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Re:Supreme Court strikes anti-corruption law that bars offic... by red-iron-pine on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @03:19PM (#40803512)
Finishing the job that citizens united started. This is how democracy dies.

The Americans better start using those rights they seem to wank off about, cuz if they don't they're about to get sold to the highest bidders

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Re:Supreme Court strikes anti-corruption law that bars offic... by dc_ist on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:06PM (#40804075)
About to? We're beyond "about to".
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Re:Supreme Court strikes anti-corruption law that bars offic... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:53PM (#40804477)
Arguably before bribes were more hidden, and when brought to light they were more often procecuted or at last shamed folks out of office. See Abe Fortas
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