When Is It Okay to Out Political Donors?

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🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Last month, Representative Joaquin Castro tweeted out a list of Trump donors living in his district in San Antonio. Actress Debra Messing asked for an attendance list at a Trump fundraiser in Beverly Hills. Both efforts were likened to doxxing or blacklisting. Should political donors be named if they might also be targeted? Guest: Dahlia Lithwick, legal correspondent and host of the Amicus podcast. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Danielle Hewitt. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Knock, knock, who's there? It's the land of same day. What?
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0:19.5	If you log on to the Federal Election Commission's website or go to opensecrets.org,
0:24.5	you can find these lists.
0:27.2	lists of who's donating to Donald Trump or Elizabeth Warren.
0:32.3	How much they're giving.
0:33.8	It is an incredibly simple thing to do.
0:36.7	And I think I would also add it's like a treasure trove for journalists, right?
0:41.0	Daniel Lutwick covers Washington for Slate.
0:43.7	She loves doing this kind of digging.
0:45.7	If donors given more than 200 bucks, they're on these sites.
0:49.7	Like, these donor lists are like super, super interesting.
0:53.8	I think at some point I might have looked up like House Renters.
0:58.3	You know, just to like find out what was going on.
1:01.3	So people were renting your house?
1:03.0	Possibly.
1:04.0	I think at some point.
1:06.4	Some people do a credit check.
1:08.3	Daniel Lutwick does an FIT check.
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