Coverage of this post from The Hill on April 24th:
Many of Flynn’s donors are involved in an online forum called Effective Altruism, a group that analyzes how best to spend money on philanthropic efforts. Their conclusion, according to some of the posts backing Flynn, has been that spending a few million on a congressional race could result in billions in spending on pandemic preparedness by the federal government.
Flynn is “the first person to ever run for US congress on a platform of preventing future pandemics,” wrote one user, Andrew Snyder-Beattie, who called his donation to Flynn “the best $5,800 I’ve ever donated (to pandemic prevention).”
“Nobody in congress has made pandemic preparedness a ‘core issue,’” wrote Snyder-Beattie, whose online profiles say he leads Open Philanthropy’s work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. “Carrick will make this a priority, and has committed to devoting a full time staff member to focus on pandemic preparedness issues.”
Sounds like good coverage! Though some of the local media is strongly against Carrick (1, 2, 3).
Separately, Oregon Guy deserves better from us. He’s clearly an Oregon voter who is surprised to see millions of dollars pouring in to support a candidate he’s never heard of. Downvoting him to hell will not open his ears to the virtues of our preferred candidate. It would be great if someone had the time and expertise to give Oregon Guy a warm welcome and a sincere recommendation for Carrick.
Coverage of this post from The Hill on April 24th:
Sounds like good coverage! Though some of the local media is strongly against Carrick (1, 2, 3).
Separately, Oregon Guy deserves better from us. He’s clearly an Oregon voter who is surprised to see millions of dollars pouring in to support a candidate he’s never heard of. Downvoting him to hell will not open his ears to the virtues of our preferred candidate. It would be great if someone had the time and expertise to give Oregon Guy a warm welcome and a sincere recommendation for Carrick.