EmB PhiloJan 21
Something told me this was coming:
#CampaignContributions
The USA PotatoNov 14

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections

Fifteen years after a landmark Supreme Court case turbocharged corporate spending in the political process, a group hopes it may have a way to finally rein in some of the outsized influence of the ultrawealthy. The 2010 ruling on Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates of political spending in elections. Every year since then, untraceable financial political contributions…

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Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections

Polls suggest 74 percent of voters in the state will back a ballot initiative to counter the effects of Citizens United.

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Thinking MunkJul 1, 2025

🔥HOT TAKE🔥 Lift all caps on campaign spending | @destiny

#CampaignContributions #CitizensUnited #SuperPACs #OpenSecrets #Destiny

Show threadKent PitmanAug 9, 2024

@GottaLaff

I'm glad he did this. I was thinking this very same thing as the press conference went on. On the ex-bird site I remarked in real time to MSNBC, as the event droned on, «Why give free air to Trump spewing a nonstop series of unchecked lies? STOP. There's no "news" here. No policy. No action. He offers incitement, you offer credibility. If you looked back to media doing such for Hitler, how would you describe their role? Neutral? Proper?»

I had meant to go on longer in that thread, but I just couldn't bear it. I was thinking back to how many times in the 2016 campaign MSNBC had a chyron saying "Breaking news: Trump about to speak". It seemed almost daily and was infuriating. No other candidate got that daily bump. MSNBC should have credited itself later as one of his biggest soft donors. If democracy falls this time, they will be due part credit. But it won't save them from being thrown in jail by Emperor Trump I.

Sadly, the best description I've come up with to describe the relationship of MSNBC and Trump is the old joke, here told by Woody Allen in Annie Hall, that ends with "we need the eggs" ... except this is only a metaphor, and the real sutuation is no joke.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ced-feXjNXI

#MSNBC #journalism #media #ethics #CampaignContributions #Election2016 #Election2024 #politics #USPolitics #incitement

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Linking DotJul 23, 2024

«The Trump campaign’s largest known bundler is a lobbyist who advised coal and nuclear power company FirstEnergy on its effort to secure a $1.3 billion bailout from Ohio ratepayers and who pleaded the Fifth Amendment when called to testify on his role in a bribery scheme for which the company was criminally charged.»

#corruption #DonaldTrump #bribery #CampaignContributions
https://readsludge.com/2024/07/23/trumps-top-bundler-pleaded-the-fifth-in-ohio-bribery-case/

Trump’s Top Bundler Pleaded the Fifth in Ohio Bribery Case

The bundler, who has given Trump $3.6 million, advised FirstEnergy on its contributions to a dark money group that pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in Ohio's HB6 nuclear bailout scandal.

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MagpieblogApr 4, 2024

Oregon's has plagued for years by big-money attempts to buy state and local government elections. Since 2007, more than 20 people and entities have given individual campaign donations of $1 million or more.

A new law puts strict limits on political contributions and dark money. Unfortunately it won't take effect until 2027, leaving several more elections in which corporations and the wealthy can do as they like.

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#Oregon #elections #CampaignContributions

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/04/gov-tina-kotek-signs-historic-campaign-finance-bill.html

Gov. Tina Kotek signs historic campaign finance bill

Kotek and lawmakers of both parties praised each other for achieving compromise on the bill during this year’s legislative session.

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LilMikeSFJan 4, 2024

Feds Decline To Pursue Second Trial Against #Crypto Bro Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Over Additional Charges Brought In #Bahamas For #Fraud, Unlicensed Money Transfer, #Conspiracy To Violate Foreign #Corrupt Practices Act, Illegal #CampaignContributions etc.

#USGovt #Prosecution Rests And Decides Public Best Served By Immediate #Sentencing, And To Begin A #Restitution Process After Previous #Guilty Convictions Reached By US Jury In November 2023.

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/01/02/not-surprised-feds-confirm-they-wont-pursue-second-trial-against-sam-bankman-fried/

'Not Surprised': Feds Confirm They Won't Pursue Second Trial Against Sam Bankman-Fried | New York Law Journal

SDNY prosecutors said a second trial would not affect Bankman-Fried’s guidelines range at sentencing because U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan “can already consider all of this conduct.

New York Law Journal
U.S. Politics in Real TimeNov 18, 2023

Mike Johnson's campaign contributions from company tied to Russia

https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501

#MikeJohnson #CampaignContributions #CompanyTiedToRussia #HouseSpeaker #DonationsFromRussia #Butina #Politics #News

Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia

The Louisiana Republican's team previously said it returned all the money it received from a company predominantly owned by Russian nationals in 2018.

Newsweek
Show threadCory DoctorowOct 30, 2023

#10yrsago @neilhimself interviews #LouReed https://neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff/Interviews/Waiting_for_the_Man_-_Lou_Reed

#10yrsago #HyperboleAndAHalf: now in book form! https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/28/hyperbole-and-a-half-now-in-book-form/

#10yrsago How the #KochBrothers laundered illegal #CampaignContributions https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/10/california-koch-brothers-network-settlement-15-million-dark-money/

#5yrsago As Wisconsin’s corporate welfare to #Foxconn keeps rising, the number of jobs to be created keeps falling https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/29/18027032/foxconn-wisconsin-plant-jobs-deal-subsidy-governor-scott-walker

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Neil Gaiman | Cool Stuff | Interviews | Waiting for the Man - Lou Reed

U.S. Politics in Real TimeOct 27, 2023

Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia

https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501

#MikeJohnson #CampaignContributions #CompanyTiedtoRussia #HouseSpeaker #DonationsFromRussia #Butina #Politics #News

Mike Johnson's Campaign Contributions From Company Tied to Russia

The Louisiana Republican's team previously said it returned all the money it received from a company predominantly owned by Russian nationals in 2018.

Newsweek