Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:43 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
Hit them in the bank account - list of corporate campaign donors to the Coup Caucus Senators:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/corporate-america-should-torpedo-the-republican-party-192707496.html
Corporate America should defund the Republican party Rick Newman · Senior Columnist Mon, January 4, 2021 snip American capitalism works because rules, laws and customs dominate. Buyers and sellers in virtually every transaction know what to expect and have legal recourse if the other side cheats. Contracts force everybody to abide by predictable norms. There are flaws, but enforceable rules make the system better for everybody: Big firms, small businesses, workers and consumers. Trump and his Republicans conspirators trying to overturn Biden’s win are saying, just this once, let’s break the rules. No biggie. But it is a biggie. These Republicans are endorsing Venezuela-style ad hockery to keep their group in power illegitimately. Markets seem to be writing off the GOP insurgency as political shenanigans that are just for show. It’s way worse than that. The former “law and order” party has morphed into a crime and disorder party that cannot be business-friendly if its only priority is to retain power at any cost. This is a metastasis of the crony capitalism Trump has practiced for the last four years. It rewards only those on the winning side, while punishing those who play by the rules. The many businesses that keep politicians in power by funding their campaigns should stop donating to any candidate who doesn’t overtly support the rule of law, in business and politics, both. Here’s a starter list of the 12 seditious senators who want to overturn Biden’s election, along with some of the top corporate donors for each, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. There’s no simple list of corporate donors to politicians, because companies donate to both campaign committees and political action committees that campaign on behalf of a favored politician. Some “dark money” donations aren’t even public. This list represents a combination of corporate donations to PACs and companies with the employees who donated the most to each candidate. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee: Top donors: HCA, Southwest Family of Companies, FedEx, AT&T, Comcast snip There is no longer a business-friendly Republican party. The criminal attempts to prevent Biden from taking office are really a scramble among ambitious Republicans to claim the Trump base as their own in future elections, and keep feeding these voters the nativist lies and reckless populism that earned Trump four years in office. Business lobbies that support Republicans today are asking for more Trumpian chaos, which could backfire as the party rampages toward extremism and marginalization. It's well worth it to read the whole piece at the link.
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scarletwoman | Jan 2021 | OP |
Disaffected | Jan 2021 | #1 | |
scarletwoman | Jan 2021 | #4 | |
SWBTATTReg | Jan 2021 | #2 | |
scarletwoman | Jan 2021 | #8 | |
Mike 03 | Jan 2021 | #3 | |
scarletwoman | Jan 2021 | #6 | |
SheltieLover | Jan 2021 | #5 | |
scarletwoman | Jan 2021 | #7 | |
SheltieLover | Jan 2021 | #9 | |
Hermit-The-Prog | Jan 2021 | #10 | |
scarletwoman | Jan 2021 | #11 |
Response to scarletwoman (Original post)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:48 PM
Disaffected (2,761 posts)
1. Sad to see Berkshire Hathaway
donating to Cruz. I thought Warren Buffet was better than that.
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Response to Disaffected (Reply #1)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:55 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
4. Yeah, I was disappointed to see that, too.
However, I don't think I've ever harbored any illusions about Warren Buffet's character - anyone so single-mindedly focused on amassing great wealth will never be anyone I would look up to.
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Response to scarletwoman (Original post)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:49 PM
SWBTATTReg (18,296 posts)
2. Thanks for posting. Hawley is my state rep, and I do plan on writing/emailing the companies ...
supporting hawley in MO. He is such a disappointment.
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Response to SWBTATTReg (Reply #2)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 07:00 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
8. Let us know what you find - I'm sure we DUers could help make our displeasure known to those cos.
Response to scarletwoman (Original post)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:53 PM
Mike 03 (16,616 posts)
3. Ron Johnson: Foley and Lardner. They are just in the news today
on another thread. One of their lawyers "resigned" (or was shown the door) for being on the phone call with Trump.
Cleta Mitchell Out At Foley & Lardner After Troubling Donald Trump Call https://abovethelaw.com/2021/01/cleta-mitchell-out-at-foley-lardner-after-troubling-donald-trump-call/ Heh. Small world. |
Response to Mike 03 (Reply #3)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:58 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
6. Small world, indeed. Not exactly an "innocent" law firm - just embarrassed about
what came out in public.
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Response to scarletwoman (Original post)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:57 PM
SheltieLover (44,039 posts)
5. K&R!
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Response to SheltieLover (Reply #5)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 06:59 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
7. Thanks!
Response to scarletwoman (Reply #7)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 07:03 PM
SheltieLover (44,039 posts)
9. Yw!
Ty for posting!!!
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Response to scarletwoman (Original post)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 07:48 PM
Hermit-The-Prog (21,420 posts)
10. Dark money should be eliminated.
Response to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #10)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 07:49 PM
scarletwoman (31,893 posts)
11. In order to do that, the repug majority in the Senate must be eliminated.
With a Dem majority Senate, we can get to work on overturning Citizens United.
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