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Democratic Party of Korea opts for bank loans instead of traditional fundraising for election expenses due to rising impersonation fraud cases, aiming to protect supporters and maintain financial integrity.
#YonhapInfomax #DemocraticParty #ElectionFunding #CampaignFinance #BankLoans #FraudPrevention #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=63803

Democratic Party Decides Against Election Fund Raising, Opts for Bank Loans to Cover Campaign Costs

Yonhap Infomax

MediaFaro Analysis Feb 27

Researchers: Hidden election funding a threat to Finnish democracy.

Regulations on how elections and political parties are financed in Finland are flawed, experts point out, arguing that hidden funding is a threat to democracy.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250227-researchers-hidden-election-funding-a-threat-to-finnish-democracy?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Finland #Politics #ElectionFunding #CampaignFunding #CampaignFinancing #Democracy

Researchers: Hidden election funding a threat to Finnish democracy

Regulations on how elections and political parties are financed in Finland are flawed, experts point out, arguing that hidden funding is a threat to democracy.

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Strypey Oct 9, 2024

"Those of us privileged to hold a public office have ourselves to blame for the sickness in American public life today. And we are the defenders of a campaign finance system that is nothing less, than an elaborate influence peddling scheme, in which both parties conspire to stay in office by selling the country to the highest bidder."

Senator #JohnMcCain

https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-ep-5-how-corporations-became-people/

#podcasts #TheLever #TheMasterPlan #PowellMemo #ElectionFunding #USPolitics

Master Plan, Ep 5: How Corporations Became People

Our fifth episode examines a series of U.S. Supreme Court cases that laid the groundwork for PACs, Citizens United, and money-as-speech.

The Lever

Strypey Oct 4, 2024

"One of the things they need to do the implement Powell's memo, is destroy the laws that prevent them and their financial backers, from spending unlimited amounts of money to buy elections, politicians, and political power."

#DavidSirota, 2024

https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-ep-5-how-corporations-became-people/

#podcasts #TheLever #TheMasterPlan #PowellMemo #ElectionFunding #USPolitics

Master Plan, Ep 5: How Corporations Became People

Our fifth episode examines a series of U.S. Supreme Court cases that laid the groundwork for PACs, Citizens United, and money-as-speech.

The Lever

AutisticMumTo3 Jul 4, 2024

Labour gets nearly £600k from Israel lobby prior to election
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/07/04/labour-israel-lobby/

#Labour
#Israel
#ElectionFunding
#Zionism
#ZionistEducationProgram
#Zionist
#Lubner
#UnitedJewishIsraelAppeal
#IGnite
#Palestinians
#DisplacedPeople
#Abbott

Israel lobby bankrolls Labour's election campaign to the tune of over half a million

The Israel lobby has donated millions to Labour. The latest donor funds a 'Zionist education programme' that works with "mainstream schools"

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Cory Doctorow Nov 6, 2023

#5yrsago The internet is made up of revolutionary technologies, but isn’t revolutionary https://locusmag.com/2018/11/cory-doctorow-what-the-internet-is-for/

#5yrsago America for sale: 38% of all #ElectionFunding comes from 0.0001% of Americans (2,210 people account for 25% of the total) https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/06/america-for-sale-38-of-all-election-funding-comes-from-0-0001-of-americans-2210-people-account-for-25-of-the-total/

#1yrago The End of #TheRoadToSerfdom https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/06/the-end-of-the-road-to-serfdom/

Cory Doctorow: What the Internet Is For

The internet operates on a revolutionary principle, underpinned by a revolutionary principle, overlaid by a revolutionary principle. Is it, therefore, revolutionary? The revolutionary principle the…

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U.S. Politics in Real Time Jul 15, 2023

Biden raised more than $72M in second quarter, doubling Trump’s haul

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4097405-biden-raised-over-72m-in-second-quarter-doubling-trumps-haul/

#BidenFundraising #TrumpFundraising #CampaignFinance #ElectionFunding #PoliticalDonations #PresidentialRace #Politics #News

Biden raised more than $72M in second quarter, doubling Trump’s haul

President Biden’s reelection campaign raised more than $72 million in the second quarter of fundraising, the campaign announced Friday. The team also reported that the campaign has $77 million in cash on hand, which is “the highest total amassed by a Democrat at any comparable point in history.” These are the first numbers out of…

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U.S. Politics in Real Time May 16, 2023

George Santos seeks campaign donations days after fraud, laundering charges

https://www.newsweek.com/george-santos-seeks-campaign-donations-days-after-fraud-laundering-charges-1800494

#Newsweek #GeorgeSantosFraud #CampaignDonations #MoneyLaunderingCharges #PoliticalCorruption #ElectionFunding #Politics #News