Podcasts about citizens united

Dr. Thomas Laehn joins Brian Nichols to reveal how Iowa's data center fight, eminent domain, and Citizens United money all run through the 2026 Senate race - and why voters keep getting handed two bad options.Laehn is the Greene County Attorney and the first Libertarian in Iowa history to win a partisan election. Then he won it again. Now he's on the November 3 ballot against Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek for Joni Ernst's open seat.He wrote a bill that passed the House and passed the Senate. It never became law. What happened to it is the part nobody in Des Moines wants repeated.Brian pushes back hard - on young men and H-1B hiring, on the cultural fight libertarians keep dodging, on whether one party is objectively worse than the other. Laehn's answer isn't the one you're expecting.And then a former professor of constitutional law says something about the word "republic" that we had to sit with for a second.Give it a listen.CHAPTERS0:00 The Third Party Line Iowa Just Broke2:01 Preacher's Kid, Professor, Prosecutor2:48 He Won as a Libertarian. Then Won Again.4:23 Why Iowa and Not Your State5:12 The Majority Nobody Bothers to Count7:17 Brian Pushes Back: Isn't One Party Just Worse?9:38 88% Want Term Limits. Neither Party Will Move.12:10 The COVID Test Both Parties Failed14:16 The Flag Burning Order and the Prison Threat18:24 The Cultural Fight Libertarians Keep Dodging21:26 Federalism Is the Answer. Here's Why.22:45 "We May Already Have a Monarchy"24:32 Young Men, H-1B, and the Hopelessness Problem26:56 The $200K Veto: Bruce Rastetter's Pipeline30:13 Data Centers, the 40-Acre Rule, and Groundwater30:58 The Lindsay Clancy Question32:18 Israel, Iran, and the Blank Check33:13 Overturn Citizens United34:33 Hinson vs Turek vs Laehn35:29 Why Vote for Him on November 337:20 Educated. Enlightened. Informed.SUPPORT DR. THOMAS LAEHNCampaign site and donations: https://laehn4iowa.orgMeet Thomas: https://laehn4iowa.org/aboutLibertarian Party profile: https://lp.org/candidate/thomas-laehn/THE BRIAN NICHOLS SHOWWebsite: https://briannicholsshow.comEmail: brian@briannicholsshow.comX: https://x.com/BNicholsLibertyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLibertyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bnicholslibertySPONSORCardio Miracle: https://cardiomiracle.com/TBNSUse code TBNS for 15% offEducated. Enlightened. Informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ant and James reflect on 9/11, both the day and its legacy.0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview0:24 Citizens United, Super PACs, and Money in Politics6:48 Corporate Donations, Trump, and Political Influence10:50 AI Is Putting an Entire Industry Out of Business13:56 AI, College Cheating, and the Future of Education17:28 Foolishness of the Week: Trump Threatens to Halt Trade20:48 Why Trade Deficits Aren't What Politicians Think22:24 25 Years Later: Remembering 9/1125:25 Where We Were When the Attacks Happened29:03 How 9/11 Changed America Overnight31:39 Fear, Terrorism, and the Wars That Followed 9/1134:22 How 9/11 Changed the Nature of War35:17 The War on Terror and America's “Wars on Nouns”42:28 TSA, Security Theater, and the Post-9/11 Surveillance State44:30 The Militarization of American Law Enforcement46:06 Did Americans Trade Freedom for Security?48:31 Fear, Crime, and the Lasting Legacy of 9/1150:32 Closing Thoughts: Have Some Charity in Your Heart

THE WORLD THAT NEEDED HIMSomething changed in Western democratic politics over the past two to three decades.Blair's New Labor is not Wilson's Labor. Clinton's Democrats are not Roosevelt's Democrats. Then came Citizens United and with it a flood of money and even greater corrosion of democratic politics.And then something even more revealing happened.In 2012, Barack Obama won re-election on hope and change. In 2016, roughly one in eight Trump voters, between seven and nine million people, had voted for Obama four years earlier.That is not contradiction. That is the same wound voting twice.Each disappointment priming the next surrender. Each failure making the soma more appealing.Curtis Yarvin's philosophy is the third expression of that wound at the philosophical level. Not a vote for a person. A vote for a different kind of system entirely. The logical conclusion of two consecutive failed bets on the existing one.For nearly two decades he wrote under a pseudonym, Mencius Moldbug, arguing that democracy is a failed experiment that should be replaced by a CEO monarch. No elections. No independent civil service. No press the monarch can't remove.Almost no one read his blog. Then Peter Thiel read it. Then JD Vance. Then Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen.In January 2025, Curtis Yarvin was a guest of honor at Donald Trump's Coronation Ball.The pseudonymous blogger is now in the room where power is exercised.That isn't a coincidence. That is the mechanism arriving at its destination. THE SOMAYarvin's offer isn't primarily intellectual. It's emotional. And it lands on one of the most legitimate emotions available right now.Exhaustion.And what he offers in response to that exhaustion is more sophisticated than anything Aldous Huxley imagined in 1932 when he named it soma in Brave New World. A gram is better than a damn.This episode shows you exactly what the offer is. And why it feels, to millions of people, like relief rather than surrender. THE ESC ANALYSISThe twelve-year-old who couldn't meet the peer criteria grew up. And built something.Yarvin grew up moving. Portugal. Cyprus. Dominican Republic. Serial displacement. Serial belonging failures. In Cyprus he was three grades ahead of his peers. When he returned to the US he described himself as a twelve-year-old sophomore and described that twelve-year-old, in his own words, as "a little arrogant asshole."The formal systems rewarded his intelligence. The peer systems did not.This episode shows you what the wound produced when it was given two decades, a philosophy blog, and eventually the ear of the most powerful people in the current administration.And in January 2025, he was in the room where those same people were seeking his counsel.In Dov Baron's ESC reading, that moment is not healing. It's validation. And those two can look the same, but they are psychologically universes apart. THE QUESTION TO CARRYWhere in your life have you accepted the needle, the soma, because the alternative was feeling everything?And who handed the numbing drug to you? NEXT WEEK: THE SERIES FINALEFour episodes have shown you the mechanism operating in other people.Episode 5 is the episode where Dov turns the lens on himself.And on you.The question he's going to answer is not theoretical. It comes from the bottom of a hundred and twenty foot fall.And it's the question this entire series has been building toward.You need to be there for it. IN THIS EPISODE00:00 Disappointment to Surrender00:45 Comfortably Numb Shift03:37 Show Framework and Lenses04:48 Politics Converge and Abandonment06:47 Obama to Trump Wound09:21 Meet Curtis Yarvin10:58 Exhaustion and Soma Offer13:57 Yarvin Origin Story17:02 Pseudonym and Validation19:19 Turning the Lens Inward21:18 Soma Question and Outro THE SERIES: WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE TO BELIEVE THAT?Episode 1: You Didn't Think It. It Was Thought For You. [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dov-baron-show/id272512829?i=1000784372760]Episode 2: The Wound the Framework Needs [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dov-baron-show/id272512829?i=1000785947055]Episode 3: The Man Who Documented His Own Wound [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dov-baron-show/id272512829?i=1000787315154]Episode 4: The Philosopher They Needed (this episode) ABOUT DOV BARONThe analysis in this series is not theoretical.Dov Baron has spent thirty years in the rooms where the most consequential decisions get made. Not observing. Being the person that founders and senior executives call when the external success has arrived and something essential is still missing.Most people who find this series want to know one thing.How do I get access to that room?His work sits at the intersection of the Emotional Source Code and the Emotional Meaning Architecture: the psychological frameworks that reveal what is actually driving behavior, identity, and meaning before it reaches the level of conscious examination. The same frameworks that produce the analysis you've been listening to.He has worked exclusively by referral for twenty years. He has personally interviewed every client. And he has said no to at least as many as he has said yes to.If you are a founder or senior executive who has built something real and arrived at the quiet place where the winning has stopped being the thing, reach out directly at dov@dovbaron.com with the subject line: The Room.Not to buy anything. To find out whether you belong in it. ABOUT THE POLYMATHIC PERSPECTIVEThe Polymathic Perspective examines the emotional logic beneath power, culture, identity, and meaning. Together, we discover how psychological, cultural, and geopolitical patterns drive behaviors, not just in people, but in systems. If you've been told your curiosity is a liability, it's your greatest asset. RATE, REVIEW, SUBSCRIBEIf this episode changed how you look at your own political exhaustion and who benefits from it, please rate and review The Polymathic Perspective on Apple Podcasts. Share it with one person who has quietly folded the newspaper and stopped expecting anything different. Connect with Dov Baron:https://DovBaron.comdov@dovbaron.comRate, review, and send this episode to the most thoughtful builder you know. That is how the algorithm finds the people who still ask why. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

