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October 16, 2024: ‘That’s Oligarchy,’ Says Sanders as Billionaires Pump Cash Into Trump Campaign Common Dreams

October 14, 2024: Citizens United Ruling Fuels Billion-Dollar Campaigns, Raising Ethical Concerns WTAQ

October 11, 2024: Citizens United ruling fuels billion-dollar campaigns, raising ethical concerns Fox 11 News

October 9, 2024: How billionaires are buying the presidency for Trump RawStory

October 8, 2024: Spending in presidential and congressional races projected to hit nearly $16 billion and smash records, new analysis shows CNN

September 6, 2024: FEC Guts Anti-Corruption Law That Separates Super PACs and Candidates Sludge

August 24, 2024: It’s No Surprise RFK Jr. Endorsed Trump — They’re Backed by the Same Billionaire Truthout

August 21, 2024: In DNC Speech, Sanders Says Overturning “Citizens United” Should Be a Priority Truthout

August 20, 2024: Schumer: Voting rights will be first priority in 2025 if Democrats control Congress The Hill

August 14, 2024: Trump-tied Project 2025 would weaken campaign finance laws and give big donors more power CREW

August 13, 2024: Megadonors Are Already Destabilizing the 2024 Presidential Election Jeff Clements via Newsweek

August 12, 2024: Koch network’s flagship super PAC pours big money into 2024 elections RawStory

August 11, 2024: 82 year-old man walks across America for democracy, makes stop in Madison WKOW

August 9, 2024: Unregulated money continues to corrode US politics. Reforms are needed The Guardian

July 31, 2024: This Supreme Court has redefined the meaning of corruption The Conversation

July 15, 2024: Elon Musk to donate $45 million a month to new Donald Trump super PAC: Report USA Today

July 12, 2024: Lawmakers Move to Bar Foreign-Owned Corporations From Spending on US Elections Common Dreams

June 4, 2024: Pay-to-play politics is killing our democracy — we can save it using the Constitution The Hill

May 8, 2024: Our Money-in-Politics Problem Just Got Worse The New Republic

May 7, 2024: The role of campaign finance in our ‘rigged’ political system The Hill

March 30, 2024: Half of senior staffers in Congress are so fed up that they may quit Washington Post

February 20, 2024: Can Regulating Money in Politics Unify America? US News & World Report

January 23, 2024: Wisconsin elections are at a crossroads Lee Rasch via La Crosse Tribune

January 11, 2024: Final Five Voting Strengthens Democracy in Wisconsin Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

January 9, 2024: In 41 US States, Richest 1% Pay Lower Tax Rates Than Everyone Else Common Dreams

November 27, 2023: Constitutional amendment that would end corporate personhood, minimize money in politics faces steep climb in Wisconsin, nationally The Badger Project

November 10, 2023: Alarms raised over Mike Johnson ‘catapulting this country into constitutional crisis’ RawStory

August 16, 2023: 9 Ways the Freedom to Vote Act Would Strengthen Democracy Center for American Progress

August 9, 2023: $241M went to constituents of Republicans pushing CFPB changes: watchdog The Hill

July 13, 2023: House GOP Wants To Make It Harder To Vote, Easier To Give Dark Money Yahoo News

June 29, 2023: The Supreme Court’s Next Gift For Its Billionaire Benefactors The Lever

June 29, 2023: Small Donor Public Financing Explained Brennan Center for Justice

June 2, 2023: Clarence Thomas, Ken Paxton and Donald Trump: The corrupting influence of oligarchy Salon

May 30, 2023: The Urgent Warning That Got Cut From a Supreme Court Opinion 20 Years Ago Slate

May 30, 2023: Can Little Ukraine Teach Big America How to Deal with Our Oligarch Problem? Daily Kos

May 15, 2023: Billionaires Spent Over $1 Billion on 2022 Elections—More Than Any Year in US History Common Dreams

May 11, 2023: Anderson campaign: Stands with United to Amend: Corporations do not have free speech rights Phillip Anderson via WisPolitics.com

May 11, 2023: Confident in Our Future Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

May 10, 2023: With Friends Like These Mike McCabe via SubStack

May 5, 2023: ‘Corruption. Plain and Simple’: Ginni Thomas Took Secret Payments Ahead of Landmark Voting Rights Case Common Dreams

April 21, 2023: Stop big-money politics The Cap Times

April 17, 2023: The end of Citizens United? Jayapal introduces bill to curb corporate electoral spending The American Independent

April 5, 2023: City of Viroqua Votes to Amend the U.S. Constitution
Wisconsin United To Amend

