If we took money out of politics, half of what is killing this country would no longer be possible. #EndCitizensUnited - ThreadSky

johnales.bsky.social • 4 days ago

If we took money out of politics, half of what is killing this country would no longer be possible.
#EndCitizensUnited

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yourcanadiangf.bsky.social•4 days ago

you should only be able to spend as much money as the job pays you.

tulsisdeepstate.bsky.social•4 days ago

It needs to become the litnus test for every elcted official.

builtdad.bsky.social•3 days ago

Amen. Too bad the Democrats don’t have the cujones to end CU. We never try to completely reverse the shit the R’s fuck up

unwittinggenius.com•4 days ago

I completely agree; removing money from politics could significantly reduce corruption and restore the integrity of our democracy.

subliminalgraph.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is the only REAL solution.

gsingleton.bsky.social•4 days ago

Scalia on Citizens United vs FEC. His claims are absolutely disgusting. He was a bought and paid for Justice who could have been a talk show host on Fox. He was a masterful liar…

https://youtu.be/UgQGJjQq4uk?si=L3YLkvYTrBQ8kt6m

judybytheocean.bsky.social•4 days ago

Don't forget the men. The majority of them would get off the political teat and go find other jobs that they are too incompetent to do. The money is the poison to democracy!

geezerwoman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Corporations are not people.

maisany.bsky.social•3 days ago

Neither are billionaire oligarchs.

geezerwoman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Excellent point.

spacegizmo.bsky.social•4 days ago

What is killing this country is actually racism. We had one black President and white people lost their minds and the rich used that to escape accountability. Money is only the means for the rich to keep us divided, not the root cause.

spacegizmo.bsky.social•4 days ago

What happened today should have been enough to have every American that cares about America want to drag him out of office and beat him to death (not that I'm saying that's what we should do). He deserves due process). Just this stupid thing is going to decrease the quality of life of every American

spacegizmo.bsky.social•4 days ago

The only reason it isn't the case is because a lot of white people are OK with destroying everything to make sure non-white people aren't treated equally ever again.

serenestars17.bsky.social•4 days ago

Lmfao and the president was fucking mixed. Imagine if he was fully black

apothcarysees.bsky.social•4 days ago

k9crush.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agree. But it’ll never happen.

chaostosurreal.bsky.social•4 days ago

Fuck yea. So much needs to change

jainabledsoe.bsky.social•4 days ago

If we took those with money that is put into politics out, all of what is killing this country would no longer be possible

hannasazi.bsky.social•4 days ago

term limits and no one who holds legislative office (or their spouse) should be allowed to own stock

coachleelee.bsky.social•4 days ago

💯💯💯

godhatesyeast.bsky.social•3 days ago

no simple solutions to centuries-long problems

globalinterest.bsky.social•2 days ago

Canada called a federal election at the beginning of the month and they are having an election at the end of the month.

TV loves advertising dollars. Choices, one Month or a two year circus.

timledin.bsky.social•3 days ago

add term limits to that congress people 4 - 2 year terms max and senate 2 - 6 year terms. that solves alot of the issues right there but finance reform is needed and make it a constitutional amendment so it is very hard to go back on

maisany.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you put in the financial controls, I don’t think you’d need these. What they should put in place though are rotations of leadership. If Schumer were required to hand over the leadership to another Senator, do you think he’d stick around?

revansvt.bsky.social•3 days ago

💯

urocklive1.bsky.social•3 days ago

At least half. Making a good education available to everyone would help a lot, too.

out5p0ken.bsky.social•3 days ago

This 👆🏼

revansvt.bsky.social•2 days ago

💯

paccali68.bsky.social•3 days ago

John Roberts and his corrupt Supreme Court delivered a near death blow to American democracy with Citizens United

And now trump and his crony cabinet are here to try and finish it off 😑🤦🏼‍♂️

theviolenceoftruth.bsky.social•3 days ago

replace elections with the jury system - randomly pick average everyday americans to serve. and just like jury system, weed out folks that can't tie their own shoelaces. No vested interests, most people would want to go home, 1 term. Let the experts (CBO, staff) help guide them in their duties.

patriciacampbell.bsky.social•4 days ago

No Kidding🙄

pnwheron.bsky.social•3 days ago

We walked off the cliff with Citizens United.

out5p0ken.bsky.social•3 days ago

John fucking Roberts

Leonard Leo

aramintas-legacy.bsky.social•3 days ago

They had help!
Decades worth...

msdesignerlady.bsky.social•4 days ago

Agreed, dark money has produced incredible corruption.

judybytheocean.bsky.social•4 days ago

Isn't that something... dark $$$ given by white people destroying the entire democracy. Such a novel idea... there's even racist tones to what is decimating the country.🤦🏽‍♀️

dookusroyal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Citizens United was the correct ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court cited more than twenty prior cases where it had recognized that corporations have First Amendment rights.

There is zero evidence of increased public corruption following Citizens United: https://ifs.org/news/new-research-no-rise-in-corruption-since-citizens-united/

johnales.bsky.social•2 days ago

How did you get in here?? No offense but fuck off.

dookusroyal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just stating facts.

futureisorg.bsky.social•3 days ago

💯 on Citizens United’s impact! Since 2010, big money has exploded—but where’s the hero to stop it? Both parties have stalled for decades!

We know undoing CU will take years, so we’re building accountability tools NOW to expose conflicts of interest and give better candidates a fair shot.

apothcarysees.bsky.social•4 days ago

Could we get billionaires to stop buying the Supreme Court?

catsforpeace2.bsky.social•3 days ago

I agree 100%.

helenarmstrong5.bsky.social•4 days ago

In Canada, you are only allowed to contribute $1750 to a candidate. Our elections are usually over within one to three months definitely #EndCitizensUnited

badlandslib.bsky.social•4 days ago

The year of that disastrous ruling I said Dems should focus 💯 percent on reversing that and nothing else because passing a constitutional amendment is hard and nothing else they tried would succeed until money is more or less out of politics in an enforceable way.

tabris-sky.bsky.social•4 days ago

Now imagine that after 500 million, they win the money game and the prize is, America get’s everything after. Schools paid for, retirement pensions for all. No housing crisis, no price gouging, funding for research. We could actually pay teachers, and fund innovations.

pmzyox.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s so fucking simple

smilinblueyez.bsky.social•4 days ago

More than 1/2

ladyoldandgray.bsky.social•3 days ago

PSYCHOPATHS Putin’s/Trump’s/Eloon’s MAGAs are a redux of PSYCHOPATH Hitler’s Nazis = psychopaths (1 in 25 persons in the general population) & their psychotic human pets.

The free world—not in denial/delusion, as are an abundance of Americans—will continue to protect itself from NAZI/MAGA America.

bierathebluehag.bsky.social•4 days ago

#NoMoreCitizensUnited

greypony25.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes. End citizens United.

flowergirlbaker.bsky.social•4 days ago

THIS

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