Washington Post: Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library This article is MSN-syndicated and is not paywalled. “Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.”

The Guardian: Anthropic to donate $20m to US political group backing AI regulation. “Anthropic will spend $20m to back US political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday. Anthropic’s donation puts it in opposition to the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent regulation of AI.”

What happens when citizens and experts rethink corruption together?

RESPOND's Co-Creation Workshops did just that—challenging assumptions and uncovering new perspectives. Can shared reflection lead to better policies?

🔗 https://www.eu-respond.eu/news/report-on-respond-co-creation-workshops/

#RESPOND #Corruption #CoCreation #SocialResearch #CitizenVoice #RESPONDProject #Horizon #Europe #CoCreation #Corruption #PublicPolicy #Governance #SocialResearch #EUProjects #HorizonEurope #PoliticalFinance #MediaCapture t #Lobbying #RevolvingDoors

What Happens When $250M Boosts $180B: A Political Investment?

#PoliticalFinance #CampaignDonations #WealthImpact #EconomicShifts Hey everyone! 🌟 Let’s unpack a pretty wild scenario together. Imagine this: Someone invests $250 million into a successful presidential campaign. Fast forward a month, and the value of their companies skyrockets by $180 billion, all without any other changes ha...
https://mymetric360.com/question/what-happens-when-250m-boosts-180b-a-political-investment/?fsp_sid=20088

What Happens When $250M Boosts $180B: A Political Investment?

#PoliticalFinance #CampaignDonations #WealthImpact #EconomicShifts Hey everyone! 🌟 Let’s unpack a pretty wild scenario together. Imagine this: Someone invests $250 million into a successful presidential campaign. Fast forward a month, and the value of their companies skyrockets by $180 billion, all without any other changes ha...
https://mymetric360.com/question/what-happens-when-250m-boosts-180b-a-political-investment/?fsp_sid=15277

Taxpayers, Not Donors or Parties, Are Bearing the Cost of Printing Electoral Bonds: RTI
rights

The government has incurred a cost of Rs 1.43 crore on printing low-denomination bonds, of which only 117 have been sold. (Article from May 2020)

#ElectoralBonds #IncomeTax #corruption #transparency #PoliticalFinance #BJP #india

https://thewire.in/rights/electoral-bonds-tax-payers-cost-printing-bank-commission

Not just electoral bonds, the BJP is biggest beneficiary of all forms of political finance

The Hindutva party accounts for nearly 60% of contributions received by all political parties since 2018.

#ElectoralBonds #BJP #ElectoralBondsData #SBI #PoliticalFinance #corruption #SupremeCourt #india

https://scroll.in/article/1065453/not-just-electoral-bonds-the-bjp-is-biggest-beneficiary-of-all-forms-of-political-finance

The final part of HT's two-part data journalism series on political funding in India looks at how junking electoral bonds, while a positive move, won't on its own make the political finance landscape completely transparent.

Read it here (HT app only): https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/number-theory-why-junking-electoral-bonds-alone-wont-achieve-much-101709088160442.html

#MastIndia #India #IndianPolitics #Politics #PoliticalFunding #PoliticalFinance #Data @mastodonindians

Big GOP donors push for Trump alternative

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/19/gop-donors-dreaming-trump-alternative

#GOPDonors #TrumpAlternative #PoliticalFinance #RepublicanPolitics #CampaignContributions #Election2023 #Politics #News