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http://www.occupydemocrats.com/nra-caught-illegally-funneling-donations-to-republican-candidates/Yahoo News recently published a report exposing illegal transfers of funds from the NRAs nonprofit to their lobbying group, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA), and then to their PAC, the Political Victory Fund. The NRA has been soliciting donations from their members and then funneling the cash into the PAC, using funds which a member may have thought were for funding events but are now being put to use supporting a political candidate with whom he or she may not approve of, which is very illegal....
It should come as no surprise that one of the biggest pieces of the Republican propaganda/lobbying/fundraising machine is willfully ignoring the laws that govern its practices. It abuses its tax-exempt status to funnel millions ($37 million in 2014) to political campaigns supporting Republican Congressmen, who in turn keep any laws from passing that might help alleviate Americas epidemic of gun violence, which kills more than 30 people a day. The NRAs recent mega-convention in Tennessee (sixteen acres of guns!) featured every single major and minor Republican presidential candidate (except Rand Paul, who they dont like), giving the same tired prattle of Second Amendment rights and jingoistic paranoia about the threat of Muslim terrorists.
Their influence is a blight on American politics and their single-minded fanaticism contributes to millions of deaths every year. Its about time they got caught doing something like this, and just goes to show how the Republican political machine does business- under the table and in the dark. Now if only someone would do something about it.
I'm shocked. Shocked!
ZM90
(706 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,487 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)over and over again...
olddots
(10,237 posts)or radio .This should be huge but the turd meisters rule .
Duval
(4,280 posts)on this today. You can go to Thom Hartman.com, if you don't have dish or directTV. We watch him on Free Speech TV, and we have Dish Network. But, you're right. It won't be discussed (most likely) in our MSM.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Just ask the banksters.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)"Teaching Freedom"
What a fucking hypocritical oxymoron. Emphasis on Moron.
But at least it warns other drivers who not to pass, flip off or tailgate on, lest they get 2nd Amendment'ed.
https://www.google.com/search?q='indiana+nra+license+plate'&biw=1280&bih=862&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIsa-gpPO1yAIVCVQ-Ch0uRgNC#imgrc=2OJ5kT9UgxUcMM%3A
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)In my civics classes, they told me "illegal" meant that perps went to trial, and if found guilty,
would go to jail.
I guess that was a mis-print in the text-book?
branford
(4,462 posts)Of course, they'll use their perceived persecution to fund-raise exponentially more money than the designated penalty.
perdita9
(1,144 posts)Today's journalists are a national joke
packman
(16,296 posts)was there any doubt?
nykym
(3,063 posts)and you have an NRA membership.
You should cancel it immediately.
Or are you content supporting Republicans?
silverweb
(16,402 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)But it is still a lot more than the mere $984,152 the NRA actually reported giving to politicians. And it does not include the $3.36M the NRA reported it spent on "lobbying" nor the $28.2M it reported as "outside spending."
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]They're obviously just a lobbying group for gun manufactures and have violated the terms required for a nonprofit organization.
On edit: On top of that, they get part of their funding from the Koch machine and, legal or not, that makes them a public enemy:
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)But the IRS is too timid to investigate them because they'll get threats from gun nuts. The FEC is a joke as well.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Anyone who thinks we're not yet living under oligarchic control needs a reality check.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)teahaddist political campaigns.
Yeah that's shocking right?
No wonder every insane nutbag mass killer can get his very own AR-15!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)on this right away.
Well as soon as the Hillary Clinton witch trial is over.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)BENGHAZI!!!1!!1!!!? Emails? Vince Foster?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Those house teahaddists always busy doing the will of the people koch bros.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)'insert pic'
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)like $1 for every gun death to selected congressmen?
LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)TygrBright
(20,771 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)It's a right-wing shakedown squad.
Gumboot
(531 posts)Just sayin'...
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)No repercussions?
progressoid
(49,999 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)They'll just take the usual GOP way out of it.
Deny everything and point their gnarly fingers in every direction but at themselves.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Needs the best grease: cash.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)patsimp
(915 posts)turbinetree
(24,720 posts)lets revisit the good old Nixon years and his criminality for the Committee to Re-elect the president and his cronies when it came to milk, for starters and ITT and that slush fund, and now that they (republicans) are in charge----------don't hold your breath-----------------there is not going to be an investigation
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,145 posts)I'd love to see what if any action was taken.
TheFarseer
(9,326 posts)I though pretty much anything was legal at this point.
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Mendocino
(7,511 posts)they make money, the lobbyists make money, the gun and ammo manufacturers make money. While I wouldn't go so far as that they have a hand in it, they certainly don't mind when it happens. They just count the $$$$$.
jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)NRA = nutty rightwingers armed
Wayne Lapierre-Head = vice president for life
Ted Nugent = chairprick of the board