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'Thanks to Citizens United': 50 Megadonors Have Put Over $1.5 Billion Into 2024 Election (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The top 50 contributors "skew Republican" but the list includes donors to both major parties, an analysis from The Washington Postshowed.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

Basically setting up the conditions where a few billionaires control who has access to electorialism, because if you cant marshal a few billion, you can't compete at a national level.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

It is open and blatant corruption that anonymity exists in political donations. It is a disgusting lack of ethics and an immeasurable embarrassment on the world stage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is what's going to end America.