I've been saying this for months now. It's time to clean house and start over. We the people need to find a way to get rid of all of these corrupt politicians and start from scratch with new rules to prevent this from happening again. Or at least enforce the ones we have on the books. We're not even doing that anymore.
If we don't do something radical soon, there won't be anything left to reset anymore.
I'm convinced that the system was rigged for the wealthy, by the wealthy to begin with, then baked in with the difficulty of amending the Constitution. The many wealthy Supreme Court Justices tweaked the laws from time to time to ensure the wealthy maintained and grew their power, such as by granting corporations the same rights as people.
Think about who the framers of the original constitution were. All landholders, which meant wealth back in those days. The others, like Benjamin Franklin, were outliers and he was a Quaker but the descriptions of him didn't sound like he was poverty stricken.
The United States was built by wealthy landholders who didn't fight the British over patriotism. They just wanted to keep all of that tax money for themselves and convinced the uneducated farmers and tradesmen to fight the war for them while lying to them about what they would gain from it.
Little else changed once the territory that became the United States became a country unto itself. The same type of people still run it and they're running it into the ground now because of globalism. I'm not against globalism, just the way it's being exploited at our expense.
I appreciate your sentiment as you write about the founding fathers of our country. However, I feel that it is problematic to look back into history through the lens of our current condition. Yes, the country was founded by white leading land owners, many of them slave holders. The amazing thing about the constitution they created was that it was designed to evolve as our wisdom and understanding about the underlying themes of ALL men are created equal, with certain inalienable human rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness continue to grow. The tragedy of our current condition is that many people feel that they are more equal than the rest of us and have been trying to undermine our freedoms for decades. The corruption of the Trump administration has stripped the bandages from our eyes. Their lies, greed and criminal actions are visible for everyone to see and it is horrifying. But as some wise persons have said, there are more of us than there are of them. So what are we going to do about it?
Fight back anyway we can. Whether it's through the voting system, or if that doesn't work, something more dramatic like the colonists did to start the American revolution. As an old soldier, I'm up for whatever works.
We know the answer, Scandal exists, or is ignored, only because the media's bullhorn, and the right wing media has the biggest bullhorn, be it the Murdoch's or the opinion editors of say the NYT.
And at the moment, Trump has the media by the balls and they are terrified, thus under this control.
Look at the list of executives and billionaires who accompanied Trump to China, besides the usual (Musk,Zuckerberg,Cook, Huang et al), they included
Blackrock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink
Blackstone Chairman, CEO and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg
Cargill Chairman and CEO Brian Sikes
Citi Chairman and CEO Jane Fraser
Coherent CEO Jim Anderson
GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon
Illumina CEO Jacob Thaysen
Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach
Meta President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick
Micron Chairman, President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra
Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon
Visa CEO Ryan McInerney
And it all has to do with money. Liberal values, altruism, human decency, empathy and a conscience, are not conducive to becoming wealthy, much less multi millionaires and billionaires, and thus controlling politics and hence society.
The secret of success is sociopathy. Those that went to China with Trump, who control and own the press are sociopaths and psychopaths.
Here are the professions of psychopaths
CEO / Corporate Executives: Absolute power, high financial risk, and the ability to make strategic, sometimes ruthless, decisions without emotional interference.Lawyers: The ability to manipulate arguments, navigate loopholes, and detach ethically from the outcome.
Media (TV/Radio) Personalities: High need for attention, superficial charm, and an inflated ego.Salespersons: The need for intense persuasion, a drive to close deals, and the ability to manipulate without ethical concern
Surgeons: The requirement for ice-cold focus and the ability to remain emotionally detached during life-or-death procedures.Journalists: Ruthless drive to chase scoops, which often involves stepping on toes or ignoring emotional boundaries
.Police Officers: Authority over others and a lack of fear in high-stress, dangerous situations.Clergy: Positions of power and influence over followers' lives, combined with the ability to manipulate narratives.
Chefs: The high-pressure, chaotic environment of fine dining often attracts controlling or tyrannical leaders.
Civil Servants / Politicians: Bureaucracy provides red tape that can be navigated with cunning and a drive for control over policy.Conversely, individuals with high psychopathic traits tend to steer clear of jobs requiring deep human empathy, such as care aides, nurses, therapists, and charity workers.
You can explore more about this research in the Forbes analysis of Dr. Kevin Dutton's findings or read the full study Vice coverage on how these traits correlate with specific career paths.
