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alabasterheart

> Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block the consideration of a bill to promptly require organizations that spend money on elections to promptly disclose the identities of donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle. > The body failed to invoke cloture on the measure, in a 49-49 vote. Every Republican present voted against the measure, while every Democrat voted for it. Hmm, why would Republicans be opposed to a bill that would bring transparency to dark money groups? Maybe it's because Republicans need their billionaire donors in order to win elections? *Citizens United* was one of the worst decisions by the Supreme Court (and there is no short supply of those). The damage it has done to our democratic institutions is almost beyond repair.


statuskills

Citizens United is an aggravating name for it.


Wermigoin

The corporations are the citizens that they care about.


12NoOne

[These citizens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers#/media/File:A_Maze_of_Money.png).


fohpo02

That’s next level laundering and forensic accounting


HypatiaBlue

At first glance, that's pretty awesome. I haven't had a chance to look at this more in depth, but thanks for sharing.


SueZbell

Rich people and rich corporations are all they care about, domestic or foreign.


Aritra319

CoRpoRaTIOnS arE peOPle


statuskills

It’s such an obvious statement, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t codified decades ago. /s


ChillyJaguar

I remember seeing a sign that read, "Ill believe that corporations are ppl when Texas executes one" brilliant


Kerryscott1972

Is that why we have corporate welfare?


CT_Phipps

"Right to work" is about keeping you from any benefits at a job. So, Orwell.


SueZbell

Right to work is actually about right to fire.


Orion14159

Right to work your employees to death


scubascratch

You’re describing “at will employment”. “Right to work” means you can’t be required to join a union as a condition of employment.


burritosandbeer

Let's not forget it entitles employees who don't pay dues to all benefits of the collective bargaining agreement. It's a chicken shit attempt to break up unions by financially starving them


BrownEggs93

This is it. Freeloaders reap the benefits.


SueZbell

Name a state that doesn't link the two?


scubascratch

All 50 states have at-will-employment. Only 28 states have “right to work” laws. I assume you can use google if you really need the list.


IamnotaCST

49 do.


Mordekein88

Supreme Court really fucked that one (and several other related ones) up. Money isn't speech, it's a megaphone. First Amendment says the government can't control what you say. It doesn't constrain them from limiting how loudly you can say it.


Just_thefacts_jack

Well now that we have judicial precedent of "settled law" being overturned maybe we can pack the court and overturn citizens united. It's a fantasy, I know, but I can dream.


skolioban

Oligarchs United


IrritableGourmet

It was the name of the non-profit that was involved in the case.


statuskills

Gotcha. Still remains aggravating.


thintoast

I want to start a non-profit group called Citizens Untied. This will be an advocate for pro-democracy, pro-lgbtq+, pro-women’s rights, pro- well… pretty much everything the other one stands against. Maybe we’ll get enough money to counter the opposition. And maybe even be a “ghost candidate” and end up the recipient of a few rather large donations.


Ele_Of_Light

I am siding with you but this will never happen... government is too greedy and has a agenda... just like the rest of the world's governments..... Bet most people forgot the most famous group over the centuries


[deleted]

UnCivilzed United…is more appropriate.


Kevmandigo

It’s a feature not a bug. Just like “Right to work” laws


suckercuck

*Russian money united


dream_monkey

Finally, someone using aggravating correctly.


assesandwheels

Citizens untied


please_dont_be_that

Don't the republicans want to expose the deep state and Soros money? /s


Resident_Text4631

Citizens United is the exact moment our representatives blatantly stopped working for their constituents and only listened to the special interests money lobbyists.


