James Gleick on Nostr: Amazing fact: It's illegal in the United States for anyone to donate more than $3,300 ...
Amazing fact: It's illegal in the United States for anyone to donate more than $3,300 to a candidate in any federal election. That's the absolute limit. No kidding. There's a vast apparatus meant to enforce it.
Just one exception: if you're very rich, you can do whatever you want.
https://mas.to/@carnage4life/113617945518251067Published at
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