#campaign contributions

[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.

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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”.

[trendynewsnow]

Federal Corruption Charges Indict Jackson Officials

The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, along with a City Council member and the local district attorney, have been indicted on serious federal corruption charges. Court documents unsealed on Thursday revealed a scheme in which F.B.I. agents, posing as real estate developers, funneled tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to city officials. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, a Democrat who first took office…

[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

[commonsensecommentary]

Let’s hope SBF doesn’t “commit suicide” in jail before we find out whose pockets he filled with stolen money. Given his ties to the Democratic Party, we deserve a full accounting of how his Ponzi scheme magically avoided governmental scrutiny for so long.

[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!!!!

[fishcaptura]

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

[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.

[trendynewsnow]

Trial Date Set for New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Corruption Charges

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City is set to face trial on corruption charges on April 21, as announced by federal judge Dale E. Ho during a recent hearing. The judge also mentioned that he would later issue a ruling regarding a request from Mr. Adams’s legal team to dismiss one of the bribery charges against him. In a historic turn of events, Mr. Adams has become the first sitting mayor in…

[singinginthecar]

also 40/40 clean sweep in tn 😭 i'm actually sobbing i love TAMIL NADU!!

[astercontrol]

when I run for office I will be 100% clear, transparent and consistent about whether i have fucked a couch. i will even post video if the american people want it

[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.

[cartoonghosts]

not vibing i feel like my depression has been sneaking up on me like I thought I was good for so long and this isn't even sudden and I'm genuinely considering death I don't know what's going in, I'm enjoying life and things are good but fuck I don't want to do this anymore. The trees aren't as beautiful as they used to be. I think it's ending.

[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.