April 5, 2023: Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Shows Need for Campaign Finance Reform Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

April 4, 2023: “Corporations Are Not People”: Jayapal Files Bill to Reverse “Citizens United” TruthOut

March 29, 2023: Letter to the editor: Viroqua advisory referendum addresses ‘dark money’ in politics La Crosse Tribune

March 29, 2023: Gehl: How ‘Final Five Voting’ Can Help Save Democracy Daily Independent

March 13, 2023: Recusal and the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

March 9, 2023: ‘Dark Money’ Ohio Bribe Verdict Shows Citizens United Limit Bloomberg

February 24, 2023: Challenges to Our Democracy Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

February 19, 2023: What the Supreme Court did to America when they legalized political bribery RawStory.com

February 6, 2023: Interview: Wisconsin United To Amend Leading The Charge Against Big Dollar Donations In Politics WHBY Radio

February 5, 2023: Ralph Nader: The Progenitor of Inequalities – Corporate Personhood vs. Human Beings ScheerPost.com

February 4, 2023: ‘We Will Keep Fighting,’ Says Head of Nevada Democrats as DNC Panel Blocks Dark Money Ban Common Dreams

January 20, 2023: Citizens United at 13 Matt Rothschild via Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

January 19, 2023: Democrats introduce constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United campaign finance ruling The Hill

January 16, 2023: The richest 1% of people amassed almost two-thirds of new wealth created in the last two years, Oxfam says CNBC

December 19, 2022: Charles Koch’s Campaign to Make Dark Money Even Darker
Center for Media & Democracy

December 15, 2022: ‘Dark money in politics an even darker place’ now, judges warn Washington Post

December 9, 2022: Billionaires had an extra $1 trillion to influence the midterm elections. Save American democracy by taxing extreme wealth Fortune

December 7, 2022: Democrats Urge Biden to Make Federal Contractors Disclose Dark Money Spending TruthOut

December 5, 2022: Outside groups spent record $93M on Wisconsin elections during 2022 midterms Wisconsin Public Radio

December 4, 2022: We should let voters decide on disclosure of dark money The Hill

November 30, 2022: Inequality and Dishonesty Will Kill Democracy SheerPost.com

November 25, 2022: Billionaires Provided 15 Percent of Funding for the Midterms Brennan Center for Justice

November 15, 2022: Right-Wing Dark Money Flooded the Midterm, But Young Voters Beat the Red Wave TruthOut

November 11, 2022: Campaign Finance Reform and the Work Ahead for Justice Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

November 9, 2022: A staggering amount of money has been spent on top Senate races in 2022 CNN

November 8, 2022: A staggering amount of money has been spent on top Senate races in 2022 CNN

November 3, 2022: 465 Billionaires Have Pumped an Eye-Popping $881 Million Into the Midterms TruthOut

November 2, 2022: Sick of the attack ads? Thank the Supreme Cour Dave Zweifel via Cap Times

October 31, 2022: How to Save America From Extremism by Changing the Way We Vote Washington Post

October 22, 2022: Democracy’s Two Enemies Robert Reich

September 22, 2022: 👉 The DISCLOSE Act Fails The Lever

September 22, 2022: VIDEO: American Oligarchs: Money In Politics | Meet The Press Reports NBC

September 19, 2022: The Senate Will Vote On Bill To Force Super PACs To Disclose Their Donors PoliticusUSA

September 2, 2022: The US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it The Guardian

August 29, 2022: Here’s How We Can Fight Dark Money The Lever

August 29, 2022: Billions in ‘dark money’ is influencing US politics. We need disclosure laws The Guardian

August 11, 2022: Political ad spending is set to smash records in the 2022 midterms CNN

August 9, 2022: ‘Carrying water for private equity overlords’: Sinema received over $500k from before shielding industry from tax hikes Alternet

July 28, 2022: Since 2021, Big Oil Has Spent Over $200 Million to Sabotage Climate Action: Analysis Common Dreams

July 20, 2022: Can We Stop the 27 Men Who Run America? Thom Hartmann

July 18, 2022: DOJ Reveals That Trump Took Illegal Donations From China PoliticusUSA

July 13, 2022: Citizen Action of Wisconsin: New report shows Wisconsin trend of billionaires buying federal elections, putting democracy at risk WisconsinPolitics.com

July 10, 2022: The Republican party is terrible. So why may Democrats lose to them this year? Robert Reich via The Guardian

June 8, 2022: Wisconsin Billionaires Who Got a Monster Tax Break From Ron Johnson Are Now Spending Millions to Get Him Re-elected Up North News

June 1, 2022: How Democratic Senate candidates can put democracy on the ballot Washington Post

