tab=donors_all