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Dot.@feddit.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

'This election is different.' Bill Gates makes secret donation to Kamala Harris' campaign.

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'This election is different.' Bill Gates makes secret donation to Kamala Harris' campaign.

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Dot.@feddit.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago
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  • Rikudou_SageA
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    Hmm, seems like my definition of “secret” is way different than Bill Gates’.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Glad he donated it… but it shouldn’t be legal in the first place to anonymously donate large sums of money to political campaigns.

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        Donating large sums, itself, should not be legal.

        • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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          I feel like a cap on how much campaigns are allowed to spend would be easier to enforce

          • foggy@lemmy.world
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            Damn could you imagine if the budget was like, $15k?

            And like, everyone had a shot?

          • xtr0n@sh.itjust.works
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            Not with the current Supreme Court 😡

  • Jolly Platypus@lemm.ee
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    We need public funding of elections.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      deleted by creator

      • BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca
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        Sounds objectively better than the current system where the weirdos get funded by billionaires and legitimized far more than the litany of normal candidates

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    Dear Bill,

    Please accept the following secret message: “That’s not how secrets work.”

    All the best,
    Enkers

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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      Did you forget to type anything in your comment? It’s just blank.

      • Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It says:

        Dear Bill,

        Please accept the following secret message:

        All the best,
        Enkers

        • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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          Here is what you posted:

          It says:

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    Bill Gates after reading this, “Its not secret anymore!”

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    How courageous of him…

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    Doesn’t sound very secret

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    Shhh, no one tell, ok?

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    Huh, does this RBC Ukraine publication have any connection to RBC.ru? My disinformation senses are starting to tingle (although it seems like basically all the factual claims they’re making have been backed up by other reporting).

    e; turns out they broke away over a decade ago and had to fight their former owners in court, so they seem pretty independent of RBC .ru

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      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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        Founded in 2006 as a division of the Russian media holding RBC Group (abbreviation for “RosBusinessConsulting”), but in 2010, the agency “RBC-Ukraine” left the composition of the Russian holding, and in 2015, it completely came under the control of Ukrainian media businessman Yosyp Pintus. On January 29, 2016, the Russian holding “RBC” tried to challenge the use of the “RBC” brand in court, but lost the case

        [Bolding added]

        Good to know, thank you! Relatedly, I feel like a dummy for not thinking to check Wikipedia first

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    it’s not impossible to imagine that he donated in both directions.

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      Given everything we know about Bill Gates, his support of Trump would be extraordinarily unlikely.

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        They were both friends of Epstein weren’t they?

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    The news source of this post could not be identified. Please check the source yourself. Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

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