Brutkey

Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social
Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social

@Burnt_Veggies@mstdn.social @tofugolem@mastodon.social @IveyJanette@mastodon.social

The list is what these tax evading grifters reported as campaign finance.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peculation

There's lots of support billionaires provided that isn't reportable. Campaign finance receives a lot of "services in kind". Fox News is GOP PR.
https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/taking-receipts-pac/types-contributions-nonconnected-pacs/

Catching this kind of public corruption & buying of elections is a regulatory & investigatory burden on Democrat campaigns.

https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/jocelyn-benson-fixes-coming-buggy-9m-michigan-campaign-finance-system/

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/16/526541/harris-county-judge-lina-hidalgo-reports-spike-in-campaign-funds-almost-entirely-from-legal-services-refunds/

Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social

It's called The Texas Model.

Trump took the version of corrupt oil oligarchy that billionaires created for Greg Abbott & Dan Patrick, and made it national.

https://prospect.org/power/2025-01-29-texas-model/

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donald-trump-promoting-texas-style-policies/

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/

Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social

The real reason Trump is going after Brazil; his fossil fuel megadonors want control of Brazil's natural resources.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/04/bp-makes-major-oil-and-gas-discovery-off-coast-of-brazil-santos-basin

https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/01/blackrock-pivots-from-sustainability-evangelists-to-fossil-fuel-funders/

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/amazonian-indigenous-leaders-say-no-to-fossil-fuel/