#SuperPAC

[lasseling]

Elon Musk Is Pumping $45 Million PER MONTH into Pro-Trump Super PAC

X boss Elon Musk is donating a staggering $45 million per month to a new super political action committee (super PAC) to help re-elect President Donald Trump in November.

[uinterview]

A new Federal Election Commission filing revealed that Donald Trump’s Save America PAC spent millions of dollars on his legal fees after the multiple indictments and increasing legal problems. Follow @uinterview for the latest exclusive celebrity videos & news!

[clonerightsagenda]

It's a shame Pride didn't possess Ed because then by the transitive property the Elrics, the homunculi, and the Xingese royalty would've fused into a 52-person strong sibling superPAC which seems like the logical endgame for a show called Brotherhood. Experts predict sibling relationship will soon expand to cover entirety of Amestris.

[calicocatfancier]

9/20/20 Ben Meiselas, One of the Golden Boys with the MeidasTouch

Ben Meiselas is the co-founder of the MeidasTouch Network (MTN), which he started with his brothers, Brett and Jordan.  The MeidasTouch is responsible for thousands of anti-Trump videos on YouTube and other social media sites.  They have posted over 6,500,000 videos and have over 1.6 million subscribers according to YouTube.

Ben and his brothers promised to always state the truth on their MeidasTouch vids.  In the 11/28/2020 issue of the “Hollywood Reporter,” Brett stated, “We are very careful and put a lot of thought into our messaging and into everything that we create, but we also don’t sit on it for weeks to make sure that everything about it is absolutely perfect. [emphasis added].  We need to be current. We need to be provocative. We need to be truthful and on top of it and continuously get the message out.”

A Google search showed some cracks.

During the December 2020 debate between Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), a strand of her long hair appeared lighter than other strands.  Her critics claimed that this was proof that she was wearing a wire, and Ben was one of those critics.  He shared this theory with his 100,000+ followers.  The allegation was soon refuted.  

The Meiselas brothers’ transparency took another hit after an interview with Seth Hettena, a freelance writer for the Rolling Stone.  He interviewed the brothers in December 2010, and the article ran in the April 2021 issue.  The headline read, “The Trouble with MeidasTouch,” and the opening continued, “The brothers behind the breakout anti-Trump PAC are the golden boys of the #Resistance, but when ‘Rolling Stone’ took a look beneath the surface, their response turned Trumpian.”  Ouch!

Mr. Hettena continued, “The group spent more than $1 million on an advertising strategy that it calls revolutionary but campaign veterans and independent experts say is nonsensical and a more effective tool for fundraising than for helping Democrats win elections. And despite its promised transparency, MeidasTouch’s financial structure makes a dollar-for-dollar accounting of its spending impossible — and, according to a former Federal Election Commission attorney, raises some of the same legal issues that got the Trump campaign into trouble in 2020.”  That had to hurt. 

The brothers made the declaration that they had supported Democratic nominees with their money.  Mr. Hettena made the distinction that MeidasTouch were using other people’s money, not their own. 

The brothers used their platform to protest Mr. Hettena’s article in a 40-minute rant.  Among other statements, Ben declared that he doesn’t earn a salary for his work on MeidasTouch and that he has also shut down a significant portion of his law practice since Covid started.  He described Mr. Hettena as a hack freelance who wants to write a journalistic hit piece on them because of their SuperPAC status.  

Is Seth Hettena really a hack?  To find out, I did a background check on the investigative journalist.  A Google Scholar search yielded many links.  I learned that he wrote two books: Trump/Russia: A Definitive History, which documented the two world leaders’ history together.  Jane Mayer, author of “The New York Times’bestseller, Dark Money, wrote "Hettena is a first-rate reporter and wonderful story-teller, and the tale he tells here is mind-boggling.”   

Hettena clearly supports the anti-Trump rhetoric created by the Meiselas brothers, but he has a problem with their SuperPac status.  For starters, the reporter stated that after the brothers declared a six-figure advertising airtime buy, a search of invoices TV stations filed with the Federal Communications Commission shows the group spent less than $80,000 worth of donor money.

I don’t share Ben Meiselas’s opinion that Seth Hettena is a political hack.  He has written two well-received books and was endorsed by a New York Times columnist.  In addition to The Rolling Stone, Mr. Hettena has written for other reputable journals like The New Republic, and he is currently working on an expose of the CIA and Navy Seals in Iraq.  Mr. Hettena applauds the MeidasTouch Network for the good that they do.  His problem is with SuperPacs in general, an opinion he shares with many others.  The Brennan Center for Justice outlined those concerns on their website. as documented in their blog “10 Years of Super PACs Show Courts Were Wrong on Corruption Risks.

The MeidasTouch continues to air hundreds of videos per month.  The ex-president is less of a focal point in these videos as the brothers have targeted other far right Republicans as well.

As the saying goes, nobody is perfect, which clearly applies to the Meiselas brothers.  But I applaud their efforts trying to keep our nation intact.

