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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

We can only stop dark money by completely overhauling the Supreme Court.

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WJB Motown's avatar

"Dark Money" written by Jane Meyer is the go to "Bible" on the subject. The basics are all there......full speed ahead to save democracy.

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gmj's avatar
Jun 19Edited

I used to think they weren't poisoning our food to make us sick... "𝙗𝙪𝙩" this changed everything...

https://t.co/rQpdEv9bhT

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rlritt's avatar

The border was never open. Communists? Do they still exist? Taxpayers funded sex change for illegal immigrants and prisoners? Really? Give me an example.

Men in Girls' bathrooms. I don't know where you live, but if you go to bars in an old building in big cities it's likely you'll find one "working" bathroom or the alley. In other parts of the world bathrooms are not designated male or female. If you have never seen this congrats, you've lived a very classy life.

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rlritt's avatar

You know that none of that is real.

Increased Enforcement: The Biden administration has increased border enforcement, resulting in higher arrest, detention, and removal rates for those attempting to cross the border without authorization.

Executive Orders: In response to record levels of irregular migration, President Biden issued an executive order in June 2024 that allows the president to restrict entry at the southern border during periods of high encounters.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

The problem is that Biden did it without violence so the right can say he did nothing at all. The right could have carried on doing it that way and achieving the goals of getting bad people sent home but then it wouldn't have fed the red hatters desire for red meat rage. I remember when they, the GOP stopped a bill to raise security at the border but trump ORDERED them not to accept it because he wanted to run on the "open borders" rage plan! That MAGA doesn't listen to other points of view is the real problem. They are sucked into this manosphere of rediculing the left by Steve Bannon and his ilk. It's a way to blame all their woes on feminism, race, lack of accomplishing their career goals on somebody other than themselves. I say manosphere because most of their followers are men.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Keith don't get so upset. I wouldn't have a problem with "homo's" in the ladies bathroom. I'd prefer them, to having you anywhere near my daughters even OUTSIDE the bathroom.

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ZU's avatar

true🚨

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ShelbyRae Lane's avatar

Awe, silly little MAGAt troll here to spread propaganda, lies, and crazy conspiracy theories. You need to take that silliness to Truth Social or X, where your fellow cult members will agree and support you. You're not going to find that here, 🤣

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WJB Motown's avatar

MAGA Man....Morons Are Governing America of Make Anal Great Again......which one is is A-hole!!!

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Recommendation: Vary your "news" intake. P.S. The apostrophe in "Homo's" needs to be added to "girls": girls' washrooms.

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Gail Adams VA/FL's avatar

Either we all have equal rights or whatever group is “out” is targeted.

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ZU's avatar

send all to russia trump miller Bannon all nazis. just read history and fact check

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The Shepard's avatar

MONEY OUT OF POLITICS MOVEMENT IS DEMANDING THE END OF CITIZENS UNITED ALONG SIDE AMERICAS PROMISE. WE ALREADY HAVE 23 STATES TO AGREE. PLEASE PLEDGE TO MARCH WITH US JULY 27th IN DC!! www.moneyoutofpolitics.com

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Nancy Bainter's avatar

How about sooner than July?

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christopher wilson's avatar

Yeah, I’ll take my social security payment I have to pay my rent with and hop on a Greyhound to Washington from Portland.

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Gail Adams VA/FL's avatar

Be your own protest, right where you live.

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Nancy Bainter's avatar

So rare to see any bathroom problems…unless YOUR home has a separate bathroom, you might not give in to the unseen, inexistent fears?

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Please Keith calm down. Maybe you should become a Democrat it'll be better for your blood pressure lol.

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RANDALL Ray's avatar

The next and best thing following No King day is a nation wide strike. Need someone with national pull to institute it. Maybe a couple of national unions. No protests to give them someone to attack just everybody stay home.

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Kim koob's avatar

Don't spend any money, hit them where it hurts. Their wallets

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Yes! and tell them why. Maybe even institute one day a week until trump is gone to not spend money.