www.TheMasonAndFriendsShow.com https://thejuunit.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.youtube.com/@ksdafsh https://www.youtube.com/@SuperStationWJDL-TV5 A Ridiculous Fever Dream of Pro Wrestling Presented by J Dub https://www.glass-flo.com Great Pipes for Sure the music of this episode@ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2RngL7irSJBxfMjaRWgzCa?si=eff8af56577140c7 support the show@ www.patreon.com/MperfectEntertainment The Mason and Friends Show – Episode 1060 | GTA 6, Movie Sequels, Top Gun, AI Gaming & More Episode 1060 of The Mason and Friends Show is another uncensored trip through movies, gaming, pop culture, politics, technology, and whatever else happens to hijack the conversation. The crew kicks things off talking about Hollywood's obsession with bringing everything back. Spaceballs 2, The Matrix 5, Men in Black, Hocus Pocus 3, The Goonies sequel, Gremlins 3, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Constantine, Ocean's 14, Top Gun 3, Fast & Furious 11—apparently no franchise is ever truly finished. That naturally leads to a hilarious examination of the original Top Gun, its dialogue, and just how different the movie feels when you start paying attention to what everybody is actually saying. Then things wander through the Labor Day heat, keeping plants alive, local bookstores, music, parody songs, copyright problems, YouTube and TikTok, before eventually landing on one of the biggest upcoming releases in gaming: Grand Theft Auto VI. How realistic is GTA 6 going to get? The guys break down AI-powered NPCs, characters remembering your actions, reputation systems, working out, eating, gaining weight, realistic interactions, and whether video games are getting dangerously close to becoming The Matrix. That turns into memories of GTA V, GTA San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption, cheat codes, gang wars, rampages, hunting, and why sometimes you just want a video game to let you cause chaos without worrying about your character's diet. The crew even predicts GTA 6 could become such a massive release that downloads overload the internet, productivity disappears, nobody gets any work done, and civilization temporarily grinds to a halt. If it happens, remember: Episode 1060 called it. Of course, there's also politics, the Patriot Act, Citizens United, education, Edward Snowden, Mason's completely legitimate 2028 presidential campaign, and the usual collection of wildly inappropriate observations that could only come from this rickety ship. The Mason and Friends Show is uncensored comedy and conversation with friends finding the funny side of life—no script, no filter, and absolutely no guarantee the conversation ends anywhere near where it started. Keywords: The Mason and Friends Show, Episode 1060, comedy podcast, uncensored podcast, GTA 6, Grand Theft Auto VI, GTA VI, Rockstar Games, GTA 5, GTA San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption, AI NPCs, gaming podcast, Spaceballs 2, Gremlins 3, Goonies sequel, Top Gun 3, Fast and Furious 11, movie sequels, pop culture podcast, comedy talk show, funny podcast Hashtags: #MasonAndFriends #ComedyPodcast #GTA6 #GrandTheftAutoVI #RockstarGames #GamingPodcast #GTAV #SanAndreas #RedDeadRedemption #TopGun #MovieSequels #PopCulture #UncensoredPodcast #FunnyPodcast

A foreign government buying ads on a US senator's podcast sounds like satire until you follow the money. We dig into reporting from Connor Echols at Responsible Statecraft on how Israeli government “I Am Israel” ads ran on “Verdict with Ted Cruz” and how that ad revenue, via iHeartMedia, flowed to a pro-Ted Cruz Super PAC instead of landing in a normal media account. The details are technical, but the implication is simple: commercial ad buys can quietly reshape political incentives. We walk through the campaign finance machinery that makes this possible, from Citizens United era Super PAC rules to the FEC's narrow “coordination” standard that's tough to prove. We also tackle the question listeners immediately ask: doesn't FARA kick in? You'll hear why “fair market rate” tourism ads often dodge foreign agent registration, even when the campaign's stated goal is image rehabilitation in the United States. From there, we zoom out to the wider influence battle: AIPAC-linked spending tactics, why candidates sometimes treat explicit pro-Israel branding as a liability, and what polling suggests about shifting voter attitudes on Israel and Gaza, especially among Democrats. We close with a look at how recycled World War II analogies warp debate, plus Ukraine's effort to sell itself as “the Israel of Europe” and what that means for escalation, NATO fears, and gray zone retaliation.

Who do you call it when American politics has got you scartchin' your head? That's right—the Mooch! Anthony Scaramucci joins Jonah Goldberg on today's Remnant to talk about how the last four presidential administrations brought us to where we are today. Listen in as they dive deep into the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, gerrymandering, Citizens United, China, the George Bush tax cuts, the status of the dollar, immigration capital, tariffs, Donald Trump, and the Marshall Plan. Show Notes: —Scaramucci: All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump —Scott Lincicome: “Testing the ‘China Shock': Was Normalizing Trade with China a Mistake?” —Scott Lincicome in The Dispatch: “Getting the ‘China Shock' Right” The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah's twice-weekly G-File—⁠click here⁠. Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you'd like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josef je na dovolené, takže tenhle díl je celý Sašin - hodinová verze přednášky, kterou zatím dávala jen v Liberci a na pár dalších místech. Původně se jmenovala 50 let pádu Ameriky, pak si ale spočítala, kam ta stopa vede, a přidala nulu.Je to příběh dvou států ve státě, které se sto let navzájem neznaly a v osmdesátkách splynuly: od pozlaceného věku a nepovedeného puče proti Rooseveltovi přes John Birch Society, Heritage Foundation a Paula Weyricha, který pochopil, že se nevyhrávají volby, ale desetiletí, až po Roye Cohna, ruskou mafii na Brighton Beach, Maxwella, Epsteina a Citizens United.Sto let neuvěřitelně blbých strategických rozhodnutí, kterým Timothy Snyder říká sebevražda impéria.Celé epizody na https://www.herohero.co/kanarcivsiti .  A nebo si kupte naše trička na https://www.neverenough.shop/kanarci . Podcast pro Vás připravují @alexalvarova a @holyj . Hudba a sound engineering: PsyekTwitter Spaces moderuje @jiribulan .Najdete nás na www.kanarci.online

Why Overturning Citizens United Isn't the Only Way to Stop Super PACsHost David Beckemeyer speaks with Larry Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Together, they unpack the hidden legal architecture driving our hyper-polarized landscape and explore why fixing the structural money in politics is a necessary first step toward reining in the outrage machine. While the popular narrative blames Citizens United for making unlimited campaign money unstoppable, Lessig reveals that super PACs actually rest on a flawed lower-court decision—SpeechNow.org v. FEC—that conflated independent spending with unlimited contributions. He explains how a voter-approved initiative in Maine capping super PAC contributions at $5,000 is setting up a targeted legal challenge at the Supreme Court that could dismantle super PACs without needing a constitutional amendment.Text me your feedback and leave your contact info if you'd like a reply (this is a one-way text). Thanks, DavidSupport the showShow Notes:https://outrageoverload.net/ Contact me, David Beckemeyer by email outrageoverload@gmail.com. Follow the show on Instagram @OutrageOverload. We are also on Facebook /OutrageOverload. Check out our Subtstack https://outrageoverload.substack.comHOTLINE: 925-552-7885Got a Question, comment or just thoughts you'd like to share? Call the O2 hotline and leave a message and you could be featured in an upcoming episodeIf you would like to help the show, you can contribute here. Tell everyone you know about the show. That's the best way to support it.Rate and Review the show on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/OutrageOverloadAlso check out our companion podcasts, This Week in Outrage and Outrage Science Bites.Intro music and outro music by Michael Ramir C.Many thanks to my co-editor and co-director, Austin Chen.Outrage Overload, a Conners Institute podcast, is part of The Democr...