May 18, 2022: How Russian Oligarchs, The Saudis, And China Are Swaying American Elections Robert Reich via Eurasia Review

May 16, 2022: The Supreme Court just made it much easier to bribe a member of Congress Vox

April 12, 2022: How Public Campaign Financing Empowers Small Donors Nationwide Brennan Center for Justice

April 12, 2022: Obama Was Right About Citizens United Brennan Center for Justice

April 7, 2022: Wisconsin United to Amend: Red Springs votes to amend the U.S. Constitution WisPolitics.com

April 6, 2022: Rightwing-backed Judge Wins State Court of Appeals Seat Wis. Dem. Campaign

April 6, 2022: Dark money: the quixotic quest to clean up US campaign financing The Guardian

April 6, 2022: Nonprofit Group Takes Aim at Foreign Money in Politics Sludge

April 4, 2022: An unprecedented amount of special-interest money has flowed into Green Bay’s city election. It won’t let up soon Green Bay Press Gazette

March 28, 2022: Joe Manchin Is the Embodiment of Justice John Paul Stevens’ Warning About Citizens United Esquire

March 22, 2022: The Pandemic Made the Rich $1.7 Trillion Richer The Nation

March 21, 2022: The ‘Doom Loop’ of American Oligarchy Lynxotic.com

March 18, 2022: How to use the Constitution to rein in American oligarchs and save democracy Washington Post

March 17, 2022: Where Does American Democracy Go From Here? NY Times

March 14, 2022: How a Murdoch Hopes to Save American Democracy NY Times

March 14, 2022: Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia Popular Information

March 8, 2022: How Supreme Court Radicalism Could Threaten Democracy Itself Slate

February 11, 2022: The Supreme Court Seems to Think Discrimination Is When You Try to Remedy Discrimination The Atlantic

February 11, 2022: President Jimmy Carter Joins Majority of Americans in Supporting a Proposed U.S. Constitutional Amendment to Address Election Spending American Promise

January 26, 2022: Since “Citizens United,” Billionaires Are Spending Nearly $1B More on Elections Truthout

January 24, 2022: On Citizens United anniversary, legislators and advocates call for reform Wisconsin Examiner

January 21, 2022: Twelve Years Since Citizens United, Big Money Corruption Keeps Getting Worse Common Dreams

December 28, 2021: Six things we must do to save our democracy and protect our elections in 2022 Fulcrum

December 22, 2021: Democratic push on voting rights becomes more urgent as midterms approach Washington Post

December 15, 2021: ‘Final Five’ bill would drastically alter how Wisconsin sends people to Congress WKOW

December 11, 2021: Against Plutocrats, Platitudes — About Democracy — Will Always Be Pitiful Inequality.org

December 8, 2021: Wake up, America! Corporations are expanding their influence Jeff Clements via Post Bulletin

December 6, 2021: Are We Doomed? The Atlantic

December 6, 2021: 21 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2021 Brennan Center for Justice

December 3, 2021: Matt Rothschild: Our rotting democracy needs fixing in Wisconsin Matt Rothschild via Wisconsin State Journal

November 28, 2021: How Manchin and Sinema’s status as Senate holdouts is proving lucrative The Guardian

November 28, 2021: Democratic frustration growing over stagnating voting rights bills The Hill

November 22, 2021: US added to list of ‘backsliding’ democracies for first time The Guardian

November 12, 2021: ‘Dark Money’ Groups Battle Online Over Reconciliation Bill The American Prospect

October 31, 2021: Exposed: The insidious cancer at the core of democracy that could take down Biden AlterNet

October 28, 2021: Cases show foreign donors secretly funnel money through straw donors, shell companies, ‘dark money’ Open Secrets

October 7, 2021: Florida GOP Jacks Up Cities’ Campaign Contribution Limits Sludge

October 7, 2021: Koch network lurks behind school mask battles, despite soothing new tone at the top Kansas Reflector

October 4, 2021: Ranked-choice voting is worth a look The Cap Times

September 30, 2021: The Koch Empire Goes All Out to Sink Joe Biden’s Agenda — and His Presidency, Too Rolling Stone

September 16, 2021: Revised voting rights bill rolled out in U.S. Senate, with Manchin on board Wisconsin Examiner

August 28, 2021: Rally pushes for fair maps in Wisconsin’s political districts WBAY Green Bay

August 13, 2021: America is full of ‘democracy deserts’. Wisconsin rivals Congo on some metrics The Guardian

August 12, 2021: Wisconsinites Prepare Fair Maps to Counter Expected GOP Gerrymandering Sludge