This is a battle over what form of government we are to have, a democracy or an empire. We are not fighting them to remain a democracy; they are fighting us to remain an empire. Yeah, it says "republic" on the label, but what empire has ever told the truth? So they lie, cheat, steal, and murder to keep their power, but only when we let them get away with it. And only those who are scared off or bought off let this empire keep going.
I don’t know about you but I get an incessant flow of emails daily about campaign contributions from Democrats running for office While it worked for Obama 18yy ago they’re beating a dead horse now because it’s difficult to know where the D’s stand on anything except “fund my campaign because I’m a Democrat”
While the Republican party may have been purged of anyone who isn't a fascist, look at the cover-up currently going on in New Mexico regarding Zorro Ranch and you will realize that some Democrats are also fascists. Be sure to vote in the primaries, and be sure to vote for the Democrat who's not in it for personal power and wealth.
Both parties have severe problems It's just the R's are in this case worse and their corruption is more visible The Democratic party has as many problems and it's time that it undergo a restructuring The anger from the talking Congressional heads in the media is not enough The D's need to be held accountable to WE the People No $$$ just because they have a D next to their name WE need to hear what their positions are on: expand SCOTUS, complete restructuring of voting laws, restructuring of DHS and elimination of ICE, meaningful immigration reform, national abortion access, stop funding Israeli military budget, demand campaign contribution reform, insisting on a wealth tax going after the oligarchic class WE the People demand more of our elected D representatives
I blame anyone in Congress and the Supreme Court for taking bribes. Change the laws that encourage and allow it, punish those convicted. I know, I’m shouting into the abyss.
Since the Court got rid of racial gerrymandering Congress needs to get rid of partisan gerrymandering.
Banning the process of cracking and packing. Keep jurisdictions together. This can be done by a math formula. Every county and city population should be given a percentage score of what they are compared to the state requirement for an electoral district. If the Jurisdiction population is less than a district it can only be split once if it is required to complete a district. If not required for that requirement it has to stay intact. If greater that a district it can only be divided by one more time than that of a district. If for example 1.7 it could only be split 3 ways. One compete district with .7 left over to be divided no more than two ways and only if needed to complete a district. This formula can be used by all state legislatures to draw all electoral districts. We need to push this idea to get a Constitutional Amendment so all voters have the same protection.
Need to Counter Citizens United by restoring Transparency. The Federalist claim that they want to go back to the original intent of the Founders. At the time of the Constitution speech was only a live event. The audience always knew if the speaker was concealing their identity. They also knew how long the speaker spoke and what did they say. They could also tell by accent if the speaker was local or was from outside the area. Today we have none of that disclosure. Congress should require the donors to either declare their identity or state that they are concealed ,in every political ad. If they declared concealed they need to list total donation by donor ID number and State and Congressional district of donor. This would provide valuable information to the audience without subjecting the concealed donor to any retaliation. The voters would know if the money was coming from inside or outside the state and district. They would know how large is the contribution similar to how much speech did they buy. I would like to hear others comments on this idea.
As usual the system is rigged on both sides: politicians are bribed by corporate PAC’s to do their bidding and because our media is largely owned by these same corporations and billionaire controllers, they’ve made it very difficult to get elected without outrageously expensive ads.
Politicians are damned on both ends, and It’s also it almost impossible for the public to know which politicians are truly clean anymore.
Everyday the lines are getting increasingly fuzzy, and the vast majority of the American public are too tired, stressed, or just plain uninformed and uninterested to get involved with finding out.
Too much of our population just stay glued to FOX, and this is what really feeds the corruption—news media owned by these same corrupters.
When in the name of justice are we going to stop writing the same damn material about Trump and his gang of grifters. Its just the same old shit
,day after day after day. We all know it's time for a change big time but all that gets done is the whining. We NEED to get rid of these fools. Arrest them, charge them for what they've done and lock the door on the freaking prison. Look at the embarassment Trump caused our country in China' Oh Tee hee Donnie screwed up again. Come on. For the sake of America stop this joke of a government and wipe it off the face of the Earth. He, Trump, is the biggest liar of all history. Stop the bleeding and get them OUT!
