Despite their claims to the contrary Dems have been lifting this issue and sounding the alarm all year. From fighting tirelessly to pass the #FreedomToVote Act to holding those accountable for almost democracy to fighting this GOP power grab.
Regardless, it's the media's 1st amendment responsibility to report the facts and to hold those who would seek to overthrow democracy accountable - they could do so with as much vigor as they covered the difference between sending an email from a work account or personal account.
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Today is the eleventh anniversary of the Supreme Court’s #CitizensUnited v. FEC decision: a thread.
Eleven years after the Supreme Court put a for sale sign on U.S. elections, our democracy has been corrupted to favor those with the biggest checks at the cost of the American people, and as we saw on January 6, it is more fragile than ever.
The voices of everyday families are overpowered by special interests and corporations are funding seditious members of Congress and dark money groups that organized and incited a violent and deadly assault at the United States Capitol Building.