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@Lazarou The Israel lobby bought Trump's loyalty for just under a quarter of a billion US dollars, $243,000,000.
The reason Trump doesn't call out Netanyahu is because he doesn't want to have to pay that money back.
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@KimPerales Lindsay Graham isn't permitted to think for himself though. He is a bought and paid for shill of the Israel lobby. His loyalty was bought for "transparent" bribes over $1,000,000.
Sounds like a lot but he is actually pretty cheap, because to bribe Trump for his loyalty they had to pay him over $243,000,000 (a quarter of a billion dollars)
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#HayleyStevens (D #MI)
Here's a post about her taking #AIPAC money a few years ago.
And my understanding is she's taken $9+million in AIPAC money for this campaign in 2026
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/haley-stevens/summary?cid=N00040915
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#LiberalElites Kicked the Door Wide Open for #Trump’s Flagrant #Corruption
The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
November 9 2025Excerpt: "Calls for Democrats to find their way back from the wilderness by forcefully rebuking #corporate influence and corruption, something we at the #RevolvingDoorProject have been urging as the cornerstone of progressive politics for years, are multiplying. Politicians, notably Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, both Democrats, are emerging as anti-corruption champions. To mount a real anti-corruption agenda, though, Democrats must go farther than just condemning the sundry glad-handing of Trump world. There is no appetite for going back to the halcyon days when everyone knew the legal code was merely a suggestion for corporate titans and the ultra-rich, even as they masqueraded as law-abiding citizens."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/09/trump-corruption-graft/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ycw45#USPol #EstablishmentDemocrats #LiberalElites #FollowTheMoney #PowerCorruptionAndLies #OpenSecrets #TaxTheBillionaires #TaxTheRich
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The #PrivatePrison Industry Looks Forward to Soaring Profits Thanks to #Trump’s Budget
The $45 billion for immigration #detention in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" represented a long-sought win for #PrivatePrisons.
by Matt Sledge, July 10 2025
"The private prison industry saw its influence wane under Joe Biden, but it remains dominant in the business of immigration detention. So when President Donald Trump signed the so-called 'Big, Beautiful Bill' on July 4, dedicating $45 billion to immigration detention with a goal to double or triple the population behind bars, it was a huge payoff.
"The victory was in the works for years. A private prison company handed consulting and lobbying gigs to Trump’s allies, its political action committee was the first to max out its donation to Trump, and industry executives had already made plans to reopen shuttered prisons — laying the groundwork for what they promised investors would be an incarceration bonanza.
"In the 2024 election cycle, employees and PACs affiliated with the publicly traded industry behemoths #GEOGroup and CoreCivic contributed overwhelmingly to #Republicans and Trump.
"Republicans received 92 percent of $3.7 million in contributions affiliated with GEO Group and 96 percent of the $785,000 in contributions affiliated with #CoreCivic, according to #OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research group that tracks official disclosures. When Trump won, the two companies gave $500,000 each to his #inaugural committee."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/10/corecivic-trump-big-beautiful-bill/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/t6cYB#USPol #TrumpSucks #BigUglyBill #BigBeautifulBill #PrisonState #SilencingDissent #IndefiniteDetention #ICE #protesters
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So, if #JohnPaulson is in #EpsteinFiles , the #GOP will be losing a KEY DONOR!
Check it out! #RestoreOurFuture, #RNC, etc.!
https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=John+Paulson&sort=D&type=donors
Also, via Paulson's company, he seems to like #TedCruz!
Republican National Cmte $413,000
Cruz, Ted $12,200https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/paulson-co/summary?id=D000036555
#Epstein #Billionaires
#Corruption #Pedophiles
#GOPWillEatItself #USPol #PaulsonAndCo #OpenSecrets -
@PedestrianError #FollowTheMoney! Always! #OpenSecrets is the best website to know who is buying US politicians!
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@PedestrianError So, here's a big reason to NOT vote for #AngieCraig!
via #OpenSecrets:
Angie Craig
TOP CONTRIBUTOR 2023 - 2024
American Israel Public Affairs Cmte
$327,675Peggy Flanagan raised $1,500 from 4 donors in 2017.
Top Contributors 2017
#FondDuLacBand Of Lake Superior #Chippewa $500
Organization unavailable for these records $500
Service Employees International Union #SEIU $250https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/angie-craig/summary?cid=N00037039
https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/peggy-flanagan/summary?cycle=2017&id=34783492
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The #PrivatePrison Industry Looks Forward to Soaring Profits Thanks to #Trump’s Budget
The $45 billion for #ImmigrationDetention in the "#BigBeautifulBill" represented a long-sought win for private prisons.
