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MostlyHarmless Jul 17, 2023

It's fun that some folks think a secret group of rich people control everything instead of the widely known group of rich people who control everything.

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Nicole Parsons Jul 18, 2023

@MostlyHarmless
The list isn't secret.

Koch. Murdoch. Griffin. Ellison. Uihlein. Eacks. Schwarzman. Thiel. Mercer. Musk. Singer. Adelson. Bigelow. Wynn. Mellon. Scaife. Bradley. Marcus. Barre Seid. Tim Dunn. Farris & Dan Wilks. Prigozhin. Putin. Buckley. Harlan Crow. Johnson. Kelcy Warren. Peterffy. Lauder. Hendricks. Fancelli. Perlmutter. Troutt. Ruffin. McMahon. Duffield. Beal. Paulson. Duggin. Smith. Keen. McInerney.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/no-labels-exposed-heres-a-list-of-donors-funding-its-effort-to-disrupt-the-2024-race/

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/

No Labels exposed: Here's a list of donors funding its effort to disrupt the 2024 race

The roster includes corporate execs who have financed Republican and Democratic candidates.

Mother Jones

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Phil Landmeier Jul 18, 2023

@Npars01 @MostlyHarmless Yeah, and they know there isn't a single thing we can do about it.

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Nicole Parsons Jul 18, 2023

@shuttersparks @MostlyHarmless

Dark money might not remain dark forever.
Possibilities:
1. A hack like the Pandora Papers.
2. New legislation about donor anonymity because anonymity is a national security threat
3. Republicans are willing to sell out the national interest to enrich themselves, but not all
4. Foreign allies revealing their names because they're sanctions busters or tax evaders
5. Trump saves his skin by testifying against the donors behind Jan 6 & the classified documents theft

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Phil Landmeier

@Npars01 @MostlyHarmless I'm hoping. On the other hand, revealing the information seems to have no effect. People are apathetic and definitely unwilling to actively do something about it. They're so busy trying to survive they have no time or energy for anything else. (This is not an accident.) The Republicans know this, of course.