STEALING FROM #MAGA

How #Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations

Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions.

Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared.

#MOG

nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/…
A 63-year-old battling cancer from #Kansas making less than $1,000 per month donated $500

That single contribution — federal records show it was his first ever — quickly multiplied.

Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through October
Payments kept passing Until Mr. Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen.

When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell, for help.
SCAMMED

What the Blatts soon discovered was $3,000 in withdrawals by the Trump campaign in less than 30 days. They called their bank and said they thought they were victims of fraud.
“It felt,” Russell said, “like it was a scam.”
Facing a cash crunch and getting badly outspent by the Democrats, the campaign had begun last September to set up recurring donations by default for online donors, for every week until the election.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Michael O'Grady

Michael O'Grady Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @mog7546

5 Apr
Democrats Unveil #VoterEmpowermentAct Written By The Late #JohnLewis

The Bill ensures equal access to the ballot for all Americans and protects voting rights.

The Bill is necessary because of #GOP voter suppression and gerrymandering

#MOG
politicususa.com/2021/04/05/dem…
Ensure Access to the Ballot

– Modernize the voter registration system
– Ensure access to online voter registration
– Ensure ballots are counted from military or overseas
– Allow same day registration
– Notify voters of voting changes
– Encourage youth to become voters...

#MOG
Preserve Integrity in Voting Systems

– Provide informed and reliable poll workers
– Count all provisional ballots
– Prohibit voter caging
– Protect voters from deceptive practices and intimidation

#MOG
Read 4 tweets
5 Apr
REPUBLICAN LIE EXPOSED TO BE FALSE

Corporate Rate Increase Would Make Taxes Fairer, Help Fund Equitable Recovery

Report Shows Raising Taxes On Corporations Will NOT Slow Recovery

#GOPCorruption

#MOG
cbpp.org/research/feder…
1) Raising taxes on corporations would make the tax code more progressive while helping to generate the revenue needed to help finance investments that would promote an equitable recovery

#MOG
2) The dramatic corporate tax cuts of 2017 provided few benefits to the economy in general and to low- and middle-income households

3) Raising corporate taxes by a modest amount will not undermine the economic recovery and, in fact... make the economy stronger

#MOG
Read 5 tweets
5 Apr
Why aren't we calling the Capitol attack an act of TREASON?

That was treason according to the founding fathers, #Larson wrote

But in the three months since 6 January, however, there has been little public discussion of “treason”

#CapitolCoup

#MOG theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a…
WHY NOT TREASON?

Federal prosecutors have brought cases against +300 people allegedly involved in the Capitol insurrection.

So far, many of the rioters have been charged with lower-level offenses, like “disorderly and disruptive conduct...

WHY?

#MO
TREASON is defined in the US constitution as “levying war” against the United States, or “adhering” to the enemies of the #US and “giving them aid and comfort”.

The framers had in mind “men gathering with guns, forming an army, and marching on the seat of government”

#MOG Image
Read 5 tweets
4 Apr
Biden Steps Up Federal Efforts to Combat Domestic Extremism

The administration has taken a series of steps to prioritize dealing with white supremacists and militias, especially after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

#MOG
nytimes.com/2021/04/04/us/…
The Homeland Security Department has begun a review of how it handles domestic extremism.

For the first time this year, the department designated domestic extremism as a “national priority area,” requiring that 7.5 percent of the billions in grant funds be spent on combating it.
Biden bolstered a team focusing on domestic extremism at the National Security Council that had been depleted in the past four years, assigning officials from the Justice Department, the F.B.I. and the National Counterterrorism Center,
Read 4 tweets
4 Apr
#Dominion: will one Canadian company bring down Trump's disinformation?

They filed a $1.6bn defamation suit against #Murdoch’s #FoxNews, accusing it of trying to boost ratings by amplifying LIES.

“The truth matters,” Dominion’s lawyers wrote

#MOG theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a…
“Lies have consequences”

#Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process. If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does.

#MOG
“Radioactive falsehoods” spread by #FoxNews will cost #DominionVotingSystems $600m over the next eight years, according to the lawsuit, and have resulted in Dominion employees being harassed and the company losing major contracts in Georgia and Louisiana.

#MOG Image
Read 4 tweets
1 Mar
Stunning new allegations further connect #Trump to Russian mobsters and oligarchs | New Lawsuit #FelixSater

Stolen money amounting to $440 million was invested in America and run through trust funds maintained by Moses & Singer.

#MOG
rawstory.com/trump-sater/
The documents alleging #FelixSater's illicit conduct are listed in the lawsuit brought by the city of Almaty, the capital of #Kazakhstan, and the looted #BTABank in that city.

Some of the $440 million was intended to finance a #TrumpTowerMoscow, court papers show.

#MOG
The Almaty plaintiffs describe a farflung scheme to hide much of the stolen money in America using Sater, a violent felon and stock swindler, and #RobertWolf, a Moses & Singer partner

Wolf asked DCReport to delay the publication of this article so that he could prepare responses
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!