"We're on pace for $10 billion+ in political ads on the 2024 election, an all-time high.

State political ad buys ahead of the Iowa caucuses broke records.

Outside groups have already dumped ~$318 million into the elections.

Folks, we need to overturn Citizens United."

@rbreich Imagine the societal good that could otherwise be done with that money (healthcare, education, housing) instead of using it to convince the electorate that the Other Guy sucks more than yours.

@rbreich okay but... How?

If Biden won't overturn the illegitimate Republican majority in the Supreme Court, it doesn't seem like other strategies will work either.

@rbreich

Instead of wasting all that money, Biden could simply have avoided complicity to genocide.

Just saying.

#Israel #WarCrimes #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #apartheid #BDS #BDSMovement

@rbreich 10 billion that could be spent defending democracy and open societies by giving it to Ukraine...
@rbreich $180 million by DeSantis 3 weeks in Iowa #Waste #Fraud #Phony Buy 7K ponies and make-a-wish #GOP #2024Election
@rbreich How many billions of that is coming from Russia? Because of Citizens United we can never know.

@rbreich Billions in independent expenditures from huge public corporations, and yet the Biden/Harris campaign won't stop hounding me for $25.

We need to make political advertising straight up illegal, like with cigarettes.

@tedward @rbreich At least, every political ad should have a warning at the beginning like, "Watching the following commercial can be hazardous to your health and may contain lies, deceit and propaganda." ๐Ÿ˜€
@rbreich I donโ€™t want to hear any of those fuckers say anything about a failed economy.
@rbreich I canceled my membership with ACLU because they supported Citizens United.
@rbreich End Citizens United and shorten the election cycle. No more permanent campaigns!
@rbreich Money and Profit rules the USA. It will not change anytime soon. The sheep are pacified with meaningless Sport Events and are gullibly believing tge nonsense they are fed.
@rbreich When Historians document the Rise and Fall of the American Empire, they will peg the beginning as the passing of "Citizens United". ๐Ÿ™„โ€‹
@rbreich Citizens United has inflicted more damage on the US than Russia/trump.