#campaign contributions

[thewordenreport]

Penn police violently manhandled the suspect who allegedly murdered the health insurance company CEO. This was done in front of the media. Hidden corporate taskmasters of local police departments contrary to American democracy?

[tomorrowusa]

You can often judge people by their associates.

Santos' major backers include a migrant smuggler, an unlikely Trump donor, the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch and a convicted felon.

A controversial donor, who along with his apparent domestic partner gave a combined $34,500 to Santos, is Andrew Intrater, the CEO of a company which once had ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch Intrater is the CEO of Sparrow Capital — an investment firm formerly known as Columbus Nova. Prior to the imposition of sanctions on the oligarch in 2018, it was listed in regulatory filings as an affiliate of Viktor Vekselberg's Renova Group, an aluminum, energy and telecom conglomerate.

[ ... ]

Intrater is a prolific donor to Republican candidates and causes — he paid $250,000 to attend former President Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2017. 

So there’s an indirect tie to Putin. That gives Santos something else in common with Trump.

Aren’t foreign nationals prohibited from making campaign donations?

Rocco Oppedisano's family was visibly involved with Santos's campaign. Reportedly an Italian national, the 54-year-old, donated $500 to a victory committee benefiting Santos' campaign in September according to FEC records. That donation to the son of Brazilian immigrants who campaigned as tough on immigration, drew attention after the Daily Beast reported that Oppedisano had pleaded guilty to smuggling undocumented migrants into the U.S. in 2019. A further review of Oppedisano's court records show his criminal record also includes convictions for grand larceny, DWIs, and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. 

It seems that Oppedisano was smuggling migrants to Ron DeSantis’s Florida.

When Oppedisano was arrested on his 63-foot Sunseeker yacht, the INXS FINALLY, in December 2019 off the coast of Miami, the Coast Guard found he was smuggling over a dozen undocumented migrants from the Bahamas to Florida. They also said they found over $200,000 in U.S. and Bahamian currency hidden behind a panel in a closet on board.

Yes, anti-immigrant Republicans are smuggling migrants into the US for cash. So what else is new?

But wait, there’s more!

In his May 2020 campaign disclosure filings, he claimed to have no assets and a $55,000 salary from a previous employer. However, in disclosures filed just weeks before election day for his latest campaign, Santos claimed to have earned $750,000 in annual salary for the period between January 2021 and December 2022, as well as millions in dividends from his company, Devolder Organization LLC.

As they said in the film All the President’s Men, “follow the money”.

[inthemaelstrom]

This is pretty misleading. 1. Crow gave money to GOP members of the committee for their campaigns over their entire careers. Not "just now." Not illegal and not surprising. No more a bribe than usual. They're not the only members of the committee, though.

2. The committee has not shut down anything permanently. They've been temporarily stymied by a bunch of bullshit added to the subpoena request by the GOP members. It's the holidays and Congress doesn't work much between now and the New Year.

3. This is a 10 year long investigation. It's not going anywhere. Do keep on top of it though.

Even friendly sources use propaganda, which is what this is. Pay attention.

Somebody call the cops

[elementalladymallorie]

"To the reunion of old friends." "To not being alright!" "Hey hey. And to Letters." "To Letters." "And Cyrus." "To the friends we will meet again."

-The Bells Hells toast.

[achingly-shy]

now that you're here, please consider reading the rest of this post and supporting my friend asmaa and her family in palestine!!!! those things that we may need more of every so often are critically important to asmaa's family, so please consider helping them.

asmaa is a 19-year-old student of computer engineering from gaza who dreamed of making a difference through work as a computer engineer after the conclusion of her schooling. however, her dreams have been disrupted by the war and bombardment, and her and her family desperately need our help!!!

asmaa's home was destroyed and her father lost his means of livelihood. she is trying to raise $50,000 ($5,000 for each of her family members) so that they can escape gaza and rebuild their lives, including the continuation of asmaa's education.

please please please consider donating to their campaign, or at the very least, please follow asmaa at @asmaamajed2 to keep up with her posts. i know there’s a lot going on with the us election results, but it’s important that we don’t forget about palestinians now more than ever. asmaa wanted me to make this post to boost her story, so please reblog reblog reblog to spread the word!!!!

