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Kentucky Republican: I Have A 1st Amendment Right To Accept Bribes From Lobbyists
As we learned from the Citizens United ruling, corporations are people and money donated to campaigns is free speech. But did you know that outright bribery is free speech, too? Three Kentucky politicians — including one elected official — have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court arguing that state ethics laws, which ban gifts from…
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Ted Cruz's New Plan: Sell Our Democracy to Corporations and Billionaires
On Sunday, Tea Party “darling” and Texas Senator Ted Cruz told a group of supporters in New Hampshire that his new plan to save America is to eliminate the limits on direct campaign contributions, allowing corporations and billionaires to completely purchase our political system, because he thinks corporate money equals free speech: I believe in free…