The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
My analysis of the network’s FEC disbursements reveals that, at most, $11 million of the $678 million raised from individuals has made its way to candidates, campaigns, or the national party committees.
https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigation
Biden commutes sentence of Luzerne County kids-for-cash scandal judge Conahan
President Joe Biden commuted disgraced #KidsForCash scandal judge Michael T. Conahan’s lengthy sentence Thursday, allowing him to go entirely free 20 months early.
Conahan and former Luzerne County President Judge Mark Ciavarella took part in a conspiracy that netted them $2.8 million, according to their federal indictment. They facilitated the construction of juvenile detention centers and expansion of another by agreeing to send convicted juveniles to them in exchange for cash, according to the indictment.
The White House justified Biden’s decision by issuing a statement that says he commuted the sentences of “close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and who have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities.”
WVIA / https://archive.md/vwiq9 #JoeBiden #Democrats #DemocratValues #uspol
After massacre in Gaza’s Rafah, advocates ask: Where is Biden’s red line?
In early May, United States President #JoeBiden drew a rare red line for the top US ally, telling CNN that Washington would not provide bombs and artillery shells for the Israeli army to invade Rafah in southern #Gaza.
But the images of charred bodies that emerged from an Israeli attack in #Rafah on Sunday have raised questions about the credibility of Biden’s “red line”.
In recent weeks, Washington justified its failure to hold Israel to account by arguing that the offensive in Rafah was a “limited” operation. Israel followed Sunday’s bombing with another attack near Rafah on Tuesday that claimed the lives of at least 21 displaced Palestinians.
Earlier this month, the US withheld a single shipment of heavy bombs to Israel. Israel receives at least $3.8bn in US military aid annually.
Al Jazeera / https://archive.md/lVPwz #Democrats #DemocratValues #DNC #uspol @palestine
Hillary Clinton ‘get over yourself’ comment threatens to backfire on Biden
Appearing on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” Clinton was asked by host Jimmy Fallon what she would say to voters “upset” by the fact that the election will be between Biden and Trump.
“Get over yourself,” the former New York senator and first lady responded. “Those are the two choices.”
Dem strategist Mark Longabaugh said that the remark demonstrated Clinton’s propensity to be “tonally off-sync.”
“I’m not sure that is the most effective way to win disaffected Democrats, younger voters, back to Joe Biden. I’m really not,” Longabaugh said.
“The #DemocraticParty in general, and #HillaryClinton in particular, have a ‘street rep’ for preaching at, and lecturing, the voters. This doesn’t help that at all,” said Grant Reeher, professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.
The Hill / https://archive.md/lWFVy #DemocratValues #Democrats #uspol
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