Esta semana entrevisto al juez Pedro Colón, presidente del Tribunal de Apelaciones de Wisconsin (Distrito I), quien aspira a un escaño en el Tribunal Supremo de ese estado en la elección del 6 de abril de 2027. De ganar, sería el primer latino en la historia de ese tribunal. Colón nació en Ponce y se crió en Juana Díaz. Llegó a Milwaukee a los 10 años sin hablar inglés. En 1998 se convirtió en el primer latino electo a la Asamblea de Wisconsin, donde sirvió hasta 2010, cuando fue nombrado juez del circuito del condado de Milwaukee. Conversamos sobre su crianza en Juana Díaz, la batalla por la matrícula universitaria de los Dreamers, las órdenes de arresto de ICE firmadas sin jueces, los 200,000 niños separados de sus padres deportados, la "sospecha razonable" ampliada por el Tribunal Supremo federal, los $20 millones que Elon Musk invirtió en la elección judicial de Wisconsin de 2025, Citizens United, y por qué él insiste en que esta lucha se trata de preservar la democracia. Temas del episodio: - (05:35) Comienza la entrevista - (06:00) Crianza en Juana Díaz: tres generaciones, el Colegio Ponceño y los caballos de paso fino - (10:00) La llegada a Milwaukee a los 10 años, sin inglés - (13:00) Mantener el idioma y la cultura: "En mi casa no se hablaba inglés" - (15:30) El camino al derecho y los paralelos entre las constituciones de Puerto Rico y Wisconsin - (20:00) Primer latino electo a la Asamblea de Wisconsin - (23:30) La batalla por la matrícula de los Dreamers - (31:30) Polarización y el cambio demográfico en Estados Unidos - (34:00) Órdenes administrativas de ICE, el "Kavanaugh stop" y la sospecha razonable - (39:00) El FBI en el centro de elecciones de Milwaukee - (44:30) De político a juez: "Todo el mundo sabía que Pedro Colón no podía ganar" - (46:00) Su filosofía judicial: sentencias que la gente entienda - (51:45) Elon Musk y los $20 millones en la elección judicial de 2025 - (57:40) Citizens United: "Entregamos la llave de la democracia" - (1:01:20) Sus metas como juez del Supremo de Wisconsin - (1:04:10) Vieques: "La democracia lo que necesita es más democracia" - (1:06:40) Libro recomendado Enlaces:

I speak with Jamie Joyce—a researcher, civic technologist, nonprofit founder of The Society Library, former Internet Archive project lead, and Democratic candidate for California's 12th Congressional District—about what pushed her to run, including threats and local political “blacklisting.” We discuss how political incentives reward “gangster” tactics, why media literacy matters (informal logic, cognitive biases, and comfort with complexity), and how misinformation spreads through saturation rather than accuracy. Jamie explains dark money mechanics (Citizens United, SpeechNow, super PACs, and 501(c)(4)/(c)(6) disclosure loopholes) and outlines parts of her 750-page MAD Act covering campaign finance transparency, surveillance, AI governance, and expanded Epstein-file disclosures via NARA with strict chain-of-custody and whistleblower protections. We also cover distrust in political appointees versus civil servants, Curtis Yarvin's “RAGE” idea, Democratic Party coordination failures, her “Just 12” congressional voting-bloc strategy, and lessons from Thomas Massie's costly primary defeat.(01:55) Why Run for Office (04:47) Threats and Pushback (06:45) Gangster Politics Explained (10:23) Truth Mapping to Soundbites (15:56) Media Literacy Essentials (20:02) Engineering Better Culture (21:50) Dark Money and Super PACs (27:38) Epstein Files Expansion Plan (34:51) Deep State Narrative and Yarvin (39:52) Silicon Valley Boy Kings (42:35) Politics and Inner Wounds (45:05) Building Truth Seeking Skills (46:53) Glasses and Sun Epiphany (50:35) Education and Democracy Levers (01:00:02) Democracy vs Republic Explained (01:03:24) Democrats Strategy and Reform (01:10:07) Just 12 Voting Bloc Plan (01:12:02) Massie Defeat and Dark Money (01:16:51) Benjamin Franklin and Elders (01:20:29) Closing and Where to FollowLearn more about Jamie's campaign

Part 1:We talk with Jeff Mangan, founder of the Transparent Election Initiative.We discuss the Montana Plan. This plan gives states the option o avoiding the problems caused by the Citizens United ruling. States have the right to declare the rights of corporations that do business within their borders. This means that they can eliminate the ability to spend money on political activities. This avoids the 'speech' issue cited in Citizens United. Hawaii has already implemented this strategy.Part 2:We talk with Dr. Ashwini Sehgal, a nephrologist and clinical researcher.We discuss the use of gas stoves, and how the gases emitted by the use of gas stoves affect people with asthma. Dr. Sehgal's team conducted research and found that the elimination of gas stoves had a positive effect for people who have asthma. Unfortunately, the Trump administration cut the study short, though the results indicate that eliminating gas stove use would have a beneficial effect. About 10% of the population in the US has asthma.  WNHNFM.ORG  productionMusic: "That's how every empire falls," John Prine

Welcome to First Amendment-a-palooza, where headliners Sarah Isgur and David French play the classics like: “Are license plates government speech?” and “Three cheers for Citizens United,” as well as “Owning a copy of Mein Kampf means you're an idiot, but it's still private speech.”  The Agenda: –Immigration issues –Citizens United will be overturned –Gender, protected speech, and school counselors –Suck it up, Virginia! –Black Lives Matter protests and injured police officers –Listener mail bag Show Notes: –Faces of Intratextualism - Akhil Reed Amar –Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. –David Lat's Substack –Garcetti v. Ceballos –Opinion: A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans Order Sarah's book here. Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you'd like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider beco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the way to get big money out of politics is to make every voter a donor? In this episode I sit down with Dan McMillan, a historian, former Brooklyn prosecutor, and founder of Make Voters the Donors, to break down his proposed reform called Voter Dollars. The idea, as Dan explains it: every registered voter would get an account of public campaign cash, one hundred dollars in a presidential year and fifty for the midterms, that they can only assign to the candidates they choose. With roughly 174 million registered voters, Dan argues that would give ordinary Americans enough collective giving power to compete with billionaires and special interests. We trace how we got here, from the 1976 Supreme Court decision in Buckley v. Valeo that treated political money as protected speech, through Citizens United and the rise of super PACs. Dan makes his case for why public financing is the reform most likely to survive the courts, and he points to Seattle, which has run a democracy voucher system since 2017 and recently voted to renew it. He also lays out his swing state strategy focused on Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. I press him on the hard questions too: whether tax dollars should fund campaigns while the country runs deep deficits, whether reform should start local rather than national, and whether either party in Washington would ever get behind it. As always, curiosity over confrontation, with the strongest objections handled fairly. Learn more about Dan's work at https://makevotersthedonors.org and https://www.drdanmcmillan.com Watch the full conversation: https://youtube.com/live/BZUw_Zb3_Hc Listen on Apple Podcasts: [Apple Podcasts episode link] Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/policysolutions/ Standard Resource Links & Recommendations The following organizations and platforms represent valuable resources for balanced political discourse and democratic participation: PODCAST NETWORK ALIVE Podcast Network - Check out the ALIVE Network where you can catch a lot of great podcasts like my own, led by amazing Black voices. Link: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/ CONVERSATION PLATFORMS HeadOn - A platform for contentious yet productive conversations. It's a place for hosted and unguided conversations where you can grow a following and enhance your conversations with AI features. Link: https://app.headon.ai/ Living Room Conversations - Building bridges through meaningful dialogue across political divides. Link: https://livingroomconversations.org/ BALANCED NEWS & INFORMATION OtherWeb - An AI-based platform that filters news without paywalls, clickbait, or junk, helping you access diverse, unbiased content. Link: https://otherweb.com/ VOTING REFORM & DEMOCRACY Equal Vote Coalition & STAR Voting - Advocating for voting methods that ensure every vote counts equally, eliminating wasted votes and strategic voting. Link: https://www.equal.vote/star Future is Now Coalition (FiNC) - A grassroots movement working to restore democracy through transparency, accountability, and innovative technology while empowering citizens and transforming American political discourse. Link: https://futureis.org/ POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT Independent Center - Resources for independent political thinking and civic engagement. Link: https://www.independentcenter.org/ Get Daily News: Text 844-406-INFO (844-406-4636) with code "purple" to receive quick, unbiased, factual news delivered to your phone every morning via Informed ( https://informed.now) All Links: https://linktr.ee/purplepoliticalbreakdown The Purple Political Breakdown is committed to fostering productive political dialogue that transcends partisan divides. We believe in the power of conversation, balanced information, and democratic participation to build a stronger society. Our mission: "Political solutions without political bias." Subscribe, rate, and share if you believe in purple politics - where we find common ground in the middle! Also if you want to be apart of the community and the conversation make sure to Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/ptPAsZtHC9 #politics #politicaldebates #purplepoliticalbreakdown

