I have figured out at least part of the new CB strategy.  My email this morning contains a CB plea for contributions to CB, and includes a reminder that all donations to CB will now be tax-deductible because CB is now a tax-exempt charitable organization.  In other words, the federal government,  right alongside Pierre Omidyar, will now be subsidizing Civil Beat's relentlessly leftist views.  Omidyar's megabucks and the "donations" of CB readers will now be tax-deductible at the expense of mainstream taxpayers who must make up the difference to keep those foodstamps and Obamacare in operation.  Diabolical!