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Rhiannon12866

(221,535 posts) Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:25 AM Oct 20

Exposed! The Billionaires Behind These 2024 Election Ads--Are They Buying Your Vote? - Thom Hartmann

Slick ads promoting billionaire friendly candidates and condemning politicians who fight for the middle class are everywhere... but who is funding them? Thom Hartmann follows the money. - Aired on 10/18/2024.

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Exposed! The Billionaires Behind These 2024 Election Ads--Are They Buying Your Vote? - Thom Hartmann (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 20 OP

The Fairshake crypto SuperPAC is funding them, and drove Katie Porter out of the House. It was a simple message: ancianita Oct 20 #1

Damn! Katie Porter is the best and the brightest, I only wish that she was my Rep.! Rhiannon12866 Oct 20 #2

And this month we're just now learning who was behind it all! It pisses me off that MSNBC hasn't even talked about ancianita Oct 20 #3

Damn! Rhiannon12866 Oct 20 #4

ancianita

(38,397 posts)

1. The Fairshake crypto SuperPAC is funding them, and drove Katie Porter out of the House. It was a simple message:

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:36 AM

Oct 20

"If you're pro-crypto we will help you, if you are anti we will tear you apart."

Rhiannon12866

(221,535 posts)

2. Damn! Katie Porter is the best and the brightest, I only wish that she was my Rep.!

Reply to ancianita (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 04:47 AM

Oct 20

ancianita

(38,397 posts)

3. And this month we're just now learning who was behind it all! It pisses me off that MSNBC hasn't even talked about

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 05:18 AM

Oct 20

these guys! They're doing Democrats a disservice informationally. It's too late to undo what they've done, but this party had better think about its political relationship with the libertarian ilk of Big Tech. Musk just got Space X a contract with this govt, so he's likely not to be "investigated" by the govt. We'll see.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016387856

Rhiannon12866

(221,535 posts)

4. Damn!

Reply to ancianita (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 20, 2024, 05:36 AM

Oct 20

Thanks!

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