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GG<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Lynnd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Lynnd</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@pinhman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pinhman</a> Indeed. Expect Elon to turn on the tap tomorrow & flood the "bad place" Canadians are naive if they think elon & trump & harper & IDU & etc etc are not poised to upend this federal election. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bots</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkmoney</a>

openDemocracyHere's the story: Unlimited company set up by Farage ally raises corruption concerns <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/george-cottrell-nigel-farage-reform-geostrategy-international-unlimited-company-donations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/george-cottrell-nigel-farage-reform-geostrategy-international-unlimited-company-donations/</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reform</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkmoney</a>

Trump Watch 👀Breaking: The U.S. government will no longer require shell companies to disclose their owners, making it easier for the wealthy and corporations to hide profits from the public.A massive win for financial secrecy—bad actors just got a free pass. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Corruption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DarkMoney" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192244/trump-celebrates-destroy-anti-money-laundering-law?utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newrepublic.com/post/192244/...</a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192244/trump-celebrates-destroy-anti-money-laundering-law?utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump Celebrates After Killing...</a>

Michael ☕️<a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bolts</a> How can we get out the message that America and Americans could be so much better off by doing exactly the opposite of anything the Heritage Foundation recommends? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CorruptGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorruptGOP</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AnonymousDonors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnonymousDonors</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheRealDeepState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRealDeepState</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EndCitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndCitizensUnited</a>

NetworkforDemocracyThis video explains why the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Wisconsin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SupremeCourt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> election is important to the future of the state and the nation. It also explains how <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DarkMoney" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> from the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Kochs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kochs</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LeonardLeo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeonardLeo</a> is having an outsized influence against <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SusanCrawford" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SusanCrawford</a>. <a href="https://youtu.be/6WL3pwdQnvA?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtu.be/6WL3pwdQnvA?...</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/6WL3pwdQnvA?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump Backer CAUGHT Trying to ...</a>

jackhutton 🇺🇸[NYTimes Gift Article]: Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.vbKI.-7d6oPuMyj6w&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.vbKI.-7d6oPuMyj6w&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trumpcorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trumpcorruption</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkmoney</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/howardlutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#howardlutnick</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lindamcmahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lindamcmahon</a>

WilliamWho Paid for [Convicted Felon] Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown. <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treason</a> <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mast.wmclark.com/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-transition.html</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Amen.To stop corruption and rescue democracy, we must take money out of politics <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5158090-trump-corruption-money-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5158090-trump-corruption-money-democracy/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ArrestTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArrestTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImpeachTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImpeachTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldKrasnov</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StopTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopTrumpNow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpDidThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicansDidThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicansOwnThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPKakistocracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPWeirdos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoRepublicansEverAgain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court“His attack on democracy isn’t limited to gutting the federal government. He wants it all.” <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-is-trying-to-buy-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-is-trying-to-buy-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/</a>"a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> group backed by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>, is spending at least $1.6 million in support of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, a conservative judge in suburban Milwaukee running for an open seat in an April election that will decide whether <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/progressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressives</a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservatives</a> control the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#court</a>."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Bice: An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support Brad Schimel <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/02/17/elon-musk-group-buys-tv-ads-backing-brad-schimel-for-supreme-court/78976985007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/02/17/elon-musk-group-buys-tv-ads-backing-brad-schimel-for-supreme-court/78976985007/</a>"an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> backed <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> group, began buying TV time in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> on Monday...The conservative nonprofit has already purchased more than $670,000 of air time for the next two weeks on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a> stations throughout the state...The amount of the group's buy is expected to rise in upcoming days."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Money</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ads</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ProPublica Updates SCOTUS Connections Database <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings</a>* U.S. Supreme Court justices’ finances * new 1990s Clarence Thomas filings * Sam Alito's latest disclosureComment: social justice advocates - this is superb - Nonprofit Explorer <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits</a> * incl. U.S. IRS Form 990 tax filings ... super important resource<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalAdvocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegalAdvocacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Propublica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Propublica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/501c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#501c3</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/505c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#505c4</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DAF</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonorAdvisedFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonorAdvisedFunds</a>

