1/ Getting money out of politics is the greatest moral challenge of our generation. Its undue influence is the cancer underneath all the other political cancers that beset us.
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2/ Keep your eye on @jontester, who is re-introducing bills to create a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Citizens United decision and declare that corporations are not people. Until then, corporations and billionaires will influence our government more than we do.
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It’s never going to be removed, sadly. How many generations are they going to snuff out? They’re almost done with the second one...
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Replying to @goad_solar @jontester
Given the current make up of the SCOTUS Citizens United will not going to be overturned anytime soon. But as soon as it’s a liberal Supreme Court again, it will be the first thing to go.

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Replying to @marwilliamson @goad_solar @jontester
Expand the court
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Do they have the will to actually pack the court? Because they could. End the filibuster and get to ACTUAL fucking working, not this song and dance bullshit. Great American rescue program... pointless if I’m waiting months for CA EDD to get the money flowing again
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