Matthew MalthouseHawai'i has neutered Citizens United, Montana may follow suit.
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/cap-montana-plan-citizens-united
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦#AdamTooze is knocking it out of the park this morning with interesting charts …
#CampaignFunding Increasingly Dominated by the #Ultra-Wealthy in the US. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Hoigwai
Billionaires Just Bought Democracy
Toni Aittoniemi@DrALJONES I love the Hillary Clinton quote: ”We made a big mistake in allowing Hamas to win the election. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work!”
Yes. She betrays perfectly what the current theater of ”democracy” is about: You only get to play democracy as long as those that fund the campaigns get to decide who is elected.
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Musk to step back from political spending: ‘I think I’ve done enough’ https://www.politico.eu/article/musk-to-step-back-from-political-spending-i-think-ive-done-enough/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Campaignfunding #ForeignAffairs #DonaldTrump #Department #Elections #Politics #Courts
MediaFaro AnalysisResearchers: Hidden election funding a threat to Finnish democracy.
Regulations on how elections and political parties are financed in Finland are flawed, experts point out, arguing that hidden funding is a threat to democracy.
#Finland #Politics #ElectionFunding #CampaignFunding #CampaignFinancing #Democracy
TootsThroughTheAges"Just had a productive meeting with some generous backers. They really believe in my vision for Germany's future 💰 #CampaignFunding #NaziParty" - Adolf Hitler
Feb 20, 1933 - Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
Kent PitmanPresident Biden just announced $150M in research spending for his cancer moonshot.
To put that in perspective, a pro-Trump super PAC will spend $100M in the next few weeks trying to disparage Kamala.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/12/trump-super-pac-100-million-ad-00173644
And AIPAC spent $100M trying to unseat progressives critical of Israel's war on Gaza.
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/pro-israel-groups-gaza-us-elections
We need better priorities.
And better campaign funding rules.
#cancer #research #ResearchFunding #CancerResearch #democracy #CampaignFunding #CampaignSpending #Election2024 #Kamala #KamalaHarris #Biden #CancerMoonshot #Gaza #genocide #CitizensUnited
SubtleBlade ⚔️
Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑In 2024, Sisyphus finds himself doomed to forever reply 'STOP' to never-ending texts from candidates asking for money.
#CampaignFunding
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