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This is the real story behind American politics. Corporations and billionaires are paying for politicians that give them the policies they want. These bought politicians are willing to subvert democracy to gain the favor of the vicious monster they have been nurturing, confident that this is good for their political future. The American people remain the unknowing suckers. Murdoch and Zuckerberg sustain the system that keeps the politicians in power and the $billions rolling in.

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How about that trillion dollar tax cut Republicans gave. That is the perfect accent to who is in the pocket of Congress

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yes, this is one of "the policies they want" from bought politicians

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“ A mob of violent Trump supporters pushed past a police barricade”

Uh... no.

The Capitol police opened the barricades and allowed the mob to enter the Capitol, then proceeded to take selfies with them.

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Yesterday's events horrified me, but I can't say that they shocked me. The words of the Republicans over the last few years (and especially the last couple of months) essentially invited this type of situation. I had predicted to several friends that what happened yesterday was inevitable, and I was told in not so many words that I was nuts, that I was a catastrophist and alarmist, and that all would be well. Did people not hear what that Orange Turd has been saying even before he was elected in 2016? He inspired violence and he WANTED violence, all to gratify his pathetic ego. CNN was reporting that he was holed up in the White House, practically gloating over what was going on. What kind of sick f-ck does something like that? And, what does it say about the current Republican Party that so many of its members are okay with this? What does it say about this country that over 74 million of us saw the complete sh-t show that the past four years have been and said, "Yeah, I want four more years of THAT!"

I never imagined in the 30 years that I have lived in this country that we would ever see a scene like we saw yesterday. So, let me end on a happy note: Raphael Warnock won. Jon Ossoff won. Mitch McConnell will very soon be the Senate MINORITY leader.

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I predicted this to my husband last summer, and he thought I was being melodramatic. We're both sorry I was right.

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Excellent reporting. I don't expect this money grab to stop until campaign finance reform is legislated. Six months down the road they will back to their old tricks. The nature of the greedy corporate beast is to play nice when Judd Legum has showed the list of corporate shenanigans.

But how bout them Dem Senators from GA! The power of the good people without corporate PAC money prevailed due to the young, minorities, urbanites and the dollars donated from all over by millions of Americans.

This should be celebrated. Stacey Abrams rocks!

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Thank you Judd.

Yesterday I found out my bank, woodforest national, is a heavy contributor to ted cruz. Today am reviewing ALL my consumer connections and and disconnecting myself from ANY business that has any positive relationship with any politician who has not strongly, publicly condemned yesterday's insurrection, including withdrawing my accounts and cancelling all other business with woodforest. I will be be publicly explaining to those businesses why I refuse to do business with them.

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Well articulated, Judd. While still alarming to see, those who find yesterday's events incomprehensible haven't been following the trajectory of American politics in the last 5 - 10 years. This is America, like it or not.

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How in the hell were the Capital police not in riot gear when they showed up to work knowing who was in town. Have you seen Josh Potash video of them just standing down and letting the crowd through. Me thinks more duplicity in LE.

Yesterday was as predictable as the sun coming up yet those who could have prevented it going so far, from Trump on down, did not.

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If there are not severe consequences for the members of [our] Congress that perpetuated and encouraged this insurrection, we will just go back to "business as usual"... well, that's not going to cut it. There must be expulsions and Trump should be removed TODAY via the 25th amendment.

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There are some major heads that need to roll, and it's not just limited to members of Congress, Trump or the fleabag losers that stormed the capitol.

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If we don't have serious repercussions for breaking into congress, assembling a riotous crowd for such purpose, and stoking them with lies and seditious comments for years for Trump and all his supporters then everyone should lose all hope for America not being a oligarchy where the political leaders are isolated. I personally have a little hope left, but it's decreasing by the day. If Peolosi prevents impeachment during this short timeframe left for Trump, I'll be in favor of trying to remove here (I know Pelosi was just re-elected speaker of the house but the democratic leadership's tendency to be afraid to do anything that Susan Collins wouldn't like in order to attract mythical moderate republicans is just too much to take).

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I agree with your assessment. I have seen this coming since the Reagan days. Trickle-down, my ass! The day he fired the PATCO union Air

Traffic Controllers and replaced them with non-union help (I'll avoid the derogatory term here) I crowed to my fellow [union] workers at my GM plant [GMPG] that this was a terrible day in America. So, this is not a big surprise after 60+ months of telling everyone how bad Trump, who's as dumb as a turnip, is...

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These political contributions aren't "just business" any more. It's time to BDS these corporations.

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Well, the most effective way to reduce, and hopefully stop the disfuncional way our political system works are:

a) term limits

b) limit or exclude companies from donating

c) transparency

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Well, the most effective way to reduce, and hopefully stop the disfuncional way our political system works are:

a) term limits

b) limit or exclude companies from donating

c) transparency

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One of the things that we tend to ignore as Americans is the effects of the international value of the dollar on our economy. Businesses, particularly those with international interests, know exactly what would happen if the world lost faith in the ability of the U.S. government to support the dollar. I suspect the NAM and the internationals stared that possibility in the face this week and it scared the crap out of them.

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