15 years of Citizens United have shown us that money corrupts politics. We are going to have to take back our democracy from the forces of greed! #StopTheOligarchy
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You know I don't promote crime but if you're going to rob somebody Rob them m************. Stop and think about it if you're a thief it makes sense to steal from those that actually have it I mean hell you could do a snatch and grab and get a lot. And it's okay if you f****** kill them
This post us very serious, and your absolutely right...
But can we just focus in on this goofy looking mofo for a few seconds and offer up an old fashioned flame session...
Have to agree. Imagine the physiological damage they have caused. Although he is a big boy now...he can speak for himself. Has anyone ever heard him speak?
We were warned,
this is the outcome.
There was a time it only took the desire to be in public service.
Protecting Norms is not keeping us safe, we have been in a war since before I was born, and this is what these people think of us.
Hahaha. So let me get this straight. Y’all are going to vote and legislate us out of this?!! Citizens united isn’t the problem, it’s just the planned pregnancy of capitalism, the actual problem…
For starters, Citizen's United is the primary tool which enabled this Plutocracy, and what's more, we don't live in a Capitalism. Haven't in more than a century. The government has been so deeply in bed with business it's impossible to pretend we aren't just wage slaves supporting a Corporatocracy
I think you got your ideas mixed up. Capitalism is working as intended. Perhaps scratch a little deeper. This country’s foundation is built on the exploitation of the workers and slaves it crushes under the boot of capitalism. This fauxmockracy is a lie.
I have looked deeper, and definitions matter, and what this country has been running on is nothing at all like Capitalism, wherein the marketplace determines the successes, failures, and profits or losses of business, not cronies in government
The law on this is called “We the People “ and sorry to say voting rights have not been a priority when campaign financing reform is included.
Look at both parties . #Bought
Stop allowing donors, create strict laws when it comes to working with political parties, ban lobbyist groups, ensure there are requirements to becoming president, and ensure there is more corruption enforcement. That's all I got during my morning coffee.
I was never very political. I voted, knew who the candidates were, watched debates, and donated. When the new DNC Chair is in place I am letting my ADHD tendencies kick in, game on!
Sorry, I am a pissed off single white woman who is tired of having to fight for my education, career, healthcare & costs, safety & cost of housing & cost food on the table. Oh, and if I am going to be able to retire or have social security while taking care of my disabled brother. Reactive YES!
Nothing to be sorry about. This is so sickening and disturbing and disheartening. But we will get through it and when we do…our lives and our system of governance will result in a fairer more gentle nation. But sadly there’ll be lots of suffering until we get there.
Good luck with that! They control everything from the courts to the government to the media. Aside from a violent revolution, democracy is done in this America. And soon with A I and robot technology, won’t even have to fight to defend their death grip.
It's Down versus Up. Listen everyone, no matter if you see yourself as Right, Left or Center, we must unite. Don't stay on Meta apps, don't buy Amazon, never go on X or buy a Tesla. Bernie speaks for all of the non-elite/workers and citizens all. Act locally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHH-KI2yk8s
my thoughts exactly. she will just become part of the grift. lol Rudy and Mr Pillow must be hating life right now. trump totally ditched them after they gave up everything for him.
Please don't just share on this forum. Tell your reps in DC what you think. Resist. It only takes a few minutes and best of all..it doesn’t cost any money.
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
People need to decide if they are on #TeamTaxpayer or #TeamBillionaire. The former pays taxes, supports all humans in their community, and understands immigration makes us better. The latter doesn't care about anyone but themselves & will do anything or hurt anyone as long as they can profit from it
Stop with the knee-jerk class warfare. We're going to need good billionaires to fight the oligarchy and take our country back, if it's not already too late. We lost because we turned to mush, and got gaslit by Muskovites in the democracy. We need to get smart.
Respectfully, we are already in a class war. An oligarchy feeds on everyone who isn't part of the oligarchy. Billionaires should not exist, not because of class but because of math. They have more resources than they can use in a lifetime. Like a dog in the manger, they deprive
the society in which they live of resources. I have nothing against wealth, but billions are unconscionable. How much does one need to take care of themselves and their family? Are millions not enough? It's irresponsible in a world in so much need.
It will take billions to fight this fight. I want some on my side. I don't want to universally disarm. Yes, they should be taxed much more than they are now, but I don't think that taking away incentives for anyone earn any more money is feasible or desirable.
I respectfully disagree. Without taxes, governments can't function, can't provide services, can't protect citizens' health & safety. The problem is equitable taxes, and those who don't pay their fair share.
If if didn't lead us further into the Bowels of Hell, we could wait for MAGA and the techbros w/billionaires to duke it out but they, MAGA, seem slow to act. That's surprising considering January 6th but it is. Also surprising, they went home peacefully after their party was cancelled January 20th.
