Citizens United united the Oligarchs: Billionaire Nicole Shanahan vows to fund primary

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JUST IN: Billionaire Nicole Shanahan vows to fund primary challengers of 13 specific U.S. Senators who don't support RFK Jr's confirmation, calls them out by name.

Good.

"I will make it my personal mission that you lose your seats in the Senate if you vote against the future health of America's children."

"To senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis, James Lankford, Cory Booker, John Fetterman, Bernie Sanders, and Catherine Cortez Masto..."

"This is a bipartisan message and it comes directly from me. While Bobby may be willing to play nice, I won't if you vote against him."

"I will personally fund challengers to primary you in your next election, and I will enlist hundreds of thousands to join me."

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If we do not place overturning Citizens United on our party platform, we have little credibility in saying we are against obscene money in politics. There is no such thing as a good billionaire.

[2naSalit]

1. Is this blackmail?

It is certainly coercion.

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3. She is perfectly clear.

My millions will get you replaced.

[Irish_Dem]

6. She is threatening Dem leaders as well.

Perhaps this is one reason we see some odd behavior we do not understand from our leaders?

[2naSalit]

7. I think that none of them...

Are immune to threats. But she is threatening them in order to induce a certain decision from them on a specific candidate. This needs widespread exposure as coercion and whatever else it is. And for that louse, jeebus.

[Irish_Dem]

8. It should be illegal to threaten a sitting US senator.

If this is what the billionaires are saying in public, what the H are they saying in private?

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Eat a bag of dicks nitwit.

[Irish_Dem]

4. The billionaires are hell bent on ruining this country.

Just because they are rich they think they are smart and everyone else is stupid.

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5. Billionaires seem to have a deep need to control those around them.

Due to Citizens United, they have the legal vehicle to do so.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes it is control and power.

They got bored buying every high end luxury item they could think of.
So they decided to buy the government of the United States.
For fun, and they love the power they can use like a chain saw.

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10. Like a chain saw, that fits the damage they're doing to millions.

The effort to overturn it will take a massive campaign built to sweep other candidates out of office if they do not support it, on state and federal levels.

It is worth a try. I had hoped Harris would run on expanding SCOTUS.


Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein
Yes. The Court should have 13 members, one for each circuit; the size was set at 9 when there were 9 circuits. And it would not be Court packing, but Court restoration. https://x.com/kollackwalker//kollackwalker/status/1851987850327204180

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Opinion | To fix the Supreme Court, add more justices

The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com › 2021/12/09 › expan...
Dec 9, 2021 — Laurence H. Tribe. Nancy Gertner ... We now believe that Congress must expand the size of the Supreme Court and do so as soon as possible.

[Irish_Dem]

11. They are taking a wrecking ball to the US

And also using a chainsaw.

To build a utopia for the rich and a dismal dystopia for the rest of us.

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12. His working class voters are in for a shock.

Trump and company are looters.