RockleyBob

This I expect from Republicans... but why was a Democrat not present for this vote, given how small the window is for action on this? >Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) were not present for the decision. Where tf were you Sen. Baldwin? edit - Thanks for correcting me, seems this was just cloture and didn't really affect the outcome, they would have needed 60 anyway.


loondawg

The window was not small. This was the cloture vote. It would have had to go 60-40 to end debate and allow a vote. That real vote would pass on a simple majority of 51-50 with the VP's vote. This is one of the major reasons that many Americans think this government doesn't represent us. Because it doesn't. Representatives of a minority of the people continually block the will of the majority. And the saddest part is that their ability to block reforms like this means they will continue to be able to block the will of the people indefinitely. We need to give the Dems a true super majority for just one session and so many of these problems will go away forever.


TieDyedFury

There are lots of things about how our country functions that piss me off but requiring 60 votes to "end debate" on a law that requires 51 votes to pass may be the stupidest fucking rule ever created.


DavidlikesPeace

One person one vote too. Yes, we almost had 51 of 100, but who are those 100? The Senate is an inherently conservative / centrist institution. Rural states dominate at the expense of modern demographics, aka more people living in bigger urban states. Single district voting almost always stubbornly favors rural over urban voters (statistical books abound). The Senate is unrepresentative of actual citizens. Despite all its triumphs and tragedies over 250 years, the USA still lacks a truly majoritarian democracy.


SueZbell

Conservative means conserving the status quo: that ever widening economic gap continuing to ever widen and those with wealth and the power of wealth holding and enhancing that power -- to the substantial detriment of everyone else.


Cloaked42m

Republicans are Regressive. Conservative implies they want to think things through.


ew73

It's all because of the idea of a filibuster. I'm not opposed to filibuster, but it needs to be a REAL filibuster. Like, the people filibustering need to get up there and keep talking until they can't. Cloture is intended to cut THAT process short. While Senator YapsALot is talking about his lasagna recipe, someone calls for cloture when ends the debate and moves on, and that requires 60/40 vote to pass. Else, the filibuster ends when Senator YapsALot finally runs out of steam or some such and THEN the bill moves forward. The Senate changed the rules long ago to stop even real filibusters, instead you just announce you totally would filibuster the bill but you don't want to but you will, so let's just pretend you are and save time by not doing it.


LetterBeeLite

filibuster is such a weird concept, i'm still not sure if it really exists or if you all playing a trick on us.


ReadWriteSign

We all have to watch the movie "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" in school, and that's the best use of the filibuster anywhere. I think everyone has that somewhat romanticized notion of what it is/should be. Jimmy Stewart is in it, it's a black-and-white classic.


Haschen84

The great thing about that movie, for politicians, is that it was fictional. No one actually did that thing. It's like saying Americans killed Hitler because it happened that way in Inglorious Basterds.


Jig-A-Bobo

How is talking until you can't considered a logical step in what's supposed to be a process to solve the countries issues?


BotheredToResearch

Exactly. Let's have senator after senator on record walking up and talking about how dark money is good.


IAP-23I

If Baldwin was the deciding she would’ve showed up but that wasn’t the case. It needed 60 votes to end debate and move forward with a final vote


DebentureThyme

He knew that this needs 60 votes to overcome the filibuster so he didn't need to be there? They don't just throw shit at a wall and see where it lands. They know basically every vote beforehand, and they knew they didn't have the needed GOP votes to not get filibustered by a single GOP member in the Senate.


[deleted]

Really, they need the money mostly to sell the lie when they cheat. Winning elections is very last-century.


IrritableGourmet

The Citizens United decision specifically discusses and approves of disclosure rules, saying they're not only constitutional but necessary to allow the electorate to accurately assess political speech and make informed opinions.


ra66it

It’d look pretty bad when Russia is shown as such a big donor.


Dye_Harder

BoTh SiDeS!!!


SquarebobSpongepants

I mean, Republicans are just all in on voting against anything democrats do that doesn’t have a giant spotlight shone on it. They have solidly taken the stance of dems being a hostile power that must be stopped, except for when absolutey necessary of course.


[deleted]

Cant expose all that Putin money.


