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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by touisteur on Thursday February 27, 2025 @01:23PM (#43196950)
I'm far from able to understand american politics but didn't Dems get far more money in the last election than Republicans? I've read about twice as much? What would big (social media oligarchs/moguls ?) donors flipping back bring about?
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Re:Bezos Exerts Control of WaPo Opinion to Focus on Personal... by alephnerd on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:40PM (#43214092)
That was mostly because ActBlue (the DNC's fundraising platform) is well built while GOP's WinRed is a hot piece of garbage, and donors now sidestep the GOP to create SuperPACs for Trump and Trump-affiliates directly.

What you end up seeing is the GOP raises nearly as competitive as the DNC when you add Trump PACs plus WinRed.

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