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Resist ‘catastrophe’! Paul Krugman & Ari on MAGA billionaires buying media, tech & Democracy
MSNBC· 2026-02-20 01:33
There aren't a lot of functioning democracie around the world that work this way, where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bankrolling, whoever they want, however they want. In some cases undisclosed. And what it means is ordinary Americans are shut out of the process. That's what it means.The warnings about billionaires hijacking American elections. Your voting power date back to President Obama there discussing the Supreme Court gutting what were legal limits on just how much billionaire ...
Supreme Court takes up major new challenge to campaign finance restrictions
MSNBC· 2025-06-30 14:56
And we do have some breaking news from the Supreme Court just a few days after closing out a very controversial term. The court has announced it'll take up a major new challenge to campaign finance restrictions in the fall. The case was brought by Republicans and BC News Justice and intelligence correspondent Kendallian is tracking all of this.And Ken, just tell us about this case. Good morning, Ariel. This is an effort by JD Vance and other Republicans to overturn a 50 plus year old campaign finance restri ...