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Buffalo NY is holding a rally this Saturday June 21 where unions will be involved and a big number of groups.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Sounds like a plan!

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Mary Lou Williams's avatar

Unfortunately as long Republicans are in majority to end this unfettered money grab will never happen. Question: why wasn’t this dealt with when Dems had all the power? We know the answer and shows what a Hill this is to climb.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Need both houses of Congress and in the senate needed to eliminate the filibuster.Psy ops is obviously working. The culprits are the Republicans. We are victims.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

You're right and in this current regime you can't get them to agree on wether tariffs are good or bad because trump keeps changing the the amount and the time line. He hasn't been able to do anything since he got into power, except lie about what he hasn't accomplished. No facts are forth coming. The filibuster ain't going to change because he needs it to win! His followers are showing themselves to not be the sharpest knives in the draw. Or as Eric would say, "not the sharpest balls..." How can some people with so much money not afford a comprehensive education?

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NUNYABIZ's avatar

Exactly

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Kim koob's avatar

When did the democrats have control of congress and the presidentcy.

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rlritt's avatar

From January 2021 to January 2023 during the initial period of the Biden presidency.

From January 2009 to January 2011 during the first two years of the Obama presidency.

From January 1993 to January 1995 during the first two years of the Clinton presidency.

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Cheryl Braunlich's avatar

But they wouldn’t let our president Name even one Supreme Court judge, and there were three openings in that.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Okay but having control shouldn't mean they should do things that the majority don't want. Should it? The filibuster isn't going away in the near future. Peoples perceptions have to change first.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

The Orange Cheeto and the American Economic Collapse: Depression and Unemployment

Fortune magazine reports that almost 25% of the American work force is functionally unemployed https://bit.ly/4l9CX2B Those are Great Depression numbers, folks!!

Der Fuhrer and his clown show Nazi regime represent the trigger that will push an already recessed economy toward collapse much worse than the 2008 Lehman crisis The reason for this is Cheeto’s ridiculous tariff policy which almost all economic experts agree is an abomination Even the Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal sees the writing on the wall

Cheeto lied to the electorate so he could keep his ass out of jail and the American electorate believed him Now with far right radical henchmen JD Vance and Curtis Yarvin, supported by billionaires like Thiel and Musk, Cheeto is consciously or unconsciously taking a wreaking ball to the economy As Vance has said, “private businesses have to feel the pain” and his compadre Yarvin feels that Americans “need to get over their dictatorphobia” And with voter suppression laws like the SAVE act and strategies like vigilante challenges by Nazis as happened in 2024, the democratic government may be on its last leg

Actually what may be ironically the saving grace for the American democracy is that the Nazis piss off the electorate so badly with the destroyed economy that there will be a Revolution 2.0 that will throw the Nazis out of power

See Macleod explain this in terms that most people can understand and how to protect yourself https://bit.ly/4jPDaI5

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

We have a window of opoprtunity to stop the Trump agenda in the senate.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/senate-gop-leader-faces-pushback-100000271.html

Pressure Congressional Republicans.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Gee I hope you're right. Except for one thing. trump will just tell the nazis that we are lying about the economy and because they can't admit they're wrong either they will continue to believe whatever he says. Brainwashed by a baby dumbo! Who knew he could do this? I really thought that at least 80% of the electorate were smarter!

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Megan Rothery's avatar

Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.

Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, as well as those in others. Use your voice and make some “good trouble” ❤️‍🩹🤍💙

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk

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Suzanne Jaillet's avatar

It's not helping.

No one is doing anything real to remove the regime.

He just keeps getting away with everything.

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Megan Rothery's avatar

I know. It’s so terrible. However -

I think we can cause little ripples. I’m thinking staff members who hear the same thing over and over via voicemail, phone calls, letter after letter, email after email - maybe they’ll be a little more receptive each time they hear from us. Maybe they’ll talk more about our talking points to friends and family, maybeeee they’ll vote differently (if we get to vote again). I think we can cause ripples to push news organizations to be more honest and maybe even a bit accusatory about what’s happening. As a collective, our volume matters. And, at the end of the day, if we just annoy and overwhelm some staffers working for people hurting the average American, I’m ok with that too 🙃

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Listen to Megan she has a point. It's better than giving up. trump hasn't won any battle yet that's why he's desperately clamouring for war with Iran. Don't forget he makes decisions by throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks!

