Citizens United was a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that opened elections to unlimited corporate money. The rules changed โ€” and the effects still shape democracy today. #CitizensUnited #MoneyInPolitics #Democracy #InformedCitizenry
Edmonton election financial disclosures show disparity between campaign spending and victory
Some political commentators and strategists point to Edmontonโ€™s last civic election as an example of growing distaste for money in politics, but others say without more money, many voters will continue to pay no attention.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-election-financial-disclosures-9.7155702?cmp=rss
Citizens United was a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that opened elections to unlimited corporate money. The rules changed โ€” and the effects still shape democracy today. #CitizensUnited #MoneyInPolitics #Democracy #InformedCitizenry

FFS, another "Democrats need new stories" article! The story Democrats need is "We don't take money from billionaires because we're for the people." And it needs to be unequivocably true.

#MoneyInPolitics

https://newrepublic.com/post/208504/hochul-healey-climate-affordability

Democrats Need New Stories

Some Democratic governors are abandoning climate policy in favor of affordability. But thatโ€™s a false choice.

The New Republic
Blinded by the brand, guided by the grift. High-contrast truth: power for profit is not public service. Art speaks when words fail.
#RiseAgainst #StreetArt #Corruption #Accountability #Vote #Corruption #MoneyInPolitics #Resist #Organize #PoliticalArt #trump

Check out SOLVED! #36: โ€œBribery Jazz: Corruption is the Water We Swim Inโ€ in which the team discusses the dark history of #moneyinpolitics (aka: CORRUPTION!), what the Left must do to actually win, how to turn this corrupt ship around, and more.
โ–ถ๏ธ https://youtu.be/JWC7Eh0-mEA

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It was a more innocent time.

"[I]t is obvious," The New York Times said, "that a deterrent, an actual prohibition, is needed to shut off the corrupting stream that flows from corporation treasuries."

#USPolitics #MoneyInPolitics #CitizensUnited #CorporationsAreNotPeople

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillman_Act_of_1907

Tillman Act of 1907 - Wikipedia

NEW SOLVED! Check out ep. #36: โ€œBribery Jazz: Corruption is the Water We Swim Inโ€ in which the team discusses the dark history of #moneyinpolitics (aka: CORRUPTION!), what the Left must do to actually win, how to turn this corrupt ship around, and more.
โ–ถ๏ธ https://youtu.be/JWC7Eh0-mEA

โญ SOLVED! is brought to you by the #BestoftheLeft podcast team. Get Best of the Left wherever you get your podcasts, or at https://www.bestoftheleft.com/listen

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