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Margo Howard's avatar

"Citizens United" is one of those names, we find out, that turned out to be deceptive ... or maybe just incomplete. It ought to have been "Citizens United for Nefarious Purposes," or maybe "Rich Right Wingers Screwing With Laws and Elections." I remember the selling point that "corporations were people" struck me as ridiculous. This time the con was the sin of omission: "Corporations are *hundreds* of people -- or even thousands. I don't know who they thought they were kidding. The fix was in, however, from the time SCOTUS started to be manipulated by the Supreme Court Historical Society. Membership was not 10 bucks. Let us just say it was beaucoup d'argent ... enough to let rich people with undemocratic opinions spew them at the Justices at dinner parties ... as their newfound friends. For all we know, the "influencers" may have even bought their new friends' aged mothers houses. Nah, that would be too brazen.

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Lucian K. Truscott IV's avatar

Absolutely essential detailed history of the grubby underbelly of money in our politics. This is why I subscribe to Nina, and so should you if you haven't already.

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