Wealthy Republicans on the west coast received an emailed invitation in July to an upcoming fundraiser titled “Keep the Senate”. The email, obtained by the Guardian, described the event as a “private roundtable and dinner with the National Republican Senatorial Committee” where donors can pledge $50,000 for seats at the head table, and mingle with legislative heavy hitters from Capitol Hill including the Senator majority leader, John Thune, and Mike Rogers, who is running for Senate in Michigan with Donald Trump’s endorsement.
One of the organizers listed on the invite was the defense industry tycoon Palmer Luckey, the 33-year-old co-founder of sprawling weapons manufacturer Anduril Industries.
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A longtime GOP donor and activist who spoke on condition he not be identified in order to preserve his political relationships said Luckey was now the “godfather of Republican fundraising on the west coast”.
Those bastards referencing LotR with their doomsday companies will single-handedly turn me pro IP-law.
just reading about Anduril makes me sick. You know I wonder what the stem attitude is now a days. Back when I did a year in a PhD I remember one professor recieved funding from something connected to the military and there was definately a kinda mark on him for that from the other professors. People doing research were very opposed to anything related to military.
Didn’t expect the headline. Saw the picture first and thought it was about an airport baggage handler named Kyle.
Lol, “Kyle” has lots of expendable income.
Socialism for Corporations…They buy our politicians for millions who then turn around and give them billions
Anyone think these guys will be blacklisted from government contracts under a 2027 NDAA written with a Democratic Majority?
Anyone think they’ll be pulled out, root and branch, from the Pentagon contractor pool under a 2029 Democratic Presidency?
Or will Anduril simply hedge its bets by kicking money towards the winning team, then continue turning out multi-million dollar devices that function as little more than target practice for international rivals?
