cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15631092

“That means Voters for Responsive Government, which was formed as a political action committee in April, must have taken in all of the donations fueling its multi-million dollar campaign against Jayapal in the three weeks before the election – past the April 30 deadline that would have required the group to disclose its backers before Oregon’s May 21 primary.”

    • @MagicShel@programming.dev
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      31 month ago

      I mean knowing lets us do something about it, certainly. But now what is being done about it? Surely someone is, even if it’s as little as a law or referendum that would probably never pass. Who can we put pressure on or contribute to?

      Even Sally Struthers (fuck am I dating myself - this was before the age of gofundme and the death of broadcast television) had a little 800 number at the bottom of the screen so someone could send money to the starving Ethiopians she was filming dying. But I digress.