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Anna B's avatar

Yes, sometimes all we can do is be a swarm of mosquitos. We just have to be the 'buzziest' mosquitos possible.

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Megan Rothery's avatar

Ha. Yes. I love that

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Kim koob's avatar

Republicans control congress. There are people trying. There are called to impeach. But the house has to impeach and the Senate has to have a trial. Last time Mitch McConnell refused to hear any evidence. People speaking out and having marches is helping. That's wht Trump called up the National Guard and is blaming blue stated. Keep up the pressure. Blue states support Red states.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Right Kim. Keep up the pressure, let him know you haven't forgotten and you will protest any BS plan he thinks will stick. Street protests in over whelming numbers cannot be ignored however he wants to spin it.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

You may be right Suzanne. But you may be wrong! I think that if anything this IS hurting his big dirty money donors. He backs down for them. Look at how he's not chasing the agriculture and leisure industry workers because the got mad at dumbo. Baby steps I know.

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JOHN SMITH's avatar

Hobby lobby, Koch brothers , Government for business not the people. They believe that America is a Christian country, and do not care that we left Europe to be free from religious persecution.

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Mary's avatar

The Koch Brothers. They denied even knowing what Citizens United even was but yet they funded it before the story came out that they wanted to abolish workers unions. When it went to the Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Scalia should have recused themselves from the cases. Thomas's wife was given over 686k dollars that Thomas didn't disclose. They are also involved with the Heritage Foundation. Bunch of crooks.

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Xrstine Franco's avatar

I always say…Trickle Down theory was a failed idea, and Citizen’s United opened the door to the worst corruption in elections and more. (thanks Clarence Thomas, for the nail in the coffin, - deciding vote in favor of…) Also SCOTUS not having term limits is bad. We also need mental aptitude tests for The Executive Branch. Follow the constitution and take a hard line on Separation of Church and State!

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

ALL OF THE ABOVE!

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Gene Wood's avatar

Citizens United must be scrubbed from the law books .. sooner is better then later

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Mary's avatar

The Heritage Foundation right along with it. They're the Project 2025 authors. They gave Virginia Thomas over 656k dollars that Thomas didn't disclose on his SC financial statement. He needs to go as well. But after Trump because we'll end up with someone worse.

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Human Kind's avatar

Ban outlaw dark money not just taking money out of politics! please hear me out?! because the only way that we can get rid of greed is banning outlawing dark money after dark money is permanently taken out of politics for life!! it should be illegal and a crime nationwide to worldwide."

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Bill Addington's avatar

The good people who care about our country are with you. End citizens United.!!

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rlritt's avatar

Im sorry. I just read about the computer machinations that went on in the Harris/ Trump election. It involves numerous coders and computer/software experts who (in collaboration with mega tech billionaires) were able to manipulate votes in swing states. I don't know how it can be proven since the programs were written to be undetectable. I don't know how to code so I don't know what's possible or not, but it was very depressing.

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Richard E. Duggan's avatar

Where did you get that info? It doesn't surprise me...

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rlritt's avatar

I was reading an article and for thevlide of me U can no longer find it. It was quite detailed.

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Richard E. Duggan's avatar

And. it was probably bullshit.

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Steven Frisby's avatar

Agreed: the outsized voice given to moneyed interests by “Citizens” United drowns out the voice of the people, and forces our representatives to spend excessive valuable time on fundraising.

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Karl Smith's avatar

Yes, as Marlene Lerner-Bigley notes, overhauling the current Supine Court is key. In the meantime, I appreciate all the work ECU is doing to follow the money and shed light on the corruption.

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gmj's avatar
Jun 19Edited

I used to think they weren't poisoning our food to make us sick... "𝙗𝙪𝙩" this changed everything...

https://t.co/rQpdEv9bhT

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