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looked in here and current events w/ignore off - didn't see this - if i missed it please merge.
The Congresswoman Loves the Swamp – Luke Thompson – Medium
it all started off by her giving an e-mail address from the government to her boyfriend to check her google calendar. well that made zero sense. get a freaking gmail account to check that. then again, a political calendar on google?
then there's this:
A quick tour through AOC’s campaign expenditures reveals the extent to which Brand New Congress midwifed her campaign into existence, precisely as the FAQ described above would have it. But AOC’s campaign was different from the others backed by Brand New Congress PAC, and not simply because she won. Like other candidates, AOC paid Brand New Congress LLC for strategic consulting, in her case totaling $18,880.14. Unlike in the other cases, Brand New Congress PAC turned around and paid her boyfriend as a “marketing consultant”.
Indeed, while Brand New Congress PAC’s ten largest expenditures were paid to Brand New Congress LLC for “strategic consulting,” a sum that totaled $261,165.20 over the course of the campaign, its eleventh and twelfth largest expenditures were paid to Riley Roberts.
Brand New Congress PAC paid Roberts $3,000 on August 9th:
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then:
Eighteen days later, AOC’s campaign paid Brand New Congress LLC $6,191.32:
i remember when reporters used to dig this information up on what is going on. problem, facts, details to back up facts and wa-la, story. these days CNN and many mainstream sites simply report what people are saying is happening and calling that news. what is actually happening isn't near as entertaining i suppose.
more is coming out on this and AOC will have a lot of explaining to do it would seem.
The Congresswoman Loves the Swamp – Luke Thompson – Medium
it all started off by her giving an e-mail address from the government to her boyfriend to check her google calendar. well that made zero sense. get a freaking gmail account to check that. then again, a political calendar on google?
then there's this:
A quick tour through AOC’s campaign expenditures reveals the extent to which Brand New Congress midwifed her campaign into existence, precisely as the FAQ described above would have it. But AOC’s campaign was different from the others backed by Brand New Congress PAC, and not simply because she won. Like other candidates, AOC paid Brand New Congress LLC for strategic consulting, in her case totaling $18,880.14. Unlike in the other cases, Brand New Congress PAC turned around and paid her boyfriend as a “marketing consultant”.
Indeed, while Brand New Congress PAC’s ten largest expenditures were paid to Brand New Congress LLC for “strategic consulting,” a sum that totaled $261,165.20 over the course of the campaign, its eleventh and twelfth largest expenditures were paid to Riley Roberts.
Brand New Congress PAC paid Roberts $3,000 on August 9th:
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then:
Eighteen days later, AOC’s campaign paid Brand New Congress LLC $6,191.32:
i remember when reporters used to dig this information up on what is going on. problem, facts, details to back up facts and wa-la, story. these days CNN and many mainstream sites simply report what people are saying is happening and calling that news. what is actually happening isn't near as entertaining i suppose.
more is coming out on this and AOC will have a lot of explaining to do it would seem.
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