Who the hell do you think legislated SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, GI Bill, Unemployment Ins & supported Unions which helped build the middle class? I’ll give you 3 guesses & the first two guesses don’t count.
My hope as a 70 yr. old grandmother is that some deranged, mad as hell Americans armed with militia style weapons saves us all from the purposeful cruelty that this nazi regime plans to inflict on our once great country, and takes them out one at a time when they least expect it. Yup, I do...
But she’s still with him.
She quit her job to support him. She had the means to leave. On some level she’s okay with it.
We spent four years asking if Melania was okay, safe, etc. at the end of the day the answer for both is they’re fine with anything as long as they aren’t personally impacted.
Truth. They don't care. Both these women will stick with their husbands because it's a means to an end of a very rich life where they don't have to work and they don't have to think.
For now. You have that much wealth you can use the cutting edge of human medicine and technology to do some weird things to yourself. Altered Carbon referred to the functionally immortal as Meths after Methuselah. I'm sure that is what these people want.
Well if you look back Musk has said hacking the voting machines was easy. All I know is it was way too convenient for those votes to jump so much in that short of time. And we all know Trump is not above cheating so there's that.
But let's be clear: that doesn't happen unless and until we get rid of the forces of greed first.
It's going to take decades more of the suffering worsening exponentially before the political will and will to action result in the people grabbing for the only solution this process ever leaves them.
Tomorrow Belongs to Me”written by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
It was composed for the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret and later included in the 1972 film adaptation.
The song was intended to serve as a warning about the rise of Fascism despite being performed by a Nazi character
Join your local chapter of https://Indivisible.org (or start one)
Read their guide and get involved. Amplify your voice and hold members of Congress accountable. WE ARE NOT POWERLESS unless we do nothing.
You ignore every provision of the 14th Amendment - and take whiteout to the 2nd Amendment. Yet you call yourselves “constitutionalists” “patriots” and “pro-life” when you are the opposite in every case.
Funny thing is, they are a very TINY (Yes, Little Trumpy..."Tiny", something you know a lot about! 😏) part of our country. Other countries had uprisings where the not 1% finally had enough. What can we legally do to stop them?
Sadly, I'm still waiting for someone to learn of the money paid to the shooter's family who made the assassination attempt. 😐 Little Trump was a little TOO quick in getting the photo op for the bleeding Fight, Fight, FIGHT chant, when his numbers were low at ralleys at that point, to not be SUSPECT.
I think the insurance companies, and corporations should be treated as people under Citizens United and charged with terrorism against their customers. And throw in the 8th amendment to boot
These oligarchs in the picture look like they can’t believe their luck. It's as if they're shocked he actually managed to pull this off. Their expressions really capture the surprise of the moment! #stoptheoligarchs
While i agree with the sentiment, they are in near total control of the federal government, we're going to need real change in our body politic before we can make this a reality.
Because a 5–4 majority of the SupremeCourt ruled in 2010 that corporations and other outside groups can spend unlimited money on elections. They now spends hundreds of millions of dollars getting their candidates elected, including buying the presidency.
True, but it's much larger than that. This has never, ever been a gov for & by the people. It's always been 100% owned and operated by a total shit ruling class. Why idiots don't see that is beyond me.
Not only that but we need to undo the monetary power that people like Zuck, Bezos, and Musk have gained. Just need a 1-time mega-tax of some sort for anyone worth over $100B to cut them down to size.
Conservative SCOTUS has done so much unrepairable damage to us. They set us back 75 years, put billionaires in charge, destroyed voting rights, hurt the poor and forced "Christianity" on everyone with a vengeance.
Let’s start by banning Insider Trading. Government officials on both sides have become millionaires by cheating. Notice how when the politicians get on their high horses and rail against the rich they just say Billionaires? Used to be Millionaires AND Billionaires but now they are millionaires.
First is was the Fairness Doctrine being abolished by Reagan then Citizens United. It was pieces of the puzzle needed to start the decline of American democracy.
That's too easy. Revoke all their businesses licenses in your city and state so their business will have physically move out of state in order to create revenue. You can do this by starting a petition. Or, ... protest their business #Protest #ProtectProtesters!
Campaign finance has been a problem for a very long time, now it’s completely out of control, the American people deserve better, we need honest candidates who earnestly want to do the work of the people, not just hungry for power and looking for ways to enrich themselves…
If U don't mention the GOP is 100% pro-oligarchy, and that many Dems are against it & that Biden did the most for the working class of any admin in decades, U R doing ppl a disservice here. By pretending it's a nonpartisan issue.
The only way I can imagine getting money out of politics is to get constituents to overwhelmingly back a candidate who does not take money. The risk in doing so is that they'll be up against a GOP candidate awash in dark money support to obliterate the candidate who isn't on the take.
I rather pity Barron. He got born into this mess. It's all he's ever known. He's barely 18. He'll never have anything vaguely resembling a normal life. He hasn't yet perfected that public 1,000 yard stare that Pence and Melania have displayed.