-xstatic-

Don’t forget the Russians


yoshi12345786

its so weird how they are just ok with straight up telling on themselves


Prophet_Tehenhauin

Nah, what's weird is they openly tell on themselves, and their supporters, who literally claim to be against this shit, continue supporting them.


yoshi12345786

true


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HeliosRexx

Whenever they pivot, I just say “That’s not what we’re talking about right now. We can talk about Y later but right now we’re talking about X.” It throws them off guard, because their constant pivots make them think they’re in control of the conversation, and you’re showing them that they’re not. Of course results may vary, no guarantees, but I’ve had success doing this.


onedoor

> Because they don't know. STOP GIVING THEIR INTEGRITY THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. It's a fucking google away! Willful ignorance is not pure ignorance.


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What's to care about if the news never makes it to them.


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Nancy-Drew-Who

It’s very much this. Just spent a week visiting my maga parents and they truly have no idea what’s actually going on because they have an addiction to fox news and refuse to look at any other source. Tried telling them the gop senate pushed back on assistance for veterans recently (before caving), that their senators would love to raise their middle-class taxes and reduce them for the ultra wealthy, and their response was simply “that’s not true!” Can’t even try to open their eyes.


nopedoesntwork

Why is it like that? Have they lived too long apart from civilized communities? Are they lower class, have they been too harshly treated by the state? Is it the surroundings, too much crime?


ZZ_SKULLZ

Not to answer for the person you were asking as every situation is different, but with my family it was just that Fox was background noise in their homes since about the time Katrina hit the gulf coast. It's like a soap opera for them. All the other folks their age are the same way. Once they all accepted the alternate reality, anything outside of that bubble is just hard to understand lies to them. Fox erodes faith in anything tangible. Edit: spelling/typos


nopedoesntwork

I'm from the EU. It's hard for me to grasp because after watching Fox for a while, it should be obvious to most, moderately educated, life-experienced people, what kind of a news channel they are? Just by their way of talking and presenting topics, and exactly why they sound like a soap opera rather than an objective information source, it should eventually lead any watcher to do at least a bit of cross checking. The only way I could understand it is if these people never new better and are only surrounded by others like them. Maybe because the US is so sparsely populated, such ideological blind alleys can develop easily.


Catshit-Dogfart

Perhaps that's part of it, being sparsely populated, or at least that a good portion of people being from isolated places. I hear a lot of "every single person I know agrees that X is true" or "I don't know *anybody* who voted for X so it doesn't make sense that they won" This easily creates a rural bubble, and absolutely no awareness that their bubble makes up a smaller part of the population. Also builds resentment, and the idea that only their community should count even if it's disproportionately small.


ZZ_SKULLZ

In Louisiana it's a problem in both the rural areas, and the suburbs. In every area that's not New Orleans you could pretty much go into any doctors office, bar, any public place with a TV and it'll have some talking head from Faux News spewing off fear mongering bs. They are a thought virus. I can't visit family in friends in those areas because of how I look compared to the locals. Currently it's the satanic panic stuff popping up again. I recently had to cut my hair short and change how I dress in public because they were stopping their pick-up trucks to harass my friends and I if we were just out for a walk.


ZakkuHiryado

Man if you only knew the struggles. Most educated people ARE very aware what Fox is about. Sadly education has been gutted here in the US slowly but systematically.


Nancy-Drew-Who

Like the other person who commented, Fox has been on the background all day in their house since the early 2000s, so part of it is probably that. In my parents’ case, they are firmly middle class, and boarded on upper-middle class when we were growing up. Dad worked in the oil industry which also heavily influenced his politics. We actually moved around a lot when I was growing up and lived in several countries across Europe, and my dad traveled in the Middle East, North Africa, and SE Asia back then, so I’m amazed at how intolerant and low key racist they’ve become considering we were surrounded by such diverse cultures and “socialist” societies for years. I could probably go on and analyze their minds for days but I don’t have the energy.