The UnTrumping party should balance their emphasis on 2 things: the historical corruption of the Trump administration AND whatchyergonnadoaboudit - like revoking Citizens United and similar tools enabling corruption in government. Trump's cabinet are not just sycophants; they are all totally unqualified for their positions. Many, like Patel and Noem clearly view executive positions as cosplay amusement. They did not/are not managing anything but their social media celebrity. They have no idea how to govern "for the people," because in their entire wealthy lives, they rule - just tell employees to execute their whims.
Last night I had a long chat with a childhood friend. She boasted that at 80, she has always voted Republican, because they know best how to run the economy. I pointed out that if that were true, then how did she explain that nearly every drop in the national debt happened under the welfare-wastrel Democrats, and, since taking office, Trump's policies like tariffs and pointless invasions have run up the national debt, and inflation is skyrocketing. "What did you pay to fill up your gas tank last week?" I asked her to name something Trump had done since taking office that has improved the economy. The response was dead silence, followed by the phone disconnecting.
Clearly, Democrat messaging needs to amplify the Trump pain followed by Democrats' proposed fixes. One or the other apparently makes it impossible for MAGA voters to connect the dots.
Stop the greed I don’t think they want it to Thom. They benefit from their greed. I, wish something can really stop this. They, love being corrupt too. When will the greed stop? Thom.
You identify the key issue and the key problem, Thom. Unfortunately, too many in the current Democratic establishment are beholden to the same morbidly rich folks as the MAGAtocrats. They are all too human, meaning they look to themselves and their families first, regardless of their rhetoric.
So while you are correct as to the need to kick out the corrupt, the question is how to do that if not being corrupt is a prerequisite and the opposition, thanks to Citizens United, has an unlimited source of funds. Crowdfunding is the obvious answer, but someone needs to organize that on a massive scale to get strong candidates in races everywhere, maybe, preferably, under the banner of a new, real party. It will need a name of some sort, connotative of its objectives. I haven't really focused on that, but something like the "People's Party".
While I have my doubts about our willingness to change back even a little to the country which we once aspired to be, we can keep fighting. We cannot do otherwise or the fault, and the guilt, will be ours.
There is a clear legal path to getting corporate and dark money out of our elections on a state by state basis. A bill before the Washington State legislature (and about a dozen others) would eliminate the ability of artificial legal entities (corporations, etc,) to spend in our local, state and Federal elections and ballot measures.
The Supreme Court has affirmed for over 200 years that the States have the authority to charter corporations and specify their powers. The court has specifically ruled that States can alter or remove corporate powers at any time and for any reason...or no reason at all. However, for over a century it has been customary to grant them all the powers of a human being. That's the basis upon which Citizens United and other corporate friendly decisions have been justified. (Justice Samuel Alito reaffirmed this in his concurring opinion in the Hobby Lobby case.)
But, it doesn't have to be that way. The States still have the authority to redefine corporate powers. The proposed bill(s) would simply restate those powers without including the power to spend money on elections. This would apply to all corporations doing business in WA, wherever they are chartered.
The bill in Washington (SB 6358) can be read here. (highlight the entire link and right click to find an option to go there)
This Report is one more example of Thom doing the homework Congress needs for the impeachment articles for January.
Please send it to your Congressional members and Republican family and friends. They are watching each crime happen in real time just like us, but we need to also consider them as a whole.
Unfortunately, the list will grow but so will the proof. Keep being a part of this history anyway that you can, friends. See you in the streets.
I've been saying this for months now. It's time to clean house and start over. We the people need to find a way to get rid of all of these corrupt politicians and start from scratch with new rules to prevent this from happening again. Or at least enforce the ones we have on the books. We're not even doing that anymore.
If we don't do something radical soon, there won't be anything left to reset anymore.
I'm convinced that the system was rigged for the wealthy, by the wealthy to begin with, then baked in with the difficulty of amending the Constitution. The many wealthy Supreme Court Justices tweaked the laws from time to time to ensure the wealthy maintained and grew their power, such as by granting corporations the same rights as people.
Think about who the framers of the original constitution were. All landholders, which meant wealth back in those days. The others, like Benjamin Franklin, were outliers and he was a Quaker but the descriptions of him didn't sound like he was poverty stricken.
The United States was built by wealthy landholders who didn't fight the British over patriotism. They just wanted to keep all of that tax money for themselves and convinced the uneducated farmers and tradesmen to fight the war for them while lying to them about what they would gain from it.
Little else changed once the territory that became the United States became a country unto itself. The same type of people still run it and they're running it into the ground now because of globalism. I'm not against globalism, just the way it's being exploited at our expense.
I appreciate your sentiment as you write about the founding fathers of our country. However, I feel that it is problematic to look back into history through the lens of our current condition. Yes, the country was founded by white leading land owners, many of them slave holders. The amazing thing about the constitution they created was that it was designed to evolve as our wisdom and understanding about the underlying themes of ALL men are created equal, with certain inalienable human rights, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness continue to grow. The tragedy of our current condition is that many people feel that they are more equal than the rest of us and have been trying to undermine our freedoms for decades. The corruption of the Trump administration has stripped the bandages from our eyes. Their lies, greed and criminal actions are visible for everyone to see and it is horrifying. But as some wise persons have said, there are more of us than there are of them. So what are we going to do about it?
Fight back anyway we can. Whether it's through the voting system, or if that doesn't work, something more dramatic like the colonists did to start the American revolution. As an old soldier, I'm up for whatever works.
Sad to say, these ppl cheat. Call out the cheating. Also sad to say, the dem's don't have charismatic candidates atm.
We know the answer, Scandal exists, or is ignored, only because the media's bullhorn, and the right wing media has the biggest bullhorn, be it the Murdoch's or the opinion editors of say the NYT.
And at the moment, Trump has the media by the balls and they are terrified, thus under this control.
Look at the list of executives and billionaires who accompanied Trump to China, besides the usual (Musk,Zuckerberg,Cook, Huang et al), they included
Blackrock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink
Blackstone Chairman, CEO and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg
Cargill Chairman and CEO Brian Sikes
Citi Chairman and CEO Jane Fraser
Coherent CEO Jim Anderson
GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon
Illumina CEO Jacob Thaysen
Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach
Meta President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick
Micron Chairman, President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra
Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon
Visa CEO Ryan McInerney
And it all has to do with money. Liberal values, altruism, human decency, empathy and a conscience, are not conducive to becoming wealthy, much less multi millionaires and billionaires, and thus controlling politics and hence society.
The secret of success is sociopathy. Those that went to China with Trump, who control and own the press are sociopaths and psychopaths.
Here are the professions of psychopaths
CEO / Corporate Executives: Absolute power, high financial risk, and the ability to make strategic, sometimes ruthless, decisions without emotional interference.Lawyers: The ability to manipulate arguments, navigate loopholes, and detach ethically from the outcome.
Media (TV/Radio) Personalities: High need for attention, superficial charm, and an inflated ego.Salespersons: The need for intense persuasion, a drive to close deals, and the ability to manipulate without ethical concern
Surgeons: The requirement for ice-cold focus and the ability to remain emotionally detached during life-or-death procedures.Journalists: Ruthless drive to chase scoops, which often involves stepping on toes or ignoring emotional boundaries
.Police Officers: Authority over others and a lack of fear in high-stress, dangerous situations.Clergy: Positions of power and influence over followers' lives, combined with the ability to manipulate narratives.
Chefs: The high-pressure, chaotic environment of fine dining often attracts controlling or tyrannical leaders.
Civil Servants / Politicians: Bureaucracy provides red tape that can be navigated with cunning and a drive for control over policy.Conversely, individuals with high psychopathic traits tend to steer clear of jobs requiring deep human empathy, such as care aides, nurses, therapists, and charity workers.
You can explore more about this research in the Forbes analysis of Dr. Kevin Dutton's findings or read the full study Vice coverage on how these traits correlate with specific career paths.
I looked up nurses: "The prevalence of sociopathy among nurses is estimated to be well below the general population average of 1% to 4%."
I've worked with surgeons, and I am certain that at least some of the ones I worked with are psychopaths. Still, they were some of the best.
Being empthatic is a job requirement for a nurse, and being empathetic got Pretti killed.
To be a good surgeon, one can not have any empathy, for you are cutting into people.
My God, with that list of Capitalists I’m surprised that Xi didn’t close the airport and quarantine.
LOL
Seriously though, we have to come up with a new descriptor. Musk, Zuck, Cook, Ellison did not become billionaires by investing capital..
For now all we have is billionaires, but that is not sinister enough to describe these psycopathic sociopaths.
The corruption in this administration is the norm.
Everything they do is based on a lie.
The Supreme Court has been the author of this amoral conspiracy, and has enabled much of this overthrow of decency.
The chaos bestowed on all of our lives is born of these fascist forces.
