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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) fined Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene $12,000 (R-Ga.) for alleged illegal PAC fundraising, according to a recently-published conciliation agreement.

The FEC said Greene violated Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA), for “soliciting non-federal” funds by reposting an advertisement she appeared in on her official Greene for Congress social media accounts. The advertisement was for political action committee (PAC) “Stop Socialism Now PAC.”

The PAC posted the advertisement on its website, YouTube and social media feeds in December 2020. The video featured Greene speaking about the 2021 Senate runoff elections in her home state, which eventually resulted in the election of Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to their current seats, according to the conciliation agreement.

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Impossible for me- and maybe you but probably difficult for you if it isn't impossible, peanuts for the ruling class. Because there is America for politicians, investors, tech bros and the idle rich and there is America for everyone else.

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would not include tech bros in that. Sure we can make a lot of money, but most tech bros are just making enough to have a mortgage on a condo in their city, or a house in the suburbs, which many other jobs can do.

I worked for a Mississippi company and made 50k out of college. I left in 2021 making $80k as a project manager and 4 years experience. Definitely nowhere near how much Magic the Gathering is making from her investment. Even now, I am making more, but $12k is still a crippling amount of money.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking people like Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg, not a project manager.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not who people are referring to when they say 'tech bros', however. They're referring mostly to the rank and file workers.

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Exactly. I see so many stickers in Seattle of “go home tech bros” talking about people who moved there and work in tech.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Oh, it's impossible for me, certainly. But even if MTG earned literally nothing outside of her congressional salary (as if), it would still amount to little more than peanuts.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tech bros are nowhere near on the same level as the ruling class.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Elon Musk isn't part of the ruling class?

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Elon Musk is not what people are referring to when they say "tech bros". It refers to basically everybody who works in the software industry. I live in Seattle, which runs on the tech industry. Many in the area like to shit on "tech bros", and when they do so, they mean the tens of thousands of average people working in software and engineering.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh, she’ll scam her Christofascist base to pay for it with a couple of email blasts. Give it a week. If she employs a text blast, she could prolly clear $25k over the weekend.

“The LIbriLs aRe StEElin uR RyTES1!! TXT 87558 WitH ur CC nUMMer NoW!! VeeRgin MAry BANg BanG!”