By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026That amendment made three of Johnson's constituents *at least half a billion dollars*: Uline owners Dick and Liz Uihlein and roofing tycoon Diane Hendricks (who collectively donated $20m to Johnson's campaign). 5/ 2168
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026All told, the Trump tax bill generated windfalls worth more than $1b for just 82 households, all of whom donated lavishly to the lawmakers who inserted incredibly specific amendments that benefited them, personally: pluralistic.net/2021/08/11/t... 6/pluralistic.netPluralistic: 11 Aug 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1147
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/03/2026Another example: in 1999, Congressional staffer Mitch Glazier inserted an amendment to the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act that took away musicians' ability to claim back the rights to their recordings after 35 years through "Termination of Transfer": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_G... 7/en.wikipedia.orgMitch Glazier - Wikipedia 184