Democrats need to clear up the mess they own in going along with this chaos.
Integrity is the only answer.
They need to build on that core value, and be direct and honest in order to call out this
Grift of the Trump machine.
The corruption is reaching end-stage societal limits.
This is a battle over what form of government we are to have, a democracy or an empire. We are not fighting them to remain a democracy; they are fighting us to remain an empire. Yeah, it says "republic" on the label, but what empire has ever told the truth? So they lie, cheat, steal, and murder to keep their power, but only when we let them get away with it. And only those who are scared off or bought off let this empire keep going.
WE The People Demand More Of The Democratic Party
I don’t know about you but I get an incessant flow of emails daily about campaign contributions from Democrats running for office While it worked for Obama 18yy ago they’re beating a dead horse now because it’s difficult to know where the D’s stand on anything except “fund my campaign because I’m a Democrat”
While the Republican party may have been purged of anyone who isn't a fascist, look at the cover-up currently going on in New Mexico regarding Zorro Ranch and you will realize that some Democrats are also fascists. Be sure to vote in the primaries, and be sure to vote for the Democrat who's not in it for personal power and wealth.
Both parties have severe problems It's just the R's are in this case worse and their corruption is more visible The Democratic party has as many problems and it's time that it undergo a restructuring The anger from the talking Congressional heads in the media is not enough The D's need to be held accountable to WE the People No $$$ just because they have a D next to their name WE need to hear what their positions are on: expand SCOTUS, complete restructuring of voting laws, restructuring of DHS and elimination of ICE, meaningful immigration reform, national abortion access, stop funding Israeli military budget, demand campaign contribution reform, insisting on a wealth tax going after the oligarchic class WE the People demand more of our elected D representatives
I blame anyone in Congress and the Supreme Court for taking bribes. Change the laws that encourage and allow it, punish those convicted. I know, I’m shouting into the abyss.
Since the Court got rid of racial gerrymandering Congress needs to get rid of partisan gerrymandering.
Banning the process of cracking and packing. Keep jurisdictions together. This can be done by a math formula. Every county and city population should be given a percentage score of what they are compared to the state requirement for an electoral district. If the Jurisdiction population is less than a district it can only be split once if it is required to complete a district. If not required for that requirement it has to stay intact. If greater that a district it can only be divided by one more time than that of a district. If for example 1.7 it could only be split 3 ways. One compete district with .7 left over to be divided no more than two ways and only if needed to complete a district. This formula can be used by all state legislatures to draw all electoral districts. We need to push this idea to get a Constitutional Amendment so all voters have the same protection.
Need to Counter Citizens United by restoring Transparency. The Federalist claim that they want to go back to the original intent of the Founders. At the time of the Constitution speech was only a live event. The audience always knew if the speaker was concealing their identity. They also knew how long the speaker spoke and what did they say. They could also tell by accent if the speaker was local or was from outside the area. Today we have none of that disclosure. Congress should require the donors to either declare their identity or state that they are concealed ,in every political ad. If they declared concealed they need to list total donation by donor ID number and State and Congressional district of donor. This would provide valuable information to the audience without subjecting the concealed donor to any retaliation. The voters would know if the money was coming from inside or outside the state and district. They would know how large is the contribution similar to how much speech did they buy. I would like to hear others comments on this idea.
As usual the system is rigged on both sides: politicians are bribed by corporate PAC’s to do their bidding and because our media is largely owned by these same corporations and billionaire controllers, they’ve made it very difficult to get elected without outrageously expensive ads.
Politicians are damned on both ends, and It’s also it almost impossible for the public to know which politicians are truly clean anymore.
Everyday the lines are getting increasingly fuzzy, and the vast majority of the American public are too tired, stressed, or just plain uninformed and uninterested to get involved with finding out.
Too much of our population just stay glued to FOX, and this is what really feeds the corruption—news media owned by these same corrupters.
I am just trying to take on corporate PACs with disclosure. Media concentration is a real problem that also needs a solution.
When in the name of justice are we going to stop writing the same damn material about Trump and his gang of grifters. Its just the same old shit
,day after day after day. We all know it's time for a change big time but all that gets done is the whining. We NEED to get rid of these fools. Arrest them, charge them for what they've done and lock the door on the freaking prison. Look at the embarassment Trump caused our country in China' Oh Tee hee Donnie screwed up again. Come on. For the sake of America stop this joke of a government and wipe it off the face of the Earth. He, Trump, is the biggest liar of all history. Stop the bleeding and get them OUT!
