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In reply to the discussion: Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune [View all]

angrychair

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10. How is this legal
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 01:29 PM
Oct 25

Seriously, how is it legal for someone to donate money like that?
We didn't have a privately funded government for a very good reason.

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Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 25 OP
Right wing nutjob orangecrush Oct 25 #1
If True, Timothy Mellon owns a piece of this administration. djacq Oct 25 #2
How can TSF be commander in chief of mercenaries? rzemanfl Oct 25 #3
I agree... and if they're paid for by rich billionaires instead of the people, slightlv Oct 25 #15
Lovely. Our troops are beholden to a reclusive billionaire Trump puppet master. Maine-i-ac Oct 25 #4
Failed nation yankee87 Oct 25 #5
Yes - if he donates other $100M specifically to invade Venezuela, would that actually happen? TheRickles Oct 25 #7
Explicitly illegal, but that doesn't matter anymore. PSPS Oct 25 #6
The curtains have been pulled back. twodogsbarking Oct 25 #8
There are more than a million service members-- viva la Oct 25 #9
How is this legal angrychair Oct 25 #10
It's not BumRushDaShow Oct 25 #11
True story angrychair Oct 25 #12
try to imagine if it was Soros Skittles Oct 25 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author rzemanfl Oct 25 #14
I'm hoping at some point, he decides to colaborate with eLoon .... eppur_se_muova Oct 25 #16
"Juicy scandal leaks from Musk-Melon ... " BumRushDaShow Oct 25 #18
Used to walk past their original building in Homewood on a regular basis. Now they've merged with Bank of New York. eppur_se_muova Oct 25 #19
They were all over PA BumRushDaShow Oct 25 #20
I think I bought a mattress at Lit's. eppur_se_muova Oct 26 #22
Lit Brothers department store BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #23
Well, it probably wasn't Lit's after all -- I remember the inside more than the outside ... eppur_se_muova Oct 26 #24
All of them down there had the large open first ( "ground" ) floor BumRushDaShow Oct 26 #25
Reclusive Billionaires 2na fisherman Oct 25 #17
This guy's a piece of work. LudwigPastorius Oct 25 #21
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