Money is speech.
So shut the fuck up, peasants, and let the people with money talk.
–Citizens United Decision
Bribery is just argument by other means.
Clarence Thomas’s concurrence on the case they take after this one.
Man, I really thought the court would get slightly less insane and evil when Scalia died, but Thomas has just gotten wild with it. It’s like scalia’s ghost just left its body and decided to double bunk inside of Clarence.
What if Scalia was the one holding Thomas back and Clarence was the one who shot Scalia with the ice bullet containing the heart attack serum that killed him?
Scalia died in a much more conventional way, in my mind, fucking a hooker at his friends “ranch.”
Scalia was the one holding Thomas back
That’s a scary thought…though judging by how disgusting Scalia was I think Thomas may just be doing all this in solidarity. Something a kin to pouring one out for the homies, but for the world’s worst people.
Jesus, it’s like you were in the room when it happened…
If money is speech for the rich then violence should be speech for the poor.
It is.
Why do you think they’re trying to make one legal and the other not?
Mama Parsons said it best
Dark money is already unlimited, so how much more fucked would this actually make us, in practice.
The “problem” they’re trying to “correct” by the use of the word coordinate, is that in order for the unlimited money super pacs to be legal, they must not coordinate with the campaigns of those they support.
Now they want to have full control over the unlimited money instead of jumping through hoops to hide their control.
Billionaires are just straight up buying the country.
It’s absolutely time for another tea party, we don’t have representation, the ownership class has representation. They don’t pay taxes, but we do.
Put me in, coach
It’s just easier to be openly corrupt in this brave new country.
Buy! Buy! Buy! Kill! Kill! Kill! Take! Take! Take! Nothing bad will come of this! Nothing bad will come of this! Nothing bad will come of this!
Sure… I mean this already is happening. Let’s all try to act like super pacts have been completely independent all this time. Maybe two justices will have a stroke and flip citizens United.
6-3 in favor abolshing all limits. Calling it now.
Billionaires really are working hard to buy this shit hole country aren’t they?
It’s the logical next step. You own everything you could possibly want, why not buy a country?
It’s the only plan they have.
Well, there goes the check on power.
I’m sure this Supreme Court will take all sides of the argument into consideration, make an informed and responsible decision, and relay the reasons for their decision to the Americans whom they serve.
Right?
Right.
As in Right wing.
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They have limits?
Finally, a break for the little guy.
Harris raised a lot more than Trump did in the last presidential general election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-harris-campaign-fundraising.html
The Democrats, their allied super PACs and other groups raised about $2.9 billion, versus about $1.8 billion for the Republicans.
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Oooh okay cool. It’s totally fine then. Surely that single example is representative of every single election past, present, and future, and a great reason to abolish any sort of caps on donations.
And? How much did Trump get from Musk and all the other billionaire friends under the table? You really think King Donvict will disclose that?
It’s disingenuous.