Matt Sledge, July 10 2025
Excerpt: "In the 2024 election cycle, employees and PACs affiliated with the publicly traded industry behemoths GEO Group and #CoreCivic contributed overwhelmingly to Republicans and Trump.
"Republicans received 92 percent of $3.7 million in contributions affiliated with GEO Group and 96 percent of the $785,000 in contributions affiliated with CoreCivic, according to #OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research group that tracks official disclosures. When Trump won, the two companies gave $500,000 each to his inaugural committee.
Even though the industry kept profiting from the Biden administration — despite a supposed ban on private prisons — one advocate said it was clear to her why companies went all-in on Trump."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/10/corecivic-trump-big-beautiful-bill/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/t6cYB#USPol #ICERaids #ICEKidnapping #MassDeportations #GatorGitmo #AlligatorAlcatraz #GeoGroup #TomHolman #PrivatePrisonIndustry #IndefiniteDetention #Fascism #Authoritarianism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #IndefiniteDetentionClause
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🔥HOT TAKE🔥 Lift all caps on campaign spending | @destiny
#CampaignContributions #CitizensUnited #SuperPACs #OpenSecrets #Destiny
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Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login Credentials https://www.wired.com/story/mysterious-database-logins-governments-social-media/ #OpenSecrets #Security
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@Darkphoenix I looked #UselessSusanCollins up on #OpenSecrets. She is totally in the pockets of the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex!
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Speaking of #KristiNoem. I came across this very interesting article from #OpenSecrets! I'll betcha Kristi is #Trump's pick for 2028 (assuming he doesn't try and stay in power until...) Anyhow, apparently #JDVance has lost favor already (hasn't sucked up enough?).
#Trump administration profile: Kristi Noem
By Emma Rose Brown
February 5, 2025"Shortly after winning the election in November, President Donald Trump nominated Kristi Noem to be secretary of homeland security in his second administration. Following a Jan. 17 hearing, her nomination cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and she was confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 25. The longtime Trump loyalist immediately began carrying out his hardline immigration agenda.
"Who is she? After serving in the South Dakota Legislature for four years, Noem represented the state in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, before becoming governor in 2019. As a member of Congress, Noem backed Trump’s Executive Order 13769, which banned travel to the United States by citizens of seven #Muslim-majority countries and temporarily halted the U.S. refugee program. While governor, she deployed dozens of #SouthDakota #NationalGuard members to the southern border in coordination with Texas officials. A lifelong rancher and farmer, Noem was under consideration to be Trump’s running mate until she wrote about killing a family dog in her 2024 memoir, 'No Going Back.'
"Noem has raised nearly $35 million (see federal and state data), in total, for her eight elections. Her two gubernatorial races brought in more than $24 million, and about half of those donations came from out of state. In her most recent gubernatorial election, she received $2.9 million from the Republican Governors Association, more than double its contribution to her first campaign.
"After being elected to Congress, she soon separated herself as a top fundraiser in the freshman class. She raised $169,000 in the first quarter of 2011, the third-most of any first-term member of Congress. During her time in Congress, PACs donated over $3 million, with over half a million in contributions from health professionals and $370,000 from the insurance industry.
"In 2017, she ranked in the top third of members of Congress in terms of wealth, with an estimated net worth of $2.35 million. Her husband, Bryon Noem, owns an insurance agency, which was then valued between $1 million and $5 million.
"Noem’s efforts to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 were supported by a $1 million donation from #WillisJohnson, the #billionaire Republican donor and founder of junkyard company #Copart."
Why does it matter?
As DHS secretary, Noem will be tasked with overseeing federal immigration policy as well as domestic terrorism. Johnson’s support for National Guard activity, though legal, concerned experts who worried that the private funding of military actions could further politicize the military and set a dangerous precedent."
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/02/trump-administration-profile-kristi-noem
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Federal #lobbying set new record in 2024
By Indy Scholtens
February 11, 2025"In 2024 the #pharmaceutical, #RealEstate, security and investments, oil and gas, insurance, and #electronics industries dominated the lobbying space."
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"One of the largest increases in lobby spending came from the American Fuel & Petrochem Manufacturers. The trade association ramped up its spending by almost $20 million, spending more than $10 million in the second quarter of 2024, as the EPA introduced strong regulations to reduce fossil fuel emissions. In past years, individual companies in the oil and gas industry typically outspent the trade association by millions of dollars. The increase in lobbying spending continues a shift that was previously reported by #OpenSecrets."
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/02/federal-lobbying-set-new-record-in-2024/
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@Leefellerguy It's a corrupt situation. People get elected, then courted by corporate interests, and then become lobbyists after leaving office. #OpenSecrets lays it all out for folks to see!
#USPol
