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		kfprt on Aug 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FEC Asks Congress to Ban Prechecked Recurring Dona... Politicians of both parties often use the same middlemen. The 'campaigning industry' isn't so much red or blue but green.

therealcamino on Aug 8, 2021 | [–]

What organizations are you thinking of? I'm not an expert in the area, and ones I know of are ActBlue that works only with Democrats, and WinRed which is the Republican clone.

Retric on Aug 8, 2021 | [–]

Often true, but this was a specific case and there are a lot of red or blue focused middlemen.

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