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What is wrong with Florida State Pensions? Follow the hedge fund political donations to DeSantis.

What’s wrong with Florida State Pensions? Follow the political donations.

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Fundraise, map, political districts, accountability, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

“DeSantis Allows Anti-“Woke” Giveaway To Big Wall Street Donors” – The Lever “As private equity donated to groups supporting Ron DeSantis, he oversaw a billion-dollar transfer of state employees’ retirement dollars into underperforming firms. … the most imminent threat to Florida public employees’ retirement dollars appears to be the massive state pension investments that have …

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Follow the money behind CNN pandering to fascists

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

“Trump makes a fool of CNN” – Today’s Edition Newsletter “Donald Trump played CNN for a fool at its televised town hall… he steamrolled Collins with a rapid-fire stream of lies that could not be contained. Trump had the enthusiastic support of a Trump-friendly crowd that whooped and hollered as Trump repeated lies that have …

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Supreme Court corruption. Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, Charles Koch corrupt the judiciary to rig the system in their favor.

Lost your right to vote? Follow the money with this SUPREME COURT CORRUPTION map

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Legal, map, political districts, accountability, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Power mapping, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’ – Washington Post “Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged forthe wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work just over a decade ago, specifying that her name be left off billing paperwork… …

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Follow the money to see how billionaires have rigged the system.

How have billionaires rigged the system to dodge taxes but get Federal bailouts first – like when Silicon Valley Bank collapses? Follow the money.

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Legal, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

“The failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) shows us, once again, that unrestrained greed isn’t good.” – Thom Hartmann Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Chief Pressed Lawmakers To Weaken Bank Risk Regs – The LeverVenture capitalists urge startups to withdraw funds from crisis-laden Silicon Valley Bank – CNBCThe Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance …

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Top ten reasons why billionaires should not have to pay taxes

Top ten reasons why billionaires shouldn’t have to pay their fair share of taxes

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Cartoons, map, political districts, accountability, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

President Biden proposes billionaires pay their “fair share”. – MSNBC The howls of protest from Republicans to protect their wealthy donors have started. Use this infographic to get a ‘fair and balanced‘ perspective of why billionaires should not pay taxes. Mr. Burns from The Simpsons has volunteered to make the case on behalf of his …

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Billionaires dodge taxes and use the money they save to get Republicans to cut taxes even further

Tax dodging for billionaires

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, map, political districts, accountability, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Billionaires have rigged the system. Dodge taxes and pay Republicans to cut their taxes further! Understand the billionaires’ playbook to see how they get richer by not paying their fair share of taxes, while sticking the rest of us with the tab. The numbers are staggering! Billionaires dodge an estimated trillion dollars in taxes every …

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Toxic fumes from Norfolk Southern train crash in Ohio spread by wind and streams to other states

Will your be affected by toxic fumes from the Ohio train derailment? Check wind patterns with this real-time map.

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Disaster Response, Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Toxic chemicals spread from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio. Which way are the winds blowing the toxic fumes? Who is likely to be impacted? Who weakened train safety regulations? How much did the railroad lobby give Republicans? Who profits from loosened train safety regulations and slashing the number of railroad workers? Forget the …

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Follow the dark money unleashed by Citizens United that is corrupting American politics

Follow the money corrupting American politics with these free apps

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Legal, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Why do Republicans keep cutting taxes for billionaires while slashing services for other Americans? Follow the money! The Republican stacked Supreme Court has made it hard to follow the money by reducing the reporting requirements. Use these free apps to see for yourself how money influences political decisions. Sunlight really is the best disinfectant. Follow …

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$Follow the dark money pushing fracking on public lands$

Want a side of chicken with your fracking? Follow the dark money endangering your health and the environment.

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

Oil is green energy? Gas companies can frack on public lands? Stuffed in legislation about chickens? There’s something going on when a weird bill is signed into law in the middle of the night with little public advance notice. Follow the money to see what’s up. Who benefits from the legislation being passed? Fracking and …

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Follow the George Santos money trail

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

Kevin McCarthy overlooks Santos’ lies to seat him in Congress. “A person who misrepresented themselves as speaking on behalf of a candidate in order to raise money may have committed a criminal violation, and any other person who knowingly and willfully participated in the plan could also face criminal charges,” Brendan Fischer of the watchdog …

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