AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>In an example that may demonstrate how Trump's tariff policy is about amassing influence and not economic policy, a fossil fuel industry that donated to Trump in record amounts and remains closely tied to the regime through the numerous folks with industry ties appointed to the US administration, received an exemption from the tariffs. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs</span></a></p><p>‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package</p><p>"The exemption came after the fossil fuel industry poured $96m into Trump’s re-election campaign and affiliated political action committees, as he pledged to deregulate the sector and roll back environmental regulations. This was less than the $1bn Trump requested from the sector in an infamous meeting at his Mar-a-Lago club, but still constituted record levels of spending.</p><p>“Oil and gas billionaires just bought themselves an exemption from Trump’s tariffs,” Stevie O’Hanlon, spokesperson for youth-led environmental justice group the Sunrise Movement, said on Thursday. “While the rest of us have to deal with skyrocketing prices and rising temperatures, they’re sitting on their thrones and raking in billions. We need an end to this oligarchy now.”</p><p>In the first three months of his second term, Trump has made good on his promises to attack green policies. He has also maintained a cozy relationship with the industry, appointing an array of industry interests to his administration.</p><p>Last month, the president held a meeting with more than a dozen oil executives at the White House, where he floated an energy exemption from his tariff package, according to the Washington Post, with one source telling the outlet that it was unclear if Trump was making a joke or a serious policy pledge."</p><p>Because Trump's tariffs are effectively a regressive, compounding tax that therefore harms labor class people way more than it harms the wealthy, there's a valid argument that exempting fossil fuel products from the tariffs represents an effort to mitigate the increased costs of Trump's mafia-style shakedown on regular people. The problem with that idea of course, is that Trump himself is *directly* responsible for those increased costs due to these tariffs (again, which function as a regressive compounding tax on labor class people) as part of his destructive global trade war, and thus clearly does not give a fuck about consumers. What he does care about however, is an oil and gas industry that happily turned over vast sums of money to fuel his political career; who will now be exempt from the tariffs threatening to bankrupt other American businesses and millions of average people who don't benefit at all from fossil fuel lobby donations. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TariffShakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TariffShakedown</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MafiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RegressiveTaxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegressiveTaxation</span></a></p>
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Trump Watch 👀<p>“Trump hosting a $1 million-per-person super PAC dinner while stocks sink over tariffs—more proof of the growing influence of money in politics, even as economic policies hurt ordinary Americans. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MAGAInc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGAInc</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2024</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TariffToll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TariffToll</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CampaignFinance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CampaignFinance</a>” <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hosts-liv-golf-fundraiser-as-stocks-sink-over-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hosts-liv-golf-fundraiser-as-stocks-sink-over-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump hosting $1 million a per...</a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1967149/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1967149/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> What Elon Musk won in Wisconsin. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/jurisprudence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jurisprudence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SlatePlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlatePlus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a></p>
WYM Mod<p>Is wealth undermining democracy in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election? This pivotal contest is raising eyebrows, with unprecedented spending from heavyweights like Trump and Musk. As these elections reflect broader national tensions, Musk's staggering $277 million influence becomes a focal point of concern. The implications of such financial involvement raise critical questions about election integrity. Delve into the article for deeper insights on this urgent issue. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/WisconsinElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WisconsinElection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionIntegrity</span></a> <br>[Source](<a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/04/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-supreme-court-election</span></a>)</p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Opinion | How Can Democrats Win Back Power? Listen to Jason Crow. <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1965212/opinion-how-can-democrats-win-back-power-listen-to-jason-crow/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1965212/o</span><span class="invisible">pinion-how-can-democrats-win-back-power-listen-to-jason-crow/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/alexandria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexandria</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biden</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colorado</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/crow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crow</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DemocraticCongressionalCampaignCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticCongressionalCampaignCommittee</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DonaldJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJ</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/HouseOfRepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfRepresentatives</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Jason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jason</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/JosephRJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosephRJr</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/nancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nancy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OcasioCortez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OcasioCortez</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pelosi</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PoliticalActionCommittees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalActionCommittees</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PresidentialElectionOf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialElectionOf2024</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Recipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recipes</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RecipesTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecipesTopics</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Over a Dozen Conservative Party Donors Fund Britain’s Populist Reform U.K. <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/804137/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/804137/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConservativeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConservativeParty</span></a>(GreatBritain) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritainWithdrawalFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritainWithdrawalFromEU</span></a>(Brexit) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HighNetWorthIndividuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighNetWorthIndividuals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourParty</span></a>(GreatBritain) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Nigel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigel</span></a>(1964) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReformUK</span></a>(BritishPoliticalParty) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
WYM Mod<p>Guests are paying staggering amounts to dine with Trump! At Mar-a-Lago, exclusive events by MAGA Inc. allow access to the former President, with prices hitting $1 million for a dinner seat. Despite concerns about legality, these unique dinners are termed akin to a 'Papal audience.' Explore the implications of this exclusive access and what it means for campaign financing. Read more [here](<a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/theyre-paying-millions-speak-yambo-mar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/03/the</span><span class="invisible">yre-paying-millions-speak-yambo-mar</span></a>). <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/MarALago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarALago</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@NMBA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NMBA</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignDonations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignDonations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbying</span></a></p><p>I disagree: "equal justice under law" and the same rights, even for oligarchs.<br>Not, *more* is what is causing all these problems in a democracy.</p><p>Public infrastructure, in particular for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a>, should never be privately owned.</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federated.press/@The_Icarian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The_Icarian</span></a></span></p>
RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest<p><strong>Before the campaign period, TV ads of 2025 candidates exceed P10B before discounts</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/candidates-ads-spending-before-campaign-period-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rapp</span><span class="invisible">ler.com/philippines/elections/candidates-ads-spending-before-campaign-period-2025/</span></a></p>
MottG<p>DataTalk: A Campaign Finance Agent (Beta) </p><p>This is an extremely useful tool just<br>introduced by Stanford OVAL. It dynamically auto-generates the appropriate SQL queries for you, using an LLM, to fetch your data. It only covers money raised and spent in the 2024 U.S. presidential and congressional campaigns.</p><p><a href="https://datatalk.genie.stanford.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">datatalk.genie.stanford.edu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/digitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/FEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEC</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/opensecrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensecrets</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/DataTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataTalk</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/campaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignFinance</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump cuts are sending shockwaves through the region <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/727453/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/727453/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AleksandarVu%C4%8Di%C4%87" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AleksandarVučić</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CristianCantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CristianCantir</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Eurocopa2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurocopa2024</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kosovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kosovo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OxanaGreadcenco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxanaGreadcenco</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.AgencyForInternationalDevelopment <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.DepartmentOfState <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a></p>
John Macgregor<p>I'm not getting any traction here these days, so have decamped to Bluesky:</p><p>@johnmacgregor.bsky.social</p><p>And X: @JohnMMacgregor</p><p>My Kim Iversen interview from last week is here:</p><p><a href="https://rumble.com/v6fhwem-revolutions-are-coming-to-the-west-fixing-the-fatal-flaws-that-cause-inevit.html?e9s=src_v1_mfp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rumble.com/v6fhwem-revolutions</span><span class="invisible">-are-coming-to-the-west-fixing-the-fatal-flaws-that-cause-inevit.html?e9s=src_v1_mfp</span></a></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/alp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alp</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeliberativeDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeliberativeDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DirectDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbying</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Trump cuts to foreign aid are sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/704563/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/704563/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> #118298184 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kosovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kosovo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1745234/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1745234/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> France’s former President Sarkozy standing trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s Gadhafi | News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CorporateCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateCrime</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Embezzlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embezzlement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Indictments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indictments</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryAndDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryAndDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SarkozyFranceLibyaCorruptionTrialGadhafi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SarkozyFranceLibyaCorruptionTrialGadhafi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Despite all of my criticisms above, there's a reason I bother with The Rest is Politics. As well as being fun to listen to, Both Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell come across as principled men, who care deeply about democracy and its potential to make the world a better place.</p><p>Case in point, they both make some passionate arguments for campaign finance reform;</p><p><a href="https://therestispolitics.supportingcast.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/357-political-new-year-s-resolutions-elon-musk-and-what-happens-next-in-taiwan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therestispolitics.supportingca</span><span class="invisible">st.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/357-political-new-year-s-resolutions-elon-musk-and-what-happens-next-in-taiwan</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TheRestIsPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRestIsPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
David Scott Moyer<p>The United States would be great if we had mandatory voting and ranked choice voting with donations transparent and restricted to registered voters.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rankedchoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rankedchoice</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/campaignfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignfinance</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1696893/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1696893/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Democratic Donors Will Gather to Plot Ways Forward Under Trump <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmericanBridgeCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanBridgeCo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Brock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brock</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>David</span></a>(1962) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HighNetWorthIndividuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighNetWorthIndividuals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalActionCommittees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalActionCommittees</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentialElectionOf2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialElectionOf2024</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>The venality of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a><br>"open secret is tt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> hv been highly effective in this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moneyrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneyrace</span></a>, relative to their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> opponents. In 2020, for eg, Democrats took in more than twice as much untraceable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkmoney</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> —one of the illicit channels of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campaignfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaignfinance</span></a>.. In the most expensive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> history, Democrats outperformed their opponents on most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> metrics in 2024, yet still lost the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidency</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>" 1/3<br><a href="https://prospect.org/power/2024-12-10-money-game-democrats-campaign-finance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/power/2024-12-10-</span><span class="invisible">money-game-democrats-campaign-finance/</span></a></p>
tanya tussing<p>Democratic candidates & Oligarchs</p><p>“To be fair, since at least the 1990s all Democratic administrations have been paralyzed by the schizoid division of the party itself.”</p><p>“Democrats have come to depend on funding from oligarchs…. Votes, however, must still be gathered from low-income (and especially minority) communities, who form a large part of what is called the American “working class.”" -- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesGalbraith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesGalbraith</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/bidenomics-failure-inflation-voters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/economy/</span><span class="invisible">bidenomics-failure-inflation-voters/</span></a></p><p>H/t: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@steve_zeke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steve_zeke</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a></p>
astroPug<p>This amazes me because you know - you’d never even know this fucking limit exists! Not from the way our oligarchs make PACs and give them millions of dollars.</p><p>What even is this clown show of a limit?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/@gleick/113619335050083228" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@gleick/113619335050083</span><span class="invisible">228</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UsPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsPol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LolBullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LolBullshit</span></a></p>
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