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@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 Thom #UpForReelectionIn2020 Tillis <thread>:
1/ Raw Story⤴️ links to both WaPo & NYT, Sep 6 2020. NYT:
"Mr DeJoy’s wife, Dr Aldona Wos, was...vice chairwoman of Mr. Bush’s NC fund-raising team...later appointed...to serve as the ambassador to Estonia🇪🇪."
@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 2/ "[O]ver a dozen management-level employees at New Breed would routinely donate to the same candidate on the same day, often writing checks for an identical amount of money." (con't)
nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/…
@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 3/ ...One day in October 2014, for example, 20 midlevel and senior officials at the company donated a total of $37,600 to the campaign of Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, who was running to unseat a Democratic incumbent." (more...)
@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 4/ Tillis' margin of victory over incumbent Kay Hagan in 2014 was 48,511 votes.😠The good news is that Tillis up for re-election in 2020, so NC can cast their ballots for @CalforNC. #VoteTillisOut (more...) @Ex67T20
nytimes.com/elections/2014…
@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 @CalforNC @Ex67T20 5/ In July 2018, @mikespiesnyc uncovered the link between OnMessage (an apparently legitimate media firm) and Starboard Strategic, an obvious shell company to funnel NRA money to GOP candidates. (more...)
politico.com/magazine/story…
@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 @CalforNC @Ex67T20 @mikespiesnyc 6/ In 2014, Tillis paid OnMessage $784K. NRA paid (shell company) Starboard Strategic $682K. The actual media work was for Tillis was apparently done by OnMessage (i.e., Starboard Strategic funneled NRA $ to OnMessage for Tillis' advertising). more...
@mog7546 @ThomasS4217 @CalforNC @Ex67T20 @mikespiesnyc 7/ Recap thread of Jul 13, 2018 Politico article:
"The 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled in May [2018] 'using the name of a shell company to report the recipient of money spent by a political committee could violate a criminal statute...⤵️ /end
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@LpVotebiden2020 @BaddCompani @parscale Sep 7, 2020:💸
1/ "Of the $1.1 billion his 👉campaign and the party👈 raised from the beginning of 2019 through July, more than $800 million has already been spent. Now some people inside the campaign are forecasting... (con't) h/t @Agenthades1
@LpVotebiden2020 @BaddCompani @parscale @Agenthades1 2/ ...with less than 60 days until the election, according to Republican officials briefed on the matter."
"The campaign hired a coterie of highly paid consultants (Mr. Trump’s former bodyguard and White House aide has been paid more than $500,000 by the R.N.C. since late 2017);
@LpVotebiden2020 @BaddCompani @parscale @Agenthades1 3/ ...spent $156,000 for planes to pull aerial banners in recent months; and paid nearly $110,000 to Yondr, a company that makes magnetic pouches used to store cellphones during fund-raisers so that donors could not secretly record Mr. Trump and leak his remarks." (more...)
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@ZevShalev 1/ Just what every Postmaster General needs...a 24-carat gold staircase. Absolutely obscene. Think of slave-conditions required to mine, process, deliver that gold to Greensboro. #LetThemEatCake
Did Senate confirm DeJoy? Unable to verify yes or no. (more)
@ZevShalev 2/ Wikipedia:
"The postmaster general is now appointed by 9 'governors', appointed by the president w/the advice and consent of the Senate"
Senate approved all 6 USPSBOG members, most recent confirmations in Jun 2020.
footnote 3, p 73 of PDF: (more...)
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@ZevShalev 3/ #CommanderInCheat had opportunity to shape USPSBOG to his liking because as of Dec 2016, there were exactly zero board members. A single Senator held up confirmation hearings for President Obama's 5 nominees. (more) h/t @clearing_fog
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@GuadalahonkyToo @clearing_fog <Thread>:
1/ Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is the focus of well-deserved rage, but USPS Board of Governors needs to be examined w/the heat of ten thousand suns.
May 6, 2020:
"The Board of Governors of the USPS today announced its unanimous selection...
about.usps.com/newsroom/natio…
@GuadalahonkyToo @clearing_fog 2/ ...of Louis DeJoy to serve as the 75th Postmaster General of the United States and Chief Executive Officer of the world’s largest postal organization."
"DeJoy spent decades in 👉collaboration with the U.S. Postal Service👈... (con't)
@GuadalahonkyToo @clearing_fog 3/ ...Boeing, Verizon, Disney, United Technologies & other public & private companies to provide supply chain logistics, program management & transportation support. He is expected to begin serving in his new role effective Jun 15."
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