Summary:
President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum Thursday aimed at investigating ActBlue, the leading Democratic fundraising platform.
The memorandum directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to “investigate allegations regarding the unlawful use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw’ or ‘dummy’ contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees, and to take appropriate action to enforce the law."
It specifically names ActBlue as an online fundraising platform being used “to improperly influence American elections.”
A White House document accompanying the memo also suggested that ActBlue accepts donations in which donors evade federal limitations by breaking their contributions down into smaller ones and attributing them to numerous people.
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A spokesperson for ActBlue called Trump’s move a “brazen attack on democracy in America.”
“Today’s escalation by the White House is blatantly unlawful and needs to be seen for what it is: Donald Trump’s latest front in his campaign to stamp out all political, electoral and ideological opposition. This Administration continues to weaponize the instruments of federal power in an unprecedented assault on our democracy,” the statement read, calling the administration’s claims against it “baseless.”
The spokesperson added that ActBlue plans to challenge the directive in court.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the executive memorandum.
ActBlue is the primary fundraising tool for Democratic candidates and, in many cases, the default donation option on Democratic campaign websites. It is widely considered one of the pillars of the party’s digital ecosystem.
Not okay when candidates are being funded my the masses in small donations, but sure let’s turn a blind eye to spacex Donating millions, musk personally donating millions, and on and on. Outrageous.
A White House document accompanying the memo also suggested that ActBlue accepts donations in which donors evade federal limitations by breaking their contributions down into smaller ones and attributing them to numerous people.
Have we forgotten Mafia Don Mangolini’s years long and ongoing (?) many-times-per-day fundraising Emails directing to an online presence to accept “smaller (donations) attributing them to numerous people”…??
Something seems similar here.
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I mean, unironically.
ActBlue is hardly democratic. It heavily favors candidates who can capture the attention and sympathy of the professional classes, particularly on heavily curated corporate dominated social media networks.
But it’s still far too democratic for the current administration. So it’s got to go.
This is just The K-Street Project for social media. Cut Dems off from the money so they can’t compete in a for profit media marketplace. Then railroad them with negative campaigning while they’re budgetarily on mute.
They’re trying to get ahold of their donors list to come after those who used act blue to support Harris and Biden
“We did things this way, therefore Democrats must be, too” - the furthest any Republican has thought about this.
Imagine if Biden did this to the GOP…Fox would lose its collective mind.
I don’t trust a single word out of any GOP members mouth. Lying is the norm with them. They’re hypocrites in every sense of the word.
Where are the protests calling Genocide Donald?
Oh those paid shills from before the election? They’re employed by Putin so they’re probably still in Russia
I wonder if the Democrats will wake the fuck up now.
I doubt it.
They’ll go penniless and quiet, well Schumer might be crying some fake tears, but otherwise pretty smoothly.
FDT.
SDT
I don’t know that one 😅
