Annnnnnnnnnd...... so? This is their JOB. This is a private site. The owners make the rules.
We're guests in their home. We either give them money or deal with their ads and the ad people give them money. That money allows them to run this site. It's not a mystery. The laborer is worthy of his hire.
If the links have been monetized, fine. I've never seen the link you're talking about--sure you don't have malware on your machine?
I hope they get enough to meet the bills and pay themselves. If you don't like that, you have options, you know. No one is holding you hostage and forcing you to post here.
Maybe you need to re-acquaint yourself with the TOS. They never claim to be affiliated with the DNC. This is a community of people who are Democrats, pretty much from the centrist to the left/progressive sphere. That "other" site is for people who can't fit into that Dem mold.
And it's not filthy lucre--unless the paycheck YOU collect to pay your rent, light and car note is also "filthy lucre." They have to eat, too, and support their families, and this is how they choose to do it.
I think it gets better every year--this is light years from the Bush Selection era in terms of how responsive and diverse the site is.
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