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Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social |
"Sure, the robber barons were cruel and rapacious, but they ultimately gave away their fortunes to build schools and libraries" kind of falls apart when their great-grandson still has enough generational wealth to give $50M to a literal felon's presidential campaign.
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CindyLou
@cindynorth1.bsky.social
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I’m from Arizona, and I remember that he donated a couple of million dollars in out of state funds to support SB1070
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@jeanjaures.bsky.social
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The Mellons have been pigs for over a century.
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Matt Gabriele
@profgabriele.com
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can i still want the libraries?
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LeviathanCross27
@leviathancross27.bsky.social
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Let's consider, for a moment, the absurdity of allowing someone to donate $50 million to a political campaign. How can it be seen as anything other than bribery or an "investment" in exchange for favors should the candidate win office? This is glaringly antidemocratic.
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Curd Knüpfer
@qrdknpfr.bsky.social
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HBO should turn this into a spin-off for "The Gilded Age"
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John Cluverius
@johncluverius.bsky.social
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This is Richard Mellon Scaife erasure
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Tim Nokken
@timnokken.bsky.social
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Imagine having 50 million to spend and deciding to give it to trump.
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