Corp America appears to have lied to the American people regarding their “suspension of campaign donations” to the Sedition Caucus, formerly known as the G-O-P.
The one year anniversary of the Jan6th Domestic Terror Attack. It appears Corporate America is fine with breaking their promise & continued campaign donation flow to 147 Sedition Caucus. Hypocrites
Full disclosure this particular article is the result of many hours of tedious and I mean tedious research. Nonetheless my motto has long been: facts and receipts demand individuals doing their level best to source original documents and cross reference various publicly available to substantiate said claims. I make no apologies for the level of detail contain herein. I noticed that the mainstream media actually stopped reporting on Corporate Americas decision that sedition, attempting to over throw a free and fair election. I also noticed that it appeared that public reporting by credentialed reporters/new organizations pretty much stopped after March 2021, with a rare exception in June 2021. And Yes LexisNexis is one helluva research tool because it allows researchers (like Moi) to hyper focus on extremely targeted research
Post Jan6th Domestic Terror attack, of which Trump & his surrogates incited…
…which ultimately lead to the deaths of eight Americans. Five of whom were law enforcement officers, four of whom later died by suicide. Almost immediately after the Jan6th Domestic Terror attack, Corporate America was forced to make a serious stand. That it is, Good Corporate Governance means you as a company do not support Domestic Terrorism. As that taint would likely harm your “brand”—But pouring tens of millions of dollars into the coffers of Donald Trump’s Party Of Domestic Terrorist Sympathizers. Clearly the GOP has full embrace Trump’s Big Lie, which nearly shattered our fragile democracy. And Corporate America is absolutely full of hypocrisy. Assholes did you not think folks would keep a keen eye on the FEC reports?
These are the 147 Domestic Terrorist Sympathizers formerly known as Republicans, who objected the Certification of the Electoral College, even after the Deadly Domestic Terror attack. I think it’s beyond appropriate to no longer call these 147 members of Congress “Republicans” no we should refer to the Republican National Committee, Senate Republicans and House Republicans as:
Trump’s party of Domestic Terrorist & Sympathizers
Because even after the deadly domestic terror attack these 147 members of Congress betrayed their oath of Office and became willing co-conspirators of Donald Trump coup. 5 U.S. Code § 3331 - Oath of office
…that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
In order to help you connect the dots, unless otherwise specified, I’ve taken the liberty of embedding each 2021/2022 cycle, FEC filings for the Sedition Caucus. I have always been a firm believer that any half way decent researcher should have zero issue with linking to publicly available documents. And I’ll never fully understand why some individuals get away with hoarding documents or only giving their followers scant screenshots of “their research” —I will continue to help my readers by proactively giving them easy access to public documents.
Notwithstanding it is long past time to grab corporate America by its wallets. Thus holding them accountable for their lies, broken public promises and other unseemly behavior. And to be clear, henceforth these 147 members of Congress should be known as the:
Sedition Senate Caucus
Ted Cruz (TX),
TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE FEC ID: C00779223
Note that Ted Cruz doesn’t have”friends of Ted Cruz” because that SOB has zero and I mean zero friends in the Senate. The Senate GOP barely tolerates Cruz and this is one of the primary reasons I’ll never live in Texas. And yes, I have immediate family that lives in Texas. Half the time I won’t claim them and the other half the time, they won’t claim me. Remember that random 2019 twitter thread that I created which was a direct text exchange with a few family members who finally had “enough” of Trump’s nonsense. They were (and still are) deeply embarrassed that they voted for Trump in 2016. They asked me to forgive their egregious mistake or momentary lapse in common sense. I accepted their apology with one non-negotiable caveat, they had to sign up at least 275 new voters and do phone banking & GOTV otherwise I told them -you are dead to me -lose my number or step up and help fix what you broke. To my surprise boy they did step up and my Texas family relationships are so much better.