[echidnana]

we are making this post in the hopes that it reaches someone able to afford to donate to these families. we have been contacted by numerous Palestinians fundraising for evaluation and/or basic necessities. we donate when we are able, but the small amount we can give is simply not enough. please consider sharing with these families. and if you can't, please consider sharing this post. if by us writing this one small donation is made to one of these fundraisers, it will have been a thousand times worth it.

@ahmadresh2 | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (45%)

@lamahouranii6 | vetted by association | campaign (76%)

@hudafamily9 | pinned post (contains proof of verification) | campaign (6%)

@omarfamily10 | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (45%)

@rabahmoins7 | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (32%)

@ghada-mhasen22 | vetted by association | campaign (1%)

@kawla-gaza01 | vetted by association | campaign (42%)

@aboodgazafamily1 | vetted by association | campaign (55%)

@asmaayyad2 | #43 on @gazavetters | campaign (66%)

@nana1n | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (20%)

@mohiygaza21 | vetted by association | campaign (99%)

@hanangaza2 | #140 on @gazavetters | campaign (22%)

@fidaa-family2 | verified | campaign (80%)

@wafaaresh2 | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (100%!!)

@asil60 | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (93%)

@mahmoudfamily12 | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (48%)

@raneenh | rb by 90-ghost | campaign (25%)

@asma-famil88 | vetted by association | campaign (92%)

here is an image shared with us by @asma-famil88 highlighting the inflated prices in Gaza.

notes: to the best of our knowledge all of this information is accurate- we have done our best to ensure these fundraisers are legitimate and will send money to these Palestinians. the majority (if not all) are also donation protected. we tagged the blog that reached out to us- the majority have multiple blogs due to tumblr shadow banning or outright terminating Palestinian's blogs.

if any of the people that sent us their campaigns and pleas for help see this- we are so, so sorry we can't do more for any of you. we pray this post will reach someone who can.

[lovoltage]

ordis floof, get!

[tiredyke]

people talk about traumatized/victimized men like they have a deeper understanding of trauma than women could ever achieve, like they’re just more introspective or capable of emotional depth. they give them the benefit of the doubt and room to talk and grieve that is never afforded to victimized women like have you guys even spoken to a woman and thought “this is an entire human person with complex thought” or are they all just stock characters to you

[freshthoughts2020]

[llycaons]

I saw a slightly obnoxious post like 'wow you realize it DOES make you feel better when you read more books and do x and y and z' and had my typical instantly contrarian thought of 'well sometimes....but some books this year I read pissed me the fuck off' but readings those books enhanced my enjoyment of the books I actually like so in a roundabout way I guess it was true..

[coffeenonsense]

Gale is such a perfect representation of a tweedy little academic honestly

"Do you know what's going to happen if we don't get these tadpoles out?"

Yes Gale. I literally watched someone get turned into a mindflayer like, five hours ago. Also Lae'zel will not stop talking about it.

"Ah but did you know the specific TERM for it?"

No, I did not, Gale. Thank you for your contribution.

[une-sanz-pluis]

In York’s case we do have another account of his death, and one written within a generation of Agincourt. Here, detail on the duke’s death is provided by the London chronicle Cleopatra CIV, which likely drew on returning soldiers’ accounts of the battle – and it offers strong contrast to Leland’s account. For the London chronicler chose to single out those who had displayed particular valour at Agincourt. Amidst this roll-call of honour, it was stated: The Duke of York was also lost, For his king, no foot would he flee Til his bascinet to his brain was bent. In other words, York refused to move more than a foot from his standard, holding the line and trading blows with the enemy until his own helmet [bascinet] was smashed into his skull. It is a vivid and moving sequence of events, and in this version, it is a death derived from extraordinary courage rather than corpulence.

