#darkmoney — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #darkmoney, aggregated by home.social.
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“‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder’s Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures”
by Nafeez Ahmed in The Byline Times on Substack
“Why did Reform UK change from a privately-owned company into a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Ahmed investigates its funding and a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell”
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/posh-george-two-passports-and-a-fraudulent
#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Britain #Farage #Tice #Azami #ReformUKLtd #Cottrell #Donations #PoshGeorge #Fraud #DarkMoney #Finance #Criminal #MetPolice #NCA #Montenegro #Harborne #Abramovich #Drewitt
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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…
This post has been syndicated from Truthout, where it was published under this address.
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CW: From TikTok
Now you know not to trust all poll numbers, and why.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8RWg71j/
#Poll #Polling #HeartlandInstitute #Koch #CharlesKochFoundation #ALEC #CatoInstutute #rassmussen #PrivateEquity #NumbersUSA #Partisan #tRump #TedCarroll #Election #DarkMoney #USA #America #MelonFamily #Project2025 #Tax #Law #AmericanMuckrakersPAC #BattlegroundStates #Nonprofit #TeaParty #Lobbyists #Survey #Illegal #Campaign #FarRight #Disinformation #Climate #HateGroups #Skew #Vote #HarrisWalz2024
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The episode was a rare glimpse into the private life & the public dealings of #Mellon, 81, a reclusive #heir & #RailroadMagnate who has recently turned himself into a #political force [presumably a #FauxNews consumer]. He has surprised even political insiders w/the size of his contributions this year, throwing $75M behind #Trump’s attempt to return to the WH & an additional $25M toward #RFKJr’s independent presidential run, making him both candidates’ single largest benefactor.
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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/the-american-dark-money-behind-europes-far-right/
#OpenDemocracy 11 July 2019
The American #DarkMoney behind #EuropeanFarRight
by #MaryFitzgerald and #Claire Provost#FarRight #ExtrêmeDroite #SuivezLArgent #Extremism #WhiteSupremacism #FCKNZS #GegenNazis :antifa:
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“Perhaps even more significant, the pattern exposes consistent #violations of #JudicialNorms, experts, incl’g 7 current & fmr federal #judges appointed by both parties, told @ProPublica. 'In my career I don’t remember ever seeing this degree of largesse given to anybody. I think it’s unprecedented,'said Jeremy Fogel, a fmr #FederalJudge who served for yrs on the #judicial cmte that reviews judges’ #FinancialDisclosures.”
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In Feb 2022, the #PAC announced that it had $122M in its coffers.
By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18M, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Trump’s “political activities” last yr — incl’g some spending on other candidates & grps — & in other ways. That included the $60M that was transferred to #MAGAInc., a #superPAC that is supporting #Trump. And >$16M went to pay #LegalBills.
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In Feb 2022, the #PAC announced that it had $122M in its coffers.
By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18M, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Trump’s “political activities” last yr — incl’g some spending on other candidates & grps — & in other ways. That included the $60M that was transferred to #MAGAInc., a #superPAC that is supporting #Trump. And >$16M went to pay #LegalBills.
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In Feb 2022, the #PAC announced that it had $122M in its coffers.
By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18M, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Trump’s “political activities” last yr — incl’g some spending on other candidates & grps — & in other ways. That included the $60M that was transferred to #MAGAInc., a #superPAC that is supporting #Trump. And >$16M went to pay #LegalBills.
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In Feb 2022, the #PAC announced that it had $122M in its coffers.
By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18M, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Trump’s “political activities” last yr — incl’g some spending on other candidates & grps — & in other ways. That included the $60M that was transferred to #MAGAInc., a #superPAC that is supporting #Trump. And >$16M went to pay #LegalBills.
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In Feb 2022, the #PAC announced that it had $122M in its coffers.
By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18M, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Trump’s “political activities” last yr — incl’g some spending on other candidates & grps — & in other ways. That included the $60M that was transferred to #MAGAInc., a #superPAC that is supporting #Trump. And >$16M went to pay #LegalBills.