Josh Hawley (MO),
JOSH HAWLEY COMMITTEE FEC ID: C00779223
Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS),
FRIENDS OF CINDY HYDE-SMITH FEC ID: C00705731
Cynthia Lummis (WY),
John Kennedy (LA),
Roger Marshall (KS),
Rick Scott (FL),
RICK SCOTT VICTORY FUND, FEC ID ID: C00676957
and TEAM RICK SCOTT, FEC ID: ID: C00692343
Tommy Tuberville (AL)
House Sedition Caucus formerly GOP
To be clear if you are going to do a thorough job researching the money flow then you also need to review the various “Friends of” and/or Victory Funds. Again this is how Corporate America tends to bury their donations and typically at least two or three PACs are utilized to make ‘following the money” somewhat more difficult because my educated guess is the vast majority of Americans do not fully understand how campaign finance works or the methods used to mix and blend donations.
House Sedition Caucus Members A thru C
Robert Aderholt (AL), Rick Allen (GA), Jodey Arrington (TX).
Brian Babin (TX) also see DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESS, Jim Baird (IN),
Jim Banks (IN), Cliff Bentz (OR), Jack (John)Bergman (MI),
Stephanie Bice (OK) BICE FOR CONGRESS (C00703843) *also see BICE FOR OK-05 (FEC ID C00702829),
Andy Biggs (AZ),
Dan Bishop (NC) *also see DAN BISHOP VICTORY COMMITTEE (FEC ID C00708560,
Lauren Boebert (CO), Mike Bost (IL)
Mo Brooks (AL) *also see MO BROOKS FOR SENATE (FEC ID C00464149) Ted Budd (NC)- that’s his Senate Campaign, Tim Burchett (TN), Michael Burgess (TX),
Ken Calvert (CA) Kat Cammack (FL),
Jerry Carl (AL) *also see JERRY CARL VICTORY COMMITTEE (FEC ID C00753400),
Buddy Carter (GA),
John Carter (TX) *also see COMMITTEE TO ELECT JOHNNY J CARTER (FEC ID C00438440) ,
Madison Cawthorn (NC),
Steve Chabot (OH) *also see COMMITTEE TO ELECT STEVEN J CHABOT (FEC ID C00290189),
Ben Cline (VA), Michael Cloud (TX), Andrew Clyde (GA), Tom Cole (OK), Rick Crawford (AR)
House - Sedition Caucus Members D thru F (to the U)
Warren Davidson (OH), Scott DesJarlais (TN),
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL) *also see LINCOLN AND MARIO DIAZ-BALART FLORIDA VICTORY COMMITTEE (FED ID C00450932),
Byron Donalds (FL) *also see BYRON DONALDS VICTORY FUND ( FEC ID C00760108) and FRIENDS OF BYRON DONALDS (FEC ID C00509877)
Jeff Duncan (SC), Neal Dunn (FL),
Ron Estes (KS) *also see RON ESTES FOR KANSAS (FEC ID C00680827), Pat Fallon (TX),
Michelle Fischbach (MN), FISCHBACH FOR CONGRESS (C00717959) & FISCHBACH FOR MN-07 (C00702688),
Scott Fitzgerald (WI), Chuck Fleischmann (TN), Virginia Foxx (NC), Scott Franklin (FL), Russ Fulcher (ID)
House Sedition Caucus Members G thru K:
Matt Gaetz (FL),
Mike Garcia (CA) *also see MIKE GARCIA VICTORY FUND (FEC ID C00752519),
Bob Gibbs (OH), Carlos Gimenez (FL), Louie Gohmert (TX), Bob Good (VA), Lance Gooden (TX), Paul Gosar (AZ),
Garret Graves (LA) *also see GARRET GRAVES VICTORY FUND (FEC ID C00635565)\
Sam Graves (MO) * also see SAM GRAVES VICTORY FUND (FEC ID C00588822) and SAM GRAVES LEADERSHIP FUND (FEC ID C00694992)
IMPORTANT; both of the aforementioned accounts are “joint fundraising accounts” and this is why I’m taking the time to embed each FEC Account because you need to know which campaigns are doing joint fundraisers and/or how Corporate America uses PACs via other PACs to blend money and then eventually funnel the money to the Sedition Caucus.