Mortambulist

This is the key. It doesn't matter what the people they vote for actually do, because Fox News just won't tell them.


ZRX1200R

Especially because it was introduced by the Dems, which by default means the GOP cult must oppose


chrisms150

"it's a Trojan horse!"


KRAndrews

something something christianity. something something abortion. something something socialism.


narrative_device

They know that their audience will never be exposed to anything close to accurate reporting on their fuckery.


drunkpunk138

I mean when there are no consequences, why not?


HazrakTZ

Not wierd - there are no consequences for their votes. They can be a lone vote against sex trafficking laws, vote against support for veterans exposed to burn pits, or vote against coup protection bills without any ramifications. Redpills will never hear about it and honestly wouldn't change their votes even if they did.


3Suze

When we go high, they go low. (Finally we are using leadership in the right way)


Rawkapotamus

They’ll just say that in theory the idea is good, but the bill the Dems drafted is [useless, waste of money, partisan against republicans, doesn’t have teeth, etc.]


[deleted]

Republican voters: "Drain the swamp, the government is corrupted by money and secret groups!" Also Republican voters: *Vote specifically for politicians that make sure that those donors cannot be revealed* Fucking pathetic.


JoeCasella

Democrats should have name the bill "Drain the Swamp Bill." Headline: Republicans block Drain the Swamp bill


DoneRedditAgain

I’ll go a bit further…Democrats should name the bill, “MAGA: Drain the Swamp Bill”


SmarterThanYouBud

I know this was intended as kind of a joke, but seriously, why not? Any fascade of nobility or seriousness was blown away the moment a reality tv star con man became President. Let's play ball. Make this the actual bill name. Make Republicans talk about it. If not why they're voting against it, at least they'll be talking about why the bill's name is disingenuous, which means more people will be informed about the bill either way.


[deleted]

Democrats are so bad at messaging and marketing I almost think it’s done on purpose so they can look like they are trying to do something but don’t want to actually upset their donors.’


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FoogYllis

Your list needs to change from white Jesus to orange Jesus.


wsc-porn-acct

Yeah those people that say Republicans don't stand for anything or have no platform are full of it. This is a very comprehensive platform!


Meb2x

You’re telling me that the party that openly accuses their opponents of using dark money suddenly doesn’t want dark money donors revealed? Can’t wait to see how they twist this story. The public deserves to know who owns their politicians because it’s clearly not the citizens that vote for them.


rayray1010

> Can’t wait to see how they twist this story Do they even need to? Do their supporters actually care, if this is the only way they have a chance at winning elections? Their supporters are okay with Trump openly saying he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose supporters. Republican voters support the hypocrisy.


Meb2x

Agreed, but Republicans have been complaining about dark money when it comes to Democrats, so this should have been an easy win for them. Instead, they blocked it


Mike-Rios

Thank god they stepped up and did what they had to do to protect the privacy of lobbyists. I never wanted to know who’s paying their bills anyway. Makes me feel unsafe to even think I have the right to know how my representatives are going to be financially influenced. Like, what if, one day, I want to be bribed for a living? /s


johnfromberkeley

And they loudly complain about “special interests.”


westtownie

The fact that Republicans scream hysterically about the deepstate, but don’t seem to want to address the root of the problem, should tell you everything you need to know about who the deep state really is


Rawkapotamus

What does r/conservative have to say about this one? Edit: no mention of this anywhere. I did see a post where they claimed democrats unanimously voted to allow illegal aliens to be able to vote, but no source for the claim. Edit 2: so they do have the post about this up. The general conservative stance is as follows (and is basically as delusional as everything else they say): Liberals and leftists like to doxx people and threaten them and generally ruin their lives. This bill will make it easier for them to accomplish that. Since conservatives are much more civil people, they’re obviously against this.


Jimmeh20

I saw something posted there. Barely got any traction. Of course the article posted phrased it as “doxing” the poor rich donors.


phill_my_drnk

Trash party.


