>>24681992 lb

>Spencer is funded by Sergey Brin.

"funded by" implies "ownership" in the political world.

The reports are that Sergey Brin gave the maximum donation of $1800 to Spencer Pratta week before the election,like so many tens of thousands of others.

Unless there is more, that is far from "funded by," and hardly in time to do anything with, in the context apparently suggested by OP.

"Brin gave Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt a maximum donation of $1,800 on May 27, according to municipal campaign finance records."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/spencer-pratt-rides-big-techs-rightward-wave-latest-silicon-valley-titan-opens-wallet

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/tech-billionaires-california-elections

Both articles discuss the opposition to the billionaire tax, and major support for the Dem gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan (hardly charting in the results, so Brin's donations there, substantially larger maximum limits for the governor race plus substantial support from his "stop billionaire tax" PAC, did not produce the desired election results).

There is no evidence Brin or other tech billionaires gave Pratt any more than the $1800 individual maximum allowed in the mayoral race (the billionaire tax fight is at the state level, not local), nor that any PAC contributed to catapulting Pratt foreward.

All of that effort on behalf of Sergey Brin and others went to move Mahan forward as a contender for CA Governor. And it failed.

The Pratt ground swell, by contrast, appears to be authentically organic.

Attempting to diminish the contagion of his passion and personal motivation and that of those who responded to someone who is finally, and boldly, and fearlessly ("nothing left to lose"), speaking their language, with what donations they could by attempting to aliign him with big money manipulators, thereby painting him as a manipulator as well, appears to be adopting the opposition's talking points.

Despite the lack of evidence, such smears have some effect on those not using common sense. Thankfully, though, more and more people are using common sense these days. So such attempted smears reveal more about the speakers thereof than the target.

Laziness and ignorance are not good excuses for friendly fire, ever.