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:12]Republicans Blame Fauci to Cover Trump's COVID War Crimes — Brian Schulhavy Names It CorrectlyRand Paul's hearing is misdirection; Trump launched Warp Speed, bragged about the shots; Fauci is evil but not the architect of the fraud.────────────────────────────────────────[00:09:47]Birx Accidentally Proves Trump Was Lying — Her "Malicious Compliance" Story Contradicts Everything He SaidShe claimed Democrat governors kept tight restrictions to hurt Trump; Knight: they took his money and followed his rules — she admitted he gave the orders.────────────────────────────────────────[00:13:41]Birx Admits "Next Time" Planning Is Underway — Knight: Flock Cameras Are the Enforcement InfrastructureShe said we need a dialogue about what to do next time; they're ramping up surveillance because they know people won't comply again.────────────────────────────────────────[00:16:18]One Third of the World's Fertilizer Goes Through the Strait of Hormuz — the Famine Clock Is RunningPrices already up 35%; yield failures from missed spring applications won't appear for 6-12 months; World Bank projects another 31% increase.────────────────────────────────────────[00:52:00]Millions of Cars Have a Dealer-Installed Tracking Device With a Universal Password — Even If You Said NoThe KARR alarm remains active even when declined; all units share one key; anyone in Bluetooth range can unlock, immobilize, or track the car via public Wiggle data.────────────────────────────────────────[01:05:39]Biedenbau: If a Little Monk Would Risk Being Burned at the Stake, I'll Risk What the Party Throws at MeWashington's farewell warned of false patriotism, agitated parties, foreign entanglements, and fiscal irresponsibility; we ignored all four.────────────────────────────────────────[01:10:41]Biedenbau Ran Against Trump's Chosen Candidate in Lindsey Graham's District — She Raised $900,000; He Couldn't CompeteSouth Carolina is one of seven states where hitting R is all you need; corporate money controls the field before the first vote is cast.────────────────────────────────────────[01:20:53]750,000 Constituents Per Congressman Is Insane — the Founders Wanted 30,000Each congressman represents only donors and corporate partners; remote representation is technologically trivial now — no giant building required.────────────────────────────────────────[01:26:41]Corporations Are Not Natural Persons — the Constitution Needs an Amendment to Distinguish ThemThe Supreme Court conflates them with citizens because there is no textual distinction; Citizens United-type rulings will keep flowing from the same premise.────────────────────────────────────────[01:56:55]Bombing Iran Locked In the Revolutionary Guard for Two Generations — and Triggered Regional Nuclear ProliferationEvery Arab country understands it needs a nuclear weapon to be left alone; Saudi Arabia is getting one with US help; Iran will double down. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:12]Republicans Blame Fauci to Cover Trump's COVID War Crimes — Brian Schulhavy Names It CorrectlyRand Paul's hearing is misdirection; Trump launched Warp Speed, bragged about the shots; Fauci is evil but not the architect of the fraud.────────────────────────────────────────[00:09:47]Birx Accidentally Proves Trump Was Lying — Her "Malicious Compliance" Story Contradicts Everything He SaidShe claimed Democrat governors kept tight restrictions to hurt Trump; Knight: they took his money and followed his rules — she admitted he gave the orders.────────────────────────────────────────[00:13:41]Birx Admits "Next Time" Planning Is Underway — Knight: Flock Cameras Are the Enforcement InfrastructureShe said we need a dialogue about what to do next time; they're ramping up surveillance because they know people won't comply again.────────────────────────────────────────[00:16:18]One Third of the World's Fertilizer Goes Through the Strait of Hormuz — the Famine Clock Is RunningPrices already up 35%; yield failures from missed spring applications won't appear for 6-12 months; World Bank projects another 31% increase.────────────────────────────────────────[00:52:00]Millions of Cars Have a Dealer-Installed Tracking Device With a Universal Password — Even If You Said NoThe KARR alarm remains active even when declined; all units share one key; anyone in Bluetooth range can unlock, immobilize, or track the car via public Wiggle data.────────────────────────────────────────[01:05:39]Biedenbau: If a Little Monk Would Risk Being Burned at the Stake, I'll Risk What the Party Throws at MeWashington's farewell warned of false patriotism, agitated parties, foreign entanglements, and fiscal irresponsibility; we ignored all four.────────────────────────────────────────[01:10:41]Biedenbau Ran Against Trump's Chosen Candidate in Lindsey Graham's District — She Raised $900,000; He Couldn't CompeteSouth Carolina is one of seven states where hitting R is all you need; corporate money controls the field before the first vote is cast.────────────────────────────────────────[01:20:53]750,000 Constituents Per Congressman Is Insane — the Founders Wanted 30,000Each congressman represents only donors and corporate partners; remote representation is technologically trivial now — no giant building required.────────────────────────────────────────[01:26:41]Corporations Are Not Natural Persons — the Constitution Needs an Amendment to Distinguish ThemThe Supreme Court conflates them with citizens because there is no textual distinction; Citizens United-type rulings will keep flowing from the same premise.────────────────────────────────────────[01:56:55]Bombing Iran Locked In the Revolutionary Guard for Two Generations — and Triggered Regional Nuclear ProliferationEvery Arab country understands it needs a nuclear weapon to be left alone; Saudi Arabia is getting one with US help; Iran will double down. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

What's known as "dark money" in U.S. elections reached a record-shattering $1.9 billion in recent federal election cycles, nearly doubling the previous record. This surge traces back to the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision. Now dark money has grown into a mysterious massive force, as billionaires and organizations exploit loopholes in campaign finance disclosure laws.

Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig joined Bradley for a live event last month at P&T Knitwear, co-hosted by Teddy Himler of Optimist Ventures, about the two most fundamental threats to American democracy and what to do about them. Lessig, founder of EqualCitizens.US and author of numerous books on copyright, technology, and political corruption, makes a surprisingly hopeful case that Super PACs can and will be ended without overturning Citizens United. Bradley makes his argument for mobile voting as the only scalable fix for low-turnout primaries that boost extremists in both parties. The two agree on a particular culprit — an engagement-based media economy that profits from turning Americans into "ignorant people who hate each other." Lessig offers the Titanic as a useful metaphor: If there's "a gash in the hull," don't waste your time clearing ice off the deck. This is a full-blown emergency and we need lifeboats.This episode was taped at P&T Knitwear at 180 Orchard Street — New York City's only free podcast recording studio.Send us an email with your thoughts on today's episode: info@firewall.media.Subscribe to Bradley's weekly newsletter and follow Bradley on Linkedin + Substack.

The Secret Court Case That Could Destroy Super PACs ForeverSUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co   Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz      You've been told that Citizens United created Super PACs… but that's not the full story. In this episode of Free Speech Friday, Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig reveals the obscure lower court ruling (SpeechNow v. FEC) that actually unleashed unlimited billionaire money into American elections, and the groundbreaking legal strategy that could end Super PACs by 2028 WITHOUT overturning Citizens United.Backed by an unlikely coalition including Mark Cuban and Reid Hoffman, Lessig and his group Equal Citizens helped Maine voters pass a historic ballot initiative banning Super PAC contributions. Now the case is headed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals on July 29, with famed Supreme Court litigator Neal Katyal arguing that nothing in the Constitution protects billionaires' "right" to buy elections. If the appeal succeeds, this case could reach the Supreme Court by 2027 and revive existing federal limits on campaign contributions nationwide.We break down: ▶ Why SpeechNow v. FEC — not Citizens United — created the Super PAC system ▶ How the Menendez bribery indictment exposed the "no quid pro quo" myth ▶ The originalist argument designed to win over conservative justices ▶ Billionaire outside spending's explosion from 0.3% to 19% of election money ▶ The AI Super PAC trying to block Congress from regulating artificial intelligence ▶ Why an Article V constitutional convention may be the backup plan ▶ What happens if the First Circuit rules on July 29, and the road to SCOTUSIf you care about money in politics, campaign finance reform, and getting billionaire money out of elections, this is the most important legal fight you've never heard of.