[nothingunrealistic]

from beth schacter’s instagram story, october 30, 2023. items on the left side (i.e. things that worked out / made it into the plot):

HELIUM PLAY

CAT BONDS + HURRICANE

MENTAL HEALTH STARTUP

TELEHEALTH MED BAGS

BILLIONAIRE SCRUTINY

CONCRETE PATENT

HOW DO YOU BUY INDULGENCES

items on the right side (i.e. things that presumably didn’t work out / didn’t make it into the plot):

ENDING SUPERPAC

PATENT LAWS VS. CONCRETE

OLIGARCH PLAY

ALL TRADES MUST BE OPEN

NO MATTER WHAT CHUCK DOES PRINCE MAKES $

[wain-wright]

Right. AIPAC.

[poebrey]

seeing politics twitter bringing up AOC and Bernie and finding out they basically said if we do a lil switch up in the 11th hour what’s next and then waking up today to the thing happening and everyone in power being like “what’s the plan.” are the adults in the room or?

[ryandouglasjackson]

Bernie Sanders sounds the alarm: "The billionaires are the first dominoes in the chain"

⛓️‍♟️ He's right, the influence of billionaires funding Super PACs and AIPAC is a threat to democracy. Let's focus on the root of the issue, not just the symptoms. #FollowTheMoney #BillionairesControl #SuperPACs #AIPAC #MoneyInPolitics #InfluenceInPolitics #DemocracyOverPlutocracy

[undergroundusa]

https://www.undergroundusa.com/p/hes-hitting-the-marktoo-bad-the-media

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He’s Hitting The Mark…Too Bad The Media Is Ignoring Him

[marvelsmostwanted]

First:

I am obsessed with the single bar bar graph showing the 81 million

Second:

Two things can be true at the same time. We can acknowledge that electing a black woman is still a challenge in many parts of America and also acknowledge that “bigotry exists” is not a good reason not to vote. Kamala absolutely can win - as long as we vote for her. When we all show up to vote, we win. So show up.

Third:

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to donate $45 million a month to a pro-Trump SuperPAC. That’s some $180 million before the election, not to mention what Trump already has on hand.

…But grassroots Democratic voters just pulled together $81 million in ONE DAY for Kamala. We would surpass the amount of Elon Musk’s donations in under 72 hours at this rate.

They 👏 should 👏 be 👏 scared 👏

[whosurisold]

Civil War has begun in America against the 200 wealthiest people in America and millions of working men and women in America

It’s becoming increasingly clear the wealthy will do whatever it takes to protect their massive wealth they received from 40 years of “Trickle Down Economics” gQp maga protection legislation. As the wealthy flock to Con-A-Logo for minimum $200000 a plate dinners to fill gQp maga politicians coffers, 99% of Americans are left out. It’s abundantly clear SuperPac, campaign donations rules and laws need to change. The wealthy cannot be allowed to continue to buy elections with massive “Tax Deductible” donations, creating fake greed inflations during election years,

America needs another “Roosevelt” who isn’t afraid to break up the wealthy monopolies controlling elections.

Repeal Citizens United, revamped election laws

[barkwife]

Hey if you live in the USA please sign this!

It's a petition for a movement that's trying to pass a constitutional amendment that would get money out of politics! It would ensure that corporations don't have the same legal rights as people and thereby end the loophole that the rich use to bribe politicians through superpacs!

This video explains how the loophole works, but before you watch it,

GO SIGN THE PETITION!!

[socialistexan]

This is part hilarious and part horrifying that Trump's biggest SuperPAC is essentially being held afloat by a single billionaire.

[bottlehawk]

rosekat, but SPECIFICALLY pale

met at the perfect time to kick things off forever. we all know what hussie was too afraid to give us. book club nerds who love theorizing and philosophizing over book club nerd bullshit who dont understand what people mean when they say not every conversation has to be a debate. these are the rails that look at each other and say. in you i find a worthy sparring partner. but also an ally. specifically one in the You Need To Care About Things superpac on the meteor, fighting ever so valiantly against the What? Haha Lol apathetic stance from everyone else who are just normal teenagers. besides that they both carry very different philosophies in life and different expertises. rose sits in the background raising one eyebrow as karkat commits another accidental microaggression against all women everywhere. while karkat silently sips his tea as rose fumbles the ball with kanaya hard in every conversation they have together. they cover each others strengths and weaknesses with such ease it feels like two halves of a puzzle clicking together. the cabinet. the counciling board. strategist 1 and strategist 2. co-presidents. generals in war. if they truly teamed up and combined their powers in canon we would've had homestuck end 2 1/2 acts earlier than it did.

[brucebocchi]

woke grooming book

what

woke grooming book

republican superPAC people aren’t exactly known for being bright but uh. what does this mean. george costanza ass comeback. did this bitch really just throw together three words that make her angry and expect it to stick? it doesn’t even roll off the tongue in a way that feels like human language. which word do you even emphasize when you say “woke grooming book” out loud, to another person