Not the odds, but the stakes.
That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in journalists covering the 2024 campaign. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for American democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.
This report from the Washington Post is getting there. Have a read of it and tell me if you see what I mean. https://wapo.st/41yXOmI [Gift link, no paywall]
I want reporting on the moneyed individuals funding fascism.
Corporations are not people. They shouldn't get to select a despot.
Money is not speech. It shouldn't get to select a despot.
Democracy is "We the People" not "might makes right".
Reproductive rights
Voting Rights
Gun safety
Tax reform
Campaign finance transparency
Election security
Climate action
The GOP billionaire donors funding a global anti-democracy movement:
Koch. Murdoch. Griffin. Uihlein. Schwarzman. Ellison. Thiel. Yass. Musk. Mercer. Putin. Mohammed bin Salman. Schwab. Buckley. DeVos. Petterffy. Kelcy Warren. Jim Haslam. Harlan Crow. Barre Seid. Bradley. Hendricks. Fancelli. Lauder. Scaife. Mellon. Tim Dunn. Farris Wilks. Fancelli. Wynn. Adelson. Ricketts. McMahon. Warren Stephens. Patrick Ryan. Alwaleed bin Talal. Prigozhin. Prince. Murrin. Adelson.
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Since there are inadequate transparency laws for campaign finance & a lack of regulatory oversight for disclosure on nonprofits, even this list is incomplete.
Questions go unanswered.
AT&T funded the launch of OAN.
Which individual decided that?
Slator.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/
Chris Ruddy launched Newsmax. How?
Why isn't the financing of conservative media outlets that hemorrhage money for years, then "suddenly" get rich, examined when Trump arrives on scene?
Jay Rosen
Nicole Parsons