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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jul 21, 2017, 11:39 PM Jul 2017

Gov. Greitens nonprofit gives $250,000 in dark money to right-to-work PAC

JEFFERSON CITY -- Gov. Eric Greitens’ nonprofit just donated $250,000 to a political action committee working to protect Missouri’s right-to-work law.

But where that $250,000 originally came from will likely never be known.

Tracking campaign spending in Missouri is getting more difficult, thanks in part to the emergence of a crop of politically active nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofits aren’t required to disclose their donors. When contributions are routed through a nonprofit to a political campaign to hide the source of the donation, it’s referred to as “dark money.”

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article162239823.html

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Gov. Greitens nonprofit gives $250,000 in dark money to right-to-work PAC (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
When did our country become so corrupt? We were spoiled Alice11111 Jul 2017 #1
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