I hope the focus on Mark Zuckerberg's efforts to ingratiate himself and his company with the far right will lead to more scrutiny of Facebook's political giving. A short thread of threads to make that easier for journalists:
In June 2019, Facebook gave to Ben Sasse, Doug Collins, Elise Stefanik, Jim Risch, Kevin McCarthy, Adam Kinzinger, Mitch McConnell, Mike Crapo, David Perdue, Mike Johnson, John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Roger Wicker
Facebook tends to skip months. In March 2019, they gave to Mitch McConnell, John Barasso, Bill "same-sex marriage undermines the integrity of the American family" Johnson, the NRCC, and Steve Daines, a major travel ban proponent.
In September 2018, Facebook donated to Susan Collins, Tom Cotton, the Hawkeye PAC (which donates to Steve King), Mimi Walters, and Bradley Byrne (who endorsed Roy Moore)
In August 2018, Facebook gave a maximum donation to the NRCC, along with climate change denialist Roger Wicker, and the scary "Responsibility and Freedom Work PAC"
The cherry on top of the sundae of Facebook's political giving will always be their donation to Devin Nunes in the middle of his efforts to dismantle the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian electoral interference
The fact that at least one donation to Nunes was signed by Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer is one of the greatest gifts 2017 gave to future historians, if there are any
Let's remember too that Facebook's vice president of public policy, who flew to D.C. to attend the hearings, hosted a party for his friend Brett Kavanaugh after his confirmation to the Supreme Court thehill.com/policy/technol…
Facebook has been a CPAC sponsor and for the last two years had a booth, which included a virtual reality game where you get to shoot up a train station. thewrap.com/facebook-pulls…
And in conclusion, Peter Thiel.
Adding a thread on Facebook's September 2019 donations to this thread of threads:
