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Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 02:26:23 JST Molly White

“As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” So proud of my home state for a ballot question seeking to limit the kind of massive corporate spending that has plagued this election cycle, and all elections since Citizens United.
Mainers: Vote yes on 1, fight to end billionaire influence on politics!
#USpolitics #USpol #CitizensUnited
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1. Headline: Growing bipartisan support for Maine initiative to get dark money out of politics
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2. While political parties have tried to set themselves apart from one another this election cycle, leaders across the political spectrum in Maine have found a common interest in one of the state’s ballot initiatives, which ultimately seeks to get dark money out of politics nationwide by teeing up a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Question 1 on the Nov. 5 ballot, which aims to place limits on donations to political action committees that independently spend money to try to support or defeat candidates, has been endorsed by 128 civic and business leaders in Maine, ballot question committee Maine Citizens to End Super PACs announced Monday. The initiative stems from legal scholar Lawrence Lessig, who told Maine Morning Star that there has also been growing excitement in democracy reform circles across the U.S about the effort in Maine. Among the endorsers are Maine’s Democratic U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, who are both running for reelection and have previously supported other campaign finance reform efforts in Congress. “Corporations and the ultrarich have drowned out the voice of the American people, spending billions of dollars to elect candidates who would further line the pockets of big business,” Pingree wrote in a statement to Maine Morning Star. “The power should be in the hands of everyday voters, not corporations. The ‘Yes on 1’ campaign to end Super PACs
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  Marsh Gardiner 💡🐝🔧 (earth2marsh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Nov-2024 03:02:54 JST Marsh Gardiner 💡🐝🔧
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  @molly0xfff just when I didn't think you could possibly be more awesome, I learn we share a home state? Huzzah! 🌲🦞🍁
  
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  Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 00:45:23 JST Molly White
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  A spot of good news on a dark morning: this ballot measure has passed, and right now support for it is about 3 to 1.
  although Maine tends to split red north/blue coastal, support for this has been pretty universal. People want big money out of politics.
  #uspol #USpolitics #Maine
  
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  Rasmus Lindegaard (rasmus91@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 02:59:56 JST Rasmus Lindegaard
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  @molly0xfff you'll have your work cut out for you for the next for years, that's for sure.
  Do you wonder if there will be any reprisals for honest reporting? (Especially on something that's likely going to make the potus a shit ton of money)
  
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  Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 02:59:56 JST Molly White
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  @rasmus91 certainly feels more likely than it did yesterday
  
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