Get rid of Citizens United, what a scam! Raise the limits of the number of Supreme Court judges ASAP. Fight fire with Fire! This ruling was the bane of freedom!
The good news? Pelosi and the Democrats already did that when they passed a campaign finance reform bill in the House in... 2010, so as soon as a conservative SC installed corruption at the very heart of US democracy.
The bad news? Since then, "we the people" have become lazy and never gave Democrats the legal power needed to sign it into law.
People need to f$$$ing wake up and FIGHT, rather than telling others to fight!
You bet we do! If Dems take over both Houses, I hope there are massive investigations and indictments into what this trillionaire and every Congressional Representative has done to control our elections. Enough is enough.
Uh... that means changing the Constitution, since the presidential pardon is part of Article II. So no, that won't happen either.
First, "we the people" need to do our most important democratic job: convincing the majority in this country to vote for Democrats EVERYWHERE and ALL the time, until Democrats have the legal power to change the Constitution.
We absolutely need to go back retroactively and undo all of the pardons that Trump has done because they are all corrupt! We should not tolerate the January 6 people being pardoned or any of these other criminals that Trump has pardoned. That is not what the pardon power was meant for. I hope it’s the first law. The Democrats create… The ability to undo every corrupt Trump pardon that was issued retroactively.
So you'll have to choose: do you want Democrats to govern as democrats, or do you want them to govern as neofascists and also begin to ignore the Constitution, as the GOP does today... ?
Thank you. An excellent suggestion! Simple legislation, and an elegant solution. If the Democrats win both houses of Congress, they should pass this immediately. If Trump vetoes, then vote to override. Force the Republicans to vote for corruption.
I have thought for many years that it is a travesty that the candidate with the most money wins. Somehow that needs to be changed, just as term limits need to be law.
Elon Skum is top of my list for those to be deeply investigated. As for his "threat," let me turn it a bit -- those who live by the government contract can also die by the government contract. His DOGE shtick is probably responsible for millions of deaths because he stopped foreign aid.
By the way, Kegsbreath is a close second...war crimes, etc. For the trifecta, I nominate Worm Brain (the Secretary of HHS).
Getting the money out of politics should be the highest priority in the next Congress, followed by corruption at the Pentagon followed by getting back to normal at the Pentagon and bringing the military into the 21st century warfare
I never saw that I would see such blatant corruption. And Congress remains complicit. I voted last week and my prayer is that the midterms will result in a blue tsunami. Then hopefully we can begin to repair the damage done to our democracy. And I would love to see Elon Musk in jail, along with his buddy Trump.
You just answered my question, Adam! I was pretty sure we had stopgaps in place so that no one individual or company could attempt to steer our government in ways not compatible with being a democracy. I guess we need to close that loophole real soon!! Priority #1 on November 4th!!!! My God, how brilliant our forefathers were!!
Regulate contributions and term limits. Senators should be limited to 2 terms, 3 in the house. Senators for life in more like a monarchy than a Republic.
I am so sick of money being the mouthpiece for politics. Just because you have a massive amount of money you are not entitled to more influence. Money has never guaranteed good moral character, class, taste or decision making. Get it out of politics. Can we disappear greed at the same time?
Get rid of Citizens United, what a scam! Raise the limits of the number of Supreme Court judges ASAP. Fight fire with Fire! This ruling was the bane of freedom!
It cleared the way for mega money in politics, election interference, and massive corruption.
The good news? Pelosi and the Democrats already did that when they passed a campaign finance reform bill in the House in... 2010, so as soon as a conservative SC installed corruption at the very heart of US democracy.
The bad news? Since then, "we the people" have become lazy and never gave Democrats the legal power needed to sign it into law.
People need to f$$$ing wake up and FIGHT, rather than telling others to fight!
You bet we do! If Dems take over both Houses, I hope there are massive investigations and indictments into what this trillionaire and every Congressional Representative has done to control our elections. Enough is enough.
What prevents Trump from pardoning Musk... ?
Nothing. But let's get legislation into law that prevents this from happening in the future.
Uh... that means changing the Constitution, since the presidential pardon is part of Article II. So no, that won't happen either.
First, "we the people" need to do our most important democratic job: convincing the majority in this country to vote for Democrats EVERYWHERE and ALL the time, until Democrats have the legal power to change the Constitution.
And that definitely won't happen this year yet.
I was not referring to pardoning. I am referring to shutting down PAC'S/SUPER-PAC'S and the flow of dark money into buying elections.
We absolutely need to go back retroactively and undo all of the pardons that Trump has done because they are all corrupt! We should not tolerate the January 6 people being pardoned or any of these other criminals that Trump has pardoned. That is not what the pardon power was meant for. I hope it’s the first law. The Democrats create… The ability to undo every corrupt Trump pardon that was issued retroactively.
I'm sorry, but that's unconstitutional.
So you'll have to choose: do you want Democrats to govern as democrats, or do you want them to govern as neofascists and also begin to ignore the Constitution, as the GOP does today... ?
A state conviction. Not a federal one.
Hell yeah
Overturn Citizens United!
Thank you. An excellent suggestion! Simple legislation, and an elegant solution. If the Democrats win both houses of Congress, they should pass this immediately. If Trump vetoes, then vote to override. Force the Republicans to vote for corruption.
I have thought for many years that it is a travesty that the candidate with the most money wins. Somehow that needs to be changed, just as term limits need to be law.
Yes to term limits
Elon Skum is top of my list for those to be deeply investigated. As for his "threat," let me turn it a bit -- those who live by the government contract can also die by the government contract. His DOGE shtick is probably responsible for millions of deaths because he stopped foreign aid.
By the way, Kegsbreath is a close second...war crimes, etc. For the trifecta, I nominate Worm Brain (the Secretary of HHS).
What about Kash Patel? It will take years to undo the damage he's done at the FBI. And he's at least as idiotic as Hegseth.
Getting the money out of politics should be the highest priority in the next Congress, followed by corruption at the Pentagon followed by getting back to normal at the Pentagon and bringing the military into the 21st century warfare
I never saw that I would see such blatant corruption. And Congress remains complicit. I voted last week and my prayer is that the midterms will result in a blue tsunami. Then hopefully we can begin to repair the damage done to our democracy. And I would love to see Elon Musk in jail, along with his buddy Trump.
You just answered my question, Adam! I was pretty sure we had stopgaps in place so that no one individual or company could attempt to steer our government in ways not compatible with being a democracy. I guess we need to close that loophole real soon!! Priority #1 on November 4th!!!! My God, how brilliant our forefathers were!!
Thank you Adam for being the voice of all of us
Time for him to be de-naturalized and deported. Get rid of Citizens United!
“What he can’t buy is your vote.”
Vote!!!!
Regulate contributions and term limits. Senators should be limited to 2 terms, 3 in the house. Senators for life in more like a monarchy than a Republic.
Freeze his assets and deport him, he has done enough to indict him starting with PA voting.
I admit I haven't listened yet but my first thought was , lets just get musk out of any and everything.
I am so sick of money being the mouthpiece for politics. Just because you have a massive amount of money you are not entitled to more influence. Money has never guaranteed good moral character, class, taste or decision making. Get it out of politics. Can we disappear greed at the same time?
In corrupt regimes, money is power. That's what we're experiencing now, but I don't believe we need to define our future!