dacalla@lemmy.zip to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoThe biggest donors in the 2026 U.S. Midterm Electionslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down14
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minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up61·3 days agoAnd this is precisely why every country needs a maximum contribution per person per year AND a ban on corporate lobbying.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agothey are using superpacs, in case Pacs/superpacs somehow get limited by laws, unlikely. they probably could spin up a bunch of LLC to cover the rest.
minus-squareGodwins_Law@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep pushing against money in politics and trying for progress, closing loopholes
minus-squareProgrammer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoDidn’t you hear?, companies are people in the US
minus-squareTacoSocks@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoThey are better than people, they get to spend as much as they want on buying politicians and they can’t go to prison.
minus-squareContactClosure@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAs long as we’re not talking about responsibility for war crimes anyway.
And this is precisely why every country needs a maximum contribution per person per year AND a ban on corporate lobbying.
they are using superpacs, in case Pacs/superpacs somehow get limited by laws, unlikely. they probably could spin up a bunch of LLC to cover the rest.
That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep pushing against money in politics and trying for progress, closing loopholes
Didn’t you hear?, companies are people in the US
They are better than people, they get to spend as much as they want on buying politicians and they can’t go to prison.
As long as we’re not talking about responsibility for war crimes anyway.