Birther congressman Richard Hudson, a strong supporter of Trump's Muslim ban, whose wife is chief of staff to Kellyanne Conway, got a $1000 check from Google on July 8pic.twitter.com/k7BnYekqWl
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The money for Google's PAC comes from voluntary employee donations, but how it is spent is decided by Google's office of Public Policy, headed by a former senior official in the Bush Administration, Karan Bhatia.
All screenshots in this thread are from Google's latest public FEC filing, which also contains a list of all donors. If you work at Google, you can reach out to coworkers on the list and make sure they know how their paycheck deduction is being spent. https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/648/202008209261558648/202008209261558648.pdf …
Finally, it's important to understand that the financial relationship between Google and Congress is deep, but flows almost entirely the other way. Search any of their names and you'll hit a Google ad. The contributions are best seen as a friendly rebate to ensure future business
Previously: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1285424999256322051 … Previously: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1267216964486758400 … Previously: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1223492424133226497 … And so on. Just search "Google donation" for years of my tilting at this particular windmill.
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