• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    as Billionaires pump cash into Trump campaign

    They do this every year in every campaign. They do it for Henry Cuellar down in Texas and for Tim Sheely in Montana. They throw as much money at Gruesome Gavin Newsom as they do Ron DeSanctimonious. Eric Adams has been treating the Turkish Embassy as his personal ATM. Ted Cruz stuffs his pockets with AIPAC donations.

    How do you overturn Citizens United in a legislature that is fully bought and paid for by the same pack of plutocrats who bankrolled the Federalist Society Judges that issued the decision?

    I agree with the sentiment. But I’m not hearing a path forward. None of the candidates currently running seem serious about campaign finance reform. None of them seem enthusiastic about public funding. Not when so much of their personal finances are predicated on a revolving door of public-private patronage.