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**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · 6d

Elon Musk Returns to His Trump Playbook in a Big Wisconsin Race https://www.byteseu.com/856627/ #America #AmericaPAC #CampaignFinance #CourtsAndTheJudiciary #Elections #Elon #musk #PoliticalActionCommittees #TeslaMotorsInc #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #US #USNews #USA #USANews #Wisconsin

**Dining & Cooking** @dnc@vive.im · Mar 19

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · Mar 6

Mar 6

Bytes Europe @byteseu@pubeurope.com

Over a Dozen Conservative Party Donors Fund Britain’s Populist Reform U.K. https://www.byteseu.com/804137/ #CampaignFinance #ConservativeParty(GreatBritain) #Elections #farage #GlobalWarming #GreatBritain #GreatBritainWithdrawalFromEU(Brexit) #HighNetWorthIndividuals #LabourParty(GreatBritain) #Nigel(1964) #ReformUK(BritishPoliticalParty) #UnitedKingdom

**WYM Mod** @whatyoumissed@mastodon.vtip.me · Mar 5

Mar 5

WYM Mod @whatyoumissed@mastodon.vtip.me

Guests are paying staggering amounts to dine with Trump! At Mar-a-Lago, exclusive events by MAGA Inc. allow access to the former President, with prices hitting $1 million for a dinner seat. Despite concerns about legality, these unique dinners are termed akin to a 'Papal audience.' Explore the implications of this exclusive access and what it means for campaign financing. Read more [here](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/theyre-paying-millions-speak-yambo-mar). #DonaldTrump #MAGA #CampaignFinance #MarALago

Crooks and Liars · Mar 5They're Paying Millions To Speak With Yambo At Mar-A-LagoBy Susie Madrak

**Europe Says** @europesays@pubeurope.com · Mar 1

**Annother** @Avonan@mas.to · Feb 26 *

Feb 26 *

Annother @Avonan@mas.to

Romania's ex-presidential candidate Călin Georgescu is indicted in Bucharest on charges stemming from irregularities in campaign financing. For months, the public prosecutor's office had been investigating Georgescu. #georgescu #romania #campaignfinance

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**HistoPol (#HP)** @HistoPol@mastodon.social · Feb 19 *

Feb 19 *

HistoPol (#HP) @HistoPol@mastodon.social

@NMBA

#CampaignFinance #CampaignDonations #Lobbying

I disagree: "equal justice under law" and the same rights, even for oligarchs.
Not, *more* is what is causing all these problems in a democracy.

Public infrastructure, in particular for #SocialMedia, should never be privately owned.

@The_Icarian

Feb 15

Feb 15

Before the campaign period, TV ads of 2025 candidates exceed P10B before discounts

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/candidates-ads-spending-before-campaign-period-2025/

<p class="has-drop-cap">Candidates in the May 2025 Philippine elections aired television and radio ads worth over P10 billion before discounts from January to December 2024, based on newly released data that the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) obtained from Nielsen Ad Intel. </p>

<p>Only four senatorial candidates accounted for 60% of the total amount, raising concerns among electoral reform advocates about the advantage wealthy and well-connected candidates have in winning elections in the country.</p>

<p>Las Piñas Representative Camille Villar, daughter of the country’s richest man according to Forbes, outspent all her rivals. She aired ads worth P2.1 billion before discounts.</p>

<p>Villar was followed by presidential sister and reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos with P1.9 billion worth of ads. Makati Mayor Abigail Binay also aired ads worth P1.29 billion, while another reelectionist senator, Francis Tolentino, aired ads worth P1 billion.</p>

<p>“The important question to ask candidates is why they are spending such huge amounts of money,” said former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Luie Tito Guia.</p>

<p>Guia’s concern was echoed by Angel “Lito” Averia Jr., national chair of the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel). </p>

<p>“What is the ROI (return of investment)? How will they recoup the cost? We don’t know. We know there’s a big controversy over the 2025 national budget,” Averia told PCI

#campaignfinance

**MottG** @mottg@researchbuzz.masto.host · Feb 12

Feb 12

MottG @mottg@researchbuzz.masto.host

DataTalk: A Campaign Finance Agent (Beta)

This is an extremely useful tool just
introduced by Stanford OVAL. It dynamically auto-generates the appropriate SQL queries for you, using an LLM, to fetch your data. It only covers money raised and spent in the 2024 U.S. presidential and congressional campaigns.

https://datatalk.genie.stanford.edu/

Screenshot of initial screen for DataTalk tool.

