When i talk to people about when the downfall of America began this is my starting point. That one SC case fought for by McConnell made our government bought and paid for by the ruling class. When the history is written, it will have many chapters.
I recall many conservatives, Republicans reporting after Mr. Trump’s first victory that they voted for him specifically to get more conservative, Republican justices on the Supreme Court to deliver more rulings like Citizens United, increase the role of big money in politics.
Reversing Citizens would eliminate billions in ad revenue from US media corporations, so don't look for help there. How nice it would be to have England's election laws, six weeks of campaigning before the vote, strict limits on donations, & no mass ads. Only equal TV time to discuss platforms.
I am haunted by the day my mom called me, the family politics and law nerd, seeking assurance that Citizens United didn't mean what she thought it did, and I had to tell her, "no mom, you're right. They just voted to end democracy."
💯 We’ve learned a lesson that the lust for power and money is a smoldering fire that never goes out, and that evil is willing to play a long game. And it forces us to play a longer game whether we like it or not.
money/donors prevents politicians from taking too many progressive positions, and whether or not that had any effect on *this* election, I think over decades it's completely believable that loses Dems elections, and the void has been filled with well magats.
The antiDemocracy Media began its Character assassination of President Biden almost the minute he took office.
Somehow he has suddenly miraculously recovered from Alzheimer’s, though.
The perfect post. Citizens United was the first, and perhaps most profound warning sign. I have been raging into the abyss about it ever since, to no avail. Everything that has followed was an obvious result of that power play.
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https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/fixing-citizens-united-will-break-constitution
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failure of democracy
Huh, how about that?
https://open.spotify.com/show/53PK9UJVE1keigtCX5BkRZ?si=w2jxGtVSQLeXeQuegE13LQ
Russian interference caused that.
Somehow he has suddenly miraculously recovered from Alzheimer’s, though.
“It’s the propaganda, stupid”
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