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A growing bipartisan movement wants to amend the U.S. Constitution to take back control of the amount of money in American politics. In this episode, Mosheh sits down with Jeff Clements, CEO of ⁠American Promise⁠, to unpack how Supreme Court decisions like Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United transformed campaign finance, helping usher in an era of $20 billion election cycles, super PACs, and dark money. They explore why the U.S. has become such an outlier among democracies when it comes to campaign spending, why Congress has repeatedly failed to change the system, and how the courts—not lawmakers—have largely dictated the rules for the past 50 years. Clements explains why his organization is pursuing a constitutional amendment instead of another campaign finance law, how 25 states have already backed the effort, and why he believes the movement is gaining momentum. They also debate whether money should be considered protected speech under the First Amendment—and what could change if Americans, rather than the courts, once again had the power to set the rules governing money in elections. Mosheh Oinounou (⁠⁠@mosheh⁠⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

Episode 1006 uses the beloved 1990 teen rebellion movie "Pump Up the Volume" to ask a deeper question: what happens when you take "Truth is a virus" and unrestricted free speech into the real world, where the fascists aren't outsiders trying to break in—they're already running the show? Driftglass and Blue Gal trace the death of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987 through the rise of Hate Radio, Gingrich's language wars, Citizens United, and the collapse of every institution that was supposed to protect democracy from tyranny. The episode explains why lying became profitable, why corporate media's "Both Sides" obsession taught citizens that democracy was somebody else's job, and why an uninformed public is the only thing tyranny has ever needed. It's about how free speech got inverted, and why the FCC villain in a 1990 teen movie may have been onto something after all.Links for this episode: The movie “Pump Up The Volume” (1990) is streaming ($) on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home.  Clips are available on YouTube.  Music from the “Pump Up The Volume” soundtrack can be found at this YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjDvaXwceFJTg_uhw4cymaJGtBdJZT7OJ&si=RxUS9h7X1OeGsbY2 Music clips from this episode: Was Not Was:  Dad, I'm In Jail   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MZKkz4xefk Above the Law: Freedom of Speech  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q338zPrnwGw The movie “Pump Up The Volume” (1990) is streaming ($) on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home.  Clips are available on YouTube.  Driftglass on other podcasts!   Nicole Sandler   https://nicolesandler.com/7-8-26/ Stay in Touch! Email: proleftpodcast@gmail.com Website: proleftpod.com Support via Patreon: patreon.com/proleftpod or Donate in the Venmo App @proleftpodMail: The Professional Left, PO Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791Support the show

Frank Schaeffer speaks with Maya Kornberg about her book Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.They discuss how Congress has been weakened by money, social media, political violence, understaffing, and decades of institutional neglect. This is a conversation about why Congress often fails, and why strengthening it may be one of the most urgent democratic tasks we face._____LINKShttps://www.mayakornberg.com/https://bookshop.org/a/99692/9781421454580_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. The Gospel of Zip will be released in print and on Amazon Kindle, and as a full video on YouTube and Substack that you can watch or listen to for free.Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of The Gospel of Zip.Learn more at https://www.thegospelofzip.com/Follow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube.https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTubeIn Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Last time it was the crypto industry; now the AI industry is stepping up to join it. Molly White joins Paris Marx to discuss how the tech sector is spending big to buy influence in the US midterm elections to ensure new laws serve its interests over those of the public.Molly White is the creator of Tech Influence Watch and Web3 is Going Just Great. She writes the Citation Needed newsletter.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.Also mentioned in this episode:You can now pre-order Paris's new book Hyperscale.Molly just wrote about Trump's $1.4 billion crypto disclosure.Molly wrote about the crypto industry's recent election spending.Molly also wrote about how the Citizens United decision is affecting elections today.Support the show

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A growing bipartisan movement wants to amend the U.S. Constitution to take back control of the amount of money in American politics. In this episode, Mosheh sits down with Jeff Clements, CEO of ⁠American Promise⁠, to unpack how Supreme Court decisions like Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United transformed campaign finance, helping usher in an era of $20 billion election cycles, super PACs, and dark money. They explore why the U.S. has become such an outlier among democracies when it comes to campaign spending, why Congress has repeatedly failed to change the system, and how the courts—not lawmakers—have largely dictated the rules for the past 50 years. Clements explains why his organization is pursuing a constitutional amendment instead of another campaign finance law, how 25 states have already backed the effort, and why he believes the movement is gaining momentum. They also debate whether money should be considered protected speech under the First Amendment—and what could change if Americans, rather than the courts, once again had the power to set the rules governing money in elections. Mosheh Oinounou (⁠⁠@mosheh⁠⁠) is an Emmy and Murrow award-winning journalist. He has 20 years of experience at networks including Fox News, Bloomberg Television and CBS News, where he was the executive producer of the CBS Evening News and launched the network's 24 hour news channel. He founded the @mosheh Instagram news account in 2020 and the Mo News podcast and newsletter in 2022.

The Supreme Court just expanded Citizens United yet again, striking down federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates—opening the door to even more money in politics. But Hawaii and Montana are fighting back with groundbreaking laws designed to challenge the Court's campaign finance doctrine. Dina Doll breaks down today's blockbuster ruling and what it means for the future of American elections. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered

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In the premiere episode of “Project 2029: A Reimagining,” host Molly Jong-Fast explores the critical role of campaign finance reform in reviving American democracy and redirecting the Democratic Party's future. Featuring expert voices such as Lawrence Lessig, Tiffany Muller (End Citizens United), Michael Waldman (Brennan Center) and Tom Moore (Center for American Progress), the episode details how decisions like Citizens United have enabled unchecked corporate influence and created a deeply corrupt political environment, where billionaires and super PACs drown out the voices of ordinary voters. It also examines how this broken system undermines public trust, outlines promising legal and grassroots strategies for reform, and makes the case that no meaningful progress on climate, healthcare, or civil rights is possible without first confronting the corrosive role of money in politics. Through historical parallels and potential state-level solutions, the conversation pushes toward a future where political power is rebalanced and truly representative of the people. Subscribe to Fast Politics and listen 4x a week for interviews just like this on your favorite podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1645614328See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09]EMS Worker Reports "Chronic Cancer" as New Medical Term — Knight: It's Turbo Cancer Being NormalizedA patient with three COVID jabs developed rapidly spreading colon cancer and leukemia within months of his last shot; Knight: the industry is rebranding what it caused.────────────────────────────────────────[00:14:00]Sony Deleting 551 Movies Customers Paid Full Price For — Buy Button Was a LieDeletion begins September 1 with no refunds; Knight: same model as CBDCs — they can delete your money the same way they're deleting your movies.────────────────────────────────────────[00:22:06]GTA 6 Ships as a Download Code in an Empty Box — Physical Discs Eliminated$80 for a cardboard sleeve; the game lives on their cloud and can be revoked at any time; Knight: "you will own nothing" is already the video game business model.────────────────────────────────────────[00:41:18]Trump's Advisors Openly Praise Caesarism — His Harvard Law Appointee Says Liberty Is Not the GoalAdrian Vermule wrote the constitutional order exists to promote "good rule," not protect liberty; Notre Dame advisor Patrick Deneen calls for Platonic aristocracy.────────────────────────────────────────[00:49:03]Trump Signed 143 Executive Orders in First 100 Days — More Than Any President in History21 national emergencies declared; troops sent to cities without local authority; immigrants shipped overseas to prisons in defiance of courts.────────────────────────────────────────[01:03:28]Supreme Court Loosens Campaign Finance Restrictions — Knight: AIPAC Corruption Now Has Fewer GuardrailsKnight reversed his position on Citizens United after watching AIPAC openly buy congressional seats; political money is a magnet for prostitutes, not politicians.────────────────────────────────────────[01:25:25]NY Post Calls Out Trump Crime Family's Biden-Esque CorruptionTrump's net worth tripled to $6.5B; $1.4B in crypto ventures; Salente: the Lutnik-Witkoff-Trump network is a crime syndicate operating in plain sight.────────────────────────────────────────[01:31:10]92% of Israelis Believe Iran Won the War — Trends Journal vs. US Media NarrativeCelente's polling contradicts everything Hegseth and Trump claimed; Knight: they lied about destroying Iran's missiles, wiping out their military, and forcing a surrender.────────────────────────────────────────[01:51:35]Real US Debt Is $176 Trillion When Unfunded Liabilities Are IncludedUnfunded Medicare, Social Security, pensions, and retirement healthcare dwarf the official figure; Salente: the plan is to tokenize public lands and launch a digital currency to paper over the collapse.────────────────────────────────────────[01:54:09]Quantitative Easing Is Roaring Back — Nobody Is Reporting ItMoney supply is expanding rapidly while the Fed fixates on interest rates; Knight: they always pump QE just before the next economic lockdown or crisis. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09]EMS Worker Reports "Chronic Cancer" as New Medical Term — Knight: It's Turbo Cancer Being NormalizedA patient with three COVID jabs developed rapidly spreading colon cancer and leukemia within months of his last shot; Knight: the industry is rebranding what it caused.────────────────────────────────────────[00:14:00]Sony Deleting 551 Movies Customers Paid Full Price For — Buy Button Was a LieDeletion begins September 1 with no refunds; Knight: same model as CBDCs — they can delete your money the same way they're deleting your movies.────────────────────────────────────────[00:22:06]GTA 6 Ships as a Download Code in an Empty Box — Physical Discs Eliminated$80 for a cardboard sleeve; the game lives on their cloud and can be revoked at any time; Knight: "you will own nothing" is already the video game business model.────────────────────────────────────────[00:41:18]Trump's Advisors Openly Praise Caesarism — His Harvard Law Appointee Says Liberty Is Not the GoalAdrian Vermule wrote the constitutional order exists to promote "good rule," not protect liberty; Notre Dame advisor Patrick Deneen calls for Platonic aristocracy.────────────────────────────────────────[00:49:03]Trump Signed 143 Executive Orders in First 100 Days — More Than Any President in History21 national emergencies declared; troops sent to cities without local authority; immigrants shipped overseas to prisons in defiance of courts.────────────────────────────────────────[01:03:28]Supreme Court Loosens Campaign Finance Restrictions — Knight: AIPAC Corruption Now Has Fewer GuardrailsKnight reversed his position on Citizens United after watching AIPAC openly buy congressional seats; political money is a magnet for prostitutes, not politicians.────────────────────────────────────────[01:25:25]NY Post Calls Out Trump Crime Family's Biden-Esque CorruptionTrump's net worth tripled to $6.5B; $1.4B in crypto ventures; Salente: the Lutnik-Witkoff-Trump network is a crime syndicate operating in plain sight.────────────────────────────────────────[01:31:10]92% of Israelis Believe Iran Won the War — Trends Journal vs. US Media NarrativeCelente's polling contradicts everything Hegseth and Trump claimed; Knight: they lied about destroying Iran's missiles, wiping out their military, and forcing a surrender.────────────────────────────────────────[01:51:35]Real US Debt Is $176 Trillion When Unfunded Liabilities Are IncludedUnfunded Medicare, Social Security, pensions, and retirement healthcare dwarf the official figure; Salente: the plan is to tokenize public lands and launch a digital currency to paper over the collapse.────────────────────────────────────────[01:54:09]Quantitative Easing Is Roaring Back — Nobody Is Reporting ItMoney supply is expanding rapidly while the Fed fixates on interest rates; Knight: they always pump QE just before the next economic lockdown or crisis. ──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code “KNIGHT” For high quality made in America products go to HomeSteadProducts.shop and use promo code “Knight” for 10% off your purchases Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Today on the Saturday special, we present Mike's full, two-part appearance on the public radio show and podcast The Middle with host Jeremy Hobson and California Congressman Ro Khanna. As America approaches its 250th anniversary, the panel tackles the ultimate question: what would you change about the country? Congressman Khanna champions a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and eliminate dark money from politics, while Mike argues for a structural fix to expand human representation by uncapping the total seats in the House of Representatives. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@amplitudemediapartners.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Air Date: 6/24/2026 The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! If you've been pulling back from the news for your own sanity, this one's built for you — a quick recap and reference guide to the past month or two, organized around a single idea: when power can't earn legitimacy, it manufactures it. The performance. Spectacle, religion, and health branding standing in for real consent: Trump collecting a FIFA "peace prize," Christian nationalism worn as a costume the actual church refuses to bless, and RFK Jr. dressing up a gutted vaccine agenda as "moderate," scapegoating immigrants as he goes, while the USAID cuts run up a body count. The machinery. The infrastructure that keeps the performance going while real consent drains away underneath: a legal system bent toward self-dealing and a $1.8 billion slush fund, billionaire money rewriting the rules since Citizens United, an AI gold rush sold as inevitable before anyone voted on it, and an economy booming on paper while the ground shifts under everyone's feet. The vacuum and the reclaiming. What rushes in when legitimacy collapses, from normalized political violence to a manifesto born of that collapse — and then the democratic answer: why the rupture hasn't come, why revolutions tend to devour themselves, and why the slower work wins. Nonviolent movements draw eleven times the participation, and the ballot box the Supreme Court is fighting hardest to narrow is the same one that just turned out 78% of Hungary to remove Orbán. Full Show Notes Be part of the show! Leave a voice message, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop Bookshop.org and Libro.fm for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! Join our Discord community! SECTION 1: THE PERFORMANCE OF LEGITIMACY (00:01:31) #1798 - FIFA Sportswashing Fascism: The World Cup from Mussolini to Trump 1: Trump Is a 'master Marketer' Symone Reacts to President Getting FIFA Peace Prize - Chris Jansing Reports - Air Date 12-5-25 2: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 1 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26 3: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 1 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26 (00:23:20) #1787 - The American President vs The American Pope: Leo XIV, Trump, and the MAGA-Catholic Rift 4: Someone Tell Pete Hegseth That "Pulp Fiction" Isn't in the Bible - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 4-18-26 5: "Two Versions of Christianity": Pope Leo Calls for Peace as U.S. Uses Religion to Justify Iran War - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-1-26 6: Why America and the Vatican Have Fallen Out - TLDR News Global - Air Date 4-11-26 (00:46:03) #1794 - From MAHA to Measles: RFK's Public Health Purge Will Make America Sick Again 7: Why RFK Jr. Is Projecting a More 'Moderate' MAHA Stance - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-27-26 8: RFK Jr Goes Full Eugenics to Congress; IMMIGRANTS BRING DISEASE - Brittany Page - Air Date 4-22-26 9: As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-18-26 SECTION 2: THE MACHINERY & THE LEAK (01:13:10) #1796 - 1.8 Billion for the Mob and a Kill List for Dissent: Trump's payout fund and counterterrorism strategy, decoded 10: We Will Find You and We Will Kill You Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 5-15-26 11: Congress Strikes Back as Trump Rushes $1.8 Billion Scam - Legal AF by MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-18-26 12: Dictatorship in Action David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-20-26 (01:34:00) #1792 - Capitalist Class Warfare: AI, Billionaire Capture, and the How to Fight Back 13: The Case Against Billionaires | Chuck Collins - Washington Monthly - Air Date 1-5-26 14: How Oligarchs Hijacked America in Just 16 Year - Benaminute - Air Date 4-30-26 15: It Will Be 17 Times Worse Than the .com Crash - Upper Echelon - Air Date 5-7-26 (02:04:29) #1797 - AI Spent $540 Billion to Make You Lonelier: Betting Against Jobs, Art, and Community 16: Will SpaceX and OpenAI Starve the Market? - UNFTR Media - Air Date 5-26-26 17: Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting "Billionaire Big Tech Agenda"- Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-13-26 18: The AI Backlash Just Got VERY Public - House of El - AI - Air Date 5-24-26 (02:33:22) #1789 - Boomcession: Why the Economy Looks Great on Paper and Hurts in Real Life 19: Monday Morning Economy Politics Inflation Soars Part 1 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-13-26 20: Economic Implications of the U.S. War on Iran Part 1 - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Air Date 4-14-26 21: These Georgia Swing Voters Do Not Like the Iran War - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 4-16-26 (02:58:12) #1793 - Anti-Immigrant Brutality Costs Countries More Than Their Morals: ICE, Mass Deportation, and the Global Far-Right 22: Trumps Brutal Immigration Crackdown Continues Part 1 - Velshi - Air Date 3-21-26 23: 'Buyer's Remorse' This Trump Stronghold TURNS on Massive ICE Facility Part 1 - MS Now - Air Date 4-20-26 SECTION 3: THE VACUUM & THE RECLAIMING (03:15:42) #1790 - Assassin Nation: How Political Violence Got Normalized And How To Reverse It 24: "Slow Civil War" Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing NormalAation of Violence at Home & Abroad - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-27-26 25: The Cole Hard Truth - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-28-26 26: The White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting: What the "Political Violence" Framing Is Hiding - Resistance History with Tad Stoermer - Air Date 4-26-26 (03:42:14) #1795 - You Say You Want A Revolution: Successful Revolutions are the Boring Ones 27: Why the Epstein Files Didn't Start a Revolution - Uncivilized - Air Date 4-21-26 28: Is The US In Its French Revolution Era? - Leeja Miller - Air Date 5-13-26 29: Why Nonviolence Wins - Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer - Air Date 5-14-26 (04:14:56) #1791 - Jim Crow 2.0 — SCOTUS Kills the Voting Rights Act and Unleashes the Gerrymandering War 30: Louisiana Is Ground Zero for Voting Rights, Abortion Pill Access Part 1 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 5-7-26 31: Elie Mystal Supreme Court Gutting Voting Rights Act Is About Again Making US an Apartheid State Part 1 - The Dean Obeidallah Show - Air Date 5-1-26 32: What Stacey Abrams Thinks About a Recent SCOTUS Decision and the Voting Rights Amendment Part 2 - Soundside - Air Date 5-526   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow BotL: Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | X Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

