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"Trump also moved to kneecap one other force challenging him by targeting ActBlue. The website funnels small-dollar donations to predominantly Democratic candidates and has become a powerhouse in helping Democrats stay ahead of Republicans financially in many elections. The GOP set up a site to mimic it called WinRed, but Trump’s order only directs a probe into the Democratic site, not the one run by his own party.
Trump asked Bondi to see if ActBlue was a potential conduit for illegal overseas donations. The site said it followed the law, and it and Democrats condemned the probe as politically motivated.
Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College, said Trump’s targeting of Democratic Party infrastructure fits a pattern of many authoritarians around the world, who use government power to cripple opposition parties so they can no longer win elections.
“We’re well past Watergate,” he said, referring to the 1972 scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation two years later. “The investigation of ActBlue makes clear that we’re not in a fully democratic country.”
“In a democracy,” Nyhan said, “opposition parties don’t have to fight uphill.”"
Does anyone have experience starting or running a #Non-Profit? Wondering what it'd take to start one for public #Mastodon , #Peertube, etc. Accept #donations as a non-profit, apply for #grants for non-profits, etc. Maybe monthly sub that gives folks additional features. Like more storage or something. IDK, just brain storming. As the #Fediverse is meant to be #open, what better way than starting an official Non-Profit for #hosting?
Food Bank of East Alabama turns to community for donations amidst USDA cuts https://www.diningandcooking.com/2024920/food-bank-of-east-alabama-turns-to-community-for-donations-amidst-usda-cuts/ #Alabama #bank #banks #community #county #cuts #donations #east #food #insecurity #Lee #Pantry #support #usda
Humane societies urge community support as demand for pet food assistance surges https://www.diningandcooking.com/2023976/humane-societies-urge-community-support-as-demand-for-pet-food-assistance-surges/ #CommunitySupport #donations #EconomicHardship #food #inflation #PetCare #PetFoodAssistance #SeattleHumane #TacomaHumaneSociety
Heartbreaking news from Houston Landing. "Houston Landing to cease operations in face of financial challenges"
I would LOVE to see them awash in donations to keep them going. The Texas Observer was saved in its final hours this way. I'd love to see Houston Landing saved, too!
https://houstonlanding.org/houston-landing-to-cease-operations-in-face-of-financial-challenges/
..."“ People who were displaced, lost their houses needed help. They weren't looking for clothing necessarily. They were looking for toiletries or cash or food,” Gullingsrud said. “And so these organizations, they're not clothing collection organizations, but all of a sudden they were clogged.”
And sometimes if they are not set up to handle clothing donations, a lot of it ends up in landfills, like what happened after Hurricane Katrina, she said. Clothing can’t just sit outside in donation centers, she added, because it will become moldy and toxic...."
Way too much used clothing was donated during the Los Angeles wildfires (really... don't need to donate clothing during disasters)
..."“ The trend is that Americans consume more and more clothing and use them fewer times,” he said, “which means that the clothing is still in pretty much pristine condition when we decide to give it away.”....
https://laist.com/news/what-happened-to-all-the-clothing-donated-during-the-la-wildfires
UPDATE: Merged repost of my Tumblr post here:
submission from noorayman2:
Hello my friends, I hope you are well,
I hope you look at my condition with compassion and tenderness. My house has been completely destroyed and I am now homeless homeless in the streets. We live without shelter in the streets, in extreme cold and rain.My sister is injured by the war and they need treatment. Help us get my family back. Your help means a lot to me.
The situation in the north still very bad there’s no water no food everything is completely destroyed please donate me and helped urgent
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My response:
I can see you were vetted by 90-ghost. I will share your GoFundMe from your donation post here:
https://gofund.me/b95ef740
I hope you and your family will be able to get the help you need in these difficult times.
Reblog Update:
Apr 13, 2025
CURRENT STATUS: €23,540/€60,000 (euros)
Noor is trying to raise €100 for an extremely urgent need. Please donate or reblog to help her out.
UPDATE: I've donated €10 just now. Thanks to several other recent donors, this donation has reached the €100 goal!
However, Noor and her family still need all the help they can get to survive in hazardous conditions. Please continue to donate or reblog if you can.
URGENT NEED: €100/€100
Donations to The Debugger are temporarily down, which in the case of #Ghost rely on #Stripe by default. Now, Stripe decided to cancel The Debugger's account, just right after we published our article on #privacy . Coincidence? Probably yes. But we're looking for #onlinepayment alternatives out there, so if you have any suggestions (especially stuff that is not just Stripe or PayPal under the hood) they'll be much appreciated!
#Economy #EconomicPolicy #SocialSecurity #SaveSocialSecurity #ExpandSocialSecurity #Donations #SocialSecurityWorks — Donate via ActBlue
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ssw_trump_weaponizing_social_security?link_id=0&can_id=ddbeab5dc1f0ec1370275b4de6d8c151&source=email-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-are-weaponizing-social-security&email_referrer=email_2694294___subject_3197492&email_subject=are-you-dead&refcodeEmailReferrer=email_2694294___subject_3197492
The news party losing money from donations is welcome. But why not ALL of them. This degrades democracy and enables fascism.
The #CoSocialist Future
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/04/05/The-CoSocialist-Future
An interesting article about https://cosocial.ca/ by @timbray - If you're interested in running community services, you should read it.
They take Canadian paying customers only (50 Can$), got 200 ppl after 2y and will hire their first paid employee soon.
Shameless plug:
https://info.graz.social is also providing paid memberships which supports efforts to educate the masses about #Fediverse and #decentralization for people in and around #Graz (and I'm part of @wir). Meet us at #GLT25 on April 26: https://www.linuxtage.at/en/
Consider a membership or a donation to your team of choice that runs a #communityservice! 
We're sharing our data on corporate philanthropy in the Netherlands! For Giving in the Netherlands, we've been collecting data on donations of money, goods and services by corporations in the Netherlands for more than two decades. Thanks to a small grant, the commitment of Marlou Ramaekers and assistance by Job Suijs you can now use the data to answer your own research questions. https://osf.io/gf7nz
#philanthropy #openscience #corporatephilanthropy #donations #sponsorships #netherlands #CSR
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Funding Problems in Open Source - What Can Be Done?
https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/3060811a-6b88-46ec-8352-9310e851b587
Bin gerade mal wieder die Finanzen für trashserver.net und metalhead.club durchgegangen und es sieht weiterhin gut aus!
4 Dauerspender sind leider entfallen - entweder, weil sie ihre Daueraufträge auslaufen haben lassen oder entfernt haben - oder weil sie statt eines Dauerauftrags offenbar doch nur einen Einzelauftrag eingestellt haben ;-)
Ist aber nicht tragisch - wir stehen weiterhin sehr gut da. Bin immer noch sehr stolz auf die Community hier! Metalhead.club gibt es seit bald 8 Jahren! Und das nur auf Basis eurer Spenden! 
Spendeninfos: https://donate.650thz.de
I just went through the finances for trashserver.net and metalhead.club again and things are still looking good!
Unfortunately, 4 standing donors have dropped out - either because they let their standing orders expire or removed them - or because they apparently only set up a single order instead of a standing order ;-)
But that's not tragic - we're still doing very well. I'm still very proud of the community here! Metalhead.club has been around for almost 8 years! And that's only thanks to your donations!
Donation info: https://donate.650thz.de