Baron either hates his life or he's plotting his future power. His g-father is a communist (Tito regime). His dad is a pied piper, mob boss. And Baron has no doubt seen his mom's nude photos. His siblings are corrupt. And Baron has his own following w/ young repubs in NYC. Weird & creepy
Barron looks like the kid from the movie “the Omen”. Musk just looks like a dumbass. Vance is scowling, Usha has had enough and the rest look like feckless, complicit morons.
I cannot believe Usha Vance is part of this. I thought she was left as they come. Vance was last time around. Like Musk, Vance found right leaning is all about the grift.
They say everyone can be bought. I would live in a tar paper shack before I’d succumb to that BS. I guess my ethics and morals mean too much to me. At least I’ll die with a clear conscience.
Wait until the ketamine destroys his bladder. He won't spend so much time in public; he'll be on the toilet trying to squeeze a kidney out through his dick.
He’s literally old enough to make a statement against any of the horrible things his father has done. The world would welcome him if he walked away from this evil cabal.
I agree look at Musks child who has disowned him, let’s be guided by his actions not attack him because of his parents….that kid rarely smiles he ain’t happy
Yes, just like rumps father. Evil Begets Evil. I read a recent article that everything comes from the father. Even when a pregnant woman has morning sickness, it is caused by the father's genes
Do not frame it as a fight against the rich.
'The rich' are not evil as such.
There are 'rich' that are spending millions to make this world better. Framing will make them 'our enemies'.
(and who will profit from that?)
It is a fight against fascism and nepotism.
Period.
This and overturning Citizens United are the most important things. I don't care about his spray tan or how many wives they have. Don't be hypocrites like them. This is a class war. Don't be distracted. EAT THE RICH, EVERY FUCKING ONE OF THEM.
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Our problems now are the fault of the Republican Supreme Court, the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. Decisions like Citizens United or Kennedy vs. Bremerton which said an Evangelical coach at a public high school had the right to cram his religion down his players throats was OK
To Mitch McConnell: And what was your Part in Saving it. Nothing. Did nothing, stood for Nothing and even allowed Trump to insult your own wife’s Race. Week Balls I would Say.
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But can we just focus in on this goofy looking mofo for a few seconds and offer up an old fashioned flame session...
this is the outcome.
There was a time it only took the desire to be in public service.
Protecting Norms is not keeping us safe, we have been in a war since before I was born, and this is what these people think of us.
Look at both parties . #Bought
Take, back is correct.
My adhd oppositional defiance disorder is going to fly free
😆
Many are also experienced & (truly) patriotic military veterans & have patriotic military families to protect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHH-KI2yk8s
It corrupts judges too.
None of them need anything again but to align with the ones who have seized power.
My level of sympathy for them enduring such betrayal exactly matches the level of respect I have for them.
https://youtu.be/kwC3w8_eU6I?si=Xy86uYpCcGFLh8Eb
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com
They are the one party who handed us over to tyranny, after taking a billion dollars from us, after promising to fight exactly that.
She quit her job to support him. She had the means to leave. On some level she’s okay with it.
We spent four years asking if Melania was okay, safe, etc. at the end of the day the answer for both is they’re fine with anything as long as they aren’t personally impacted.
And acid reflux.
They are mortal
I believe they have forgotten that
It's going to take decades more of the suffering worsening exponentially before the political will and will to action result in the people grabbing for the only solution this process ever leaves them.
Tomorrow Belongs to Me”written by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
It was composed for the 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret and later included in the 1972 film adaptation.
The song was intended to serve as a warning about the rise of Fascism despite being performed by a Nazi character
Read their guide and get involved. Amplify your voice and hold members of Congress accountable. WE ARE NOT POWERLESS unless we do nothing.
@insuret.bsky.social
It isn't like nobody sounded the alarm either.
https://youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8?si=NVNev0ybwe1OkpV8
We coming up on that point fast.
I see day to day people here or in real life for whom the reality of what is about to happen has not hit them, yet! It is rather sad!
Definitely Jill they have outed themselves!
https://youtu.be/DvCmBOenfsQ?si=oMR4pXC4P5Ju882p
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/therecord/
Aside from almost everyone.
Perhaps after his parents have passed away...🤷♂️
Time will tell. That's a problem for another day.
She's here.
Laura is the wife of Eric, she's the one who took over the Republican Party for the Don...
'The rich' are not evil as such.
There are 'rich' that are spending millions to make this world better. Framing will make them 'our enemies'.
(and who will profit from that?)
It is a fight against fascism and nepotism.
Period.
Stop FoxNews!
@amyklobuchar.com @occupydemocrats.bsky.social @ydadisability.bsky.social
Americans don't care about children.
“Perpetual Elimination of Science and Truths”
PEST
We need to start getting this type of acronym out there!!!!! Get the language out so its already come midterms