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G_j

(40,370 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2019, 01:52 PM Apr 2019

Collins took more money from the billionaire behind Breitbart than from all of Maine

http://mainebeacon.com/collins-took-more-money-from-the-billionaire-behind-breitbart-than-from-all-of-maine/?fbclid=IwAR0MNhuBiUyZI7f1qJak2kJVwA2l3HFD3Zc9ptuZ8FNsQfy8y52T5mjKwgQ

Yesterday, the Maine People’s Alliance called on Sen. Susan Collins to return thousands of dollars she received from Robert Mercer, the billionaire backer of Breitbart, the racist, misogynist and bigoted website proud to position itself as the “platform of the alt-right.”

Mainers for Accountable Leadership has launched a petition demanding the same.

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Robert Mercer and his wife, Diana Mercer, both gave the legal maximum to support Collins’ re-election. Their $10,800 total contribution is more than the $9,200 in itemized contributions she reported receiving from all Maine residents this quarter, combined.

Last year, Collins praised town leaders in Jackman for firing white nationalist town manager Tom Kawczynski, whose social media presence (I don’t recommend seeking it out) is awash in links to Breitbart. She also publicly disavowed state Rep. Larry Lockman (R – Amherst), whom she had previously endorsed and backed financially, over his comments about a “war on whites.” Breitbart uses the exact same language extensively.

Based on her own previous standards, and basic human decency, Collins should have refused Mercer’s money. The fact that he gave it and she took it is another example of her sharp turn to the right, apace with her votes to confirm some of Trump’s most extreme executive and judicial nominees, give new tax breaks to billionaires and cut Mainers’ health care.

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Collins took more money from the billionaire behind Breitbart than from all of Maine (Original Post) G_j Apr 2019 OP

I have to dig more into Robert Mercer JonLP24 Apr 2019 #1

There is a lot there. GemDigger Apr 2019 #2

She was paid to vote for the lastest justice Iliyah Apr 2019 #3

I think it was last year that there was a go fund me to raise money for Collins opponent if she GemDigger Apr 2019 #5

K & R GemDigger Apr 2019 #4

Vote her out, damn it. TryLogic Apr 2019 #6

And Joe Manchin (D?) is endorsing her. progressoid Apr 2019 #7

K&R ck4829 Apr 2019 #8

She's a republican, just with shorter fangs. scrutineer Apr 2019 #9

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)

1. I have to dig more into Robert Mercer

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 01:57 PM

Apr 2019

Or someone should do some deep investigative reporting. He was behind the Brexit mess and think he may work with Russia whenever convenient.

I found this. Russia mentioned 48 times.

CADWALLADR: So there's all sorts of weird Russian connections, and they're still unraveling. And we're still not sure what's consequential and what's a red herring. We know, for example, one of the sort of first oddities of it was that we knew that Aleksandr Kogan had - also had a position. He was working at Cambridge University.

GROSS: Let me just stop you there to refresh people's memories. Kogan is the person who worked at Cambridge University and harvested data from Facebook and the friends of the people whose data he harvested to use them in psychological profiling. And that data ended up being used by Cambridge Analytica and targeting Brexit it and the Trump campaign.

CADWALLADR: That's it, exactly that. So one of the things we discovered early on about Kogan was that he has an official position at Cambridge University, but he also held an official position at St. Petersburg University. And he was in receipt of Russian government money because he was running a research project there. And that's not to sort of make any accusations at all against Aleksandr Kogan or what his motives were but just the fact that he was in possession of this massive amounts of data and he was also traveling to St. Petersburg during the time that he was working on it.

That was one sort of our first alarm bells. The second alarm bell was that Chris had this insane presentation that he pulled out which Cambridge Analytica had given to Lukoil, which is a massive Russian state oil company. And the presentation just didn't make any sense because supposedly it was the sort of advertising pitching Cambridge Analytica do - commercial work. But the presentation was all about influencing elections. Why would you be pitching a Russian oil company in how to manipulate voters? I mean, that just didn't make any sense.

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=630443485

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

2. There is a lot there.

Reply to JonLP24 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 02:16 PM

Apr 2019

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

3. She was paid to vote for the lastest justice

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 02:17 PM

Apr 2019

and Murkowski kept her promise to the group of people who voted her into office. Collins and Flake flaked out, wherein Collins rec'd substantial amount of money.

A Democrat challenger can win Maine regardless of the Dem from WV.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

5. I think it was last year that there was a go fund me to raise money for Collins opponent if she

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 12, 2019, 02:21 PM

Apr 2019

voted for (maybe it was) Kavanaugh. The last I knew it had raised over 3 mill to oust her. I imagine that money is still valid, at least I hope it is.