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   josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2024 23:40:28 JST josh buermann

   It's incredible that this is the first time I've seen any story in the press acknowledge that the Democratic Party organs that run its primaries can unilaterally impose whatever campaign finance regulations they care to during the selection process for general election candidates.

   Up and down the ballot they've been swearing empty promises to overturn Citizens United (somehow! rarely explained!) since the ruling came down in 2010. Wilding vs. DNC was seven years ago.

   https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3838413-sanders-urges-dnc-to-vote-on-banning-super-pac-primary-spending/

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2024 23:40:27 JST josh buermann

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     Since the Wilding vs. DNC ruling eight years ago I have been waiting for Bernie Sanders to point out the obvious: if the Democratic Party is a private organization that can restrict "speech" in its primaries however it likes then it can unilaterally satisfy its own platform plank and unilaterally overturn Citizens United during them.

     The constant barrage of fundraising spam about overturning Citizens United recycled from big donor money is really embarrassing.

     https://prospect.org/power/2024-08-19-dnc-sanders-ban-super-pacs-democratic-primaries/

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     josh buermann (buermann@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2024 23:40:28 JST josh buermann

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     Democratic elites really had a great time using all that ponzi scheme money to mow down the party's grassroots.

     https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sam-bankman-fried-progressives/

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