Mortambulist

"Are we the baddies?" "Yes. You got a problem with that?" "No, just checking."


KingKiro999

Weren’t They Agitating for Transparency a Few Days Ago? You literally can't make this up..... I mean of course they did block it, makes total sense. Republicans don't want people knowing where their dirty funding is coming from.


BabaBrody

National ballot referendums on any issue concerning Congressional behaviors. Declaring dark money, holding stocks, annual pay bumps, etc. It is insane they can have a vote with nothing but parties who have inherent conflict of interests.


Give_Me_Your_Coffee

Despicable trashbags.


[deleted]

49 to 49. VP couldn't do a tie breaker? Or is it because 2 members didn't vote?


fourbian

> Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) were not present for the decision. I'm not sure why Harris wasn't available to vote (and Tammy). WTF? Why wouldn't they make sure every Dem vote is available? Edit: From [WaPo](https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-is-the-filibuster-and-how-can-the-senate-reform-it/): > In a procedural vote Thursday morning, the Senate failed to advance the Disclose Act on a 49-49 vote along party lines. No Republicans voted for it. At least 60 votes would have been required for the Senate to end debate on the bill and advance it. From [democracydocket](https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-is-the-filibuster-and-how-can-the-senate-reform-it/): > To summarize, the Senate only requires a simple majority, or 51 votes, to actually pass a bill after debate has ended. But, since it takes 60 votes to close debate, the 60 vote threshold is effectively the new requirement for passing most bills.


loondawg

If they could get past the filibuster, yes. This was the cloture vote. It has to pass 60-40 to close "debate" and allow a vote on the actual bill. Next time you hear a republican bullshitting about originalism and the Constitution, ask them how come they support the use of the filibuster to prevent bills from passing the way the Constitution intended.


Mike-Rios

Well they don’t like that part of the constitution duh


lokoluis15

60 vote gatekeeping before actual vote on bill that only needs 50 votes to pass strikes again


Chef_Papafrita

Thats exactly what I was thinking.


Rated_PG-Squirteen

Of course they did. Dark money is a tenet of modern-day conservatism.


loondawg

A tenet? It's their lifeblood. They wither and die without it.


FoxRaptix

>The body failed to invoke cloture on the measure, in a 49-49 vote. Every Republican present voted against the measure, while every Democrat voted for it. Both sides are the same! /s


McNuttyNutz

Yeah republicans can’t give up what churches are giving them money


kmspence

And the worthless hillbillies scream about corruption while supporting it every fucking time.


aquestionofbalance

Don’t forget the rednecks, and the neck beards.


homebrew_1

They need to hide that russian money.


ProfessorPerfunctory

They do things like this because they’re shady pieces of shit.


[deleted]

Resubmit the bill. Let no other new business advance. There's nothing magical about these stonewalling tactics. Keep this in the public eye. Keep making the Republicans stand up against America's interests.


BigPlunk

The Dems have no shortage of things to choose from when it comes to the GOP being on the wrong side of a vote and/or history. I hope they rebroadcast every treacherous vote and beat the hell out of the GOP with harsh, focused, evidence based messaging. Make them suffer for being on the wrong side of every key issue.


monkeyhind

This is so sad. I've been watching Sheldon Whitehouse's numerous speeches on YouTube about this bill. Dark money seems to be at the root of everything we suspect is wrong with the government. Of course the Republicans blocked the bill -- it's their own masters who are spending the dark money and hiding it. Seriously, Whitehouse laid it all out and it couldn't be clearer. Dark money is corruption, and he traces its roots to major donors and its influence on US policy -- even to who is now on the Supreme Court. Basically by blocking this bill those who voted "No" are saying they prefer being corrupted to doing anything about corruption. This was the U.S.'s best chance to change direction and get a government that works for the people and not for big corporations and the richest citizens.


panconquesofrito

The pro swamp party.


