NonilexNov 26

A full year after making a public pledge to do so, #Trump disclosed a list of #donors who helped #pay for his transition to #power.

The list of 46 individuals…includes #billionaires like #JeffYass & #PaulSinger as well as several who went on to be #appointees in the current #administration.

In total, the transition said it raised slightly >$14M, but did not specify how much each donor contributed. It said $13.7M was spent on the transition.

#law #corruption #PayToPlay
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-transition-donors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Donors to Trump’s Transition Revealed a Year Later

A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.

The New York Times
Show threadbeSpacificNov 2
NYT reports the previously undisclosed names and organizations funding the #trump imperial #ballroom. Many have business contracts on the line and stand to make lots more money through their supposed donations. #Chipmaker #Nvidia; Greg Brockman president of #OpenAI; Vantive - kidney care; Extremity Care; #Blackrock; #JeffYass #billionaire financier; Stephen A. Schwarzman #Blackrock; Ripple, Coinbase, Tether; Booz Allen Hamilton & Lockheed Martin; #tobacco #ecigarettes Altria & Reynolds American.
Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩Aug 21

@nev @Xeniax

i understand why people use #tikTok:

easy to use, works, the immediacy of video

but it's controlled by a totalitarian govt

and #jeffYass

the largest #GOP donor

who also funded an #israel right wing think tank to help #netanyahu stay in power

when someone posts pro-#palestine content or anti-#ICE content to tik tok:

1. they are feeding what they are fighting

2. they are abrogating their privacy to their enemy

3. they trust their foe to control their content and their feed

NotImpressedJun 21, 2025

#Tiktok #Ban
#Trump #Courtcases #JeffYass

On how Jeff Yass
saved Trump's ass

Guy Christensen is known as @yourfavoriteguy on TikTok. 3.4mil followers. Amazing account to follow.

He outlines the reason why Trump needs TikTok. TikTok was seen as Satanic by AIPAC and ADL, for spreading striking pro Palestine content. Greenblatt, a nasty piece of work heading the ADL, called TikTok "Al Jazeera on steroids". Greenblatt wants it banned but Trumps needs it. Here's why:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S5XImTi2dU

Why Trump Has Saved TikTok From a US Ban

YouTube
Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩May 18, 2025

@KitsuneVixi @me_valentijn @mls14 @heidilifeldman

You mean the #Tiktok whose cofounder and major stake holder is #JeffYass, *the* largest donor to the #GOP and who helped fund an #Israel right wing think tank to warp the judiciary so #Netanyahu could stay in power past his legal troubles?

That Tiktok where airhead leftists are being spied on and having their messages controlled and manipulated by such ownership?

What a fucked up world

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/jeff-yass-billionaire-donor-investments-tiktoks-parent-company-rcna142531

Who is Jeff Yass? The billionaire donor with investments in TikTok’s parent company

In the pitched battle between TikTok and Washington, few people stand to lose more than Jeff Yass, an American billionaire options trader who has emerged in recent years as a major donor to Republican candidates and causes.

NBC News
Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩Apr 18, 2025

@mistergibson @Doppelganger75 @ApAlun @vfrmedia @freeagent @Crispius@infosec.exchange @fedilore

i had an argument here awhile ago with someone defending #Palestinian advocacy groups using #Tiktok

#Tiktok is partly owned by a guy who also funds #rightWing #Likud thinktanks in #Israel

and he's the largest donor to the #GOP: #JeffYass

why the fuck do they trust that!?

it's like "please track me"

da fuq?

Show threadNonilexApr 2, 2025

#Trump, who has pledged repeatedly to save the app despite the security concerns [he received a huge donation from #JeffYass, who owns a significant stake in #TikTok parent co #ByteDance], delayed the enforcement of that #law until Sat, even after it was unanimously upheld by #SCOTUS.

#USpol #broligarchy #Amazon #JeffBezos #tech #Antitrust

Show threadNonilexApr 2, 2025

#Amazon’s bid highlights the 11th-hour maneuvering in Washington over #TikTok’s ownership. Policymakers in both parties have expressed deep #NationalSecurity concerns over the app’s Chinese ownership, & passed a #law last year to force a sale of TikTok that was set to take effect in Jan.

#USpol #Trump #broligarchy #JeffBezos #JeffYass #tech #Antitrust

Show threadBen Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩Jan 20, 2025

@jeremy_pm @LilahTovMoon

lies

#tiktok major stakeholder and the guy who helped found it with his money is *the* largest #GOP donor and funds a #rightwing thinktank in #Israel to warp the judiciary and keep #netanyahu in power:

#jeffyass

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/24/jeff-yass-anti-muslim-pro-israel-donations

#tiktok is no friend of #Palestine

#tiktok is no friend to #activism

Never was

Anyone who believes otherwise is being played for a fool, spied on and manipulated, helping everything they stand against

#tiktokban

Billionaire Jeff Yass linked to $16m in donations to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups

The TikTok investor is also linked to funding challenges to progressive politicians and against Obama’s Iran nuclear deal

The Guardian
Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩Jan 19, 2025

@squared99@mastodon.coffee

Why do you believe this?

#Tiktok's major shareholder, the guy who helped fund it initially, is #JeffYass, the *largest* #GOP donor

He gave money to a rightwing #Israel thinktank to warp the Israeli judiciary to keep #Netanyahu in power:

tiktok money. Money earned off tiktok users

It's spying on you. It's manipulating your feed

And you think it is on your side?

Why are people so utterly deluded about what tiktok is?

#tiktokban