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Netflix CEO gives $3M to beat Newsom recall
Politico ^ | 05/20/2021 | JEREMY B. WHITE

Posted on 05/21/2021 1:08:48 PM PDT by Robwin

OAKLAND — Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings is spending $3 million to shield Gov. Gavin Newsom from a recall vote in a demonstration of the enormous sums Newsom's allies could marshal in his defense, according to a state filing today.

The massive outlay makes Hastings by far the largest donor to Newsom's recall campaign. Under California rules, Newsom can raise unlimited sums to fend off a recall effort that will likely land before voters in the fall, while other gubernatorial candidates are subject to campaign limits of $32,400 per election in their direct accounts. That's because the law treats Newsom's fight against the recall as a ballot issue rather than a candidacy.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: netflix; newsom; recall
Cancellations to follow?
1 posted on 05/21/2021 1:08:48 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: Robwin; Hiskid; SisterK

Please pray for God to work a miracle. CA whole situation can be likened to Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones.


2 posted on 05/21/2021 1:12:55 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Robwin

The last recall didn’t work out so well. Why bother if you’re not going to do it right.


3 posted on 05/21/2021 1:14:28 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: Robwin

Anyone on this forum still subscribing to Netflix?

Confess, sinner.


4 posted on 05/21/2021 1:16:08 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List )
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To: Robwin

Wouldn’t this ba waste of money? Everyone knows the guy and his policies. They’ve seen his work... They gathered up the signatures for the recall. The right leaning and pissed of center lefties won’t believe any oppo BS smear commercials of his opponents. Why give?


5 posted on 05/21/2021 1:16:34 PM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: Robwin

Yes. Cancelling today.


6 posted on 05/21/2021 1:18:27 PM PDT by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If Bruce Jenner is the candidate against Newsome, CA is getting Newsome again


7 posted on 05/21/2021 1:23:45 PM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No Amazon, No Chy-Na made )
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To: Robwin

Another Commie bastard.


8 posted on 05/21/2021 1:27:44 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Mathews

“Wouldn’t this be a waste of money?”

I believe he is buying gratitude and access. Politians can never have enough money.


9 posted on 05/21/2021 1:44:20 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: jcon40

Good. Thanks, every bit will help financially destroy them. Their services are no longer needed.


10 posted on 05/21/2021 1:53:12 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Robwin

well there goes any support that I was BARELY giving Netflix anyway.


11 posted on 05/21/2021 1:55:20 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Robwin

Well ....

Aside from Looney Tune leftists sticking together, Newsom has been instrumental in crippling both the theatrical film industry and U.S.-based film production. Netflix is the industry leader in streaming, so sabotaging theatrical movies plays into its hands. Netflix also wants to be the cinematic Walmart to the world. It is a global platform chasing generic global customers. It is buying huge numbers of foreign films and is trying to nudge U.S. audiences into embracing foreign cinema with subtitles. Netflix is just as happy as Walmart, Nike or Apple to have its product churned out in third world sweatshops. It is selling subscriptions, not movies, and it views content as filler, the production of which can be outsourced to the lowest available foreign vendor.

There is no reason Netflix should have a problem with Newsom. Traditional movie studios and the theater chains might differ, though they are probably too much party-lining NPC’s to take a stand.


12 posted on 05/21/2021 3:02:06 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Robwin

You could not pay me to watch Netflix.


13 posted on 05/21/2021 3:13:53 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.


14 posted on 05/21/2021 6:54:17 PM PDT by Hiskid (Jesus is Lord)
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