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New reporting links Citizens United to dark money surge
Original: Out today: "The 2010 Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to unlimited dark money in American politics, and th
A new piece out today from the Texas Observer examines the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision, arguing it opened the floodgates to unlimited dark money in American politics. The reporting says the right has used that ruling with devastating efficiency, funding political influence not through public argument but through large undisclosed checks to allied groups.
Why now: Fresh publication of a report on the landmark Citizens United ruling keeps the debate over dark money in politics active.
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- Out today: "The 2010 Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to unlimited dark money in American politics, and the right has used it with devastating efficiency. And they do this not by writing treatises but by writing checks." https://www. texasobserver.org/altar-boy-so… · TexasObserver@texasobserver.social · 21
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