Lee Fang: Congressional Black Caucus PAC funded in part by (white) private prison lobbist

[kgnu_fan]

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/697662385352409089

http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?201507309000461492

[FSogol]

1. Oh my gosh, they donated $250 dollars! Grab the smelling salts.

Lee Fang, libertarian asshat is a joke of a blogger.

I prepare for a big chuckle ever time I see him mentioned. Thanks for not disappointing me.

[arcane1]

4. Who is "they" who gave $250. Why ignore the large donors?

Citigroup donated $5,000 (page 18)

Comcast donated $5,000 (page 18)

Duke Energy (coal company) donated $5,000 (page 19)

Lots of other energy companies donated.

GlaxoSmithKline donated $5k.

Honeywell (defense contractor) donated $5k.

HSBC (world's 3rd largest bank) donated $5k.

Johnson & Johnson (drug company) donated $5k.

Mortgage Bankers Association donated $5k. (page 25)

Lots of other banks and insurance companies donated to this PAC.

Then there's Navient, a student-loan company, who donated $2,500. (Hillary is pro-student loans, after all, so this makes sense)

Nuclear Energy Institute donated $5k.

Union Pacific Corp. Fund For Effective Govt donated $5k, and donated WAY more to republicans than dems:

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00010470

Wal Mart donated $5k.

Bank of America made over a dozen donations, though they were each relatively small.

The list goes on. You should really go through the entire list and ask yourself if YOU feel represented by these donors.

I don't feel represented by them at all.

http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/

[FSogol]

5. The post is an attack on the Congressional Black Caucus. It tries to make the

point that the Private Prison lobby funds them. It is a disgusting smear not supported by the facts provided.

To deflect and say that corporations donate money to politicians doesn't even address the main point.

[arcane1]

6. Read the OP again. It's about the Congressional Black Caucus SUPER PAC, not the CBC itself.

indeed.

[FSogol]

7. and what does the CBC PAC fund? Could it be the CBC?

* ?

[arcane1]

9. And the PAC is funded, in part, by the for-profit prison industry.

Which is, after all, the point of the OP, if you read it again.

I don't want their money. You might, but I don't.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. One might consider this OP dishonest. $250? LOL! eom.

[vdogg]

3. Well...

At least he's a small donor. Try harder next time, this one wasn't even worth opening the link.

[AtomicKitten]

8. Lee Fang @ The Intercept --> excellent investigative journalism

[FSogol]

14. I heard the private prison lobby once bought a box of thin mints...What are the Girls Scouts hiding?

[DemocraticWing]

10. I see this stuff and wonder if people really even care anymore.

We have money flowing from those that do harm to the people to those who are supposed to represent us. Why the fuck do we think things are getting worse in this country? Could it have anything to do with corporations flooding the system to get their way?

[FSogol]

11. I see this stuff and wonder if people really even bother to read it. $250.

They donated $250 dollars.

[DemocraticWing]

12. What about all the other corporate donations?

[FSogol]

13. The post was a smear on the CBC (because they supported HRC) about

private prison donations, not about corporate dollars.

Classic deflection.