August 11, 2021: Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut” ProPublica

August 8, 2021: Dems push for campaign finance reform WKOW Madison

August 5, 2021: The uphill battle to reform campaign finance laws Wisconsin Examiner

August 4, 2021: Wisconsin Democrats propose overhauls to campaign finance laws The Cap Times

August 3, 2021: Wisconsin Democrats Renew Push To Tighten State Campaign Finance Laws WPR

August 3, 2021: Dems push for stricter campaign finance laws Leader Telegram, Eau Claire

August 3, 2021: Democrats introduce bills that would overhaul Wisconsin campaign finance system Wisconsin State Journal

July 28, 2021: Democrats craft revised voting rights bill, seeking to keep hopes alive in the Senate Washington Post

July 20, 2021: The Democrat blocking progressive change is beholden to big oil. Surprised? The Guardian

July 16, 2021: The Supreme Court is antidemocratic. That’s by design Washington Post

July 1, 2021: The Supreme Court just made Citizens United even worse Vox

June 23, 2021: With a few simple steps, Wisconsin could ensure that its elections are safer and that citizens have more confidence in the results Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

June 16, 2021: Manchin Says He’s ‘Open’ To Lowering Filibuster Threshold To 55 Votes Forbes

June 16, 2021: Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call with Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster The Intercept

June 16, 2021: Manchin pitches changes to For the People Act elections and voting bill and is reportedly now more open to reform of filibuster rule Marketwatch

June 6, 2021: Joe Manchin: Why I’m voting against the For the People Act Charleston Gazette-Mail

June 4, 2021: How Democrats can keep the filibuster and advance voting rights The Hill

May 27, 2021: For The People Act will empower small donors and increase representation in our democracy The Hill

May 27, 2021: I Was Once a Lobbyist for the Koch Brothers. I Just Didn’t Know It Common Dreams

May 22, 2021: Manchin’s Voting Rights Plan Would Do Nothing About The Wave Now Of Voter Suppression Bills Huffington Post

May 15, 2021: Democrats confront reality on voting rights: Congress probably isn’t coming to the rescue Washington Post

May 15, 2021: Life will dramatically change under brutal American oligarchy Raw Story

May 15, 2021: Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to adopt Republican-backed redistricting rules WiscNews

May 13, 2021: The For the People Act: Separating Fact from Fiction Brennan Center for Justice

May 13, 2021: Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country Mother Jones

May 12, 2021: After Zuckerberg Money Pours Into Election, Wisconsin Lawmakers Vote to Curb Outside Funds The Daily Signal

May 11, 2021: Wisconsin Assembly Calls for a Constitutional Convention U.S.News & World Report

May 11, 2021: Senate panel deadlocks in vote on sweeping elections bill The Hill

May 8, 2021: Campaign Finance: How did Money Influence 2020 U.S. Senate Elections? Harvard Business Review

May 3, 2021: Republicans feared Democrats’ voting protections bill polls well. A new poll says they’re right Vox

May 3, 2021: Senate Dems agonize over voting rights strategy Politico

May 2, 2021: How the middle class was created and destroyed Thomas Toth via Bucks County Courier Times

May 1, 2021: The Cautionary Tale of Joe Manchin’s Opposition to DC Statehood Thom Hartmann via Random Lengths

April 30, 2021: Ted Cruz admits a bit too much about influence of corporate cash MSNBC

April 30, 2021: Americans for Prosperity launches campaign targeting six Democrats to oppose ending filibuster The Hill

April 25, 2021: Schumer: Senate deadline for voting rights bill ‘probably by August or so’ The Hill

April 20, 2021: Dozen Megadonors Gave $3.4 Billion, One in Every 13 Dollars, Since 2009 NYTimes

April 17, 2021: The Supreme Court hears a case next week that could make Citizens United even worse Vox

April 12, 2021: Manchin’s Filibuster Defense Betrays the Senate Legacy He Claims to Protect
Manchin’s Filibuster Defense Betrays the Senate Legacy He Claims to Protect Common Dreams

April 10, 2021: Is Democrats’ voting rights bill too big and doomed to fail? Even some who support it think so Salon

April 9, 2021: McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery The Nation

April 8, 2021: The Man Who Waited 50 Years for This Moment The Atlantic

April 8, 2021: The Money Monster Mitch McConnell Created Finally Turned On Him The Daily Beast

April 7, 2021: Jayapal Leads Proposal for Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate Personhood Truthout

April 6, 2021: Jayapal Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United, End Corporate Personhood YubaNet.com

March 31, 2021: Republicans keep grip on Legislature despite Democratic spending spree Madison 365

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