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Chuck Darwin<a href="https://c.im/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CitizensUnited</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SuperPacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperPacs</a><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin/109338515775957151" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://c.im/@cdarwin/109338515775957151</a>

Chuck DarwinJust 100 extremely wealthy families invested 2.6 Billion dollars during the election cycle that put Trump back in the White House and seated Republican majorities in both the House and SenateThat was more than double what billionaire donors contributed just four years prior.The steep upward spending trend and the eye-popping amounts speak to the shifts in political power granted to the affluent and corporations in the wake of <a href="https://c.im/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CitizensUnited</a> v FEC, the supreme court’s 2010 decision that 💥enabled💥unlimited 💥campaign💥donations. There are limits on direct donations to political candidates, political action committees and political parties -- but the creation of <a href="https://c.im/tags/SuperPacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperPacs</a> in the aftermath of that decision have opened opportunities for the surge in spending.In the 14 years since the Citizens United ruling, ⚠️ billionaires have poured 160 times more funds into campaigns.The money-for-power exchange that was always hidden in the back rooms of American politics has burst into the open in the second Trump administrationElon Musk and some of the world’s wealthiest families spent record amounts to secure trillions in tax breaks and deregulation, using cuts to vital services like healthcare, education, and nutritional support to pay for it. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/billionaires-record-spending-2024-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/billionaires-record-spending-2024-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aral</a> I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AOC</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BernieSanders</a> got <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cockblocked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cockblocked</a> by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEMs</a> because they pissed off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BigMoneyDonors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigMoneyDonors</a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperPACs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperPACs</a>!<ul><li>THAT is the main problem, aside from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> not intenting to eber let <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elections</a> happen that would question him and his power!</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/REFORUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#REFORUSA</a> NOW!

US news | The GuardianPacked Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/billionaires-funding-republicans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/billionaires-funding-republicans</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpoliticalfinancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpoliticalfinancing</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/BetsyDeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BetsyDeVos</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/SuperPacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperPacs</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Virginia</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abortion</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USnews</a>

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