Dear @BradSmi: I have some questions about your recent tweet (https://twitter.com/BradSmi/status/1055270186616586240 …) saying "Trans people are an important part of Microsoft’s workforce. We oppose any move that treats them as less than equal. We value our trans employees."
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CORRECTION: in this thread I called out a $1,000 donation from Microsoft to Ted Cruz, but forgot to include an additional $4,000 donation from Microsoft to Senator Cruz made on September 28, bringing the total to $5,000. Pinboard regrets the error.pic.twitter.com/tXWstPQ9P3
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This is good journalism.
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Don’t all corporate PACs just sort of donate to everyone across the board, to hedge their bets? Not saying that’s a good thing, it’s a problem! But I’m not sure it indicates a political stance other than just pure capitalism.
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In the tech industry, the giving is usually split evenly across parties, but the specific donations are quite targeted at incumbents. It is *not* the case that the PACs give to everyone, or that they give to both sides in any specific race.
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they're 'Microsoft's' donations in the sense that they take money contributed by employees and the employees who run the PAC send it places; AFAIK there isn't formal executive/board direction which is a heck of a thing for something with the company name on
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