Despite a history of decrying dark money, Harris is now reaping the rewards of big, secret political donations.
  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    This is one reason why I don’t think I could ever be president. Or in politics in general. Making ethical compromises almost becomes a necessity. At the minimum, you’ll inevitably find yourself having to make decisions that involve choosing from a list of bad options. I have a hard enough time doing that in my personal life, much less for an entire country.

  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
    95·
    2 months ago

    The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision — a development decades in the making — triggered the flood of dark money by ruling that politically active nonprofits such as 501©(4) “social welfare” organizations can spend unlimited amounts to influence elections. Such nonprofits are considered “dark” because they don’t have to disclose their donors, allowing them to bombard Americans with political ads and messages without revealing the identities or motives of the people funding them.

    Both parties have come to rely on dark money, but critics say such behavior from Democrats is especially hypocritical. The party has repeatedly introduced legislation to stop anonymous political donations, including a 2019 bill co-sponsored by Harris, and its 2024 platform pledged to “end ‘dark money’ by requiring full disclosure of contributors and ban 501©(4) organizations from spending on elections.”

    • enkers@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      2 months ago

      Money is kinda important when running a political campaign. Now that the floodgates are open, it’d be shooting yourself in the foot not to use it, even if it’s not the “right thing to do”. Is it somewhat ironic that one needs to accept dark money to have a chance at ending it? Absolutely. But that’s simply the reality of the situation now.

      How about we save the cries of “Hypocrite!” until she has the opportunity to end it, yet still doesn’t.

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    Embraced by the people who laid the ground for Project 2025 and Dick Cheney. Taking Dark Money. “Joy.” 🙄

    • dugmeup@lemmy.world
      103·
      2 months ago

      Because people don’t understand the news is the news.

      Thanks for contributing. Sorry for the down votes. Please keep contributing. Just because I do not like it, doesn’t make it not news.

      • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        64·
        2 months ago

        People trying to drown out news they don’t want to see is some maga level shit, and I understand why they get called blue maga when they do this.

      • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
        45·
        2 months ago

        Thank you. I guess I should have added a disclosure?

        Disclosure: Everybody still vote for Harris regardless of the dark money. Just be informed of what’s going on.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      Probably because Harris is the least-bad viable option. The other option is an overt authoritarian kleptocrat who is going to more or less let Nationalist Christians run the show.