Mark Green (TN),
Marjorie Greene (GA) * also see MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S PEOPLE OVER POLITICIANS COMMITTEE FEC ID C00766774
Morgan Griffith (VA), Michael Guest (MS), Jim Hagedorn (MN), Andy Harris (MD),
Diana Harshbarger (TN), *also see 2ND TO NONE ANNA PAULINA LUNA, ALISCIA ANDREWS, AND DIANA HARSHBARGER VICTORY FUND FED ID C00761916
Vicky Hartzler (MO), * also see VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE FEC ID C00464602
Kevin Hern (OK),
Yvette Herrell (NM), also see YVETTE4CONGRESS (FEC ID C00655571)
and HERRELL FOR NM-02 (FEC ID C00702753))
Jody Hice (GA), also see JODY HICE FOR CONGRESS, INC (FEC ID C00544445) and JODY HICE FOR CONGRESS (FEC ID C00481150)
Clay Higgins (LA),
Richard Hudson (FEC ID C00504522 (NC), also see RICHARD HUDSON NORTH CAROLINA VICTORY COMMITTEE (FEC ID C00564526)
Darrell Issa (CA), DARRELL ISSA FOR CONGRESS (FEC ID C00721332) and DARRELL ISSA VICTORY FUND (FEC ID C00493528)
Ronny Jackson (TX), Chris Jacobs (NY),
Mike Johnson (LA), MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA (FEC ID C00608695), MIKE JOHNSON VICTORY (FEC ID C00628966)
Bill Johnson (OH) (FEC ID C00476820), also see BILL JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE (FEC ID C00424424)
Jim Jordan (OH), John Joyce (PA), Fred Keller (PA), Trent Kelly (MS), Mike Kelly (PA), David Kustoff (TN),
House Sedition Caucus Members L thru O
Doug LaMalfa (CA), Doug Lamborn (CO),
Jacob LaTurner (KS), KANSANS FOR LATURNER (FEC ID C00718346), also see LATURNER FOR SENATE (FEC ID C00693572) and LATURNER VICTORY FUND (FEC ID C00759233)
Debbie Lesko (AZ),
Billy Long (MO) also see BILLY LONG FOR SENATE (FEC ID C00460063)
Barry Loudermilk (GA), Frank Lucas (OK), LUCAS FOR CONGRESS (C00287912)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO), BLAINE FOR CONGRESS (C00458679) -also see BLAINE FOR CONGRESS 2008 (C00447748)
Nicole Malliotakis (NY), NICOLE FOR NEW YORK (C00694778) -also see MALLIOTAKIS FOR NY-11 (C00702787)
Tracey Mann (KS), Brian Mast (FL), Kevin McCarthy (CA), who’s currently sitting on $7,063,515.00 Cash on hand, Lisa McClain (MI), Daniel Meuser (PA), Mary Miller (IL), Carol Miller (WV), Alex Mooney (WV), Barry Moore (AL), Markwayne Mullin (OK), Gregory Murphy (NC),
Troy Nehls (TX), NEHLS FOR CONGRESS (C00730150) also see NEHLS FOR TX-22 (C00717777)
Ralph Norman (SC) see RALPH NORMAN FOR CONGRESS ( FEC ID C00633610), Devin Nunes (CA), Jay Obernolte (CA),
Burgess Owens (UT) see BURGESS 4 UTAH (FEC IF C00725853)
and OWENS FOR UT-04 (FEC ID C00702902)
Steven Palazzo (MS), Gary Palmer (AL),
Greg Pence FEC ID C00658401 (IN) 1 also see the joint fundraising campaign GREG PENCE VICTORY (FEC ID C00680769) hilariously it’s only raised $80,646.48
Scott Perry (PA), PATRIOTS FOR PERRY (FEC ID C00510164) clearly I’ve had a bee in my bonnet regarding Scott Perry (found here) if my recollection is accurate I believe on Jan6th I was like you need to keep an eye on Rep Scott (I love White Nationalist) Perry. Setting aside the fact that I’m an Army Brat (emphasis on brat) while I certainly respect his service in the US Army, what he and his co-conspirators did Nov 2020 thru January 2021 and over the entirety of 2021 completely disqualifies him both morally and ethically. Let me be crystal clear, some of us in DC actually know things, how things really work and what database to hunt down documents. That’s not a humble brag, that’s stating the facts.