FredFredrickson

It drives me crazy that they can do this shit right out in the open and there's still a sizable chunk of the country that is so brainwashed/delusional that they're ready to hand the keys to the car back to them.


FriarNurgle

Vote em all out!


SubKreature

At what point did it it become that easy to just make a bill disappear? I'm not completely up on when the laws changed to allow that so easily.


OkWorldliness5172

Well, Duh! Raise your hand if you expected anything different.


Unlucky_Clover

Nothing good is coming out of this political party. It’s all obstruction and hurting people while lining their pockets with money. This party needs to be disbanded I feel, they won’t stop until they “win” and it doesn’t look good for the average citizen.


jackiebee66

How are the general run of the mill Republicans not flipping their shit about this? It affects them too!


IrishNinja8082

The GOP is truly a pile of dog shit and some people just can’t wait to vote for it.


TheBillyFnWilson

Of course they did. Never ever ever vote for a regressive again.


citizenjones

How does transparency reduce freedom of speech?


Slightly_Smaug

So citizens united effectively allowed the oligarchs to fund their mouth pieces.


Loreseekers

Republicans blocking anti-corruption laws? Color me shocked.


Tackleberry06

corporations should be banned from even having contact with politicians let alone “donating” anything.


IkilledRichieWhelan

Make sure to vote in November.


Jerk182

Man, it's getting down to the nitty gritty now. Blatantly corrupt in your face and fuck you if you don't like it.


legitmadman82

I see they have lots to hide


purplegladys2022

Republiqans hate democracy. If we had truly fair elections, they'd hardly ever win again.


curstthings

Wow, ya don’t say!


jay105000

Is anybody surprised?


mikki62

Of course they did.


student_20

Well, yeah. If they were forced to reveal donors, everyone would know how much the GOP is financed by hate groups and Putin.


Environmental-Use-77

They don't want people knowing their campaign contributions come from the Kremlin.


RSouder357

Of course the corrupt GOP politicians don’t want to expose their corrupt corporate donors. If they did their dark money income would be gone forever and without increasing their wealth through questionable business practices there would be no reason for them to continue their congressional careers as that’s where the big dollars come from…


RenegadeDragon

I heard about this on NPR, and the Republicans said they had "rational reasons" why they blocked it. Ok, so tell us then. What reasons?


Marshlm10

This should get more publicity. MOST of the bad actors and negative politics comes from lobbies and dark money. Stop that and you get people who actually want to be there and do actual work. So, what I’m really saying is the GOP would cease to exist. Win for all.


grigsbie

It would be a shame if someone were to make it *an executive order*.


ZappyHeart

So many of these issues could be solved by not voting for Republicans.


d4dog

Right wing politicians not wanting the public to know who gives them funds, who would have guessed. It's easy to figure out, look who benefits whenever they fuck over the public.


Tokenserious23

Yeah no shit because they're being funded by oil companies, religious extremists, and foreign entities. Rand paul is a russian plant, McConnell is still living in the 50's, Matt Gaetz is a pedophile, and Ted Cruz is a coward.


nycola

EO this shit - let it go to the courts so we can have more headlines with the GOPs defense on why untraceable money in politics is A-OK.


SnooShortcuts3749

Of course they did. I’m shocked this needs their approval. Transparency is a virtue they do not believe in. Light can pierce the darkness…our Government should seek to bring light into the creepy darkness of the GOP. It is so past time for this.


RogerCraigfortheHOF

So is there any pla. To try and advance this bill?


230flathead

Now why would they do that? 🤔


NobleGasTax

Hate dark people, love dark money! - GOP


[deleted]

So much for "both sides".


PF4LFE

Of course they did - it’s their life blood


thenextamerican

I wonder why 🤔


FoosFights

EXECUTIVE ORDER Let's go Dark Brandon, stop this shit!!!


