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Your reporting on this issue has truly opened my eyes to the absolutely insidious relationship between corporate American and politicians. I've always thought politicians are "bought" but your reporting reveals it in a factual manner. Also, the GOP's threats that they won't do corporate bidding if they don't get money?! I mean is there a more blatant "buy my vote" situation? We've got to pass campaign finance reform. This is absolute BS.

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Thank you for exposing these hypocrites.

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Thank you for continuing to shine a light on how corporate money steals the voting rights of American citizens!

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Sheridan said on 60 Minutes last night that sedition charges are likely coming. If only some of them can be attached to sitting GOPmembers of Congress. Run the list again, then. Payback is hell.

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I got the wrong Civil War General' name on this guy. His name is Sherman. Both were Union Generals. My association of names...

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Well noted, Judd. Keep up the pressure, keep up the publicity. These corporations MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. I have shared this report to Facebook and Twitter.

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I will share this, too. And it is great to read to the end to see that most corporations are still honoring their pledge.

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Thank you for outing dishonest corporations for lying about their donations to dishonest, lying politicians. However, this will NEVER stop until we get corporate money OUT OF THE POCKETS of politicians FOREVER! Americans must accept responsibility for funding our politicians or they will stop being ‘our’ politicians; as is happening now. We must accept the fact that whoever funds politicians is who they work for, and right now, it isn’t ‘we the people’. It’s corporations, big business and the wealthy CEO’s who run them. That’s why they continue to reap the benefits while the middle class is falling further and further behind with wages and representation.

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Judy Samuelson at the Aspen Business in Society program writes https://qz.com/work/1964272/political-donations-by-companies-should-stop-for-good/ about IBM's long time line in the sand on political contributions https://www.ibm.com/blogs/policy/governance/#C2 Love to know what you find.

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Thanks for sharing that... I read both of them.

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With these offenders, it only seemed like a matter of time before they reneged on their pledge. There is not enough time and money to devote to holding them accountable.

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Keep up the good work. In the meantime, we should be humiliating the rest.

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Stay on top of this Judd. We all know these corporations only care about their image and bottom line. It's beneficial for them to come out publicly with this now, wait a few months until people forget and move on, and then they can resume their giving to Republicans. Keep on top of these hypocrites.

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As if sending money to these seditious republicans wasn’t bad enough, these are the very ones trying to choke off voting rights for all citizens by turning up the volume on the same old scare tactics they’ve always used, FRAUD! It’s a multi-pronged attack on the US Constitution and so far, no one has been held to account for their crimes against the country. Putin will win this if it’s not stopped.

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These companies that continue to support the destruction of American Democracy must be shamed. I will make it my business to reiterate which companies are doing this on the many public comment boards on YouTube that I visit regularly and intermittently.

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I am happy to see that the vast majority of corporations has still not violated their pledge. I really appreciate getting these specific updates, Judd.

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Thank you for your tenacious reporting!

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Well done PI! Only relentless scrutiny can expose this corporate hypocrisy.

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I have to wonder if the employee PACs are really representing the wishing of the employees. Maybe those employees should be encouraged to stop contributing to those PACs.

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