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White House Ballroom Megadonors Revealed

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a Public Citizen analysis of public records and reporting identified eight of the ten top donors: five corporations, two billionaires, and one CEO:

Apple gave $25 million, according to reporting

Adelson Family Foundation gave $25 million, according to reporting

The third $25 million donor has not yet been identified

Alphabet/Google gave $22 million, according to court records

Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation gave $20.2 million, according to tax records

The $12.5 million donor has not yet been identified

Lockheed Martin gave $10 million, according to reporting

Microsoft gave $10 million, according to reporting

Palantir gave $10 million, according to reporting

Paolo Tiramani, CEO of BOXABL, gave approximately $10 million, according to a press release

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Donald Trump health fears spike as he ‘loses three weeks’

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Why do Americans keep putting such old people into power?

Because the US decided money = speech. All the old people have all the money. Young people are subsisting on starvation wages after Regan, and we saddled them with debt slavery from student loans. So, when you have all the money, you have all the speech. So, old people get elected.

Also, corporations control politics. They view politicians like warehouse equipment. The dollies don't get replaced super often to maximize ROI. The same applies to politicians.

Why not someone young like Obama?

You think the rich would tolerate such a risk? He got elected and then started talking universal health-insurance. The rich dumped truckloads of money against that. So, we ended up with Romney care relabeled as Obamacare. You think they'd tolerate such a risk to their profit margins in light of what I explained above?