Facebook, Microsoft, and Google all gave to Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign on March 31, 2019, well after it became clear that he would block any election security bill. All three companies boast of their efforts to safeguard the 2020 election.http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/mcconnell-blocking-plans-to-prevent-russian-election-attack.html …
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Source: FEC https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00193342&contributor_name=C00227546&contributor_name=C00360354&contributor_name=C00428623&contributor_name=C00502906&contributor_name=C00511600&two_year_transaction_period=2020&min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&max_date=12%2F31%2F2020 …pic.twitter.com/BY8euDiWY6
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Pinboard Retweeted Brad Smith
Microsoft made the maximum donation to McConnell allowed by law.https://twitter.com/BradSmi/status/1133148329049591808 …
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Brad SmithVerified account @BradSmiWe all must do our part to protect our electoral systems & democratic institutions.@Microsoft endorses the Canada Declaration on Election Integrity announced today by@karinagould and the government of#Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/news/2019/05/minister-gould-release-s-declaration-on-online-integrity-ahead-of-2019-federal-election.html …#defendingdemocracy#cdnpoli@cdndemocracy1 reply 19 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
My question to these companies is very simple: who made the decision to pay McConnell in March?
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None of this is necessary. Apple and IBM prove that you don't need to run a political action committee to do pretty well as a tech company. I doubt Mr. Norvig will be fired if he decides not to play ball for Google NetPAC (though I would be ecstatic to have him at Pinboard)
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