Michael Jones, "How did Edward duke of York die at Agincourt?"

[funeralprocessor]

Art from Mundus Carnis, a geiger-esque biopunk worldbuilding project by Screeble on DA.

I'm a huge huge fan of their art and writing and worldbuilding, have been for years. They did some fantastic work in a collaborative spec evo forum game I lurked.

Which have lived in my head ever since.

[tomorrowusa]

Trump solicited about $1 billion from Big Oil at a fundraising conclave at Mar-a-Lago in return for future favorable treatment — if their filthy lucre helps him return to the Oval Office.

We lost four years fighting climate change during the previous Trump administration. A second term would do the planet grievous harm.

It's necessary to alert everybody concerned about the future of Earth of the danger of a second Trump presidency.

A new Washington Post report that Trump made explicit policy promises to a roomful of Big Oil executives—while urging them to raise $1 billion for his campaign—is a powerful story in part because it wrecks what’s left of that mystique. In case you didn’t already know this, it shows yet again that if Trump has employed that aforementioned knowledge of elite corruption and self-dealing to any ends in his public career, it’s chiefly to benefit himself. That counter narrative is a story that Democrats have a big opportunity to tell—if they seize on this news effectively. How might they do that? For starters, the revelations seem to cry out for more scrutiny from Congress. Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who has been presiding over hearings into the oil industry as chair of the Budget Committee, says it’s “highly likely” that the committee will examine the new revelations. [ ... ]

As the Post reports, an oil company executive at the gathering, held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last month, complained about environmental regulations under the Biden administration. Then this happened: Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation. Giving $1 billion would be a “deal,” Trump said, because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him, according to the people. Obviously industries have long donated to politicians in both parties in hopes of governance that takes their interests into account, and they explicitly lobby for this as well. But in this case, Trump may have made detailed, concrete promises while simultaneously soliciting a precise amount in campaign contributions.

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Anyway...

For instance, the Post reports, Trump vowed to scrap Biden’s ban on permits for new liquefied natural gas exports “on the first day.” He also promised to overturn new tailpipe emission limits designed to encourage the transition to electric vehicles, and he dangled more leases for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, “a priority that several of the executives raised.” “The phrase that instantly came to mind as I was reading the story was ‘quid pro quo,’” Whitehouse told me. He also pointed to a new Politico report that oil industry officials are drawing up executive orders for Trump to sign as president. “Put those things together and it starts to look mighty damn corrupt,” Whitehouse said.

Trump may just be a pile of orange flab with a porcine mouth and bad hair, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be taken seriously. Among many other bad things, Trump is a figurehead for Big Oil. Oil companies are already busy composing executive orders for Trump to sign.

If elected, Trump would throw into reverse our transition to a decarbonized future, one that’s creating untold numbers of manufacturing jobs—including in the very places that Trump has attacked Democratic elites for supposedly abandoning—all in exchange for mega-checks from chortling fat cats right out of the most garish of Gilded Age cartoons. For good measure, some of that loot could help Trump secure elite impunity for his own corruption and alleged crimes. We can’t say we weren’t warned. Trump has told us all this himself.

Progressives toying with third party temptations need to be set right: The only way to defeat Donald Trump is to vote for Joe Biden.

There will NEVER be a President RFK Jr., a President Jill Stein, or a President Cornel West. Such vanity candidates are usually little more than eccentric freaks. The last time a non-Democrat or non-Republican was elected president was 1848. But with American democracy and the future of the planet at stake, self-indulgence at the ballot box this year could lead directly to dystopia.

[sunnytastic]

no because the gang are actually such great allies because they treat dee with as much misogyny as they would a cis woman and if that isn't queer solidarity, I don't know what it