There was s study about this year's ago. They compared popularity of bills and how they were passed and there was no difference; Congress just did what they want. I suspect if your redid the study to compare bills passed to corporate interests you'd get much more revealing results.
Y'all should check out Doug Ford and the Ontario Science center shit show if you like this type of story.
yeah no fucking shit, can we stop pretending this system is effective or worth defending?
A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!
- Henry Adams, 1906
Keep voting blue and hope things change.
Take over the democratic party with actual leftists. If the fascists can do it with the GOP, we can do it with leftists/the DNC.
for those unaware: https://campaignlegal.org/update/how-does-citizens-united-decision-still-affect-us-2024
I want to understand what Skippy says, but when 'literally' is the best adverb available I just don't want to hear any more.
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