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You know who doesn’t vote?
It’s getting frantic, isn’t it? Polls are announced! amount of money raised is announced! interviews with “swing” voters are published! And we thrill or suffer accordingly. As a Times reader I learned what a bunch of “swing” voters in Georgia … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism, voting rights
Tagged dark money, elections, electon polls
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A few more thoughts about big money in politics
Yesterday I did a little reading and learned that money can’t really buy elections. But when it’s evaluated and facts are set out, it becomes complicated. Not because money can buy elections (it can’t), but because so much money is … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Government, Joe Biden and his people, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism, TV commercials, voting rights
Tagged Citizens United, cryptocurrency, dark money, dark money PACs, Marjorie Taylor Greene, megayachts, Prevagen, Sheldon Whitehouse, the DISCLOSE Act
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Where is the proof that money can buy elections?
Yesterday I was talking to my cousin Thomas, a resolute pessimist, about the upcoming election. He asked, “Is there any hope?” I’m afraid I snapped at him. (Optimists can snap, you know. We don’t bite but we snap.) His response … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Government, political campaigns, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, TV commercials, voting rights
Tagged 538, Adam Bonica, Citizens United, dark money, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, money in elections, Newt Gingrich
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