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Party wide ban on all Corporate money and donations over $100 is the only way that'll happen. How many calls do you think Pelosi got from angry DNC donors telling her to "reign in" AOC?

The Left Right divide is bullshit, it's "America is great as it is!" vs "Let's get shit done after just talking about it for decades". Since Medicare for All is the only big idea on the table regarding healthcare, is has insane support both Left and Right.

Restrict where the money can come from, the speech stays legal so long as the money comes from legal sources. Coke buying any ad = legal. Coke donating money to a PAC to then run ads should be illegal because the donation itself should be illegal. The PAC can still run ads so long as they have legal revenue sources to buy them. The transaction from Corporation to PAC should be illegal. There are thousands of restrictions on money is spent.

Speech isn't the issue and trying to regulate speech is going to be very difficult with the internet now. If a corporation gives money to a PAC that isn't speech, that's simply spending money, a third party is doing the speech by proxy. If Coke wants to call Warren a Communist, that's fine. It's when they do it through several layers of intermediaries is the issue, including when they give direct to a campaign. Can I sell drugs if I need the money to make speech? Either speak yourself or if you can't afford to speak raise money by legal means. Those means of raising money are not protected by the 1st Amendment.

Yes given the legal responsibility of those organizations. People's opinions and ideas can be changed or reprioritized, a corporation's legal responsibility is to make as much money as possible. If corporate leadership fails to do that by any legal means, they get replaced. It's like giving AI rights. Unions have similar single tracked focuses, not as extreme but close. Corporate speech is only one aspect of the issue though. The larger issue is the influence donors have over those in office because unless you're AOC level known, running for office is expensive and being in the good graces of a corporations is a solid method to fund it (directly or indirectly through a PAC). Freshman House members are expected by leadership to speed 50% of their work day fundraising. Those fundraising goals have an insane impact on not only reelection, but committee assignments, bills getting brought to the floor, etc. So if you're uncomfortable with restricting corporate or union speech, I get it. The alternative is to legally restrict the total size of costs (NBC or Facebook can only make $X off political ads, consultants can only make $50k a year).

Apparently Dave Rubin (who's gay for those who don't know) has been making videos for State Media supporting this guy.

Government unions relating to law enforcement should not have 1st Amendment rights.

So they're celebrating the ADA by making the House chamber more accessible and letting a disabled Congressman preside over the House? Fuck off, pass the Disability Integration Act.

Wall for Medicare for All.

So the Democrats shouldn't support public education?* Fixed

So the Democrats don't support public education? Pretty sure I went to high school with a lot of rich kids who's parents paid a ton in taxes. Cutting out the 1% out of social programs is beyond stupid.

That's the only solution I can think of. Though possibly illegal post Goldwater. Secretary of the Navy can't issue operational orders, nor can the Commandant of the Coast Guard since he be on the Joint Chiefs. They'd have to take the Coast Guard's two 3-star Area Commands (Atlantic and Pacific) and somehow put them under US Northern Command (via Fleet Forces Command?) and some of the Pacific Area's western Sectors would need to go to US Pacific Command (via Pacific Fleet?). Then we're in to violating Posse Comitatus Act territory since the Area and Sector Commanders would report to Title X Generals and Admirals. Assuming they do it anyway, where the hell is DoD and DoN going to get the money to run a 42,000 person payroll? Happy last 2 days Mattis!

Why are they wearing night vision?

Or he's thinking they won't pay furloughed Federal Employees and use the money for the wall.....

New Constitutional Amendment idea: If the US Government is not fully funded and therefore must shutdown, all government agencies must shutdown immediately, including military, security services, law enforcement, social security, and Medicare.

So Kudlow is going to be the new Treasury Secretary in... 3 weeks?

House Armed Services should call Mattis to testify on the first day of the new Congress.

Come on Shanahan and Service Secretaries, resign.

There we go

So I guess Whitaker can expect a subpoena from Mueller regarding obstruction?

Stephen Miller is on CNN with shit eating grin.

There is a reason Congress approved his waiver to be Secretary, this is going to make a lot in Congress very nervous. Maybe Mattis will retire to North Carolina and return at the head of the 13th (Legion) Marine Expeditionary Unit?