FEC listings are public records, but audiences and context matter a lot. I've struggled to find a balance with this, calling attention to tech companies' political giving by citing FEC materials that contain employee names and (sometimes) home addresses. It's tricky.
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I think it's perfectly fine to ask "why is the owner of BURT'S BBQ here in San Antonio giving to Trump?". I think it's fine to link the FEC records. I don't think it's cool to publish an easy-to-retweet graphic of a bunch of people's full names, many of them retirees.
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I could not disagree more.
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It’s pretty bonkers, with the millions flying around in dark money, that ordinary people giving $20 or $50 to their pick is what is public for all to see
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I think the FEC reporting limit is $200. And I also think that the Castro names were all "maximum" donors to the Trump campaign, so that would be around $5000? Small donors were not "outed". Need to take another look at this, but I think I remember that is the context.
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Huh. So you don't think Eich should have been called out for his financial support of stripping civil rights from gay people?
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He's a public figure and I'm fine with it.
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This is not a politically helpful way of doing this critique. Especially with an account of your size. Formulated this way you are just helping the right wing talking points gain traction. Do better.
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That's kind of an exasperating thing to say to someone. For two years I've been campaigning hard for change on the basis of FEC records, and struggled with the same ethical boundaries that I feel Mr. Castro crossed. I don't care who it helps or hinders to say that.
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I do get that we don't want to generate an environment of fear in participation. I don't know how to square that with politics leading to actual bad things happening to people. If we don't think politics is a game, then where is the line when it comes to personal consequences?
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maybe scale is important. voter rolls are county records (wherever else they may be stored). point is for neighbors to understand each other + their own community. accessed across distances, is the community protected? see also: fascism. also donation size, <$200 not published.
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