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How does Musk get away with that then?
The loophole is the super-pac is legally not trump's campaign. It's an independent organization that just happens to promote trump's campaign.
Citizens United.
Yep, the supreme court has potentially done more to fuck up America than even Reagan.
That’s saying a fucking lot. And oh my god I think you might be right, after the last few years.
Never heard this comparison before but it is truly depressing to think about.
Combined with SpeechNow.
Citizens United made it so anyone can essentially Incognito Mode additional donations forever.
But SpeechNow rules this does not cause an electoral problem, so why not just make donating money protected First Amendment speech.
I think that might be a little bit worse, because money donated directly to a candidate could be used for personal enrichment rather than just improving chances of election, making becoming a politician to solicit bribes a more viable business.
That's why politicians publish books. The pac or whoever buys a bunch of copies and gives/throws them away.
Presumably for the same reason that obviously corrupt constitutional judges cannot be removed from office or even be prosecuted: It's in the US system. It's a system that has more of a plutocracy than a democracy for the people - it's been that way for a long time; especially since Reagan undid many of Truman's "new deal" reforms.