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StanceOfMind<p>Trump’s Attack on ActBlue’s “Dark Money” Was Backed by Dark Money. Elon Musk helped fund an effort to gin up fraud claims against the donation platform.</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trumps-attack-on-actblues-dark-money-was-backed-by-dark-money/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/trumps-attack-on-actblues-dark-money-was-backed-by-dark-money/</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>In an example that may demonstrate how Trump's tariff policy is about amassing influence and not economic policy, a fossil fuel industry that donated to Trump in record amounts and remains closely tied to the regime through the numerous folks with industry ties appointed to the US administration, received an exemption from the tariffs. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs</span></a></p><p>‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package</p><p>"The exemption came after the fossil fuel industry poured $96m into Trump’s re-election campaign and affiliated political action committees, as he pledged to deregulate the sector and roll back environmental regulations. This was less than the $1bn Trump requested from the sector in an infamous meeting at his Mar-a-Lago club, but still constituted record levels of spending.</p><p>“Oil and gas billionaires just bought themselves an exemption from Trump’s tariffs,” Stevie O’Hanlon, spokesperson for youth-led environmental justice group the Sunrise Movement, said on Thursday. “While the rest of us have to deal with skyrocketing prices and rising temperatures, they’re sitting on their thrones and raking in billions. We need an end to this oligarchy now.”</p><p>In the first three months of his second term, Trump has made good on his promises to attack green policies. He has also maintained a cozy relationship with the industry, appointing an array of industry interests to his administration.</p><p>Last month, the president held a meeting with more than a dozen oil executives at the White House, where he floated an energy exemption from his tariff package, according to the Washington Post, with one source telling the outlet that it was unclear if Trump was making a joke or a serious policy pledge."</p><p>Because Trump's tariffs are effectively a regressive, compounding tax that therefore harms labor class people way more than it harms the wealthy, there's a valid argument that exempting fossil fuel products from the tariffs represents an effort to mitigate the increased costs of Trump's mafia-style shakedown on regular people. The problem with that idea of course, is that Trump himself is *directly* responsible for those increased costs due to these tariffs (again, which function as a regressive compounding tax on labor class people) as part of his destructive global trade war, and thus clearly does not give a fuck about consumers. What he does care about however, is an oil and gas industry that happily turned over vast sums of money to fuel his political career; who will now be exempt from the tariffs threatening to bankrupt other American businesses and millions of average people who don't benefit at all from fossil fuel lobby donations. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TariffShakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TariffShakedown</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MafiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RegressiveTaxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegressiveTaxation</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Despite all of my criticisms above, there's a reason I bother with The Rest is Politics. As well as being fun to listen to, Both Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell come across as principled men, who care deeply about democracy and its potential to make the world a better place.</p><p>Case in point, they both make some passionate arguments for campaign finance reform;</p><p><a href="https://therestispolitics.supportingcast.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/357-political-new-year-s-resolutions-elon-musk-and-what-happens-next-in-taiwan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therestispolitics.supportingca</span><span class="invisible">st.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/357-political-new-year-s-resolutions-elon-musk-and-what-happens-next-in-taiwan</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TheRestIsPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRestIsPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
tanya tussing<p>Democratic candidates &amp; Oligarchs</p><p>“To be fair, since at least the 1990s all Democratic administrations have been&nbsp;paralyzed by the schizoid division of the party itself.”</p><p>“Democrats have come to depend on funding from oligarchs…. Votes, however, must still be gathered from low-income (and especially minority) communities, who form a large part of what is called the American “working class.”" -- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesGalbraith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesGalbraith</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/bidenomics-failure-inflation-voters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/economy/</span><span class="invisible">bidenomics-failure-inflation-voters/</span></a></p><p>H/t: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@steve_zeke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steve_zeke</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
Zach Everson<p>📊 Harris outpaces Trump in last-minute campaign donations—$29.2M to Trump’s $9.9M, a boost that could tip the scales in battleground states. </p><p>What impact will this financial edge have on Election Day?</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PoliticalDonations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalDonations</span></a> </p><p>me, for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Forbes</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2024/11/05/trump-harris-campaign-finance-contributions-donations-fec-late/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2</span><span class="invisible">024/11/05/trump-harris-campaign-finance-contributions-donations-fec-late/</span></a></p>
No Country For Old Boomers<p>Shameful. All of it. Imagine the good that could be done with all that dough!<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/campaignfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignfinance</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wastefulbillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastefulbillionaires</span></a></p>
Houston Public Media<p>Elon Musk has donated $2 million to the Texas-based Judicial Fairness PAC, making him the latest billionaire to back the group trying to unseat Democratic judges across the state.</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/10/30/504524/elon-musk-joins-list-of-billionaires-funding-texas-pac-backing-gop-judicial-candidates/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonpublicmedia.org/article</span><span class="invisible">s/news/texas/2024/10/30/504524/elon-musk-joins-list-of-billionaires-funding-texas-pac-backing-gop-judicial-candidates/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CourtsCriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtsCriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PAC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCampaigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCampaigns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spacex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasNews</span></a></p>
Brad Rosenheim<p>I boosted this, but I don't necessarily agree. I always want to challenge us to think about the real problem. The real problem is billionaires. Why should we limit speech just because they exist? Let's instead make them not exist. If billionaires didn't exist it would eliminate this problem. It is far easier to tax the living shit out of billionaires than it is to give up freedom of speech.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/@rbreich/113319832058290511" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.ai/@rbreich/113319832058</span><span class="invisible">290511</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TaxTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheBillionaires</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a>: Harris has raised $1 Billion since entering the race. No candidate has ever raised so much money so fast. And it’s more than former President Donald J. Trump has announced raising in all of 2024.</p><p>$: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/09/us/harris-trump-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2024/10/09/us</span><span class="invisible">/harris-trump-election</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
