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FEC Complaint Filed Against Fox For Giving Kushner Confidential Biden Info | Crooks and Liars

FEC Complaint Filed Against Fox For Giving Kushner Confidential Biden Info

Fox’s actions are not only an egregious violation of FEC law and regulations “but also a nefarious attempt by people in power to operate a press entity as a political organization, in blatant disregard of the rules that govern our elections and democracy.” Media Matters concludes, “As such, we respectfully request that the Commission immediately investigate these violations, fine Respondents the maximum amount permitted by law, and take appropriate remedial action.”

Source: FEC Complaint Filed Against Fox For Giving Kushner Confidential Biden Info | Crooks and Liars

End the “Citizens United” Ruling with a “Democracy for All Amendment”

In the United States government has been privatized by the Citizens United ruling of the SCOTUS. Government is now really up for sale and auctioned off to the highest campaign contributors.

Source: End the “Citizens United” Ruling with a “Democracy for All Amendment”

‘Democracy for All’: House Dems Introduce Bill to Overturn Citizens United

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Democratic Power is a right of the people, not Corporations and some Americans want Corporate control gone.

“It’s time to ensure our democracy works for all people by getting big money out of politics and ensuring every voter’s voice is heard,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Source: ‘Democracy for All’: House Dems Introduce Bill to Overturn Citizens United

‘That’s Oligarchy’: Sanders Rips Billionaires for Trying to Buy Midterm Victories – scheerpost.com

Rallying for Pennsylvania congressional candidates Summer Lee and John Fetterman in Philadelphia on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders ripped U.S. billionaires for pumping record-breaking sums of cash into the midterm elections in an effort to sway the results in their favor.

Source: ‘That’s Oligarchy’: Sanders Rips Billionaires for Trying to Buy Midterm Victories – scheerpost.com

‘Time for Citizens United to Go’: US Oligarchs Poured $1.2 Billion Into 2020 Elections

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Marking the 12th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision, the advocacy group Americans for Tax Fairness on Friday published a report showing that U.S. billionaires dumped a staggering $1.2 billion into the 2020 elections—a 39-fold increase compared to 2010.

Source: ‘Time for Citizens United to Go’: US Oligarchs Poured $1.2 Billion Into 2020 Elections

McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery

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The corporate interests that objected to Georgia’s assault on voting rights had, of course, read the bill. They had also read the political tea leaves. They knew that it made sense to join with civil rights campaigners, democracy defenders, and everyone else who has recognized the Republican legislation as a “new Jim Crow” assault on the franchise that seeks to make it harder for people of color to cast ballots.

As is so often the case with McConnell, it was necessary this week to read around the doublespeak in order to get to his actual point: The minority leader has a problem with CEOs who openly and publicly object to the enactment of noxious legislation in Georgia.

Source: McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery

As Republicans Fume, Georgia Dems Have Mixed Reactions to MLB’s All-Star Game Relocation | Common Dreams News

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, both expressed support for Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta due to Georgia's new voter restriction law. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Citizens United Party the GOP now wish they can have it removed. All self-interest forget about their princples. They so wish they were the Chinese Communist Party and could rid America of Democracy

“Businesses and organizations have great power in their voices and ability to push for change, and I respect the decision of the players to speak out against this unjust law,” said Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Source: As Republicans Fume, Georgia Dems Have Mixed Reactions to MLB’s All-Star Game Relocation | Common Dreams News

Voter Suppression Is The Only Policy Agenda Left for a White Christian Identity Party | Washington Monthly

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It will continue to be the number one GOP priority, regardless of how long Trump holds sway over the party.

Voter Suppression Is The Only Policy Agenda Left for a White Christian Identity Party | Washington Monthly

Why the Neoliberals Won’t Let This Crisis Go to Waste

Many observers expected that the 2008 financial crisis would mark the end of neoliberalism. Instead, we saw a wave of privatization and sharp cuts in public services. Today, the forces best placed to exploit the coronavirus pandemic are still those who already have power: the neoliberals who’ve been shaping the economic policy agenda for decades.

via Why the Neoliberals Won’t Let This Crisis Go to Waste

Why Have No Republicans Turned on Trump?

Why Have No Republicans Turned on Trump?

today’s Republican politicians are wholly owned agents of corporations and the billionaire class, stoking extreme anger over a few social issues (immigration, guns, God, gays, race) and using it to bring in the Fox rubes that the billionaire Murdochs kindly hand them.

Prior to this betrayal of America by the Supreme Court, politicians generally felt a need to respond to the wants and needs of their constituents. From Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s people-powered election in 1932 to Reagan’s inauguration in 1981, politicians’ proposed legislation and votes tended to reflect what the people in their districts or states wanted.

via Why Have No Republicans Turned on Trump?

The Overwhelming Consensus Against Citizens United | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Year in which the U.S. Supreme Court in the Citizens United decision struck down restrictions on political spending, including secret spending by outside groups unaffiliated with campaigns or parties: 2010 Since the decision, amount in unlimited contributions that’s poured into federal elections: $1.5 billion

Source: The Overwhelming Consensus Against Citizens United | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community