Employees at Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others deserve an explanation for why money is being given in their name to help re-elect some of the worst people in government.
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Here's Salesforce (which only very recently started political giving) donating to re-elect climate science denialist and self-proclaimed "friend of coal" Larry Bucshon in April.pic.twitter.com/7ckTz3sWt5
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Here's Facebook donating to Patrick McHenry, a blockchain-obsessed Republican who has moved aggressively to dismantle consumer protections on the financial industry. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedknutson/2018/07/18/regulators-need-to-use-big-data-artificial-intelligence-to-meet-fintech-challenge-says-key-us-rep/ …pic.twitter.com/FPyhDpPJLX
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McHenry was also rude to Elizabeth Warren in a hearing to such an extent that his hometown paper felt compelled to apologize. The pattern seems to be, if you're an asshole to Elizabeth Warren (Daines, McHenry), Facebook PAC will give you thousands
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Here's Google donating $5K (the maximum permissible) to an entity called ICE PAC on June 30. ICE PAC is backing a raft of Republican candidates for the House and Senate. See "Itemized Disbursements" for the full list. http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/368/201807219119262368/201807219119262368.pdf …pic.twitter.com/uuqDweYkZC
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Replying to @honestshrubber
I'm checking the fresh, raw filings on the FEC site.
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Replying to @Pinboard @honestshrubber
But the thing you built is super useful and I got a bunch of politics nerd friends monkeying with it with me
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Cool! Still have the same feature requests (autocomplete and date filter)?
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Yes! Nobody's had a chance to monkey with the code yet, so those are still open.
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