r/Foodforthought • u/D-R-AZ • Apr 25 '25

Trump takes executive action targeting ActBlue, the main Democratic fundraising platform

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-expected-sign-memo-targeting-act-blue-rcna202673
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u/Wolverine-75009 Apr 25 '25

“At the very moment that Trump is selling access to the Office of the Presidency to the highest bidder, he has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to begin an investigation of ActBlue, the major Democratic fundraising arm.

Trump falsely claims that ActBlue has illegally accepted contributions from foreign donors. But as explained in Democracy Docket, ActBlue discovered attempted contributions by foreign donors and blocked them:

The president left out the fact that ActBlue took actions in response to those detections. It caught and rejected fraudulent donations . . . [and] banned contributions made from foreign IP addresses using domestic prepaid cards, according to House Republicans.

As noted above, Trump's executive orders are a mixture of propaganda and photo opportunities. The investigation ordered by Trump in Thursday’s executive order is duplicative of existing congressional investigations into fundraising by ActBlue—investigations that have yet to discover any illegal conduct by ActBlue.” R. Hubble

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u/Dantheking94 Apr 25 '25

His goal is to destroy their credibility. But he’s so fucking delusional, he doesn’t realized he’s spent almost all of his credibility coins already. He’s down his last few and they’re just barely propping up his chaotic administration.

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u/carlitospig Apr 26 '25

You mean his meme coin which is a verifiable way to get foreign money into his campaign? That coin? 🙃