On the 2020 campaign trail, as Kamala Harris polled at just 10% to Joe Biden‘s 30% in the Democratic presidential primary, the then-California senator made a pledge to voters. “Our campaign is not taking a dime from corporate PACs or lobbyists — and that was a very deliberate choice,” Harris, the soon-to-be vice president to […]
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Record Billionaire Cash Funneled Into Midterms
American billionaires have funneled more than $881 million into federal races in the 2022 midterm elections, according to a new report Thursday that prompted warnings about billionaires’ influence in politics. The report was compiled by the nonprofit organization Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), which has a stated mission of educating and mobilizing the public “to […]
Trump Donates One Million Dollars To Hurricane Harvey Relief
President Donald Trump has pledged $1 million of his own money to Harvey relief efforts, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Thursday. She said Trump has not decided which organization he will donate to. The spokeswoman said Trump specifically told Sanders to ask journalists at the briefing for suggestions since they have […]
Donations Flood Into ACLU In Response To Travel Ban
“Clearly, this executive order has hit a live nerve with the American people,” Mr. Romero said. Thousands of protesters flooded airports across the country and took to the streets as word spread that immigrants and refugees were being blocked from entering the country, detained for hours by customs officials or taken off planes during the […]