• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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    8 months ago

    Captain, the goalpost is running away!

    I’m consistently defending the statement that the Democrats (and the Republicans) DO NOT want to remove money from politics.

    They may be arguing for more transparency, but they definitely are not asking for less lovely money. increase expenditure

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      8 months ago

      The fact that you can see that graph and not realize the impact Citizens United court decision has, that the DNC consistently campaigned on reversing, is astonishing. It’s like seeing somebody with every piece of the puzzle fail to put it together.

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          8 months ago

          That’s some extreme cognitive dissonance, bro.