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5 Oct, 6 tweets, 5 min read
Political contributions From Facebook's top brass exceed $3.9 million

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@Forbes .@Facebook lists 24 executives on its website.

21 of them have donated to US political campaigns.

The contributions total $3.9 million.

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@Forbes @Facebook All told, Facebook's senior leaders have handed out 1,700 contributions to political committees.

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@Forbes @Facebook More than 1,000 of Facebook execs' political donations— totaling $620,000—went to Facebook's PAC.

The PAC has, in turn, donated $2.7 million to various candidates and committees—including many that help elect the lawmakers overseeing the company.

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@Forbes @Facebook For example, @Facebook's PAC has contributed to 11 of the 12 senators Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will testify before this morning.

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@Forbes @Facebook Subscribers to @Forbes Checks & Imbalances got an early look at Facebook execs' campaign donations, delivered to their inbox.

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5 Oct
A Facebook whistleblower is about to testify before a Senate subcommittee on protecting kids online.

11 of the panel's 12 members have accepted political contributions from @Facebook.

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@Facebook Watch Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testify before the Senate subcommittee here:

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@Facebook Subcommittee chair @SenBlumenthal (D-Conn.) is giving his opening remarks at today's Facebook hearing.

Blumenthal has accepted $15,000 in political donations from Facebook.

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25 Sep
Democrat on powerful House Ways and Means Committee apparently violated stock-trade rules

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@Forbes Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) disclosed more than $6 million in trades going back to January 2017 in a disclosure filed this week.

The STOCK Act requires lawmakers report securities transactions with 45 days.

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The day before @RepTomSuozzi disclosed four years of stock trades, @CampaignLegal filed a complaint with the House Office of Congressional Ethics over his non-compliance.

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16 Sep
A Florida GOP group fights against vaccine mandates and for election integrity.

It just told the FEC it might miss a campaign-filing deadline because its bookkeeper died from Covid-19.

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@Forbes The Hillsborough County Republican Party Executive Committee's @Facebook page rails against mask mandates, vaccine requirements, and lockdowns.

And it is very much concerned with election integrity.

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@Forbes @Facebook On Tuesday though, Tampa-arae GOP group told the Federal Election Commission that it may miss the next filing deadline, because its bookkeeper died from Covid-19 and no one else knows how to use the software.

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14 Sep
New: Why Rep. Ilhan Omar’s book deal hasn’t appeared on her financial disclosures—

She hasn't made any money from it, according to her agent.

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@Forbes Around the time Rep. @Ilhan (D-Minn.) entered Congress in 2019, she signed a book deal in the $100,000 to $250,000 range, reported @raquelita for @Forbes.

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@Forbes @Ilhan Yet Ilhan Omar's financial disclosures for 2018, 2019, and 2020 made no mention of the book deal—no advance, no royalties, no contract.

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27 Aug
Last night I was banned for life from the Trump Hotel DC.

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It was my first (and apparently) last time getting kicked out of the Trump Hotel DC. 2/

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While the ejection itself wasn't much of a surprise, the timing was.

I hadn't been to the Trump Hotel DC since March 2020. (Posts on social media showed it wasn't strict about enforcing Covid protocols). 3/

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20 Aug
Facing investigation over stock trades, Sen. Richard Burr received money for defense from 37 other lawmakers

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@Forbes Lawmakers and their PACs have kicked in $280,000 to @SenatorBurr's legal defense fund, according to disclosures @Forbes recently obtained.

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@Forbes @SenatorBurr Three Democrats are among the lawmakers who donated to Richard Burr's defense fund:

💰 Joe Manchin
💰 Krysten Sinema
💰 Mark Warner—who cut a personal check for $5,000

Independent Angus King also donated $5,000 from his personal account.

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