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It presents a slight problem when the ones they're bringing in to deal with the shitty politicians are the people who paid them to be shitty in the first place.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (22 children)

You mean like HR 1 For the People Act which passed the house twice but got filibustered and 30 years of campaign finance reform starting with a 1995 bill outlawing large donations (which was passed in 2002 but stricken down by the scotus 5:4 as the basis for Citizens United) that

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Republicans refuse to pass?

This is a partisan issue, bothsidesing this is pure ignorance. Get 60 Dem senators and watch it get fixed.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Everything is a conspiracy. Everything is the fault of some mysterious cabal.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Sir, excuse me, sir, pardon me you almost left behind this very important /s. These things are mandatory, wouldn't want to lose it.

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