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16 year old programmer made something awesome that has politicians terrified
Young Conservatives ^
| Josh Riddle
Posted on 06/23/2014 8:12:03 AM PDT by Library Lady
Now when you hear babbling on about the Koch Brothers, you can see the hypocrisy and look at who he is bankrolled by. From Engadget:
The murky world of lobby groups bankrolling politicians is garnering more attention, but is there a way to find out which representatives are in the pocket without a lot of tedious research? A 16-year-old programmer has developed a browser plugin that, when you mouse-over the name of a US lawmaker, will serve up a list of which parties have donated to their campaign funds, and the quantities. Greenhouse (geddit?) is currently available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari — although our lawyers have (probably) asked us to point out that the data is from the 2012 elections, so they may not be entirely up to date.
You can download this plugin for Safari, Google Chrome, or Firefox.
TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: browserplugin; contributions; lobbying; politicians; software
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This provides instant information on financial contributions the Senator or Representative received. Very insightful.
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:13:58 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(In America, we don't do pin pricks. But sometimes we elect them.)
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:14:24 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:18:45 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:18:48 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:21:20 AM PDT
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: piroque
link for greenhose
http://allaregreen.us/
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:22:41 AM PDT
by
piroque
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
To: Library Lady
"...and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:26:43 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Library Lady
Can’t get it to work in Linux.
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:27:01 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 8:29:07 AM PDT
by
onona
(IÂ’ve pretty much given up on sanity returning.)
To: Library Lady
If you’re running Pale Moon you will have to temporarily unfumigate to install this, then re-fumigate if that is your preference.
To: piroque
Thanks. I should have included that.
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06/23/2014 8:49:42 AM PDT
by
Library Lady
(When little men cast long shadows, the day is almost ended. – Paul Harvey)
To: cripplecreek
Open secrets is a good research tool. That's the source of this plug-in's data.
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posted on
06/23/2014 9:01:50 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Library Lady
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06/23/2014 9:05:49 AM PDT
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Rich21IE
To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 9:11:25 AM PDT
by
John 3_19-21
(The rats will always chew on each other just before abandoning ship.)
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To: Library Lady
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posted on
06/23/2014 9:15:34 AM PDT
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Verbosus
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To: El Zoro
Reading his tagline, I do not see him advocating you or him voting Democrat. The tagline stands on its strengths.
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posted on
06/23/2014 9:23:39 AM PDT
by
RoadGumby
(This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
To: El Zoro
Hey Zoro........chill your sword.
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posted on
06/23/2014 9:25:55 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Rebelbase
it only seems to work if you hover over a properly formatted link of a name, not just text of a congress critters’ name.
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posted on
06/23/2014 9:27:20 AM PDT
by
jurroppi1
(The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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