Coolest extension ever

I discovered this in a Tweet and found it difficult to believe. I downloaded the extension and was amazed. A young programmer has developed a browser extension that identifies names of politicians appearing in web content and provides the option of exploring the financial donations received by this individual. This possibility immediately made me think of what we teach students regarding content evaluation – understand the possible motives of the author. It would seem reasonable that the same logic would apply to politicians.

I researched a senator from North Dakota and found the major source of funds was oil and gas.