A pro-MAGA website that urged supporters to fund a database unmasking Charlie Kirk critics took tens of thousands in crypto—then vanished, infuriating donors.
The site, Expose Charlie’s Murderers, launched hours after the assassination of the right-wing influencer, 31, in September. It promised a searchable trove of names and workplaces for “the largest firing operation in history,” according to Drop Site’s review of the now-offline project.
The site listed six crypto wallets and raised more than $30,000 between Sept. 12 and 14 before repeatedly going dark, resurfacing as the “Charlie Kirk Data Foundation,” and disappearing again, Drop Site reported.
Theres grifters for everyone. Black Lives Matter, super important thing that happened. Still had grifters abuse it for their own gain. Christ, even Pepsi tried to get in on out, but were called out for basically implying that racist cops could be cured by drinking a fucking pepsi…
And how many companies every year sell pink and rainbow merch, only to pocket most or all of the profits?
Wounded Warrior project. Supposed to be about the wounded vets, instead it was about filling other peoples pockets.
And of course, the cream of the crop, televangelists… “I need a plane!!!”
Remember #metoo? But do you also remember the times up foundation, that was supposedly set up to get victims legal support? Yeah, you guessed it. Nothing but a grift for hollywood types to show how they were the “good ones” while taking money and resources away from actual victims. Never forget the name Roberta Caplan. The chair of the times up board, who was only too happy to help in drafting letters that would discredit Andrew Cuomos accusers. Tina Tchen, the CEO, also helped Cuomo during that time.
No matter what the issue is, no matter which way you lean, there will always, ALWAYS, be someone ready and willing to take your fucking money, and spend on fast cars and loose women.
Don’t even get me started on that bullshit. They fund peanuts in research, and a very moderate amount to ‘helping’ people with breast cancer. The ‘goal’ of the organization is literally in the tagline: raise breast cancer awareness. That’s it. The absolutely insane amount of visibility they get (because who cares about the nearly $200 million in money they [currently] bring in, right? Don’t even worry about that amount) is the only point. My mother reached out to them when she found out she had breast cancer, and the best they could do was suggest she pick up the pamphlets at the oncologist’s office.
Wait, what? Breast cancer is a thing now?
Thank goodness for these awareness charities, I was completely unaware! /s
Eh. I’ll defend them on this one. When they started it was a thing not talked about, mammograms were not as known, and there was definitely a stigma around it. At this point though? Yeah, we can move on from just raising awareness.
A charity that raises money for prevention or treatment inherently raises awareness though.
These kinds of “charities” use this “awareness” grey area to avoid being held accountable for actually achieving anything of substance. It’s all just to rake in money and sell people mass produced garbage with their branding on it.
Skittles a couple years ago: white packaging, “you’re the only rainbow that matters” to queer people
Skittles today: now DEI free