#citizensunited — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@blue_alpine/117007178570121514
Happy September and LABOR DAY! Remember, if you like having "weekends" and "days off", thank the Labor Movement. Also, remember to give what you can to your local, state and federal candidates as well as parties or special advocacy groups close to your heart. There's a lot more of us than the billionaires and corporations, but we do have to get around to kicking in a little to fund OUR people in opposition to THEIRS. Got $100 bucks to give? Use this silly little table below to allocate it!
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Pls despise Bush, the II for bringing Roberts into our lives as instructed by #HeritageFoundation. Pls impeach
J Roberts for his impact on Democracy by ushering in #CitizensUnited.
They were paid! 💵 #Blues 🇺🇸⚖️🇺🇸
IMPEACH SCOTUS WHO LIED TO CONGRESS. Expand Scotus. 💥💯💥
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This video outlines "The Democratic Blueprint," a comprehensive, multi-tiered framework designed to fix campaign finance issues in American politics. You should watch this video because it moves beyond just complaining about money in politics by offering a clear, blueprint-style solution for how ordinary citizens can help rebuild a more accountable democracy. #CampaignFinanceReform #DemocracyBlueprint #CitizensUnited #FixOurDemocracy #PublicFinancing #VotingRights
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/116727133177530959
This excellent and important interview about the legalized bribery and corruption that is the current US electoral funding system makes me wish to hear one opening line, again and again from a #WFP, #DSA, or otherwise #leftist or #progressive anti-corruption Democrat:
Who’s ready to hear me provoke another $100,000,000 of attack ads against us?
Right after that, just before getting into the promised provocation, play a quick montage of “paid for by” segments interspersed by who’s funding those PACs, and remind people how these ads attack anti-corruption candidates and support corrupt candidates based on issues unrelated to the policy the funding oligarchs care about.
Then pick a rhetorical enemy oligarch, company, or industry, and rhetorically ask how much they’ll pay to oppose you for saying this. Play it for laughter, if you can. And then say what said enemy will oppose you for saying.
#cryptocurrency
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#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
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https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxiTyMNE9bssTZxArWaVPWoGoiVJ2KWU1M
#fossilfuels #pollution #polluteforfree #subsidies #pollutionfee #corrupt #corruption #politicalcorruption #darkmoney #citizensunited #superPACs #501c3s #501c4s #donorstrust #thechamber #nam #frontgroups #billionaires #scotus #CleanPowerPlanmemos #fraud -
Joe Ball Weeps for Humanity. #racism #sexism #homophobia #xenophobia #hatred #humanity #hatredforhumanity #endracism #endsexism #endhomophobia #endxenophobia #climatechange #globalwarming #citizensunited #endcitizensunited #dirtymoney #enddirtymoneyinpolitics #corruption #politicalcorruption #scotusiscorrupt #potusiscorrupt #insurrection #insurrectionistpresident #endinsurrection #hatecrimes #bullying #chauvenism #malechauvenism #malesuperiority #humantrafficingawareness #HumanTraffickers
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vergessen wir mal für einen Moment den vorerwähnten #CitizensUnited-Fall bei der Beantwortung diese Frage.
Die Anwort ist, die #INSM ist der kleine Bruder im Geiste der #Geldaristokraten-Lobbygruppen, der #HeritageFoundation.
Diese entwickelte Federführung das nun in der Umsetzung befindliche, tatsächliche #Regierungsprogramm der #Trump-Administration, bekannt unter dem Titel #Projekt2025. Und mit der aktiv gelebten Vernetzung deserer, die ich gerne als @HistoPol -
Hanging over the hearing was the legacy of #SCOTUS’ wave of rulings that have pared back #CampaignFinance restrictions over the years, including the 2010 #CitizensUnited v. FEC decision, which paved the way for unlimited independent expenditures by outside groups known as #superPACs.
#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Trump #ElectionInterference #FederalistSociety #HeritageFoundation #judiciary #CitizensUnited #DarkMoney
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We literally have the best government money can buy, and our nation, our very survival depends on unflinchingly addressing this pugnacious problem of money as free speech foisted on us by the unaccountable SCOTUS, “Repugnicans” and Corporate Democrats.
Founder of #TheLever, #DavidSirota joins #TheMajorityReport's #EmmaVigeland to discuss his new book, “MASTER PLAN: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”
#US #Economics #Politics #SCOTUS #CitizensUnited #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy #Illiberal #AntiDemocratic #Monopolistic
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#Mainers in kayaks protest Chief Justice #JohnRoberts near his island home
by Stephen Betts, Midcoast Villager
July 19, 2025"#Kayakers who say they oppose the direction the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the country took to the water Saturday morning to protest near the seasonal home of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
"The flotilla launched its kayaks from the new public landing in Port Clyde and paddled a few hundred yards to Roberts’ home on Hupper Island.