Screenshot of the DataTalk tool where it is displaying the various steps being taken to process your query.

#research #digitalHumanities #FEC

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · Feb 9

Feb 9

Bytes Europe @byteseu@pubeurope.com

US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump cuts are sending shockwaves through the region https://www.byteseu.com/727453/ #AleksandarVučić #business #CampaignFinance #CristianCantir #Democracy #DonaldTrump #Eurocopa2024 #EuropeanUnion #ForeignAid #GeneralNews #Kosovo #Moldova #OxanaGreadcenco #Politics #U.S.AgencyForInternationalDevelopment #U.S.DepartmentOfState #UnitedStatesGovernment #WashingtonNews #WorldNews

**John Macgregor** @JohnMacgregor@newsie.social · Feb 4

Feb 4

John Macgregor @JohnMacgregor@newsie.social

I'm not getting any traction here these days, so have decamped to Bluesky:

@johnmacgregor.bsky.social

And X: @JohnMMacgregor

My Kim Iversen interview from last week is here:

https://rumble.com/v6fhwem-revolutions-are-coming-to-the-west-fixing-the-fatal-flaws-that-cause-inevit.html?e9s=src_v1_mfp

Thanks!

#Politics #USPolitics #Auspol

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · Feb 1

Feb 1

Bytes Europe @byteseu@pubeurope.com

Trump cuts to foreign aid are sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe https://www.byteseu.com/704563/ #118298184 #Article #business #CampaignFinance #Democracy #ForeignAid #GeneralNews #Kosovo #Politics #WashingtonNews #WorldNews

**John Macgregor** @JohnMacgregor@newsie.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

John Macgregor @JohnMacgregor@newsie.social

From the Stone Age to the Information Age, a test of a society's survivability has been its ability to divorce wealth from political power.

Third draft democracy relocates each to its separate domain.

#ThirdDraftDemocracy #PoliticalScience #USPolitics

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**John Macgregor** @JohnMacgregor@newsie.social · Jan 6

Jan 6

John Macgregor @JohnMacgregor@newsie.social

Thirdly, this perceptual error of ours is confected by - & is very, very useful to - the 1%: the liberal & conservative billionaires, & their legislative marionettes, who are actually responsible for our social disintegration.

When we sideline elites, we'll also find that we have, for the most part, sidelined Left & Right.

#Politics #auspol #plutocracy

**Europe Says** @europesays@pubeurope.com · Jan 6

Jan 6

Europe Says @europesays@pubeurope.com

https://www.europesays.com/1745234/ France’s former President Sarkozy standing trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s Gadhafi | News #CampaignFinance #CorporateCrime #corruption #Crime #elections #Embezzlement #france #GeneralNews #Indictments #MilitaryAndDefense #Politics #SarkozyFranceLibyaCorruptionTrialGadhafi #theft #WorldNews

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**Strypey** @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · Jan 5

Jan 5

Strypey @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

Despite all of my criticisms above, there's a reason I bother with The Rest is Politics. As well as being fun to listen to, Both Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell come across as principled men, who care deeply about democracy and its potential to make the world a better place.

Case in point, they both make some passionate arguments for campaign finance reform;

https://therestispolitics.supportingcast.fm/listen/the-rest-is-politics/357-political-new-year-s-resolutions-elon-musk-and-what-happens-next-in-taiwan

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therestispolitics.supportingcast.fmThe Rest Is Politics | 357. Political New Year's resolutions, Elon Musk, and what happens next in Taiwan?

#TheRestIsPolitics #CampaignFinance

**David Scott Moyer** @farbel@mas.to · Jan 2

Jan 2

David Scott Moyer @farbel@mas.to

The United States would be great if we had mandatory voting and ranked choice voting with donations transparent and restricted to registered voters.

#politics #voting #rankedchoice

**Labor Party (US)** @laborpartyus@mastodon.social · Dec 27, 2024

Dec 27, 2024

Labor Party (US) @laborpartyus@mastodon.social

Maine's voter-approved $5,000 limit on individual super PAC donations is under legal attack by conservative groups citing free speech concerns. The Labor Party advocates for such reforms to ensure a more equitable democratic process. Does limiting large donations enhance or hinder our democracy? #CampaignFinanceReform #Democracy #MainePolitics #CampaignFinance #PoliticalReform #MoneyInPolitics #EqualityInDemocracy #FreeSpeechDebate #VoterRights #PoliticalTransparency https://buff.ly/4gvXAUZ