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Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats is an American left-wing media outlet built around a Facebook page and corresponding website. Established in 2012, it publishes hyperpartisan content, clickbait, and false information.
Occupy Democrats was established as a Facebook page in 2012 by Rafael and Omar Rivero. A corresponding website was later created. The website has since closed. Its stated objective is to provide a "counterbalance to the Republican Tea Party".
In September 2022, Occupy Democrats was accused of having raised almost $800,000 for its election fund and donating none of the money to federal candidates. In response to the accusations, Omar Rivero claimed that the fund operated as a super PAC and was barred from donating directly to candidates. Axios journalist Lachlan Markay said that the election fund was actually a hybrid PAC and thus could donate to political candidates. From January 1 of 2025 until June 30 of 2025, Occupy Democrats have raised almost $650,000.
Omar and Rafael Rivero were born in Mexico in c. 1987, the youngest of seven children. Their mother is American. The family moved to Florida in 1994.
Rafael studied at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the College Republicans. Omar obtained a soccer scholarship at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, but was forced to quit after one year due to experiencing difficulties with playing soccer; he subsequently studied at Cornell University in 2006, where he majored in industrial and labor relations. Omar and Rafael were later diagnosed as having a rare mutation in the MTHFR gene, which causes neuropathy.
In 2007, Rafael worked for Ron Paul; he later said, "I met a lot of bigoted people along the way, and as a Mexican immigrant, I didn't feel comfortable. That was part of my awakening, I would say, away from conservative politics." He and Omar joined Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2015, Omar joined the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, an invention promotion firm. The firm was shut down in May 2018 after the Federal Trade Commission determined that it was defrauding investors.
In August 2018, Omar launched Liker, a social media platform that was described as being full of misinformation about the Trump administration. Liker shut down in 2021. Omar launched the beta version of Tribel another social media platform, in October 2021; it exited its beta phase in August 2022. That November, The Daily Beast reported that Tribel had an abundance of hateful content despite its "hate-free" branding.
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Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats is an American left-wing media outlet built around a Facebook page and corresponding website. Established in 2012, it publishes hyperpartisan content, clickbait, and false information.
Occupy Democrats was established as a Facebook page in 2012 by Rafael and Omar Rivero. A corresponding website was later created. The website has since closed. Its stated objective is to provide a "counterbalance to the Republican Tea Party".
In September 2022, Occupy Democrats was accused of having raised almost $800,000 for its election fund and donating none of the money to federal candidates. In response to the accusations, Omar Rivero claimed that the fund operated as a super PAC and was barred from donating directly to candidates. Axios journalist Lachlan Markay said that the election fund was actually a hybrid PAC and thus could donate to political candidates. From January 1 of 2025 until June 30 of 2025, Occupy Democrats have raised almost $650,000.
Omar and Rafael Rivero were born in Mexico in c. 1987, the youngest of seven children. Their mother is American. The family moved to Florida in 1994.
Rafael studied at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the College Republicans. Omar obtained a soccer scholarship at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, but was forced to quit after one year due to experiencing difficulties with playing soccer; he subsequently studied at Cornell University in 2006, where he majored in industrial and labor relations. Omar and Rafael were later diagnosed as having a rare mutation in the MTHFR gene, which causes neuropathy.
In 2007, Rafael worked for Ron Paul; he later said, "I met a lot of bigoted people along the way, and as a Mexican immigrant, I didn't feel comfortable. That was part of my awakening, I would say, away from conservative politics." He and Omar joined Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
In 2015, Omar joined the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, an invention promotion firm. The firm was shut down in May 2018 after the Federal Trade Commission determined that it was defrauding investors.
In August 2018, Omar launched Liker, a social media platform that was described as being full of misinformation about the Trump administration. Liker shut down in 2021. Omar launched the beta version of Tribel another social media platform, in October 2021; it exited its beta phase in August 2022. That November, The Daily Beast reported that Tribel had an abundance of hateful content despite its "hate-free" branding.