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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But surely it would be nice to know that billionaire X donated a zillion dollars to Lindsay Graham, who proceeds to shill for Lockheed Martin
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The way billionaire X donates a zillion dollars is via undisclosed dark money independent expenditures, not political donations (which are capped at $2800 per donor/election/candidate). So we don't have any visibility into the truly large spending.
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