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#95 No it doesn't little boi.

In the landmark 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the government cannot restrict independent political expenditures by corporations, labor unions, and other associations.

The court found that political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.

Key Details of the Ruling

Unlimited Independent Spending: Corporations and unions can spend unlimited amounts of money on political advocacy (such as television ads or mailers) as long as the spending is "independent" and not directly coordinated with a candidate's campaign.

The First Amendment Argument: The majority concluded that the identity of the speaker (a corporation vs. an individual) does not strip away First Amendment protections, and that independent spending does not inherently corrupt the political process.

Direct Contributions Remain Banned: The ruling did not overturn existing laws that prevent corporations and unions from giving money directly to individual candidate campaigns.

Long-term Impact

Rise of Super PACs: The ruling paved the way for the creation of Super PACs, which can raise unlimited funds from corporations, unions, and wealthy individuals to influence elections.

Increase in "Dark Money": While the court upheld transparency and disclosure requirements for donors, it enabled organizations to funnel money through certain non-profit groups that are not required to publicly disclose their contributors, leading to a surge in undisclosed campaign spending.

You're welcome, little boi

So stop him. Go ahead.
Inaction means your evil. Are you evil?
Go touch some grass and disconnect. It's a holiday weekend, unplug for as long as you can.

#64 | Posted by jpw

Where are the mass protests?

Where is the general strike?

Where are the calls for congress to take action?

Why did the democrats surrender when they actually started winning the shut down in November?

The American people have allowed our power to be taken from us for nearly 50 years. We are reaping the rewards, and our options are becoming more and more limited.

But that does not change the simple fact that Piggy should not have been elected in a working democracy, in a country with any sense of right and wrong.

Be it actively supporting such evil or apathetically choosing social media over voting or choosing ignorance over protests we are all complicit.

That is a simple fact.

Again, the election should not have been close.

that it was is not due to Harris, or Gaza or inflation, those were just the talking points. the problem is a populace so devoid of compassion and critical thinking as to vote for piggy over a normal human being. Anyone with critical thinking skills should hear a man stand on a debate stage and say Haitians are eating cats and dogs and think this man should be in a mental hospital. Enough people couldn't even draw that simple conclusion. And more people just said "oh well" and didn't vote. And more people are fighting whether Bernie or AOC or Tom Bombadil would have won in place of Harris.

that is the problem. if it weren't the topics that were the excuse it would have been something else

Until we solve that problem our democracy is doomed.

The structure of our federal government is currently set to permit, to only permit, the irrational minority to rule.

That is a problem that needs to be fixed.

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