KnowTheCEO

Former U.S. Senate staffer spotlighting businesses & leaders that support right-wing extremist politics.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

@CathieDWood Since ‘20 @CathieDWood has given $74k in pol contr to Trump & $84k to other GOP causes. Anything she says has to be weighed against her deep partisanship and obvious desire to cheerlead for Trump.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

@PalantirTech's Alex Karp just told @CNBC he's an "independent" but is "fighting for Democrats"

Lies.

His top recent political $:
$350k - PACs for GOP Sen. Cornyn
$125k - PAC for GOP Sen. Cassidy
$125k - Pac for GOP Sen. Cotton
$100k - PAC for GOP Sen. Collins

[Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @RepTeresaLF]

.@RepRalphNorman is ripping health care away from 13 million Americans not exciting enough to stay awake?

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

In light of the news about Elon Musk's secret talks with Putin, it's worth pointing to Musk's not-so-secret financial support for one of Putin's biggest U.S. allies.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Elon Musk does more than just send pro-Russia tweets- he's financially backed one of the US's most pro-Russia politicians

Musk donated $16k and led fundraisers for fmr Rep Dana Rohrabacher, who claims Russia didn’t interfere in US elections & met numerous times w/Putin allies
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[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

With Alexei Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, suspended by X, it's worth remembering where Elon Musk stands when it comes to Russia and Putin.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Elon Musk gives thousands to one of America's most pro-Russia politicians

Then says Russia should be given chunks of Ukraine

Then restricts Ukraine's access to Starlink

Starting to see a pattern?

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

@Chiefs owners have given tens of thousands to the most extreme pro-gun politicians, incl. over $100k in the last 4 years.

EVERY candidate funded by the Hunt family during this time has an @NRA rating of A or A+. These leaders oppose even the most common sense measures to advance gun safety and address mass shootings like the one that killed Lisa Lopez-Galvan during the Kansas City Chiefs' parade.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

@SheehyforMT If you want people to take your lies seriously, maybe learn how to spell like a big boy?

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Tuberville's hold has been widely condemned for months - but he's kept one very powerful friend.

@L3HarrisTech has given thousands to Tuberville since the hold was announced. Other major US defense contractors have also given him money, but only L3Harris has kept giving since May - making a donation in June and then giving twice as much in Sept.

L3Harris, the 9th biggest def contractor in the world (@defense_news), is paid by taxpayers to protect national security. And yet, they're supporting a man who nearly everyone agrees has been doing exactly the opposite.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

As we've reported, top defense contractors like @LockheedMartin and @LeidosInc continue to support Tuberville, despite bi-partisan outrage about the damage being caused by his hold.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The war in Gaza and a serious medical emergency suffered by the Marine Corps’s top officer forced into the open months of simmering Republican frustrations about Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s expansive hold on President Biden’s military nominees. https://t.co/od8Mnbh7kY

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

We pay Lockheed Martin, BAE & L3Harris to support our troops & protect our nation

But these & other DoD contractors are financially backing Sen Tuberville as he is “putting our national security at risk” w/ a nominations hold that “will take years to fix”
https://t.co/FBkjigw6XI

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Secs. of @USArmy @USNavy @usairforce say the hold is “putting our national security at risk"; @VFWHQ: it "will take years to fix." DoD contractors are paid to support the US military mission, but they're arguably doing exactly the opposite. Full story at https://t.co/LYws6hZ9bK

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

New: DoD contractors are backing Sen. Tuberville despite damaging nominations hold. @LockheedMartin @BAESystemsInc @LeidosInc @L3HarrisTech @KratosDefense @ParsonsCorp -all among @defense_news' top 100 contractors- have given him $ since hold was announced https://t.co/FBkjigw6XI

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Tuberville is surely emboldened by continued support from these powerful cos. even as the military community condemns his hold. And it's not just these 6 mega-contractors: our research shows that top execs. at 15 other nat'l sec. contractors have given $ since the hold was public

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

@Cocolh44 Hello! Follow for fact-based reporting on the people and products that support right-wing extremism.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Montana GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy's new fundraising appeal echoes the violent, divisive rhetoric of far-right extremism.

Sheehy says Dems are "anti-American" and a danger to our homeland, and that he is the "proven warrior" who can take them on.

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

The Washington Capitals and Mystics are now partially owned by the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar - a country with a long history of violating basic human rights.

[POLITICO Magazine @POLITICOMag]

While Congress grills the PGA about its ties to Saudi Arabia, two Beltway-focused efforts by other Gulf powers are getting scant attention. @michaelschaffer reports.

https://t.co/fZtLYExtFf

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Last year, we broke the news about the right wing organizer of the iconic Bay to Breakers race.

This year, Bay to Breakers has a new operator.

https://t.co/5BN6kjLrOt

[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

Great look at @AnheuserBusch's right-wing political donations by @JuddLegum. And a reminder to never take corporate marketing at face value.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. According to numerous right-wing pundits, @AnheuserBusch has gone "woke" and is pushing a radical, pro-trans agenda on an unsuspecting public

This is total BS

Talk is cheap

To understand what @AnheuserBusch stands for, follow the money

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[KnowTheCEO @KnowTheCEO]

I think we know how Walter Cronkite would have have felt about the softball 60 Minutes interview of Marjorie Taylor Greene

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

Leslie Stahl’s interview isn’t a one-off atrocity. It’s just one symptom of the media turning a blind eye to fascism.

In just the last two weeks alone, the mainstream media have refused to recognize the threat posed by the Republican party and its de facto leader, Donald Trump.

First, they based an entire week of reporting and analysis on Donald’s social media post that falsely claimed he was going to be arrested on March 21.

Then, 60 Minutes made the confounding decision to give a platform to insurrectionist and fascist Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The Republican Party has fallen in line behind Donald and, now that indictments against him have been announced, they will stop at nothing to undermine the American people’s faith in the rule of law. Donald’s attacks on social media against NY DA Alvin Bragg have already resulted in an avalanche of death threats.

But just as they did in 2016, the media keep giving Donald millions of dollars worth of air time.

It’s time for the media to take sides—democracy or fascism.

It shouldn’t be that fucking hard.