Companies like Coca Cola, PayPal and Uber have all contributed to Trump's campaign or the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
  • Elon Musk: $290 million
  • Timothy Mellon: $150 million
  • Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research: $106 million
  • Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million
  • Hendricks Holding Co: $15 million
  • Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million
  • Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million
  • ABC Supply: $11 million
  • Cantor Fitzgerald: $11 million
  • Uline: $10 million
  • Pratt Industries: $10 million
  • British American Tabacco: $10 million
  • Southern Waste Systems: $9 million
  • Elliott Management: $7 million
  • Andreesseen Horowitz: $7 million
  • Viotl Inc: $6 million
  • Timothy Dunn of CrownQuest: $5 million
  • Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange and Kelly Loeffler: $4.9 million
  • Phil Ruffin, a business partner of Trump’s: $3.3 million
  • Jimmy John Liautaud of Jimmy John’s: $3.1 million
  • Geoffrey Palmer: $3 million
  • Bernard Marcus, former CEO of Home Depot: $2.7 million
  • Robert Johnson, owner of New York Jets: $2.7 million
  • Winklevoss twins: $2.6 million
  • Kenny Troutt of Excel Communications: $2.2 million
  • George Bishop of GeoSouthern Energy: $2 million
  • J. Joe Ricketts of TD Ameritrade: $2 million
  • Chevron: $2 million
  • Robinhood Markets: $2 million
  • Andrew Beal of Beal Bank: $1.8 million
  • Don Ahern of Xtreme Manufacturing: $1.1 million
  • Roger Penske of Penske Corporation: $1.1 million
  • Steve Wynn: $1.1 million
  • Richard Kurtz of The Kamson Corporation: $1.1 million
  • Tim Cook, CEO of Apple: $1 million
  • Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners: $1 million
  • Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital: $1 million
  • OpenAI: $1 million
  • ExxonMobil: $1 million
  • Amazon: $1 million
  • Meta: $1 million
  • Uber: $1 million
  • Boeing: $1 million
  • Qualcomm: $1 million
  • Coinbase: $1 million
  • Kraken: $1 million
  • Galaxy Digital Holdings: $1 million
  • Crypto.com: $1 million
  • Paradigm Operations: $1 million
  • Goldman Sachs: $1 million
  • Altria: $1 million
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $1 million
  • Bayer: $1 million
  • Johnson & Johnson: $1 million
  • National Association of Manufacturers: $1 million
  • AT&T: $1 million
  • Comcast: $1 million
  • Verizon: $1 million
  • Carrier: $1 million
  • Intuit: $1 million
  • Coupang: $1 million
  • GE Vernova: $500,000
  • QCells: $500,000
  • Ericsson: $500,000
  • CoreCivic: $500,000
  • GEO Group: $500,000
  • Abbott Laboratories: $500,000
  • PayPal: $250,000
  • HCA Healthcare: $250,000
  • Oklo Inc: $250,000
  • Coca Cola: $250,000
  • American Beverage Association: $250,000
  • Syngenta: $250,000
  • International Flavors & Fragrances: $250,000
  • Elevance Health: $150,000
  • American Clean Power Association: $100,000
  • Instacart: $100,000
  • Airbnb: $100,000
  • Socure: $100,000
  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP: $100,000
  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk
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    6 hours ago

    Earlier I shared this with a friend as it pretty much underlined how weird things have got:

    The US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce. The layoffs of 1,300 people were announced by the department on Tuesday and described by the education secretary, Linda McMahon, as a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system”.

    …

    Trump campaigned on a promise to close the department, claiming it had been overtaken by “radicals, zealots and Marxists”. At McMahon’s confirmation hearing, she acknowledged that only Congress has the power to abolish the agency but said it might be due for cuts and a reorganization.

    I suspect most of us would rather take an unprotected chair shot to the head than whatever this nonsense is.

    I presume Vince’s pardon is already drawn up awaiting a signature.