In our 42nd episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the most uptight motherf*cker on the planet, Chief Justice John Roberts. From his early days as a “soberpuss” scholar, to playing the long game to gut the Voting Rights Act, to being the ringleader of malicious intent on the Citizens United ruling, to his obsession with being perceived as a Fancy Law Boy Institutionalist, this may be one of our most phony guys yet.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.Sources:Roberts started on path to success at young age (The Washington Times)The Supreme Court's Power Grab (The New York Review)Entering a new Supreme Court term, John Roberts is as enigmatic as ever (The Christian Science Monitor)Biographies of the Robes: John Glover Roberts (Thirteen PBS) No More Mr. Nice Guy (The New Yorker)Court Nominee's Life Is Rooted in Faith and Respect for Law (New York Times)In the Rough (Slate)Portrait of the Chief Justice as a Family Man (The Washington Post)Does John Roberts' Whites-Only Childhood Home Explain the Supreme Court's Callais Ruling? (Slate)Roberts' Conflicts Of Interest (CBS News)Roberts's Rules (The Atlantic)Did Roberts Help Fuel AIDS Scare? (Science)Chief justice tumbles after seizure (CNN)The Pro-Money Court: How the Roberts Supreme Court Dismantled Campaign Finance Law (Brennan Center)John Roberts: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from PBS NewsHour and EMK Institute (YouTube)Money Unlimited (The New Yorker)‘They come to me': Jane Roberts' legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court (Politico)Trump v. CASA Inc. (Oyez)Citizens United, Explained (Brennan Center)

Bill talks with legal scholar and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade about her book, "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government," arguing that core democratic principles—rule of law and equality before the law—are eroding under Donald Trump. McQuade describes Trump's tactics as extortionate and mob-like, pressuring institutions such as law firms, media, universities, and allies, and warns that Congress has failed to check executive overreach while the Supreme Court's shadow docket and unitary-executive approach can enable it. She says DOJ independence has been damaged by political payback efforts and cites examples of alleged lawbreaking and self-dealing, including tariffs, Iran action, emoluments-style profiteering, and a proposed tax-related settlement. McQuade outlines “fixes” including restoring DOJ norms, extending ethics rules, and structural reforms like ranked-choice voting, independent redistricting, and overturning Citizens United, emphasizing elections and accountability, including reviving the election-interference case after Trump leaves office. You can get McQuade's great new book at Bookshop.org. Today Bill directs listeners to ACTBlue.com, your one stop shop for donating to the causes and candidates you support. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today I speak with Dr. Nina Schwalbe, a public health scientist and former senior leader at UNICEF and Gavi who helped lead a Biden-appointed $7B global COVID vaccine effort, about why she's running for Congress in New York's District 12 in a crowded, money-dominated primary (June 23). We unpack how fundraising, media coverage, Democratic club endorsements, and super PACs shaped by Citizens United create a self-fulfilling "arms race," and she proposes reforms like campaign finance limits, matching funds, and equal-time standards. We also discuss evidence-based, systems-oriented policy priorities: expanding community health centers, lowering drug prices via pooled purchasing and single-payer, restoring CDC/FDA capacity, strengthening Medicare/Medicaid/ACA, investing in public housing, improving transparency and constituent services, and rebuilding trust in science through listening and primary care.(01:59) Why She Ran(05:55) Money And Primaries(08:26) Minimum Viable Campaign(12:08) Machine And Super PACs(16:13) Fixing Campaign Finance(17:06) Public Health Mindset(20:52) Transparency And Accountability(23:45) Street Level Messaging(26:08) NYC Infrastructure Priorities(27:49) Hyperlocal Transit Problems(28:06) What Congress Controls(30:46) Abundance Agenda Debate(32:46) Fixing Public Housing(33:23) Trust in Institutions(35:38) Rebuilding Health Trust(37:12) Community Health Centers(38:13) Why Drugs Cost More(39:42) Restore Public Health Agencies(41:35) Economics Shapes Health(43:39) Single Payer and Prevention(45:58) Chronic Illness Care Gaps(48:58) Working With Paul Farmer(52:23) Vision for Healthcare JusticeNina's campaignFollow Nina on Instagram

Subscribe for more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Travis: https://hub.futureis.org---What if the biggest problem in politics isn't left vs. right—but the middlemen in between?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Travis Misurell, founder of the FINC Coalition, about an ambitious effort to upgrade democracy through a citizen-owned civic internet.Travis argues that American democracy has become increasingly dominated by gatekeepers—big money, political parties, media organizations, and institutional interests that shape which candidates voters see and which ideas gain traction.His solution?A platform designed to bypass the middlemen.The Fink Coalition aims to create a citizen-owned political infrastructure that helps voters make more informed decisions through candidate report cards, conflict-of-interest tracking, promise accountability, and journalist transparency.We explore:- Why Travis believes democracy is failing ordinary citizens- The impact of the Citizens United ruling on modern elections- How campaign spending exploded from millions to billions- Why voters often face a “false choice” between establishment candidatesVThe vision for a citizen-owned civic internet- Candidate report cards and promise tracking- Journalist accountability and credibility scoring- Why FINC is movement-first and technology-second- A future where citizens—not corporations—own the platformLooking ahead to 2036, Travis envisions FINC becoming the primary hub for American political engagement, with ownership distributed through a unique one-person, one-share cooperative model.Whether you agree with the vision or not, this conversation raises important questions about trust, transparency, and the future of democratic participation.

Hawaii just enacted a groundbreaking law challenging Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that unleashed unlimited corporate spending in elections. It's a major victory against big money's grip on democracy — but powerful interests are already gearing up for a legal showdown. On today's Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with Hawaii state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, one of the law's architects, about how the measure works, why Hawaii is leading the fight against Citizens United, and why reformers believe they finally have a path to victory. Get ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews by becoming a member at levernews.com/join. To leave a tip for The Lever, click here. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corporations are people in the eyes of the law. But how did that happen, and why does it hand them rights you don't have?  UCLA law professor Adam Winkler, author of "We the Corporations", traces a 200-year campaign by business to win the constitutional rights of human beings. Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales press him on what Zingales calls an incredible trick. Corporations insist they're separate from their owners when that shields owners from blame, then argue they're like people when they want to spend on elections or dodge a rule.  Winkler traces how the Fourteenth Amendment, written after the Civil War to protect the newly freed, became a tool for railroads and banks instead. He even describes a lawyer who, by his account, lied to the Supreme Court, producing a journal he claimed proved the amendment was meant for corporations.  Zingales pushes on what comes next: could AI itself qualify for legal personhood, and would that shield big tech from blame? When we ask Winkler for a shred of hope that the long arc doesn't simply keep favoring business, the answer is far shorter and blunter than expected.  Connect with us:

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Since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, special interest groups have funneled millions into elections, including $79M in the California governor's race.

