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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by gcb0 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:18PM (#18342384)
money isn't speech but the courts that ultimately decide this in the USA are directly appointed by someone who got elected using money instead of speech.
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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by skookumchuck on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @12:33AM (#18343377)
There are many elections in the US, including the last Presidential one, where the winner spent nowhere near as much as the loser.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-presidentia...

Clinton spent nearly double what Trump did.

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