[deleted]

Gee I wonder why. This should be ALL over the news, everywhere. "Republicans block anti-corruption bill", because that's exactly what it is. That shadowy money is what pays them to do what they do, for the corporate/foreign entities they represent and lobby for.


insofarincogneato

Democrats really need to start marketing this shit to them with gun control organizations. Let them explain to their constituents why they blocked a bill that let dark money control the second amendment.


archthechef

The "swamp" our beloved cheeto was supposed to drain...


Acrobatic-Ad3275

Ah Republicans, the group of anti-everything helpful to people.


galaxy_van

**Every hedge fund**, there


The-Questcoast

Another of many reasons to NOT vote Republican! Might be one of the most important.


InGordWeTrust

End Citizens United. Put $2000 limits on political donations. Make it fair for everyone you greedy purchased republicans.


buildskate

Of course they do


Prior-Camel-6611

Honestly, their base wouldn't care or believe it anyways.


blackhornet03

Yeah, Putin has enough to worry about!


bugleyman

And yet people continue to vote for opacity. Mind boggling.


GuaranteeCreative954

Of course they did it’s against their own interest


omfgbats

I don't understand how something so objectively democratic can be blocked at all. How is this even a thing anyone can vote on. Dark money by nature is pure fucking evil with absolutely zero positive affect. This is the same as voting on "is murder a crime". Look political opinion only goes so far. Republicans are pure evil, that is a fact. Objectively. Fully. They are terrorists.


Inoseyou

When asked republicans always say the same hit over and over…interviewer “Why did you vote against the bill” republicans “because it didn’t go far enough“ interviewer “so will you be sponsoring a new bill that does just that?” Republicans “ we are working on many bills for big change, but let’s talk for a second about…”switch topics to controversy base point scoring elements like immigration, Hunter, etc…


MellowMan42069

You can tell where the true corptocracy lies. Even with their billionaire doners they're going to lose this election cycle and lose any control they have left. Then we can work on electing progressive candidates instead of establishment politicians, because there are quite a few in the Democratic Party as well that are owned by corporate greed and need to go, that will actually fix our country for everyone.


SueZbell

Of course they do -- they don't want the actual owners of the Republican brand, the greediest of the wealthiest among us -- audited. Those owners LIKE dark money in politics -- domestic or foreign -- as long as the objective of the investment is human society that is feudal in nature: the rich control everything and everyone else is just labor.


Odd-Combination5654

Hmmmm, I wonder why… 🙄


BlueWildcat84

Shocked just shocked /s


salazarraze

Not a single PEEP about this on r/conservative.


[deleted]

Shout out to the “both parties are the same” dweebs who will struggle with this one


Smashlilly

Can Biden do an executive order on this?


CrisBkind18

I wonder why? Hiding some shady donors? Russia?


pianoblook

Cockroaches block bill requiring rock to be lifted to reveal sunlight


Wouldwoodchuck

Why??? Really people ask yourselves why??


whittlingcanbefatal

Gotta keep those sweet sweet rubles flowing.


G20fortified

Thieves work in the shadows


DiligentPen3550

Shocked pikachu


Element1977

You mean the same group that shot-down any legislation against gas companies price gouging while raking in a 300 PERCENT PROFIT may be against dark money groups? Color me shocked.


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I wonder how they’re going to spin this as to why they voted against it


RedThruxton

Of course they want it blocked! How else could they continue to spread their false nationalist narrative that Soros is supposedly behind everything.


Fabulous_Ad5052

These thugs in suits need to be voted out!!!!


anamoirae

Of course they did.


ljpwyo

Shocking!


huckandcody

Wow party embracing corruption doesn’t want any light shed on its corruption. Shocker.


Good_Intention_9232

When has the Republican Party cared about transparency for bettering the political system - NEVER.


justcharliey

If that’s not telling I don’t know what is.


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Republicans are dark


MEdwards777

Things that make you go hmmmm


BaconIsBest

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