His grandpa ran a brothel, so he feels the need to be a pimp deep in his rotting genes.
No longer a swamp, he's turned DC into the definition of a sh*thole.
So. . .
Corporations = People
Trashcans = Snowshoes
Money = Free Speech
Epstein = A Suicide
Racism = Partisanship
Congress = Effective
A Football = A Turd
Murdoch = All-American Patriot
USSC = Fair
Prez = Not Owned. and Safe around girls and women.
The UnTrumping party should balance their emphasis on 2 things: the historical corruption of the Trump administration AND whatchyergonnadoaboudit - like revoking Citizens United and similar tools enabling corruption in government. Trump's cabinet are not just sycophants; they are all totally unqualified for their positions. Many, like Patel and Noem clearly view executive positions as cosplay amusement. They did not/are not managing anything but their social media celebrity. They have no idea how to govern "for the people," because in their entire wealthy lives, they rule - just tell employees to execute their whims.
Last night I had a long chat with a childhood friend. She boasted that at 80, she has always voted Republican, because they know best how to run the economy. I pointed out that if that were true, then how did she explain that nearly every drop in the national debt happened under the welfare-wastrel Democrats, and, since taking office, Trump's policies like tariffs and pointless invasions have run up the national debt, and inflation is skyrocketing. "What did you pay to fill up your gas tank last week?" I asked her to name something Trump had done since taking office that has improved the economy. The response was dead silence, followed by the phone disconnecting.
Clearly, Democrat messaging needs to amplify the Trump pain followed by Democrats' proposed fixes. One or the other apparently makes it impossible for MAGA voters to connect the dots.
Stop the greed I don’t think they want it to Thom. They benefit from their greed. I, wish something can really stop this. They, love being corrupt too. When will the greed stop? Thom.
You identify the key issue and the key problem, Thom. Unfortunately, too many in the current Democratic establishment are beholden to the same morbidly rich folks as the MAGAtocrats. They are all too human, meaning they look to themselves and their families first, regardless of their rhetoric.
So while you are correct as to the need to kick out the corrupt, the question is how to do that if not being corrupt is a prerequisite and the opposition, thanks to Citizens United, has an unlimited source of funds. Crowdfunding is the obvious answer, but someone needs to organize that on a massive scale to get strong candidates in races everywhere, maybe, preferably, under the banner of a new, real party. It will need a name of some sort, connotative of its objectives. I haven't really focused on that, but something like the "People's Party".
While I have my doubts about our willingness to change back even a little to the country which we once aspired to be, we can keep fighting. We cannot do otherwise or the fault, and the guilt, will be ours.
There is a clear legal path to getting corporate and dark money out of our elections on a state by state basis. A bill before the Washington State legislature (and about a dozen others) would eliminate the ability of artificial legal entities (corporations, etc,) to spend in our local, state and Federal elections and ballot measures.
The Supreme Court has affirmed for over 200 years that the States have the authority to charter corporations and specify their powers. The court has specifically ruled that States can alter or remove corporate powers at any time and for any reason...or no reason at all. However, for over a century it has been customary to grant them all the powers of a human being. That's the basis upon which Citizens United and other corporate friendly decisions have been justified. (Justice Samuel Alito reaffirmed this in his concurring opinion in the Hobby Lobby case.)
But, it doesn't have to be that way. The States still have the authority to redefine corporate powers. The proposed bill(s) would simply restate those powers without including the power to spend money on elections. This would apply to all corporations doing business in WA, wherever they are chartered.
The bill in Washington (SB 6358) can be read here. (highlight the entire link and right click to find an option to go there)
https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6358.pdf
If you live in WA, or know someone who does, go here to sign the Citizen Resolution in support of the bill. https://bit.ly/WA-Undo-Citizens-United
With enough public support, we believe there is a decent chance the bill will pass in the 2027 legislative session.
A mindblowing list....
This Report is one more example of Thom doing the homework Congress needs for the impeachment articles for January.
Please send it to your Congressional members and Republican family and friends. They are watching each crime happen in real time just like us, but we need to also consider them as a whole.
Unfortunately, the list will grow but so will the proof. Keep being a part of this history anyway that you can, friends. See you in the streets.
I thought there were six corrupt Supreme Court justices?