Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United.
Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum.
Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
Hawaii just became the first State in the Nation to end Citizens United. This will end up putting our elections back into the regular voters hands instead of Billionaires. Who thinks this needs to be done in every State now?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Don’t care
You can’t drive to John Roberts’ Maine retreat, but they can’t stop protesting kayakers. Holding signs: “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” a local columnist is urging residents to openly shun him, writing, “May you never feel welcome here again.” Link. 👇
https://t.co/ylL7qoWKK7
Two men who lost everything, standing under the same flag.
That is @JohnKiriakou and me at National Whistleblower Day on Capitol Hill, and I want to tell you why this photo means more to me than most.
John Kiriakou was a @CIA officer. He spoke publicly about the agency's interrogation program because he believed it was wrong, and he went to federal prison for it. He lost his career, his pension, his freedom, and years with his children. He did not do it for attention. He did it because his conscience would not let him stay quiet.
I lost everything for telling the truth about a bank laundering money for terrorists and drug cartels. John lost everything standing up for what he believed was wrong inside a government. Different institutions, different decades, same price. We both know what it costs to see something, decide you cannot live with it, and refuse to find a way around it.
What people do not see from the outside is how lonely that road is. Most of the people who understand it are strangers to each other. So when you find someone who has walked it, who knows the cot and the silence and the phone that stops ringing, you do not need to explain anything. You just stand next to each other and that is enough.
@JohnKiriakou is a fighter. He came out of prison and kept talking, kept writing, kept showing up. You do not have to agree with a man on everything to respect what he was willing to pay. He has the highest respect I can offer, and I am proud to call him a friend.
To everyone still deciding whether to speak up: there are more of us than you think. And we stand with you.
This is why @davidjollyfl WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA!!!
Common sense? The state where gas is over $5 per gallon, homeowners insurance is anything but free, once affordable homes are now out of reach, and where rent has surpassed NY.
Nope, definitely not working for Floridians.
After 3 decades of Republican rule, time for change.
Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is pulling back the curtain on his tumultuous time working under Pete Hegseth before he resigned in frustration last month. https://t.co/fhj8V6cJZY
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table.
https://t.co/M7dM41k3Of
Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get.
And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.
Trump doxes GOP Sen Tom Cotton by sharing his cell phone number online over … Daylight Savings Time. Trump says golfers want more daylight for later tee times. This is the leader of the free world, ladies and gentlemen.
https://t.co/rZmrogwQYY