This is just plain weird

The family of the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wants her name pulled off an award after the foundation in charge of doling it out named SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch among this year’s recipients…In addition to Musk and Murdoch, lifestyle icon Martha Stewart, actor Sylvester Stallone and financier Michael Milken are also recipients of the award.
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WHAT?WHAT?

An award to “honor brave, strong and resilient women who have dedicated their lives to create positive change in society” is being presented to four men. And a woman who is a felon.

The sponsoring organization? The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation, which seems to exist in name only, despite annual awards and “galas.”

Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. is the award chair. Sullivan, 82, may be best known for defending U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North during the Iran-Contra scandal.

Chairing the event: Amy Baier, 46, is married to Bret Baier, Fox News chief political anchor. The Fondation president is attorney Matthew Umhofer, 50 (?), Los Angeles.

RBG made the inaugural presentation in October 2020. It was then called the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award…

That first award went to civic leader and philanthropist Agnes Gund.

2021, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second.
2022, Diane von Furstenberg
2023, Barbra Streisand
And now this.

Elon Musk, racist and antisemite
Martha Stewart, a felon
Michael Milken, a felon
Robert Murdoch, owner of the leading source of political disinformation in the United States
Sylvester Stallone, repeatedly accused of sexual assault
Just the people to be receive an award named for the Notorious RBG. Well, they got the notorious right.

Perhaps just as startling:
1. The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation filed its last IRS 990 form in 2020. Assets: $0. According to the Library of Congress, the Foundation donated $1,000,000 that year.

2. Someone registered the domain name for the Foundation in 2012. It is currently active, but the website has been “under construction” since 2021.

3. Surprise! Martha Stewart was a member of the 2023 awards committee! So was Stallone’s wife (h/t abtnatural.bsky.social).

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