Oddbean

Who's funding the "non-partisan" front group No Labels whose objective is to siphon off Democratic votes and put Trump back into the White House? As Judd Legum reports, the group fights to keep its donors secret. But internal documents obtained by Daily Beast show "prominent executives from Fortune 500 companies and leading financial-services firms have contributed to No Labels…." #NoLabels #DarkMoney #WallStreet /1 https://popular.info/p/no-labels-makes-its-choice

Big funders of No Labels include Peter Thiel, Foster Friess, Home Depot founder Ken Langone, and Clarence Thomas's sugar daddy Harlan Crow. All Trump supporters…. Judd Legum asks, "Is No Labels a thinly disguised effort by Wall Street and Trump supporters to deny Biden a second term?" #NoLabels #DarkMoney #WallStreet /2

@f884fa2b @0f12ec1b The only reason "politically homeless" exists is first past the post elections. I don't even know what centrist means other than a way to put themselves above supporters (I.e. I'm too good for those political parties) of either party or a dishonest way to claim objectivity to their biases. There are a bazillion labels that define political positions, so centrist is a red flag to me.

@f884fa2b This is the Davos 2022 crowd in spades Wealthy Oligarchs with no need for any national loyalty They can live anywhere they want It's only the mild inconvenience of having to move their entire personal clan somewhere else that keeps them in the United States That and the taxation laws passed by a craven and subservient US Congress cc @0f12ec1b

@f884fa2b @0f12ec1b Canadian perspective, it’s federal election laws prohibit 3rd party spending/advocacy in an effort to take money out of Canadian politics. S Harper, former conservative prime minister challenged to Canada’s supreme court and failed: There must be a level playing field in political discourse. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_v_Canada_(AG)

@f884fa2b @0f12ec1b This article makes the assumption that those executives are intelligent enough to understand that their actions might lead to Trump being President. I would bet a lot that many of these same guys invested in NFTs and digital currencies.

@f884fa2b @0f12ec1b It’s definitely not a “union label” as in the old ILGWU tv ad. Who do these people think they are fooling? No Labels=No Information=No Way https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/173/365/364/670/282/original/fbb3d6e2cae6c057.png