All of today's treason is a direct result of Citizen's United

[gohuskies]

How we have found ourselves today at the crossroads of treason being committed by the president and the GOP took root in the decision to codify dark money from undisclosed entities. This was the nexus of the budding movement to move the country to fascism, racism and a shift of wealth to oligarchic rule. Time to rise up and say as Howard Beale once declared 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore'.

Make November a blue tidal wave to sweep away the corruption of the GOP congress and the Orange Menace, Pence etc.

[enough]

1. Major truth. Thanks. We need to keep this in the forefront, even with whatever

chaos is coming.

[benld74]

2. Amen bro Amen

[BigmanPigman]

3. We must overturn this and

whatever it is called that Reagun did that allows propaganda to be considered news (Fux Ruse).

[bearsfootball516]

4. Eliminated the Fairness Doctrine.

[BigmanPigman]

6. That's it, thanks!

To un-do it do we need Dems in Congress or is this a SCOTUS issue?

[gohuskies]

5. The Right has gradually eroded the safeguards used to secure the country

so much so that it allowed the opening for Bin Laden to commit 9-11 on our soil. The Reagan Revolution really opened Pandora's Box upon the nation. Today's treason was all part of the GOP grand plan to eliminate the middle class and to create a corporatocracy. It has led to the decline of the American Empire such that it was. Trump is the final manifestation of this decline and he will only take us deeper into the abyss unless it is brought to a halt.

[duforsure]

7. I agree

The Supreme Court has opened up the floodgates for corrupt leaders , or criminals from anywhere in the world they can buy people in this government , and the justices did this that is now happening to us.

[gohuskies]

9. That decision will be one that gets studied in U.S. and World History classes..

long after this national nightmare is over. Or at least I pray that it does. I probably won't get to see the healing from these wounds in my lifetime but if I do, I will never forget what's happening today.

[oasis]

8. Overturn Citizen's United.

I'm on board.

[Thekaspervote]

10. Oh boy isn't that the truth

[uponit7771]

11. K&R, Without CU there's no funneling tons of money into Red Don's pockets during the election

[UTUSN]

12. K&R

[pecosbob]

13. All the more reason for publicly-funded political campaigns

Donald Trump is a classic illustration that becoming rich has nothing to do with ability. The rich should have no more say in the political arena than the poor man. Corporations have a right to exist only within the guarantee that they remain good citizens of the nation. When they break that compact and become predators then they forgo any right to exist. A poor man uses a gun to rob...corporations use lawyers and lobbyists to rob.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. K&R for lots of truth!

"Corporations have a right to exist only within the guarantee that they remain good citizens of the nation." I can remember when many were reasonably good citizens of their communities, but then they got gobbled up in M&A deals and became greed-driven, heartless machines like the rest. Now, almost all are entirely profit driven and have become so international in scope they should no longer be called American companies.

Agree 100% with your contention regarding election funding and I'm a fundamentalist - each voter should be limited to a small amount (say, $10 or $20) per candidate per election with zero allowance for PACs or any other backdoor support. And, no TV ads. Put campaigns back on the street and allow fliers send by mail only.

It's bad enough that Republicans have their own cable news network, hundreds of right-wing talk radio shows and dozens of billionaire-funded think tanks, but allowing massive corporate election funding is flat wrong.

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[Initech]

15. If you could trace back to the one point where it all went wrong...

It was Citizens fucking United. Worst SCOTUS decision ever.