November 2 & 9 , 2021 - a PITA twitter account
…was incessantly tweeting and linking to both the House and Senate History library as to help their followers/readers to truly understand the whole electoral college procedure, the Joint Session of Congress. And even though some tried the “both sides” argument — in the end January 6, 2021 should be forever known as the day that Donald J Trump not only radicalized thousands (I’d argue tens of millions) of Americans but then he was glued to his TV purportedly watching his Domestic Terrorist do exactly what Trump & his co-conspirators told them to do.
Just for kicks and giggles, let’s momentarily walk down the November 9, 2021 -twitter memory lane —nearly 15 months later and it’s the last tweet in this archived thread that still makes me chuckle. Apparently if I tweeted a cuss word, then the trolls, stalkers, MAGA & Blue QANON would mass report my account. How very pedestrian and predictable of them, So I figured out that if you string a bunch of curse words it confused Twitter’s auto-pilot algorithm <insert ear to ear grin>
And I am pretty sure my track record is pretty rock solid. From time to time the previous predictions (usually buttressed will a plethora of original documents) eventually did in fact come to fruition. In November 2020 I remember various Twitter threads, where I told my followers; Rep Scott Perry is a POS and he was putting people and pieces in play. For Example on November 2, 2020 I took a lot of Twitter hate for this thread. Which was then quickly followed up with additional sourced to the teeth threads. At the time the Twitter hate didn’t really bother me because anyone with a pulse in DC could see the writing on the wall. Coupled with the fact I had conducted a deep dive in researching policies and protocols. Now imagine what my research looks like if I’m being paid. Weird it’s almost like I’m parlaying my professional & unique skill set On November 2, 2020 I tried to inform my followers what Trump’s play would be, see archive of textunroll where I literally tweeted & included a crushing amount of documents to support my primary assertions:
Trump would file numerous frivolous lawsuits in specific states.
Trump would then apply “maximum pressure” to specific Republican controlled state legislatures to coerce specific States to throw out the Electors by the night of December 13, 2020
Trump would then use the Joint Session to blow up the certification of the ballots from the Electoral College
And then declare himself the winner
Because that’s how most narcissist sociopaths operate, it’s never about the Country or for the greater good, it’s always about the narcissist undying thirst to hold on to power. By any means necessary.
In November of 2020 I was purposeful and emphatic with my threads. This was based on a lot of research, which included the 64+ lawsuits. At the close of the dozen or so threads I created -I actually stated unequivocally that I did not want to be right. Because being factual and speaking/tweeting in a matter of fact way -albeit my assertiveness can come off as super brutal but that my intent has always been to help my followers/readers understand the variables and potential outcomes.
But at the end of the day Twitter’s disquiet seems to utterly drown out those who have the facts and documents to support said assertions. But cutting through the Blue QANON and QANON is often a exercise in futility.
House Sedition Caucus Members P thru Z
In the interest of time -I am not linking the FEC filed to to these House Sedition Caucus Members P thru Z. Mainly because I’m running on fumes given the heavy research lift this article required - but you can also run the same FEC queries: https://www.fec.gov
August Pfluger (TX), Bill Posey (FL), Guy Reschenthaler (PA), Tom Rice (SC), Mike Rogers (AL), Hal Rogers (KY), John Rose (TN), Matt Rosendale (MT), David Rouzer (NC), John Rutherford (FL), Steve Scalise (LA), David Schweikert (AZ), Pete Sessions (TX), Jason Smith (MO), Adrian Smith (NE), Lloyd Smucker (PA), Elise Stefanik (NY), Greg Steube (FL), Chris Stewart (UT), Glenn Thompson (PA), Tom Tiffany (WI), William Timmons (SC), Jefferson Van Drew (NJ), Beth Van Duyne (TX), Tim Walberg (MI), Jackie Walorski (IN), Randy Weber (TX), Daniel Webster (FL), Roger Williams (TX), Joe Wilson (SC), Rob Wittman (VA), Ron Wright (TX) and Lee Zeldin (NY)
Dear Kevin QANON McCarthy…
To be clear prior to the deadly Jan6th attack —it was widely reported that 14 Senators and 140 House of Representatives. Meaning numerous news outlets reported; 154 “Congressional Republicans” vocalized their intentions of objecting to the Jan6th certification. Meaning the 147 Sedition Caucasus resulted in at least seven changing their minds. The bigger issue here is the leadership, specifically Kevin “QANON” McCarthy held his seditious house caucus together. Whereas in the Senate, at least a few senators grew a conscious and did not object to the certification.
