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Delaware wants to let corporations vote

“After Citizens United, this is another step down the road to corporate tyranny,” one opponent of the bill said

Salon

Harlan Crow funds dark money groups

"Crow's secret political contributions and undisclosed gifts to Thomas can be seen as two sides of the same coin"

Salon

Thomas vote boosted benefactor's power

"The Crows used their fortune to buy access to and curry favor" with elites, one advocate said

Salon

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How dark money drove the crypto fraud

Citizens United has fueled any number of sleazy dark-money political bargains. At least Bankman-Fried got caught

Salon

Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

Re-energized this election cycle, the tech entrepreneur joins other mega-donors apparently out to undercut the political system

The Guardian - US

Justice for sale: The dark-money tsunami

Will a right-wing electronics tycoon's unprecedented $1.6B donation force us to face the tide of corruption?

Salon

Chief Justice Roberts Lost His "Long Game"

The road from Citizens United to Dobbs was paved with saving constructions.

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VIEWPOINT 2: It’s time to disclose federal contractors’ political contributions

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

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Justice Sotomayor Criticizes The "Restless and Newly Constituted Court"

This claim brings to mind Justice Stevens' dissent from Citizens United.

Reason

Disney, DeSantis and the First Amendment

Call it the upside of Citizens United: Restricting corporate speech on political grounds is an obvious violation

Salon

Mitch McConnell makes Trump dumber

Underneath it all Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump are the same: ruthless, self-serving, power hungry brutes

Salon

Dark money: the quixotic quest to clean up US campaign financing

The supreme court’s 2010 Citizens United decision opened the floodgates for special interests to pour money into elections. Could a constitutional amendment be the answer?

The Guardian - US

Republicans Taking Aim at Disney Is a Reminder That Both Parties Are Hostile to Free Speech

For most of the past decade-plus, those complaining the loudest about corporate participation in politics have been Democrats.

Reason

How oil companies rebranded deceptive climate ads as ‘free speech’

In two dozen climate liability cases, companies are arguing that their public statements about climate change are not ‘deceptive’ so much as persuasive – and protected free speech

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Citizens United Déjà Vu for Malcolm Stewart?

In FEC v. Cruz, there was a flashback to the book-banning hypothetical.

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