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2016 Postmortem

MADem

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4. I have always believed that with the Citizens United

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 03:24 PM

Jul 2016

decision, the Supremes were telling the poor that they are disenfranchised. In the political sphere, they are muted.

If money is speech in all marketplaces, I'd be typing one helluva lot less!

I'm sure there are some who might find that a feature as opposed to a bug...

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Fake "News" Factories: M$M Offering Interviews for Sale at DNC & RNC Conventions [View all] 99th_Monkey Jul 2016 OP

merchants in the temple of the public interest reddread Jul 2016 #1

"Thought Leader"? WTF?????? hobbit709 Jul 2016 #2

"News" for sale: "money is speech" and the sky is the limit. 99th_Monkey Jul 2016 #3

precisely reddread Jul 2016 #5

I have always believed that with the Citizens United MADem Jul 2016 #4