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17. So I guess the Right To Free Speech is not equal! If you have MORE money, you have more FREE SPEECH! This is a flawed
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 04:36 PM
12 hrs ago

equation at the base of it. Neither rational nor reasonable, and mathematically unsound.

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#2. Looks like birthright is good. Phew. underpants 18 hrs ago #1
For now. Wednesdays 17 hrs ago #3
Great, so it's a free-for-all. SamuelAdams 18 hrs ago #2
We MUST nullify Citizens United if we're ever going to have a say in our slightlv 17 hrs ago #4
Make Citizens United illegal again! Initech 16 hrs ago #10
So much for campaign finance reform. J_William_Ryan 17 hrs ago #5
Great Timewas 16 hrs ago #6
So this addresses "limits on how much a national political party committee can spend in coordination with... CaptainTruth 16 hrs ago #7
I think Citizens United (2010) already took care of the PACs and unlimited spending BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #8
Ok thanks! Just trying to understand the details. CaptainTruth 15 hrs ago #13
As I remind people, because it is rarely discussed, BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #14
Thank you! You're right, it's yet another thing that hasn't received the attention it should in the general population. CaptainTruth 13 hrs ago #16
"Free Speach" my ass..... with this logic the ultra rich can "speak" a hell of a lot more than the rest of us. groundloop 16 hrs ago #9
Money should have never Quanto Magnus 16 hrs ago #11
they'll invest the money they want Marthe48 16 hrs ago #12
"Step right up, get your politician, 2 bits" Buddyzbuddy 14 hrs ago #15
So I guess the Right To Free Speech is not equal! If you have MORE money, you have more FREE SPEECH! This is a flawed Exp 12 hrs ago #17
Corruption equals FREE SPEECH. eom Exp 12 hrs ago #18
And the rich get richer. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #19
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