The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isnβt just treating donors like marksβitβs being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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Not sliding. Slid. And he poured the oil.
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A real party. Instead of a high-income fundraiser organization.
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If "borrowed" is the same thing as "I stole this genius, and posted it on every single thing I could log into", then... yeah, same. I borrowed that one too.
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1. Trump & MAGA call for immediate ban citing nat sec
2. Rs introduce bill
3. Rs secure some Dem support after Biden insists it be softened from ban to divestiture
4. Trump reverses position after meeting w/TikTok CEO during campaign
5. Chinese owners refuse to divest
6. People blame Dems
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