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Re:Tillis Pushes Prison Time for Online Streamers After Holl... by WillPostForFood on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @10:46AM (#25507379)
The article proposes that 100k is big money, but hundreds of millions of dollars were raised and spent in the recent NC Senate Race. Also, donations from Salem Media, a right wing radio outlet, surely were unrelated to lobbying around streaming.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/north-carolina-sena...

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Re:Tillis Pushes Prison Time for Online Streamers After Holl... by kifhuwzrsa on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:32PM (#25508820)
Qatar can buy the votes of individual congressmen for only a couple thousand. 100k can buy a lot more.

Source from Center for International Policy:

https://static.wixstatic.com/ugd/3ba8a1_eae58acd2c11459894d8...

If you are sketched out by the direct link you can also find it by scrolling down on this page:

https://www.internationalpolicy.org/program/Foreign-Influenc...

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Re:Tillis Pushes Prison Time for Online Streamers After Holl... by jmull on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:59AM (#25508389)
These companies aren’t spending this money for no reason.
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Re:Tillis Pushes Prison Time for Online Streamers After Holl... by dariusj18 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:12PM (#25508560)
Sometimes they put money towards a candidate that already thinks the way they want. It's not always a bribe.
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Re:Tillis Pushes Prison Time for Online Streamers After Holl... by jmull on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:27PM (#25508754)
Not saying it’s a bribe. It can simply get and focus the senator’s attention.

(In fact, I’d be shocked if it met the legal definition of bribe — why do it illegally when it’s so easy to do in a legal way?)

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Re:Tillis Pushes Prison Time for Online Streamers After Holl... by choward on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:28PM (#25508770)
Sure, the candidate may say things they like but since when do politicians do everything they say? They are going to prioritize whatever has the most money behind it.
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