The White House has declined to say whether President Joe Biden would return campaign contributions from Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of a major crypto exchange who is now accused of defrauding investors before his company imploded last month. Asked whether the president will send back the donations during a press …
Read More »Bank freezes Freedom Convoy donations
The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) has announced that it will not be handing over $1.4 million in donations to the Freedom Convoy, and is planning to surrender the money to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice instead. Speaking to Canada’s CTV News on Friday, a representative for the top 10 North …
Read More »Prosecutors gear up as GoFundMe ‘redirects’ convoy donations
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Ohio AG Dave Yost have urged citizens who donated to the anti-vaccine mandate ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Canada to come forward, after crowdfunding site GoFundMe seized nearly $8 million in donations. Morrisey says the platform engaged in “deceptive” practices. “In [West Virginia], organizations must …
Read More »‘Feminist’ writer begs for therapy donations after her attack on white woman’s Asian cookbook backfires
Roslyn Talusan – a Filipina Canadian who has written for Vice, Refinery29, and the A.V. Club, among other publications – sparked social media controversy after she publicly called out white author Pippa Middlehurst for writing a book about dumplings and noodles. “Why did a white woman write a cookbook about …
Read More »Canadian memorial to victims of communism received private donations in memory of Nazi collaborators and war criminals – reports
The Memorial to the Victims of Communism, which is under construction in Ottawa, has received letters of support from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political figures. Former PM Stephen Harper and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney have backed the project as well. In addition to receiving an estimated Can$7.5 million …
Read More »Toxic game journos cancel Five Nights at Freddy’s creator for donations to Tulsi and Trump on fake ‘anti-LGBT’ pretext
Earlier this year the press constructed a scandal from practically nothing and became a contributing force behind the retirement of Hogwarts Legacy designer Troy Leavitt. Not long after, following the creation of another non-troversy, I described a pattern of escalation within game journalism. One which sees a tight-knit group of …
Read More »AOC’s funding donations to ex-CIA Dems who are opposed to socialism show she’s now part of the establishment
On April 2, Politico reported that the firebrand New York Congressional representative had donated $160,000 to members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) ‘Frontline’ program. Frontline provides Democrats most at risk of losing their seats in the November 2022 mid-terms with “resources and cutting-edge information they need to execute …
Read More »Microsoft BANS donations to Republicans who objected to Biden victory & shifts lobbying focus to ‘promoting democracy’
The tech giant said on Friday that it will modify a policy change introduced last month freezing all political contributions, retaining the ban for GOP election skeptics, as well as those with affiliated organizations echoing claims of widespread voter fraud, until at least 2022. “We will suspend contributions for the …
Read More »Amazon says it will SUSPEND donations to lawmakers who objected to Biden’s victory certification, joining a growing list of firms
The e-commerce behemoth said its PAC would suspend all “contributions to any member of Congress who voted to override the results of the US presidential election” in a statement on Monday, with spokeswoman Jodi Seth calling the votes an “unacceptable attempt to undermine a legitimate democratic process.” “We intend to …
Read More »Major Australian firms pay more in political donations than taxes
The corporate tax rate in Australia is 30 percent. However, deductions available to companies reveal a legal loophole allowing companies to pay much less. The country’s corporate giants, including energy enterprise Chevron Australia Holdings and car parks operator Wilson Parking Australia 1992, paid little or no tax in the last …
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