Billion-dollar campaigns. Untraceable donors. Super PAC loopholes.
Who’s really running for office? And who’s paying for it?
🔎 Read more: https://makecampaignsfair.com/the-briefing/the-current-state-of-campaign-finance
#CampaignFinance #DarkMoney #SuperPACs #MakeCampaignsFair #MoneyInPolitics
America is an Oligarchy, not a Democracy. Perhaps most Western nations are now, with a political class utterly bought and compliant, and if they're not, they're drummed out of politics or side lined.
![In other areas, money is talking so loudly in politics that
it’s all you can hear. Sanders has used Gaza as an
example when he says that politicians are afraid to speak
out on Israel’s actions in case Super Pacs - which can put
forward unlimited amounts of money for a candidate -
will penalise them at the next election. Today, he says it’s
not just Gaza, but a host of other issues. “If you say, ‘Do
you really think it’s a good idea to cut Medicaid and give
tax breaks to billionaires? Do you really think that
climate change is a hoax?” there will be a number, not a
‘majority, but a number of Republicans who would say:
“No. But if I stand up and vote ‘no’, the next day, Elon
Musk would say, “All right, you are going to be primaried
[a candidate will be fielded against you], and Trump will
support your opponent. I will put unlimited sums of
money to elect your opponent.” Good luck to you?”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/625/626/471/337/705/original/1b2b8c2ad2cdbb68.png)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoein0eU-S4&pp=ygUUVGhlIEh1bWFuaXN0IFJlcG9ydCA%3D
#BernieSanders Bursts Trump-Supporting Podcast Bro's Bubble
https://www.fogolf.com/948190/trump-dines-with-major-donors-during-1-million-a-plate-fundraiser-at-virginia-golf-course/ Trump dines with major donors during $1 million-a-plate fundraiser at Virginia golf course #CampaignFinance #campaigns #Cryptocurrency #DonaldTrump #Golf #GolfCourse #GolfNews #Memes #Politics #SuperPacs #UsNews
Just 100 extremely wealthy families invested
2.6 Billion dollars during the election cycle that put Trump back in the White House and seated Republican majorities in both the House and Senate
That was more than double what billionaire donors contributed just four years prior.
The steep upward spending trend and the eye-popping amounts speak to the shifts in political power granted to the affluent and corporations in the wake of #CitizensUnited v FEC,
the supreme court’s 2010 decision that
💥enabled💥unlimited 💥campaign💥donations.
There are limits on direct donations to political candidates, political action committees and political parties
-- but the creation of #SuperPacs in the aftermath of that decision have opened opportunities for the surge in spending.
In the 14 years since the Citizens United ruling,
⚠️ billionaires have poured 160 times more funds into campaigns.
The money-for-power exchange that was always hidden in the back rooms of American politics
has burst into the open in the second Trump administration
Elon Musk and some of the world’s wealthiest families spent record amounts
to secure trillions in tax breaks and deregulation,
using cuts to vital services like healthcare, education, and nutritional support to pay for it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/billionaires-record-spending-2024-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Packed Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/billionaires-funding-republicans #USpoliticalfinancing #Pennsylvania #Republicans #USpolitics #BetsyDeVos #SuperPacs #Wisconsin #Virginia #Michigan #Abortion #Arizona #USnews
superPAC: Securing American Greatness
Trump Dark Money Group Attacks Biden in PA
https://readsludge.com/2024/06/03/new-trump-dark-money-group-pennsylvania-biden-attack-ads
Trump's Last-Min. Dark Money Injection
https://readsludge.com/2024/12/10/trump-got-last-minute-dark-money-injection
* $62M f. dark money grp SAG
* Trump campaign aide Taylor Budowich
* named Trump2 deputy chiefs of staff
* alongside senior W.H. pos'ns for Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, James Blair
Miller: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113392174841132859
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#DarkMoney #superPACs #SecuringAmericanGreatness #TaylorBudowich #MAGAinc
[thread] Trump superPAC: Securing American Greatness
* 501(c)(4) run by Taylor Budowich
* Trump1 comm. dir.
* oversees largest pro-Trump superPAC, Make America Great Again Inc. (MAGA Inc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Budowich
* American political consultant
* conservative political operative
* Exec Dir: Tea Party Express, & MAGA Inc.
* comm. roles for Trump’s political ops
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#DarkMoney #superPACs #SecuringAmericanGreatness #TaylorBudowich #MAGAinc
#AttackAds
![[thread] Trump superPAC: Securing American Greatness
* 501(c)(4) run by Taylor Budowich
* Trump1 comm. dir.
* oversees largest pro-Trump superPAC, Make America Great Again Inc. (MAGA Inc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Budowich
* American political consultant
* conservative political operative
* Exec Dir:Tea Party Express, & MAGA Inc.
* comm. roles for Trump’s political ops
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#DarkMoney #superPACs #SecuringAmericanGreatness #TaylorBudowich #MAGAinc
#AttackAds](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/630/222/211/452/949/original/0d3501384c79227c.png)
NLP Fam Weighs In, Project 2025, POTUS to-do list and Presidential Immunity | Native Land Pod - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTTqRXUMVsQ&ab_channel=NativeLandPod
#NativeLandPod #AngelaRye #AndrewGillum #TiffanyCross #Politics #Election #PoliticalActionCommittee #SuperPACs #Project2025 #TrumpElection #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackThreads #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse
Elon Musk’s Super Pac spent $200m to help elect Donald Trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/elon-musk-america-pac-donald-trump-campaign #USelections2024 #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #SuperPacs #ElonMusk #USnews #X
Arguably a better investment strategy than Government Bonds =O #superpacs #election #investment #bonds #showmethesuperpac https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/11/outside-spending-on-2024-elections-shatters-records-fueled-by-billion-dollar-dark-money-infusion/
#Medien berichten von Einflussnahme auf den Ausgang der #USWahl2024 im gigantischen Stil durch Megaspenden über #SuperPacs, durch #FakeNews, Plattform-Manipulationen, durch den beängstigenden Einfluss russischer #Trollfabriken und über weitere mächtige Schattenaktivitäten und geben im selben Atemzug zum Besten, welche Fehler von #Harris und den #Demokraten den Wahlausgang herbeiführten und dass Harris gegen einen "Guru" ohnehin keine Chance hatte. 🤯
@cindyweinstein
When push comes to shove - the "truth" of selfish billionaires like #Bezos transpires..
While the ROW watches in disbelief how #America's #democracy rots from within, as the foul stench, from #ballotbox gaming (read #superpacs) by #billionaires & #corporations and even brazen vote-buying by #evilMusk, unbearably cloaks all vestiges of hope for a better age.
I quote from Nobel anointed economist Daron Acemoglu: How the world can escape the new Gilded Age
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2889948/how-the-world-can-escape-the-new-gilded-age
The far-right megadonor pouring over $10m into the US election to defeat ‘the woke regime’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/thomas-klingenstein-megadonor-pro-trump-pac #USpoliticalfinancing #USelections2024 #Farright(US) #Republicans #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #USpolitics #Thinktanks #SuperPacs #USnews