Whispers GSA Emily is screwed and I mean screwed. Because of her Trumpian “ascertainment” stance this actually serverly handicapped the incoming Biden Administration. On information and belief I am certain the House Select Committee has GSA Emily in their crosshairs. And that warms my otherwise cold heart.
Notwithstanding the Republican National Committee, especially the House Republicans ongoing attacks on our Democracy, are not only antithetical to real American values, but they are dangerous and are incompatible with our form of Self Governance. Moreover do you know what’s actually patriotic?
Accepting that you (or your party) lost in a free and fair election. And then enduring that the peaceful transition of power (I think a lot of Americans took that for granted)… and then ensuring the new administration has all the necessary and available resources for a “smooth transition” —incidentally I’m old enough to remember various media reports of the out going administration’s sophomoric behavior, like break certain keys off the keyboard.
Whereas in the Senate, at least a few senators grew a conscious and did not object to the certification. Notwithstanding the Republican National Committee, especially the House Republicans ongoing and protracted attacks on our Democracy;
Being a patriotic member of Congress means you actually take your oath of office with the solemnity and gravity bestowed upon you.
Being a true patriotic American also means that you accept the 2020 Election was a free and fair election.
Being a patriotic American means you have the balls to stand up for our Constitution, which requires you to not only support and defend our Constitution, from all enemies…foreign and domestic
What unpatriotic, denying Jan6th was a Deadly Domestic Terror Attack.
…by any measure of common sense and human decency, and thusly should forever disqualify each of the 147 members of the Sedition Caucus from ever holding elected office or holding a position of trust. The 147 Seditious members of Congress have spent a better part of a year not only attempting to white-wash the indelible stain Jan6th has left on our fragile democracy. These so called “patriots” have attempted to lay blame at anyone’s foot other than Donald J Trump. They have spent the past year “downplaying the gravity and enormity of Jan6th” and that alone should be an absolute disqualification. And yet the vast majority of the mainstream media continues to call Jan6th a “riot” -no Jan6th was a deadly domestic terror attack that took the lives of eight Americans. You can not wash that original sin away. And the American people need to hold all 147 members accountable for their cowardly, unpatriotic and deleterious complete abdication of their “oath of office” -which now brings us to holding Corporate America accountable for the promises they broke. They never actually turned off the campaign spigot. Conversely it’s almost unfathomable that a byproduct of Trump’s radicalization that some companies have decided to no longer donate to any party. Which means Congressional Democrats have and are continuing to suffer the loss of Corporate America’s campaign donations because they upheld their oath of office… see February 2021 CNN Tracking data
Corporate America’s post Jan6th decides to suspend donations. Psyche just kidding we lied.
It’s almost as if Corporate America’s public relations strategy was to come out. swiftly and forcefully rebuked Trump’s Domestic Terrorist. But after the dust settled it turns out Corporate America thought the General Electorate would some how forget the promise they made to essentially cut off all future campaign donations.. For example:
Approximately 36 Companies publicly stated that future campaign donations for the 147 members of the Sedition Caucus.
Whereas nearly 73 companies stated that they plan to stop donating to “all federal candidates”.