David August<p>Not even a little surprising the watches are a way around campaign finance laws. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrumpWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>*<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a>* even alleged the company’s actions violated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> prohibiting businesses from making “in-kind” contributions to candidates, claims federal election regulators repeatedly rejected. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> rebuffed those criticisms, accusing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> of trying to pressure the company to dial back its enforcement against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HateSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateSpeech</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>+ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s campaign does not acknowledge a single one of these city govts as debt in his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> disclosures.<br>[ehem <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEC</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>]</p><p>In <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Billings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billings</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a>, the protective measures put in place for his Sept 2018 rally resulted in 1,362 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/overtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overtime</span></a> hrs between Billings PD &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Yellowstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yellowstone</span></a> County Sheriff’s office: 951 hrs from the former, &amp; 411 hrs from the latter, bringing the total cost to $58,830. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ItsOnYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItsOnYou</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxPayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPayers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadbeatTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadbeatTrump</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> were <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/excited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excited</span></a> about their own <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/call" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>call</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>. It didn’t go as expected.</p><p>— The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/call" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>call</span></a> lost much of its <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> at the last minute due the potential for a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaignfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignfinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/violation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violation</span></a>; one of the founders advertised branded totes on the groups <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/account" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>account</span></a>, saying they planned to donate 10% to the Harris Campaign, which would be the said violation. </p><p><a href="https://19thnews.org/2024/08/disabled-voters-for-harris-zoom-call-frustration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2024/08/disabled-</span><span class="invisible">voters-for-harris-zoom-call-frustration/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"The largest illegal campaign contribution from a federal contractor to date appears to have been $1 million in 2022, contributed by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarathonPetroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarathonPetroleum</span></a> Company to the respective super PACs for both House and Senate Republicans. At the time, a unit of the Marathon company was in negotiations for a small, one-off contract to provide jet fuel to a government agency. The violation resulted in an $85,000 fine."</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citationneeded.news/coinbase-c</span><span class="invisible">ampaign-finance-violation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitationNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitationNeeded</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fairshake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairshake</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>HT to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>molly0xfff</span></a></span> for reporting on this!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coinbase</span></a> appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperPAC</span></a> donation</p><p>Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake crypto super PAC in May 2024. </p><p>by Molly White<br>Jul 30, 2024 </p><p>"This $25 million contribution, however, appears to be in violation of federal campaign finance laws that prohibit contributions from current or prospective federal government contractors. This would be by far the largest known illegal campaign contribution by a federal contractor."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/coinbase-campaign-finance-violation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citationneeded.news/coinbase-c</span><span class="invisible">ampaign-finance-violation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitationNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitationNeeded</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fairshake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairshake</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coinbase</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
Nick<p>The open acknowledgement of the FUCKING HUGE amounts of cash needed to win US election campaigns is really striking to outsiders. Eg: </p><p>- In the 2019 UK general election, the Tories (who won by a landslide) raised $25m (£19.4m) and got 13,966,454 votes, or $1.80 per vote.</p><p>- In the 2020 Presidential Election, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> raised a record-breaking $1.06b and got 81m votes, or $13.08 per vote.</p><p>That’s not normal.</p><p>Sources:<br><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_campaign_finance,_2020" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ballotpedia.org/Presidential_e</span><span class="invisible">lection_campaign_finance,_2020</span></a><br><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-2019-which-party-received-the-most-donations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commonslibrary.parliament.uk/g</span><span class="invisible">eneral-election-2019-which-party-received-the-most-donations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/campaignfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignfinance</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> eyes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> challenges as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> assumes control of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s war chest — tens of millions, could get tied up in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEC</span></a> &amp; then <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>.</p><p>Charlie Spies, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> lawyer, said both Biden &amp; Harris would have to have been officially nominated by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> Party at its convention BEFORE a handoff. Then, a provision in campaign finance <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> allows a VP nom to take control of the depository if the presidential nom withdraws.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/21/biden-harris-campaign-dollars-legal-challenge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/07/21/biden-harris-campaign-dollars-legal-challenge/</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/13/nx-s1-5008903/biden-gas-car-ban" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/07/13/nx-s1-50089</span><span class="invisible">03/biden-gas-car-ban</span></a> “by spreading these false claims, it's trying to get voters — probably who are already predisposed to oppose Biden or the Democratic Party— to mobilize and show their power at the polls” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/falseadvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>falseadvertising</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/waroncars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waroncars</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/campaignfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignfinance</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/oillobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oillobby</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>In this vein: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EverythingIsConnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EverythingIsConnected</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MainstreamMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainstreamMedia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/@skykiss/112733531304965410" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfba.social/@skykiss/112733531</span><span class="invisible">304965410</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensUnitedVsFEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnitedVsFEC</span></a> must be neutralized by Congressional legislation.</p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/RonnyJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonnyJackson</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> </p><p>'Former US Navy doctor turned Texas congressman Ronny Jacksoon may have broken campaign finance laws by using donor funds to cover thousands of dollars worth of bills at a swanky Texas club, according to the nonpartisan House Office of Congressional Ethics.'</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ronny-jackson-house-ethics-committee-b2568097.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/ronny-jackson-house-ethics-committee-b2568097.html</span></a></p>
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