The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson joins us to discuss Trump kneecapping JD Vance presidential aspirations. Then we'll talk to The Center For American Progress Tom Moore about his plan to overturn Citizens United that one state has already passed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Look Forward breaks down the Texas Senate race turning ugly fast: Ken Paxton's first general election ad calls Democrat James Talarico "too Low-T for Texas," Stephen Miller falsely called the straight, cisgender Talarico Democrats' "first transgender senate candidate." GOP nicknames include "Tofu Talarico," "Six Gender Jimmy," and "Tala-freako." Talarico raised $600,000 in the two hours after Paxton clinched the nomination.The Iran war may be nearing its end, NYTimes reports the deal is 95% complete with the final 5% oddly being the entirety of the reason the conflict is continuing. But Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is threatening Oman, raising fears of a new front in the conflict. The Trump administration is considering disrupting international airline travel for passengers from sanctuary cities. Hawaii finds a clever constitutional workaround to limit Citizens United's corporate campaign finance dominance. A North Carolina GOP lawmaker pulls their name from a radical abortion bill after social media backlash.The DOJ opens a case against E. Jean Carroll which is clearly a transparent retaliation against Trump's rape accuser. Trump's team pushes to put his face on a new $250 bill. The National Park Service spends America 250th anniversary funds on golden horse statues. And artists immediately bail on DC's 250th birthday bash. We cover the Texas race, Iran's endgame, DOJ retaliation, and golden corruption.Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

Tonight on GeekNights we consider cinema. We both love movies, and have for our entire lives. In the news, the K-shaped economy means the Steam Deck is expensive and also sold out, chemical disasters are occurring in the US, Hawaii is using state power to fight back against the disastrous Citizens United ruling, and Delaware is doing the literal opposite.Related LinksForum ThreadCinemaDiscord ChatCinemaBluesky PostCinemaThings of the DayRym - Incentive per diemScott - hallucinate: Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

The Governor of Hawaii, Josh Green, just signed into law a landmark piece of legislation that has the power to undo corporate moneyed interference in politics.

In 2010, two landmark decisions transformed American campaign finance law. The first was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The second was SpeechNow.org v. FEC. Together, these cases cleared the way for corporations and so-called Super PACs to raise and spend unlimited sums of money in elections. What followed was a new era in American politics where individuals, corporations, and industries increasingly spent more and more money to influence campaigns and public opinion. To debate the constitutional, political, and historical questions surrounding money in politics, we are joined by Larry Lessig and Paul Sherman. Lessig is a Harvard Law professor and the founder of Equal Citizens, one of the country's leading advocates for campaign finance reform. Sherman is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice who served as co-counsel in SpeechNow.org. Read Larry's paper "If Roe, then Buckley" here. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:43 How Larry and Paul became interested in political speech and campaign finance 05:33 Citizens United, political speech, and quid pro quo corruption 18:34 What was the SpeechNow case? 32:31 Elon Musk and billionaire influence in the 2024 election 49:06 History of campaign finance regulation 51:26 First Amendment originalism, Federalist 52, and Federalist 57 01:07:07 Does money actually influence election outcomes? 01:14:20 Outro Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at fire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@fire.org.

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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was decisively ousted on Tuesday night in his Kentucky primary, a win for President Donald Trump, who had launched an all-out attack on the congressman for his role in pushing for the release of the Epstein files. But in Pennsylvania, the left had a lot to celebrate. Chris Rabb won by nearly 15 points in Philadelphia in a major win for progressives. And Bob Brooks, a retired firefighter and union head, sailed to victory with the support of both the left and moderates. Mysterious super PACs with ties to Republican donors poured millions into influencing the election results in both states with varying degrees of success. In Kentucky, AIPAC's super political action committee and two other groups backed by pro-Israel donors spent more than $15 million in opposition to Massie or in support of his opponent, according to Federal Election Commission reports released through Tuesday. In Pennsylvania, advertisements from Lead Left — a super PAC that reportedly has ties to Republican donors — dropped ads attacking two of the candidates as not progressive enough, leading to speculation that Republicans were trying to prop up a weaker candidate for the general election. This week on The Intercept Briefing, host Jessica Washington and politics reporter Matt Sledge break down the contentious primary races, the record-level campaign spending and how obscure groups funding the midterm elections are hiding donors' tracks.“Groups can kind of game campaign finance deadlines and create super PACs to funnel money to other super PACs so that reporting deadlines are missed and use these ‘pop-up super PACs' to ensure that ordinary voters never find out who is funding ads before a campaign happens,” says Sledge. “Sometimes there's even a second layer of pop-up super PACness where those bland-sounding groups send money to other bland-sounding groups. God help you if you're an ordinary voter trying to track all this money.”The consequential U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United 16 years ago has allowed courts to chip away at campaign financing restrictions. “Now here we are where any industry that's facing regulation or any donors who support an unpopular cause can really just open the spigots and try to throw primaries their way,” adds Sledge. Certain industries have gotten smart about how to hide where the money is coming from. “Ordinary voters don't generally like crypto, AI or gambling. They may tolerate it at a maximum, but they're not motivated by the idea of electing pro-crypto, pro-AI, pro-gambling people,” notes Sledge. “But all of these industries have realized, ‘OK, we can use super PACs that run ads that have nothing to do with our industry and get our friends elected to Congress, and they are going to remember that we spent a lot of money on their races.'”For more, listen to the full conversation of The Intercept Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.Keep our investigations free and fearless at theintercept.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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SEASON 4 EPISODE 84: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (3:00) SPECIAL COMMENT: Back from a week off just in time to put the podcast on health hiatus...details within today's supersized edition. Plus, befitting the time off, some meta pictures on how Democrats should plan for what they want this country to look like on its 300th anniversary, if it lasts that long. Will we have jailed Trump and gotten back the money he took? Undone his damage? Eliminated the anachronistic idea that Wyoming should have as many senators as California? Let the Supreme Court continue to lie, cheat and steal the democracy from under us? As John Candy said in "Splash": Think big, be big, my friend. MORE IMMEDIATELY: Whaddya mean the Governor of Virginia hasn't been BRIEFED on the way to overturn her state's Supreme Court's usurpation of redistricting? Why the hell not Hakeem Jeffries? Anybody notice Trump is simply rotating the same three lies about Iran? Why are only independent journalists like Garrett Graff still covering the WHCD non-shooting when the New York Times is doing 31 paragraphs on the future of the dinner like anybody gave a crap? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: stop saying Trump is painting everything GOLD. That color is not GOLD. It is the color of WEE WEE. Say it. Use the clinical terms, use the gutter terms. The gutter terms define this idiot president. Stop saying gold when you mean whizzzzzzzzzzzzzz. B-Block (56:00) ON THE PASSING OF TED TURNER: Hard to believe few of the obituaries mentioned how he also invented 7-day-a-week sports on national television. Or how Jane Fonda kept him from destroying himself in, like, 1982. One particularly harrowing saga had him telling the lowest ranking staffer at CNN's Washington Bureau which way, when he finally decided he'd do it, he'd do it. And this is said with admiration and affection for the man who created the place where I and so many of the figures of the last 45 years began our TV careers. C-Block (1:30:00) ALL TED ALL THE TIME: I was holding back until I was certain I wouldn't jinx him. My beloved first rescue dog, Ted, was up against it last fall. I took him to the University of Florida for life-saving open heart surgery and boy, did they! Eight hours on the table, eight hours of SICU, all for an eight pound dog and now - he's not even on any medications! It's a long story and I would insist it's worth hearing it. And if you have a dog (or know of one) moving from Mitral Valve Disease to Heart Failure, maybe this will provide you with hope - and an option.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.