#darkmoney — Public Fediverse posts

This is just taking the piss now...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/12/christopher-harborne-matches-36m-reform-donation-of-ben-zelo

#UKpol #UKPolitics #ChristopherHarborne #ReformUK #BenDelo #DarkMoney

Republicans Stumble In Bid To Flood Midterm Airwaves With Discounted Ads

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/28/republicans-stumble-in-bid-to-flood-midterm-airwaves-with-discounted-ads/

"No one pays money unless there is some value to be gained from paying it." I'm not a gambler but I'm betting the PM sold out us mug punters to his billionaire donors. Again. #australia #ausgov #anthonyalbanese #politicaldonations #politicalfavor #darkmoney
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/26/it-shouldnt-be-a-secret-who-the-prime-minister-has-dinner-with-and-what-was-discussed-australians-deserve-to-know-ntwnfb

Leonard Leo has spent decades building a well-funded network influencing the U.S. judiciary. As Senator Sheldon Whitehouse states @2:07, "a billionaire dumped on Leonard Leo a $1.6 billion slush fund." He outlines how this ecosystem operates--and why it matters for judicial independence and public trust.

Worth understanding how these relationships shape the courts:
https://youtu.be/QS04lmJqeck?si=8m8M5fZKt6OwP2pe

#LeonardLeo #SheldonWhitehouse #SCOTUS #RuleOfLaw #DarkMoney #USPolitics

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections

Fifteen years after a landmark Supreme Court case turbocharged corporate spending in the political process, a group hopes it may have a way to finally rein in some of the outsized influence of the ultrawealthy. The 2010 ruling on Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates of political spending in elections. Every year since then, untraceable financial political contributions…

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#FYI #US #USA #congress #darkmoney #climatedenial #fossilfuels #trump #musk #vance #DOGE #ICE #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #hostiletakeover #SheldonWhitehouse

Speech of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in the Senate on 09. July 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFDXKMsZiTM

#climate #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

#Billionaire #LeonardLeo’s Extremely #Revealing #Letter to a #DarkMoney #Group

The #rightwing #powerbroker’s call to “#weaponize” #conservative #ideas tells us everything we need to know about his #twisted #vision for #America.

https://newrepublic.com/article/186013/leonard-leo-85-fund-revealing-letter-dark-money-group

#Politics
It's easy:
Don't meet with #Nazis.
Don't provide a platform for Nazis.Don't talk to Nazis.

And as a #Ukrainian wrote today: "Hit them, where it hurts: money 💰 !"

-》 Dry up the #DarkMoney flows
-》 #WealthTax
-》 #WindfallProfitsTax
-》 #AbolishBillionaires 1)
-》 impose a maximum on land ownership, in particular regarding #ResidentialHousing per family and related parties
-》 #NationalizeBigOil by making them pay for the ecocide they have willfully committed 2)

1)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111693208259691650

@realTuckFrumper Mike Johnson no longer has his Confederacy (has been defeated), but is still on his own crusade against the Fourteenth (Reconstruction) Amendment, which Louisiana & the other ex-Confederate states had to ratify to regain representation in Congress.
SCOTUS's 1965 decision in Griswold v. Connecticut (use of contraceptives) was based on the Fourteenth Amendment.

P.S.: Leonard Leo's protégé Johnson is either intellectually unable or unwilling to tell contraception from abortion.

https://www.concordlawschool.edu/blog/constitutional-law/contraception-and-the-14th-amendment/
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #AbortionRights #ContraceptionRights #Contraception #Freedom #DueProcessClause #EqualProtectionClause #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheUnion #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Overthrow #CleanSCOTUS #JudicialInsurrection #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateOpusDei #DarkMoney #Bribery #MoneyLaundering

🇨🇦 Canada
Convoy girl Tamara Lich goes on trial today for her part in organizing the so-called "Freedom Convoy". Here is a quick rundown on the sometimes surprising organizational strings behind the Ottawa - Border Blockade Convoy.☠️
#TamaraLich #FreedomConvoy #tamaralich #darkmoney #AmericanFinanced #yankeecash #naziwannabes #Fascism #cheated #truckers #USborder #Ottawa #ChrisBarber #chrisbarber #convoygoofs #clowncoup #Poilievre #patsies

Anybody wondering what I*m talking about re #KochNetwork #Cons - some great refs.
- Ask the environmentalists - DesmogBlog
- Tentoads4truth on Twitter - MegaThreads
- Indies
- dailykos RawStory truthout pressprogress
- Books:
- #DarkMoney -JaneMayerNewYorker
- #DemocracyInChains -nancymaclean5
- #ShadowNetwork - anelsona
- Orgs
#HeritageFoundation #CNP #ALEC #AmericaFirst #AmericansForProsperity #TurningPointUSA #FamilyValues #7Mountains #NAR ….
#ChristofFascism 😱😡🤬