aburtchPodcasts are doing the work of serious investigative journalists these days now that the billionaire owners of the papers have slashed budgets and staff. The “Master Plan” series from The Lever is incredible, and this episode in particular illustrates how conservatives overturned hundreds of years of precedent and legalized corruption by allowing non-disclosed corporate money into politics. <a href="https://pca.st/episode/1166f655-2563-463c-ab04-a143a05601a4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pca.st/episode/1166f655-2563-463c-ab04-a143a05601a4</a><a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/MasterPlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MasterPlan</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/CorporationsAreNotPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporationsAreNotPeople</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Fight the Rich <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/27/fight-the-rich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/27/fight-the-rich</a>* declare war on rich * need to build organized/unified movement of working people * goals: radical change bring down the billionaires/capitalism 👍️ 🥳 🥊<a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meritocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyInChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyInChains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthTax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetSeizure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetForfeiture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialDemocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainability</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️/3 If we want to prevent a Nazi/fascist gesture f. becoming a repetition of one of the bleakest periods of human history, the citizens and residents of the U.S. must take seriously our moral responsibility to oust this regime and its leader.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113873400294677662" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113873400294677662</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USlaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiLGBT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StatePolicyNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StatePolicyNetwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeonardLeo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ALEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ALEC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelActs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ModelActs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christofascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misogyny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgenocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a>

Lisa Gets Politik‪Brennan Center‬ ‪@brennancenter.bsky.social‬ "The influence of wealthy donors and dark money reached unprecedented levels in the 2024 election — much of which would have been illegal before the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision." <a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fifteen-years-later-citizens-united-defined-2024-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fifteen-years-later-citizens-united-defined-2024-election</a><a href="https://union.place/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️“An Oligarchy Is Taking Shape” <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/joe-biden-farewell-speech-warns-about-oligarchy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/joe-biden-farewell-speech-warns-about-oligarchy</a> non-paywalled: <a href="https://archive.fo/4AZqa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.fo/4AZqa</a>* Biden farewell address/warning<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meritocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyInChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyInChains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthTax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetSeizure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetForfeiture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialDemocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainability</a>

Larry NeufeldHow to spot American “dark-money” in Canadian politics <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkmoney</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AtlasNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlasNetwork</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HeartlandInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeartlandInstitute</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/thinktanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thinktanks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CatoInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CatoInstitute</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PierrePoilievre</a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/stevenstaples/p/how-to-spot-american-dark-money-in?r=ik120&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/stevenstaples/p/how-to-spot-american-dark-money-in?r=ik120&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</a>

Kim PeralesWhen Politico calls out dark💰 ... But the outlet supports the GOP, so why bother? Paper: the top 50 think tanks took in some $110M over the past 5 years from foreign govts & related entities, incl. nearly $17M from the UAE -largest single foreign donor. Leading Pentagon contractors, kicked in nearly $35M over the same period.The Atlantic Council & Brookings Inst: topped the list of foreign-govt beneficiaries, taking in nearly AC: $21M & BI: >$17M.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/03/foreign-money-think-tanks-00196252" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/03/foreign-money-think-tanks-00196252</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️[thread 4/x] Existential threat of billionaires parent: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112810230899017402" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112810230899017402</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meritocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyInChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyInChains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthTax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetSeizure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssetForfeiture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AssetForfeiture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialDemocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainability</a>

Simon Brooke<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@naefool" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@naefool</a> <a href="https://glasgow.social/@drgeraint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@drgeraint</a> I don't disagree with you, I just think we don't now have any political organisation in Scotland that can do better. The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SNP</a> may not yet be as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corrupt</a> as the UK political parties, but they're quite clearly sticking to policies which will please the exact same <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkMoney</a> funders in the hope of becoming equally corrupt.Yes, we need new political movements, but we're very badly out of time. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishIndependence</a> on a dead planet is a very hollow victory.

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