Rand Paul, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got the maximum $10,000 donation from Google.pic.twitter.com/Sgw3p7N0O3
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Pat Toomey, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $3,000 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/ylVhv8xTkH
Roger Wicker, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $2,500 each from Amazon and Facebook.pic.twitter.com/cLORc2byGE
Todd Young, who voted to confirm Kavanaugh, got $3,500 from Salesforce and $7,500 from Facebook. Facebook really likes you, Todd, even though you voted to defund Planned Parenthood and oppose the DREAM Act.pic.twitter.com/9HNsf1adsR
Steve Daines, who was absent from voting but paired his 'yes' vote against Murkowski's 'no' in a time-honored and corrupt Senate tradition, got $1,000 from Google, $2,500 from Facebook, and $1,000 from Amazon.pic.twitter.com/gzQ6EHLLWw
If you work at one of these companies, I have two requests for you today. The first is to go in on Monday, speak with your coworkers, and together demand that this political giving stop. It doesn't reflect your values, it isn't necessary, and it's done in your name. Resist it.
My second request is that you take a portion of your very big tech paycheck and give it to 13 House candidates who refuse to take corporate money, from your employer or anyone else, and who will reform this corrupt and shameful system once and for all.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
(Mad thanks to my librarian girlfriend for coming up with the idea for this thread, and doing the hard work in assembling it. Behind every beautifully curated set of data, there's always a librarian.)
Here is the list of tech company giving to senators who voted for Kavanaugh in spreadsheet form, including political spending from Microsoft, eBay, Cisco, Oracle and Intelhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j-3eA9DpezjeGwljpTP6W1eSe1XwPn0eY28l9-GpuQk/edit#gid=0 …
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