An Anon discussed "Magic Swords" as it related to "Magic Word" or "Magic 5word5" - Got me digging. Re: Campaign finance term "Magic Words"

https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/ebook/part3/campaign_finance_fed_glossary.html

Magic Words

Magic words are “explicit words of advocacy of election or defeat” and are required, in some jurisdictions, in order for a communication to constitute express advocacy.

Examples of such “magic words” are provided in famous footnote 52 of Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 44, and include “vote for,” “elect,” “support,” “cast your ballot for,” “Smith for Congress,” “vote against,” “defeat,” and “reject.” Also included in express advocacy as “explicit words of advocacy of election or defeat” are communications urging voters to vote for candidates associated with an issue, for example, “vote pro-life;” when the communications identify such candidates by name or photo. FEC v. Mass. Citizens for Life, Inc., 479 U.S. 238, 249.

The presence of express advocacy has important consequences for disclosure requirements. In general, non-candidates and non-candidate-related organizations do not share the candidate disclosure requirements for expenditures unless those expenditures constitute express advocacy.

Buckley v Valejo

Reminded me of Buckley Wolfe, a character who seems to only exist in the news about his murdering by SWORD his brother (because he thought he was a lizard.)

Qanon-Believing Proud Boy Accused of Murdering ‘Lizard’ Brother With Sword

Will Sommer

01.09.19 3:25 PM ET

A self-proclaimed member of the far-right Proud Boys group who also believes in the QAnon conspiracy theory allegedly murdered his own brother with a sword.

Prosecutors say Buckey Wolfe, 26, killed his brother in Seattle on Sunday night by stabbing him in the head with a four-foot-long sword.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boy-member-accused-of-murdering-his-brother-with-a-sword-4?ref=scroll

I am no campaign finance expert. But if the MSM is being paid to run anti-candidate stories, isn't that a form of campaign contribution and wouldn't that need to be disclosed? I would think that fake stories like Buckley Wolfe could be considered campaign ads against a specific candidate. Being anti-Q is a form of campaigning against Donald Trump, is it not? I'm probably reaching, but no more than the Stormy Daniels catch-and-killed-story as campaign contributions is.