Keeping up with the Politicians

03/11/2019

Make no mistake, it is not Democrats Vs. Republicans, we are on the same team. American.

But it is the Rich vs. the poor. That is the true battle. And that is the battle this page deals in.

There is no war but the class war.

03/11/2019

(Chicago Tribune, OpenSecrets.org, Votesmart.org)

03/11/2019

JB Pritzker, Gov of Illinois. First elected in 2018.

Pritzker, known as the wealthiest politician in the system, was able to entirely fund his run for gov. by himself. Setting the record for most money spent on a campaign in history. The question with him is not who's giving him money, but who he's giving money to. I asked myself this and found something BIG.

He was elected to his first public office recently, in 2018. But that doesn't mean he wasn't active before hand.

Heir to the HYATT hotel industry, he donated a minuscule amount of money to the political system until 2016.

Then, in 2016, he co-chaired Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
That year, he gave $14.7 mil to Clinton's campaign via Super PAC's.

That same year, he also gave a combined amount of over $23 mil to other politicians. Primarily Dems. That includes:

$3 MIL to the Dem party, $300,000 to the Repub party.
$19 MIL to individual candidates committees, with $3 MIL going to individuals directly.

After Clinton's pres. run, she campaigned for him in Chicago in 2018, seemingly returning the favor.

Penny Pritzker, JB's sister, worked for Obama's campaign in 2008; when she later became his commerce secretary.

Obama endorsed JB in 8/18.

"I know JB. I trust JB, and that's who he is, someone who is always thinking about how he can make a difference." -Obama, 8/18.

In 2018, Pritzker donated $171 MIL to his campaign for gov. of IL. I saw a tweet that said “I literally had to buy Spotify premium to not hear JB Pritzker ads every two songs”.

Between the money he gave in 2016, combined with the money he gave his own campaign in 2018, it appears as though he spent $200 MILLION to BUY the seat of gov. of Illinois.

I will also say that in 2016, the two highest congressional donations he gave were to 1: Hillary Clinton, and 2: KAMALA HARRIS.

ALSO. On the website we use to view politicians voting records, there was NOTHING on his votes on financial issues. Nothing on finance, economic and development, nothing on anything business related, or gambling. Which was odd, because there was a Chicago Tribune article saying he extended gambling rights to help pay for infrastructure, as well as other areas. We tried to contact votesmart.org days ago about this, but received no contact.

(Votesmart.org, Opensecrets.org, Chicago Tribune)

01/11/2019

This is a new bi-partisan page, which aims to take a look at which politicians are getting money from who, and how that may influence how they vote.

It is meant to be informational, un-biased, and is the result of real, hard research.

I'd appreciate it if everyone would take the time to look through the information shared here.

31/10/2019

James Inhofe (R-OK), one of Oklahomas 2 federal senators, is a corrupt, immoral politician, and here's my case against him.

Since he was elected in '86, he has recieved $3.4 mil from the oil and gas sector. He also regularly votes against bills that would promote renewable energy, and would harm the oil and gas sector.

In 2016, he received $81,000 from the airline industry. That same year, he voted against a bill that would prohibit airline companies from decreasing leg room for passengers, in exchange for adding more seats per plane. He sided with airline companies over their customers.

From '07-'08, he received $87,000 from insurance companies, and voted against a bill that would provide a health insurance program for children in low-income areas. TWICE

In 2015, Inhofe voted against a bill that would have given employees a chance to earn paid sick time off.

in 2013, he voted against a bill that would keep employers from discriminating against LGBT people.

In 2014, he voted against a bill that would keep corporations from bringing business overseas, and would require them to hire more employees than the year before.

James Inhofe has shown a regular pattern of siding with big business over the people who work for/shop from big business. He has shown that he regularly votes against the interest of minorities, for the sake of the profits of the rich.

He is up for re-election this upcoming season. Help me get him out of office by getting these hashtags trending.



(votesmart.org, opensecrets.org)

31/10/2019

30/10/2019

I intend to start investigating individual politicians, giving a layout on who they are like, how they vote, where they get their money, and how that money could affect how they vote.

In politics, money is everything. And Knowing who buys who for what purposes is key to understanding what is going on.

It will all be unbiased, bi-partisan, and fair. I intend to simply post pure, raw information.

Stay tuned!

30/10/2019

THE LEGS OF THE KOCHTOPUS:

The kochtopus has multiple fronts;

MEDIA MANIPULATION, which consists of press "professionals" who create a positive media coverage favorable to Kochs' free market Ideology.

THINK TANKS; to promote policy proposals for for less government that protects people and the planet, but promote more rights for corporations and investors.

ASTROTURF AGENTS; or fake "Grassroots" groups to project an appearance of popular support for ideas and policies that benefit big business.

WEALTH WARRIORS; legions of lobbyists, armies of accountants, and tax attorneys to keep wealth out of the government.

CONGRESSIONAL COLLABORATORS; Campaign contributions enable like-minded candidates to get elected, and pass laws favorable to the Kochs' ideology.

COURTROOM COLLABORATORS; like-minded elected officials appoint judges to rule in Kochs' favor.

ACADEMIC AGENTS; they fund universities across the entire countries to hire like-minded faculty to each their ideologies.
(For a complete list of Koch-funded universities as of 2011, go to https://bit.ly/1fleiUg)

Last but not least, PHYSICAL FORCE; They contract police departments to protect Koch meetings and other interests.

(https://prezi.com/5xzibopikc3a/ifgs-kochtopus-mapping-the-influence-of-koch-cash/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy)

30/10/2019

The Koch brothers are the head of the Kochtopus.

The body of the Kochtopus consists of nonprofit organizations that the Koch brothers started to distribute their political influence money anonymously.

While it is 100% legal to donate massive amounts of money to candidates political campaigns, it would be distasteful for them to be seen doing it.

To do so, they started nonprofit organizations that act as the middle man between elite donors, and their politicians of choice.

They then refuse to release their donor list, thus providing an anonymous method of swaying our political system.

30/10/2019

"As the Powell Memorandum points out, “business and the enterprise system are in deep trouble, and the hour is late.” But the system can be restored if business will re-examine itself and undertake radical new efforts..."- Charles Koch, 1974.

The Kochtopus.

The Kochtopus is everything. It is the maze of financial transactions and communities that the Koch brothers created in order to manipulate our political system.

In the late 70s, Charles Koch, multi-billionaire oil tycoon, was not happy with the recent push of labor unions, minimum wage, and workers rights that came about. He saw it as a threat to big business and free enterprise, instead of the benefiting of their own work force, the very people who support their business.

29/10/2019

If there is one thing every American should agree on, it is the fact that our politicians are regularly bribed by special interest groups, mega corporations, and the elite. All with the intent to push the agenda of the ultra wealthy, while the rest of us pay for it.

We pay for it with the most expensive healthcare system in the world, with a floundering education department, the same minimum wage since the 70's, with a prison system that has more people in prison per capita than any other country in the world. All while CEO pay has been risen by 940% since 1978.

This page acts as a way to attempt to make it easier for citizens to see who are buying our politicians and how they are making them vote