"The chief justice and his wife Jane Roberts purchased the home in June 2006. He typically spends time at the seasonal home after the high court recesses for the summer. Their chief residence is in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Signs voicing opposition to the #SupremeCourt’s rulings were brought in the kayaks, and others lined the waterfront."Signs referred to rulings that they said harm the #LBTQ community, the overturning of campaign spending limits for #corporations in the #CitizensUnited case in 2010, the overturning of a woman’s right to #abortion in 2022, and more recent rulings that grant the president immunity from actions taken while president.
"Organizer Susan MacNeil-Densmore said earlier this week she is affiliated with the organization #AudacityCAT (#CreativeActionTogether) which has been active locally working to resist #authoritarianism, but said the event was not really part of any specific organization."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LQqrV#SCOTUS #ProtectTransKids
#reproductiverights #Maine #GBLTQRights #CorruptSCOTUS #Corporatocracy #NoVacationsDuringDeportations -
Monday Monday 🎶 Blink blink.
What!?! After two days of blocking most news for the better part of two days, I wake up to #CharlesKoch and #CitizensUnited cronies eating crow but suing Trump over tariffs. Lord have mercy.
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#BernieSanders Says There Is No Choice: 'We Must Defeat the #Oligarchs'
The U.S. Senator from Vermont is asking big questions about how to achieve—even in the face of #Trump's return—an "economy and government that works for all, not just the few."
by Jon Queally, Nov 30, 2024"With the progressive movement in the United States still grappling with how best to respond to president-elect Donald Trump's victory earlier this month, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement Saturday clarifying his belief that confronting the ruling oligarchy over the 'coming months and years' will be the key battle for anyone who wants to build an economy and political system that puts the interests of everyday #WorkingPeople ahead of those of #SuperWealthy elites.
"The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont suggested Trump's victory was the direct result of a political economy largely controlled by the nation's richest individuals and powerful #corporations and a situation in which massive wealth inequality has also created an incredible power imbalance.
"'This is what Oligarchy looks like,' Sanders said. 'Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, three multi-billionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.'
"With a 'greater concentration of ownership than we have seen since the #GildedAge,' Sanders continued, from healthcare and financial services to the food, transportation, and housing sectors—'fewer and fewer giant corporations control what is produced and the prices we pay.'
"Sanders slammed a corporate media system in which corporate consolidation has led to an information and entertainment ecosystem in which an estimated '90% of U.S. media is controlled by just six huge global conglomerates,' and a political system 'increasingly controlled by the #BillionaireClass' that is allowed to inject nearly limitless amounts of money into elections, most of it secretly and without accountability.
"'In the recent elections,' Sanders bemoaned, 'just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion to get their candidates elected.' Such a reality, he said, must be challenged.
"'Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.'
"How can such a defeat of these powerful forces be achieved? Sanders' latest statement did not reveal a prescription, but in a series of recent missives, social media posts, and interviews over the last week, the two-time presidential candidate has said that focusing on building working-class power is the key.
"In a letter to supporters last week, Sanders said the question of 'where do we go from here?' is a 'very serious' one that demands deep scrutiny in the coming weeks and months. And he asked a series of more specific questions that he said must be addressed, including:
• How do we expand our efforts to build a multi-racial, multi-generational working-class movement?
• How do we create a 50 state movement, not politics based on the electoral college and 'battleground' states?
• How do we deal with #CitizensUnited and the ability of billionaires to buy elections?
• How do we recruit more working-class candidates for office at all levels of government?
• Should we be supporting Independent candidates who are prepared to take on both parties?
• How do we better support union organizing?
• How do we put together listening sessions around the country that intentionally seek input from people who did not vote for Democrats in the last election?
• How do we best use social media to build our movement and combat the lies and disinformation coming from the billionaire class and right-wing media?"In a subsequent interview with The Nation, Sanders it is 'absolutely' necessary to find ways to challenge both the #DemocraticParty and the #RepublicanParty, both of which are dominated by #CorporateInterests and #WealthyDonors.
"'We just cannot sit back and accept candidates who are not prepared to stand up to #BigMoney interests and fight for the working class,' Sanders said. 'We cannot continue to do that. So, in one way or another, we have got to bring forth candidates who [will stand up to Big Money].'"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy
#USPol #Oligarchy #Oligarchs #GlobalOligarchy #USPol #Corporatocracy #Oligarchs #CorporateFascism #HungerGames #StillSanders #Duopoly #EndCitizensUnited #WealthInequality