On January 11, 2021 AT & T released this public statement concerning Jan6th and the future campaign donations for the Sedition Caucus (formerly known as the GOP). As much as I want to give the majority of companies that made public proclamations that they would “indefinitely suspend campaign donations to those who objected to the Jan6th Certification” -after taking about 96 hours of tedious research and cross checking and then quadruple checking…
…it turns out that AT & T is full of baloney
AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERALPOLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) FEC ID C00109017
As you’ll note AT & T /Time Warner’s statement offers zero ambiguity, they made the decision to suspend campaign donations “indefinitely” —Apparently AT & T’s idea of “indefinitely” meant AT & T suspended campaign contributions for a mere 41 days. YES a mere 41 days. And now I can with zero doubt prove my assertion that AT & T is full of baloney:
AT & T PAC on February 15, 2021 a $5,000.00 donation made to HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND (FEC ID C00326439) yes the House Conservative Fund which all 133 House Sedition Caucus are the beneficiaries of that fund. More galling is this purported leadership PAC tied directly to Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.
Click here for a recent FEC Report concerning AT & T/Time-Warner PAC’s political donations made after Jan6th.
To be fair and intellectually honest - AT & T/Time Warner made several large donations mainly to democrats, thus far in the 2021/2022 election cycle, see FEC report
turns out that Comcast is also full of rancid baloney
…the preliminary FEC data shows that since their January 2021 public promise to “indefinitely suspended campaign donations to the 147 Sedition Caucus members who voted to object to the Jan6th Electoral College certification. They in fact gave tens of millions to the Sedition Caucus…
There’s a difference in making a public proclamation that numerous Fortune 500 companies made in the aftermath of the Jan6th Deadly Domestic Terror Attack, on or about January 12, 2021 Comcast announced that they would also suspend campaign contributions to those who objected to the certification, and that suspension would be indefinite. Also to be clear Comcast is part of the media giant conglomerate under the NBC Universal Corporate umbrella.
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEC ID: C00248716
From January 2021 thru November 30, 2021 Comcast/NBCU raised $$75,086,187.11
The disbursements to: NRSC (Senate Republican/Seditionist) FEC ID #C00027466
May 17, 2021 Comcast made a $15,000.00 donation to NRSC
May 17, 2021 Comcast made a 2nd $15,000.00 donation to NRSC
Fun Fact: if you click on the NRSC WinRed (main) fundraising page, note how the NRSC main page hilariously crops out Trump’s face. To be fair at first I thought that it might be a browser issue, so I used both a VPN, 2 tablets, 2 smartphones and then a laptop. To ensure what I was observing was correct, I also cleared out my cache and cookies. And sure enough it wasn’t a fluke and I don’t know why but seeing Trump’s likeness cropped out made my actually laugh out loud…
LEIDOS INC. PAC also full of baloney
I mean look at their FEC Reports -they also reneged on their promise to suspend any and all donations to the Sedition Caucus
And let’s not forget about the largest Defense Contractors. Many of whom previously released public statements condemning the violence of Jan6th and went on to make a public pledge to suspend any and all campaign contributions to the 147 members of the sedition caucus to the tune of dozens of contributions in excess of $100K+
American Express’ CEO released this statement on Jan6th, and on January 11, 2021 AmEx released this public statement to major news organizations that it decided to paused campaign donations. Well that public declaration lasted all but less than 90 days. On April 19, 2021 AmEx PAC FEC ID: C00040535 donated $2,500
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC FEC ID: C00164145 (full disclosure I’ve been a USAA member for most of my adult life, they are an excellent insurance company and really are without equal) but it is entirely disappointing to review. For Example USAA-PAC donated to Rep Chip Roy
Lockheed Martin (FEC ID #C00303024) initially informed shareholders and the general public that the Company made the decision to suspend any and all campaign contributions, largely targeted towards numerous members of Congress that formally “objected” to the Jan6th certification. In 31 contributions - the November 2021 FEC report indicates that Lockheed Martin’s PAC made disbursements in excess of $1,188,500.00
On January 3, 2022 CREW published an in-depth dive into Corporate America’s hypocrisy. The playbook is very simple:
First- publicly state outrage over the deadly Jan6th Domestic Terror Attack
Second- which can only be described as a public promise that XYZ corporation and/or Corporation PAC would suspend donations to members of Congress that objected to the Certification of the Electoral College
Third - when a few weeks (or a few months) pass then the Corporate entities and/or their PACS, reverse course and quietly break their public promise because from a PR standpoint “enough time has passed” and no one really cares about previous public pledges.
