<story><title>Oracle founder donated $250k to Graham PAC in final days of TikTok deal</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/17/21520356/oracle-tiktok-larry-ellison-lindsey-graham-super-pac-donation-jaime-harrison</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>TheRealDunkirk</author><text>$250K is lunch money for Larry Ellison. The _truly_ sad thing about American democracy isn&amp;#x27;t that the government can be bought; it&amp;#x27;s that it can be bought so cheaply, relatively speaking. If you want the government to hand over a whole new business line to one of the already-largest and most-successful businesses in the world, you&amp;#x27;d think they&amp;#x27;d have to drop an amount of money they might actually notice.</text></comment>
<story><title>Oracle founder donated $250k to Graham PAC in final days of TikTok deal</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/17/21520356/oracle-tiktok-larry-ellison-lindsey-graham-super-pac-donation-jaime-harrison</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>082349872349872</author><text>An honest politician: one who, once bought, stays bought.</text></comment>