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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 8 Aug 2019

    One thing Joaquin Castro's stunt convinces me of: at a minimum, it's time to raise the dollar threshold for what individual donations need to be reported. There's no reason why giving a few hundred dollars, in today's environment, should put you permanently in a federal database.

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      1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 8 Aug 2019

        Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Tom Maguire

        While I don't condone the level of harassment & demagogy they receive, there is still a solid argument for publicizing the roles of megadonors like Steyer, Koch, Soros, Gill, Mercer, Adelson, et al. You play that big, it's news. But a campaign's 15,000th largest donor?https://twitter.com/Tom_Maguire/status/1159567106809245702 …

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        I leafed through Buckley v Valeo (1976) in which the tension between free speech and association versus public disclosure was discussed. Goal of outing corruption won, subject to subsequent review. Castro's stunt was what people feared, avoided. Reporting limit was, IIRC, $10.
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      2. Tom Maguire‏ @Tom_Maguire 8 Aug 2019
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        I leafed through Buckley v Valeo (1976) in which the tension between free speech and association versus public disclosure was discussed. Goal of outing corruption won, subject to subsequent review. Castro's stunt was what people feared, avoided. Reporting limit was, IIRC, $10.

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      3. Tom Maguire‏ @Tom_Maguire 8 Aug 2019
        Replying to @Tom_Maguire @baseballcrank

        TBF, the real concern centered around minor nutters like the American Nazi Party. People didn't anticipate "Are you now or have you ever been a donor to the Republican Party?" But no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

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      1. Craig Nicholas‏ @ThePathological 8 Aug 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        What's actually happened in the real world to small donors to warrant this change? Just the hypothetical of retaliation?

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      2. Dan Wholihan‏ @DWholihan 9 Aug 2019
        Replying to @danbowman @baseballcrank

        Addresses are "public information" too. Still doxxing, and doxxers still deserve old country justice as far as I'm concerned.

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      1. Brenton! A casa!‏ @CapsOffside 8 Aug 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Free speech but secret speech at the same time? That’s quite an argument to make.

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      2. Adrienne‏ @AdrienneRoyer 8 Aug 2019
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        The issue is that contribution limits increase every year, but the disclosure cap isn't raised. While you max out at $2,800 per person, you have to be disclosed if giving over $200. It makes more sense to raise the disclosure amount to over $1,000.

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      3. David M. Swindle‏ @DaveSwindle 8 Aug 2019
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        Polite disagreement: it is still worthwhile to keep track of smaller donations for ideological reasons. In particular the Islamist Money in Politics project at Middle East Forum tracks donations from Islamist activists to politicians.https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/money-politics/ …

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      1. Mark Youngkin‏ @mayoungkin 8 Aug 2019
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        What might make sense is to make public record names of donors above a certain threshold ($1,000?) only after a primary or general election. Not sure what's to be gained by making those names & any irresponsible action, as Castro's, part of the election dynamic.

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