Slightly off topic is Bankman-Fried of FTX donating to the Alabama Conservatives Fund.
https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail/2022?id=U0000004705&type=I&super_only=N&name=Bankman-Fried%2C+Sam
Here is a link to that fund: https://www.alabamaconservativesfund.org
Looks like the money went to Katie Britt (R), a US Senate candidate. The funds were just 105K but it does not make sense to me.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ryan-salame-pandemic-preparedness-ted-budd-katie-britt-bo-hines-2022-9
Ryan Salame, the CEO of cryptocurrency firm FTX Digital Markets and founder of the American Dream Federal Action super PAC, said that he spent $13.4 million in this year’s Republican primary races to help ensure that the federal government will be better prepared to combat the next global contagion than it was for COVID-19.
Salame supported Trump-backed candidates Rep. Ted Budd, who is running for North Carolina’s open Senate seat, Katie Britt, who is running to replace her boss, retiring Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, and House hopeful Bo Hines, who is running for the open seat in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district.
This FTX guy is all about preparing for future pandemics but he is sending money to the three biggest anti-COVID candidates. ?????????? What am I missing?
The McConnell/Chao shipping fortune eliminates graft as a motive on this chump change. This is part of his very successful war on MAGA, a pure power play. He is a shrewd SOB but needs to be driven back to Louisville. We’ve got a dem governor but solid Republican majorities in both houses. The legislature basically chooses the replacement in Kentucky.