Forth: Wash, Rinse, and Repeat
source: C.R.E.W. January 3, 2022 Report
…including $2,381,250 directly to members of the Sedition Caucus’s campaigns and leadership PACs…
As previously mentioned CREW’s recent in-depth analysis, which is an pretty remarkable feat of investigative journalism, the Report states in part:
Since the insurrection, 717 corporations and industry groups have donated over $18 million to 143 of the 147 members of Congress who objected to the results of the 2020 presidential election, as well as the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Companies that pledged to stop or pause their political giving to these members have contributed a total of $4,785,000 to insurrectionist political groups, including $2,381,250 directly to members of the Sedition Caucus’s campaigns and leadership PACs.
Aflac, Ford Motors, and Valero Energy full of hypocrisy too…
In CREW’s meticulous analysis -it affirms what I think many Americans thought at the time: the outrage while it might have been real (at the time) it was a matter of weeks (and in some cases months) Corporate America turned the campaign donation spigot on, arguably at full blast. For Example:
…corporations rushed to pay lip service to democracy. Companies including Aflac, Ford Motors, and Valero Energy pledged to pause donations and re-evaluate their giving criteria, but these performative statements would soon give way to business as usual.
These three companies have contributed more than $300,000 to seditionists, including lawmakers who sit on committees with power over the companies’ business interests.
The newly published C.R.E.W. report also details the following subset of data and to be clear it is absolutely infuriating that these Companies, some of which are iconic to America, literally lied to all of us. They never actually paused or indefinitely suspended campaign donations to the 147 Members of the Sedition Caucuses.
Home Depot, JP Morgan, Delta Airlines, UPS, and many others issued statements, speaking out against new voting laws in Georgia as racist, while hundreds of other companies — including American Airlines, Ford, General Motors, and Johnson & Johnson — signed a full page New York Times ad, condemning discriminatory voting legislation being passed nationwide. Despite taking pro-democracy stances in public, many of these companies have continued to fund members of Congress who voted against a free and fair election.
And your daily saltwater therapy…
Also to set your expectations I most likely will not publish an article tomorrow because we are going to be traveling back to DC area. But I was summoned to the State Capitol for an “emergency meeting” (insert headache inducing eye-roll) and that unfortunately can not occur virtually. I even told my client and employer that I currently have 2 members of my immediate household that recently tested positive for COVID-19. And yes they are fully vaccinated and one had a booster… but I’ve still been summoned because apparently only I “can solve the language issue” ←God it’s like Groundhog Day. Because I was like wait this issue was resolved with Committee Chairman (name redacted) withdrew his pre-filed amendment. However, when a client & employer makes demands, then I take on the mantra “embrace the suck, it’s only 7 weeks left”
Again I am totally owning that I am not at all cut out to be a home nurse. Apparently I lack the prerequisite gentle bedside manner and nursing a man-child is not fun, for him or me. The last booster laid him out but then we received a telephone call (yay contract tracing) that we had been exposed and we needed to quarantine and get a PCR test. Only problem is the hospital on the island is only testing people who are “showing severe symptoms” —thankfully they are only presenting mild symptoms. But out of an abundance of caution that’s why we extended our stay
Be Well. Be Happy. And FFS be informed or I will reach through the internet and shake some common sense in to you -in my head I literally had Mr T’s “I pity the fool” running on loop.
-Filey
I am certain Sunday supper and the holidays at the Pence home were slightly uncomfortable. After all “hang mike pence” was the chant by the Trump Domestic Terrorist. Then Vice President Pence with his family in tow narrowly escaped being trapped in the Senate Chamber as Trump’s Domestic Terrorist went hunting for lawmakers. Even after the deadly Domestic Terror Attack, Mike Pence’s own brother Rep George Pence voted to object to the certification -you can read more via HuffPost
You ROCK. Snowstorms, corporate greed, obfuscation... nothin' stops FILE411!! BRAVA!!
Lip service is, apparently, enough for many corporations. May they run from the light shone upon them.
Re: "facts and receipts demand individuals doing their level best to source original documents and cross reference various publicly available to substantiate said claims"
So proud to know someone who is so dedicated to democracy and serious about research. Thank you for all you do, Mic.