eljefe444 said:
Could you imagine a sitting US president and his family profiting billions while in the office?
Responding to #LOWIQ$444, can I stoop any lower. Less #discernment than #nappy.
On April 18, 2026, Senator
JON OSSOFF (D-GA) stood at a rally in Augusta and declared: ? ' . , . ' , , .
His FEC records tell a different story. have poured nearly $, into Ossoff's campaigns since 2017. Over $154,000 in 2026 alone from , , . More than 80% of his fundraising comes from out of state. Over half his maxed-out donors are from California, New York, or the DC corridor.
He rails against billionaire money .
This is not new. This is the oldest trick in the Democratic playbook.
championed himself as the voice of "the forgotten man." He was born in 1882 at , the family estate in Hyde Park, New York a sprawling riverside manor on hundreds of acres with servants. His mother Sara Delano inherited $. from the Delano family fortune (over $40 million today). His inflation-adjusted net worth: $ $ . FDR never held a private-sector job of consequence. He went from family money to government and told America he understood their struggle.
. . ran as a man of the people against Nixon. His father . amassed a fortune estimated at $ $ by 1957 equivalent to roughly $3.2 billion today. He made it through in the unregulated pre-1929 market (tactics later made illegal), shorting stocks before the crash, Hollywood studio deals, and securing exclusive import contracts for Dewar's Scotch and Gordon's Gin right before Prohibition ended. Joseph Kennedy was then appointed the hired to regulate the very Wall Street practices he'd used to get rich. JFK's own trust fund: $ (over $100 million today).
entered Congress in 1937 as a schoolteacher's son. His wife Lady Bird bought an Austin radio station in 1943 for $,. The FCC then granted that station the giving the Johnsons a monopoly on TV advertising in the entire Austin market. Biographer Robert Caro proved LBJ applied political pressure to help the station. That $17,500 investment grew into $ for the LBJ Holding Company. He became a multimillionaire .
left the White House and Hillary told ABC News in 2014: , . Bill then earned $. between 2001 and 2013. After Hillary became Secretary of State, his fees including $500,000 from a Russian investment bank and $750,000 from a Chinese telecom conference. Hillary's own speaking fees: $, alone. The Clintons earned $ while Hillary was running on a populist platform.
left the vice presidency in 2001 worth roughly $. . His current net worth: $ . He co-founded Generation Investment Management, a green investment firm managing $+ directly profiting from the climate policies he advocates. He sold his 20% share of Current TV to Al Jazeera for $ . His Nashville mansion used , . He preached climate austerity in while living with a carbon footprint dozens of times larger than ordinary Americans.
married into the $ , owned five homes valued at $29 million, then docked his $ , - in Rhode Island instead of Massachusetts saving himself $, . He later served as Climate Envoy while owning a private jet.
entered the White House worth roughly $. . He now has a combined net worth of $ $ from a $65 million book deal, a Netflix deal worth an estimated $50 million, and speaking fees up to $400,000 per speech. He bought an $. ' 29 acres of oceanfront property on an island synonymous with elite wealth.
spent decades railing against "millionaires and billionaires." Then he became a millionaire himself after his book deals earning over $ and $1.15 million in 2017. He bought a $, on Lake Champlain, his third home. Then came the language shift: CNBC documented that Sanders "" entirely. In the 2020 Democratic debates, he never said "millionaires" only "billionaires." In 1971, he called millionaire senators "immoral." By 2019, when asked about being one himself: - , .
entered Congress in 1987 worth an estimated $ $ . Her current net worth: $ $ a ,%+ during her time in office. Her husband Paul's portfolio returned % (vs. the S&P 500's 24%) and % (vs. the S&P's 25%). He made $. in just three months. When Pelosi was asked about banning congressional stock trading, she said members should be able to .
spent decades railing against "millionaires and billionaires." Then he became a millionaire himself after his book deals earning over $ and $1.15 million in 2017. He bought a $, on Lake Champlain, his third home. Then came the language shift: CNBC documented that Sanders "" entirely. In the 2020 Democratic debates, he never said "millionaires" only "billionaires." In 1971, he called millionaire senators "immoral." By 2019, when asked about being one himself: - , .
entered Congress in 1987 worth an estimated $ $ . Her current net worth: $ $ a ,%+ during her time in office. Her husband Paul's portfolio returned % (vs. the S&P 500's 24%) and % (vs. the S&P's 25%). He made $. in just three months. When Pelosi was asked about banning congressional stock trading, she said members should be able to .
Their BIGGEST DONOR went to prison. - - personally donated $. in the 2022 cycle including $27 million to Protect Our Future PAC and $6 million to House Majority PAC. FTX and its staff spent $ on political contributions. The money was stolen diverted from customer deposits. He was convicted and sentenced to .
And the geography tells the rest. are represented by Democrats. The richest: California's 17th (Ro Khanna), with a median household income of $,. Among upper-income Americans, % . Republicans represent % with median incomes below the national median.
ActBlue processed $ $. . in the 2024 cycle more than WinRed's $1.8 billion.
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