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Flock, maker of controversial license plate readers, starts to give campaign cash to local politicians
(chicago.suntimes.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2026
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Local politicians being bought off for a couple thousand dollars. Fucking shameful. That's not even a "oh you had to really persuade them" like a new car or something. It's a good chunk of change but a thousand bucks will maybe get you a weekend vacation in Tuscon. But it was enough to sell our privacy down the well.
Politicians are notorious for being bought for very little: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscam
They are cheap whores.
"Every man has his price."
Why was yours a six pack and a roll of toilet paper?
Could you not resist such a pithy morsel from WeWillOwnYouMuahaha inc if only for your pride?
Politicians with a sense of dignity haven't been a thing for 30 years. Their social media posts don't do it for the algorithm so no one ever hears about them.