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[leftstreet]

1. What is "MAGA backed money?"

[lees1975]

2. Comes from a MAGA source,

like APac, or hundreds of other contributions from businesses connected to MAGA supporters.

Chicago Sun Times

[Cirsium]

3. From the article

Excerpt -

The fundraising leader in the Senate Democratic primary race to replace outgoing Sen. Dick Durbin has also taken in more than $120,000 in corporate PAC contributions from the same companies that are helping to fund Trump’s new $300 million White House ballroom construction, including Google, Amazon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Microsoft, T-Mobile, NextEra Energy, Union Pacific and Lockheed Martin.

Krishnamoorthi’s donors include Marc Andreessen, a Trump adviser and venture capitalist, Michael Pillsbury, Project 2025 contributor and Heritage Foundation senior adviser and Shyam Sankar, a Trump adviser who donated at least $260,000 to Republican causes this year alone.

Asked for comment, Krishnamoorthi’s campaign told the Sun-Times the donations from Trump allies represent just .2% of the more than $24 million he has raised. And a campaign spokesperson said Krishnamoorthi, a U.S. representative and a Democrat from Schaumburg, “welcomes anyone who supports” his mission.

“Over the years, more than 88,000 individuals have chipped in to support Raja because they know he is a proven fighter who will stand up to Donald Trump. The only candidate in this race with a plan to hold Trump accountable, Raja has taken a commanding lead because Illinoisans know he will go to the mat to protect the American Dream as our next U.S. Senator,” the spokesperson said.

[lees1975]

4. I am an Illinois voter, I'm voting early TODAY and

Krishnamoorthi will NOT get my vote.

[Cirsium]

5. Why?

Why will Krishnamoorthi not get your vote?

[lees1975]

16. He's not the kind of aggressive progressive I want in that Senate seat.

Both Juliana Stratton and Robyn Kelly are far better in that regard. Krishnamoorthi will be the weak spot on a ticket anchored by Governor Pritzker, and his record is really weak from a progressive perspective. And where has he been lately.

[Cirsium]

17. thanks

Nothing to do with "MAGA-backed money" then?

[tritsofme]

7. Raja is going to be a great senator. I already voted for him.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. So you're a single issue voiter then? I mean, money is your determining factor?

[lees1975]

11. No. I just don't trust someone who tries to hide the truth. And he isn't one of the better choices.

I made that decision when this race first shaped up. Robyn Kelly has been a much better member of Congress. Although it is almost a certainty that the Democrat will win the seat, he's not the strongest head to head against a GOP challenger, Stratton and Kelly both lead him in that regard. And it has been heartening to see him fall into third place in the recent polling data. Democrats will get a much more active, progressive and powerful voice if either of those two women is elected, and it may just come down to me flipping a coin before I go into the booth.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Interesting. Thanks for your reply, lees1975. ❤️ 👋

[duckworth969]

6. Talarico received a donation from GOP donor Miriam Adelson

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/james-talarico-miriam-adelson-billionaire-donations-00517288

https://theaustinindependent.org/talarico-demanded-that-jose-garzas-opponent-renounce-republican-money-then-accepted-over-50000-from-a-republican-billionaires-pac-the-next-day/

Adelson was Chumps third biggest donor in 2024 and Talaricos biggest donor in his house reelection campaign.

[lees1975]

8. And that's disappointing.

Let see how much more he takes during the general election campaign, or if they'll give anything to him instead of Cornyn or Paxton. I guess the strategy behind that was to keep Crockett out, but she had less of a pathway to winning that seat than Talarico does.

[betsuni]

12. Talarico supports legalized casino gambling and so does Adelson, why she donated.

[betsuni]

10. Since vast majority of money goes to Republicans, why not ask about them?

80% of donations from Forbes top 100 wealthiest people goes exclusively to Republicans.

What's the conspiracy theory about Democrats supposed to be?

[Quiet Em]

14. Who is on your ballot this November?

Is your House member dipping into thier MAGA-backed money? Will your House member face a challenger in the primary? Is your House member a Democrat?

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

15. That's how you say "free and fair elections" in American.

Seems that no matter who you vote for, you lose.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. "We had a chance to get rid of Citizens United..."

How do you "get rid" of a Supreme Court decision?