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ancianita

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7. Overturn Citizens United, and we take artifical entities out of "speech" on all voter rights issues.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 08:49 PM

Dec 2019

Artificial "speech" is hegemonic in running these elections, manipulating humans, and it must be stopped.

Humans must be represented in all governance and artificial entities controlled by that governance, not the other way around.

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If Democrats ever attain full control of the government again...go full DEFCON [View all] LiberalLovinLug Dec 2019 OP

...or go home! FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #1

Add in campaign finance reform, ending the revolving door, and Super Pacs and you have a deal! Dustlawyer Dec 2019 #2

+1000 LiberalLovinLug Dec 2019 #3

I would rather publicly funded elections and eliminate Dustlawyer Dec 2019 #4

Nothing can get done on the list until the a)larger SCOTUS b)rescinds Citizens United. ancianita Dec 2019 #5

Before this we need restoration of voter rights otherwise it doesn't matter if dems have 94% of uponit7771 Dec 2019 #6

Overturn Citizens United, and we take artifical entities out of "speech" on all voter rights issues. ancianita Dec 2019 #7

Do we even need a larger SCOTUS to get rid of CU? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2019 #8

Good questions that could get answered by a Democratic majority Senate. If there's the legislative ancianita Dec 2019 #9

At least two if not three of the justices need to be impeached or removed. LiberalFighter Dec 2019 #10